TCU tied for the lead in Puerto Rico
2/24/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Feb. 24, 2008
RIO GRANDE, Puerto Rico -- The 27th-ranked TCU women's golf team shot a 5-over-par 293 and is tied for the lead after Sunday's opening round of the Lady Puerto Rico Classic.
The Horned Frogs sit atop the leaderboard with No. 19 Alabama, three strokes ahead of sixth-ranked Arkansas and No. 42 Florida State.
Valentine Derrey is the top TCU golfer. The sophomore from Paris, France, carded a 1-under 71 and is tied for fifth individually, three strokes behind the 68 posted by leader Stacy Lewis of Arkansas.
TCU freshmen Prisela Campbell and Melissa Loh both posted career-low scores.
Campbell, a Fort Worth native, shot a 71 and is tied for 11th. Her previous low round was a 73 this fall at the Lady Paladin Invitational.
Loh, from Singapore, posted a 74. She had a pair of 75s at the Lady Paladin Invitational.
Megan O'Donnell and Carrie Morris added a 75 and 76, respectively, for the Frogs.
Second-round play on the par-72 Coco Beach Golf Course begins Monday with a shotgun start at 8 a.m.
Team Scores
T1. TCU - 293
T1. Alabama - 293
T3. Florida State - 296
T3. Arkansas - 296
T5. LSU - 297
T5. UCF - 297
7. Georgia - 298
T8. South Carolina - 299
T8. Kent State - 299
T8. Tennessee - 299
T8. Purdue - 299
T12. Michigan - 302
T12. Texas Tech - 302
T14. N.C. State - 308
T14. Oklahoma - 308
16. Wisconsin, - 313
17. Minnesota - 315
18. Iowa State - 316
TCU Scores
T5. Valentine Derrey - 71
T11. Prisela Campbell - 73
T17. Melissa Loh - 74
T29. Megan O'Donnell - 75
T38. Carrie Morris - 76
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