March 12, 1999

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - North Carolina's women's golf team is tied for eighth place with a 643 total after two rounds of the Casa de Campo Intercollegiate. Tennessee leads the field of 13 teams with a 624 total followed by Wake Forest at 628 and South Carolina at 629.

Marta Prieto of Wake Forest grabbed the individual lead with a 153 total after rounds of 74-79. Two players are tied for second place with 154 totals, Kelly Kirwin of Wake Forest and Line Berg of Central Florida. Carolina's Heather Angell is among a trio of players tied for fourth place at 155, the other two being South Carolina's Cecilia Ekelundh and Tennessee's Stacey Bergman.

In addition to Angell, Carolina's Marcy Newton is also in the top 15 as she is tied for 15th place with a 158 total. Cuyler Buckles carded a 161 total while Shelley McKevitt is at 169 and Beth Lever is at 183.

The final round of the 54-hole event will be played Sunday at the famed "Teeth of the Dog", a par 72, 6,059-yard layout.

  TEAM SCORES (36 HOLES)
  1. Tennessee       306-318--624
  2. Wake Forest     304-324--626
  3. South Carolina  317-312--629
  4. Central Florida 315-319--634
  5. Florida State   320-320--640
     Nebraska        316-324--640
     Vanderbilt      312-328--640
  8. North Carolina  318-325--643
     Purdue          323-320--643
 10. Miami           329-320--649
 11. South Florida   322-331--653
 12. Kentucky        339-324--663
 13. Rollins         329-337--666

TOP INDIVIDUALS (36 HOLES)
1. Marta Prieto (Wake Forest)      74-79--153
2. Kelly Kirwin (Wake Forest)      74-80--154
   Line Berg (Central Florida)     78-76--154
4. Heather Angell (North Carolina) 77-78--155
   Cecilia Ekelundh (S. Carolina)  78-77--155
   Stacey Bergman (Tennessee)      74-81--155
7. Bessie Phillips (South Florida) 77-79--156
   Jessica Lindbergh (Tennessee)   77-79--156
   Mallory Crosland (Vanderbilt)   71-85--156

CAROLINA'S INDIVIDUALS
T4  Heather Angell    77-78--155
T15 Marcy Newton      80-78--158
    Cuyler Buckles    80-81--161
    Shelley McKevitt  81-88--169
    Beth Lever        89-94--183