Printer-Friendly Format     E-mail this article     Lisa Maunu had a strong start to her sophomore season by tying a collegiate career-best mark with a one-under par 71 during the first round on Monday.

Sophomore Lisa Maunu paces the Irish with a 146 (+2) total

Sept. 11, 2006

HANAHAN, S.C. - The Notre Dame women's golf team is currently in 11th-place following the first two rounds of the Cougar Classic at the par 72, 6,092-yard Yeamans Hall Golf Club. The Fighting Irish posted rounds of 301 and 300 for a 12-over par 601 total, which is 22 shots in back of co-leaders, North Carolina and LSU. Sophomore Lisa Maunu (St. Thomas, Ontario/Collegiate Parkside Institute) paced the Irish on the day by firing a two-over par total of 146 (71-75) to reside in a tie for 14th-place. Her first round total of 71 tied a personal collegiate-best mark.

Florida State's Whitney Brummett (70-70) and North Carolina's Lauren Hunt (69-71) are currently tied for first after posting four-under par totals of 140. Marci Turner of Tennessee carded the low round of the day with a five-under par 67 during the afternoon's second round.

Irish senior Noriko Nakazaki (Hanover Park, Ill./Hoffman Estates) knocked four shots off of her first round total with an even-par 72 in the afternoon to possess a 148 (76-72) total, which places her in a tie for 24th at the season-opening event.

In her collegiate debut, freshman Annie Brophy (Spokane, Wash./Gonzaga Prep) shot a two-over par 74 in round one and then notched a 79 in the afternoon and is tied for 46th with a nine-over par 153. Brophy's classmate Kristin Wetzel (Middletown, N.Y./Hilton Head Prep School) began with an 83, yet came back strong in the second round with a three-over par 75. Her 158 total has her in a tie for 71st overall out of the 95-golfer field. Matching Wetzel with a 158 was her senior teammate Stacy Brown (The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands), who carded rounds of 80 and 78.

Tuesday's second and final round will get underway with a shotgun start at 9:00 a.m. (ET). Live results of the tournament are available at golfstat.com. For additional information please log on to und.com or call the Notre Dame athletics hotline at (574) 631-3000.

Cougar Classic (Yeamans Hall Golf Club - Hanahan, S.C., Par 72, 6,092-yards)

Team Scores (36-hole totals): 1t. North Carolina 579 (286-293), 1t. LSU 579 (295-284), 3. Alabama 582 (297-285), 4. Tennessee 587 (299-288), 5t. Florida State 588 (297-291), 5t. Furman 588 (292-296), 7. Maryland 597 (298-299), 8t. N.C. State 599 (305-294), 8t. South Florida 599 (298-301), 8t. College of Charleston 599 (302-297), 11. Notre Dame 601 (301-300), 12. Campbell 605 (301-304), 13. Miami 614 (306-308), 14t. Georgia State 617 (304-313), 14t. UNC-Greensboro 617 (305-312), 16. Mississippi State 620 (314-306), 17. Richmond 621 (310-311), 18. Kentucky 622 (308-314).

Top-7 Golfers (36-hole totals): 1t. Whitney Brummett (Florida State) 140 (70-70), 1t. Lauren Hunt (North Carolina) 140 (69-71), 3t. Melissa Eaton (LSU) 142 (73-69), 3t. Alejandra Shaw (Campbell) 142 (71-71), 3t. Sarah Sturm (Alabama) 142 (73-69), 3t. Jenny Suh (Alabama) 142 (74-68), 3t. Marci Turner (Tennessee) 142 (75-67).

Notre Dame Scores (36-hole totals): 14t. Lisa Maunu 146 (71-75), 24t. Noriko Nakazaki 148 (76-72), 46t. Annie Brophy 153 (74-79), 71t. Stacy Brown 158 (80-78), 71t. Kristin Wetzel 158 (83-75).