Oct. 20, 2002

The University of Kentucky women’s golf team finished action in the Mercedes-Benz Women’s Championships on Sunday, Oct. 20, at the Gettysvue Polo, Golf and Country Club in Knoxville, Tenn. The Lady Kats took an 11th-place finish in the 15-team field with a three-round total of 937. Southeastern Conference opponent Auburn University took the title with an 899, while host Tennessee finished two strokes ahead of Kentucky in 10th-place.

Four Kats finished in the top-50 with senior Rachel Lester leading UK with a 932 and a tie for 26th-place after a one-over-par 73 in the second round. Sophomore Stacy Springer tied for 32nd only two strokes behind Lester with a three-round total of 234. Junior Eva Gessner followed with a 235 in 37th-place and senior Kelly Anders shot a third round three-over-par 75 to finish in 45th. Freshman Ali Kicklighter made her Lady Kat debut with a total score of 249.

Kentucky will take a break from action before returning to the course on Nov. 4-5 in the Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate hosted by the College of Charleston in Charleston, S.C.

AGATE:1. Auburn 303-304-292-8992. Swedish Jr. Nationals 300-303-303-9063. Florida 313-290-308-9114. North Carolina 314-297-301-9125. Purdue 304-309-306-9196. Nevada Las Vegas 306-299-319-9247. Northwestern 308-307-310-9258. Michigan State 304-313-313-9309. Furman 317-306-309-93210. Tennessee 319-308-308-93511. Kentucky 314-312-311-937T12. Michigan 329-304-310-943T12 Penn State 323-326-303-943T14. Alabama 326-317-324-981T14 Louisiana State 327-331-328-981

UK Finishes:T26 Rachel Lester79 73 80 232 +16T32 Stacy Springer78 77 79 234 +18T37 Eva Gessner78 80 77 235 +19T45 Kelly Anders81 82 75 238 +22T69 Ali Kicklighter79 86 84 249 +33