Women's Golf In Third At Pinehurst

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11/2/2009 9:39:48 PM

PINEHURST, N.C.—Morehead State women’s golf shot its lowest score of the fall season to place third after the first round in the Pinehurst Challenge. The Eagles shot a 298, just two strokes behind second-place Western Carolina and seven strokes off the leader, host College of Charleston. The two-round tournament is being played at the 6,004-yard, par 72 Pinehurst #6.

Senior Darlene Bognot carded par to tie for fourth overall and is just two strokes out of first place. Bognot is tied with three other players for fourth. Marisa Kamelgarn, MSU's talented freshman, is tied for eighth at 73, one stroke out of fourth. Kamelgarn is gunning for her fifth straight top-ten finish to sweep the fall season.

Sophomore Emma Jonsson is tied for 20th overall with a 76 and junior Paige Lausier is tied for 27th with a 77. Sophomore Emma Eksell is tied for 51st overall with an 82.

Eastern Kentucky (fourth-304) and Jacksonville State (T-Sixth-308) are the other Ohio Valley Conference teams at the event.

The 36-hole tournament concludes Tuesday with an 8:45 a.m. shotgun start.

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Pepsi Athletes of the Week

Brooke Helms

Women's Tennis

Junior women's tennis player Brooke Helms went undefeated in singles action over the weekend, as she tallied two individual match wins.

Helms clinched the come-from-behind 4-3 victory over Big East power West Virginia, a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 at number five singles. Helms then was only one of two Eagle netters to score a win in a 5-2 loss at Duquesne, winning 6-3, 6-4 at number five.

Ty Proffitt

Men's Basketball

Men's Basketball senior Ty Proffitt recorded a team-high 18 points on 5-of-6 from the field, 4-of-5 from three-point range and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line in Tuesday’s 75-69 victory over Norfolk State.

He then registered a season-best 20 points on 6-of-10 from the floor, 4-of-7 from long range and 4-of-4 from the charity stripe in Saturday’s 56-50 win over Tennessee Tech.

The guard, who hails from London, Ky., connected on 69 percent from the field (11-of-16) and 67 percent from downtown (8-of-12) in addition to making all eight free-throw attempts. He also committed just four turnovers in 65 minutes last week.

Proffitt was also named Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week for his performances this past week.

Morehead State University Athletics