Feb. 23, 2002

Gainesville, Fla. – The University of Kentucky women’s golf team dropped one spot to ninth place on Saturday, Feb. 23 after the second round of the Lady Gator Invitational in Gainesville, Fla. The Lady Kats have shot a two-round total of 631 thus far in the three-round tournament.

Junior Kelly Anders leads the way for the Kats with her two-day total of 149. Anders, a Springfield, Ill., native, trails by only 10 stokes and currently sits in a tie for sixth place. Senior Towa Okiyama has also put together two impressive rounds for UK. Okiyama fired an opening-round 75 and a 78 on Saturday to place her in a tie for 13th. Other UK scores include Lauren George’s 165, Stacy Springer’s 168 and Kristen Pepe’s 175.

The tournament will conclude on Sunday, Feb. 24 with the third and final round of play. Action will begin at 8 a.m.

Agate:1. Florida 298-302-600, 2. Georgia 298-310-608, 3. Mississippi State 301-308-609, T4. Vanderbilt 307-305-612, T4. South Carolina 304-308-612, T6. LSU 298-316-614, T6. SouthFlorida 299-315-614, 8. Mississippi 307-321-628, T9. North Carolina 307-324-631, T9. Kentucky305-326-631, 11. Florida State 312-322-634, 12. Central Florida 308-328-636, 13. Alabama 302-338-640, 14. Florida International 317-324-641, 15. Arkansas 319-324--643

Individuals1 Meredith Duncan, LSU, 1392 Brittany Stranza, UF, 1443 Anna Gertsson, MSU, 1454 Sarah Jacobs, VU, 1465 Kacy Thoompson, USC, 1476 Kelly Anders, UK, 149 Jeanna Cho, UF, 149 Summer Sirmons, UGA, 149