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Mason Rudolph Women's Invitational
Women's Golf in 13th place after first round of Mason Rudolph Women's Championship
09.25.2009 | Women's Golf
Sept. 25, 2009
First-round results
FRANKLIN, Tenn. -- The University of Texas Women's Golf team fired a 2-over-par 290 in the opening round of the Mason Rudolph Women's Championship hosted by Vanderbilt to finish the day in 13th place. Freshman Katelyn Sepmoree led the Longhorns with a 1-under 71 on the Vanderbilt Legends Club to tie for 27th place after one round in the three-day, 54-hole affair.
Sepmoree carded the first under-par scorecard of her collegiate career with a round that included four birdies. A bogey on the fourth hole was followed with a birdie on the fifth, and she made back-to-back sub-pars on the seventh and eighth holes to drop to 2-under. The Tyler, Texas, native went bogey-birdie-bogey over holes nine, 10 and 11 before making pars on her last seven holes to finish at 1-under on the day.
Freshman Madison Pressel shot even-par 72 after rebounding from a double bogey on the eighth hole with birdies on holes 12 and 17. Pressel is currently tied for 36th place as one of nine players to finish the first round at par and among 44 players that played the first round at par or under.
Sophomore Nicole Vandermade is tied for 45th place at 1-over 73. Freshmen Desiree Dubreuil and Haley Stephens are tied for 57th and 72nd, respectively, at 2-over 74 and 3-over 75. Senior Shannon Fish, who is competing as an individual, is tied for 45th place at 1-over 73.
Auburn and Southern California are tied atop the team leaderboard at 10-under 278, while Alabama and Arizona State are two strokes back at 8-under 280 and tied for third place. Duke rounds out the top-five teams at 5-under 283.
Auburn's Candace Schepperle and Southern Cal's Jennifer Song are tied for the individual lead at 6-under 66, while Schepperle's teammate Cydney Clanton is in third place at 5-under 67.
The second round of the Mason Rudolph Women's Championship will begin Saturday morning at 8 a.m. Central with fixed tee times on number one and 10. Live scoring can be found online at www.Golfstat.com.
Mason Rudolph Women's Championship Results - Day One
13. TEXAS 290 (+2)
Texas Players
T27. Katelyn Sepmoree, 71 (-1)
T36. Madison Pressel, 72 (E)
T45. Nicole Vandermade, 73 (+1)
T57. Desiree Dubreuil, 74 (+2)
T72. Haley Stephens, 75 (+3)
Texas Individual
T45. Shannon Fish, 73 (+1)
POST-ROUND QUOTES
Head Coach Martha Richards
On the team's overall performance: We played great today, tee to green. A (2-over) 290 on this golf course is really good and indicative of very solid rounds (of golf). I was impressed with their composure and competitiveness out there, and to play as well as we did with our playing partners (UCLA and Stanford) shows the fight that this team has in it.
On the play of freshman Katelyn Sepmoree: Katelyn keeps coming along. She has a great attitude, is a wonderful teammate, and in terms of her golf game, she keeps getting her short game better. I walked the last several holes with her, and we worked at staying in the present. She's a talented young lady and her best golf is still ahead of her. Her talent level is really good, and time will help her game mature even more.
On the youth of the Texas lineup: I'm thrilled with what I'm seeing. The thing that I love the most is the energy and work ethic that this lineup brings with it. They get after it all of the time. They push each other while also supporting being supportive of one another, and it creates a wonderful atmosphere. It's a lot of fun to be around these young ladies from a coaching perspective.
