Oct. 7, 2001

The University of Kentucky women’s golf team finished in ninth place at the Tar Heel Invitational in Chapel Hill, N.C., on Sunday, Oct. 7. The Lady Kats used an impressive opening round to make a strong showing in the highly-competitive tournament.

Junior Rachel Lester led UK with her three-round total of 228. The Fayetteville, Ga., native’s score was good enough to land her in 11th place. Fellow junior Kelly Anders finished the tournament in 27th place with her 234.

Host North Carolina came back from an eight-stroke deficit to defeat Duke and take the tournament title. Duke’s Kristina Engstrom took medalist honors with a three-day score of 219.

The Lady Kats will be back in action on Oct. 25-28, when they travel to Tuscaloosa, Ala., to compete in the Alabama Capstone Intercollegiate.

Agate:1 Duke University 293 305 296 8942 North Carolina, U of 300 306 305 9113 Vanderbilt Univ. 301 307 306 9144 Wake Forest Univ. 309 308 304 9215 Georgia, U. of 310 302 310 9226 Furman University 300 313 316 9297 Tulane University 321 316 305 9428 So. Florida, U. of 315 312 316 9439 Kentucky, U. of 309 312 324 94510 N. Car. Wilmington 311 331 307 94911 N. Car.- Greensboro 314 317 322 95312 Memphis Univ of 314 323 326 96313 Florida State Univ. 313 324 331 968   North Carolina State 330 319 319 968

Individuals1 Kristina Engstrom Duke 73 76 70 2192 Nicki Cutler Vanderbilt 74 73 75 2223 Nuria Clau Wk. Forest 75 74 74 2234 Meredith Ward Vanderbilt 73 75 76 2245 Abby Spector N Carolina 74 77 74 225