Women's Golf Holds On To Third To Wrap Up Fall Season

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11/3/2009 5:20:53 PM

PINEHURST, N.C. – The Morehead State women’s golf team shot a second round score of 305 to finish in third place at the Pinehurst Challenge which was held at the 6,004-yard, par 72 Pinehurst #6 in Pinehurst, N.C. Morehead State finished behind Western Carolina who took second with a score of 592 and tournament host College of Charleston who won the event with a low score of 584.

MSU sophomore Emma Jonsson bested her day one performance of 76 and shot a team-low 73 to finished with a 149 to lead the Eagles and tie for 13th overall. Freshman Marisa Kamelgarn shot a day two score of 77 and finished just one stroke behind Jonsson with a 150, good for a tie for 16th place.

Senior Darlene Bognot, MSU’s day one leader, finished with an 80 on day two, to card a 152 and tie for 21st overall. Junior Paige Lausier’s round two 78 placed her tied fro 28th overall with a final score of 155. Sophomore Emma Eksell improved five strokes over her day one score of 82 by firing a 77 on day two for a final score of 159, placing her tied for 45th.

Other OVC schools that competed in the event were Eastern Kentucky who finished fifth with a 609 and Jacksonville State who finished in a tie for eighth place with a 618.

The tournament wrapped up Morehead State’s fall season, MSU’s most successful fall ever. The Eagles finished first or tied for first three times (two tournaments and one tri-match). Morehead State resumes their schedule in the spring, starting Feb. 21-23 at College of Charleston;s Kiawah Invitational

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Pepsi Athletes of the Week

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.

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.

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