October 18, 1998

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The 19th-ranked Wake Forest women's golf team recorded a team round of 310 on the final day of play to finish 12th at the Mercedes-Benz Women's Collegiate Championships. The 54 hole event was contested at the 5,985-yard, par 72 layout of the Gettysvue Polo, Golf & Country Club in Knoxville, TN.

The Demon Deacons' finished the tournament with a total of 311-312-310=933 which put therm 41 shots off the pace of the top-ranked Duke Blue Devils who captured the team title with a three-day total of 306-295-291=892. Stacy Prammanasudh of Tulsa captured the individual title by defeating Laura Henderson of Auburn (76-71-71=218) in a four-hole sudden-death playoff to finish the event at 74-70-74=218.

The leading Deacon individual in the field was junior Kelly Kirwin (Grand Rapids, MN) who was the only Wake Forest player in the tournament's top 30 as she carded a two-over-par round of 74 on Sunday and finished tied with four other players in 23rd place at 77-79-74=226. Following Kirwin in the individual standings was sophomore Marta Prieto (Sevilla, Spain) who was one of three players tied for 34th place at 79-73-81=233. The remaining WFU individuals in the field included senior Kristen Wagner (Martinsville, IN) at 79-82-77=238 and freshman Kate Brenny (Little Falls, MN) at 76-80-82=238 who finished tied with one other player in 51st place and freshman Camille Lee (Orlando, FL) who tied for 63rd place with a 54-hole total of 87-80-78=245.

The Deacons will now be off until the weekend of November 6-8 when they travel to Hilton Head, SC to compete in the GolfWorld Palmetto Dunes Invitational at the Palmetto Hall Golf Club.

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
1.   Duke             306-295-291=892
2.   Tulsa            301-289-315=905
3.   Georgia          312-288-308=908
4.   Swedish National 307-299-304=910
5.   Auburn          307-303-304=914
6.   Ohio State       313-302-309=924
7.   Alabama          318-299-309=926
8.   San Jose State   315-297-315=927
     Memphis          310-307-310=927
10.  Tennessee        313-306-309=928
11.  LSU              304-305-320=629
12.  Wake Forest      311-312-310=933
13.  South Carolina   323-306-315=944
14.  Furman           321-315-314=950
15.  Texas A&M        319-320-328=967
16.  Florida          337-316-326=979
17.  North Carolina   321-331-DNF

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS
1.   Stacy Prammanasudh, Tulsa**    74-70-74=218
2.   Laura Henderson, Georgia       76-71-71=218
3.   Robin Cook, Auburn             71-76-73=220
4.   Niina Laitinen, Tulsa          71-74-76=221
5.   Marie Hedberg, Sweden          74-72-76=222
     Beth Bauer, Duke               81-74-67=222
7.   Jenny Chuasiriporn, Duke       76-72-75=223
     Natalie Tucker, Memphis        76-72-75=223
     Jessica Krantz, San Jose State 77-68-78=223
10.  Three players tied at 224
** Won in four-hole playoff.

WAKE FOREST COMPETITORS
T23.   Kelly Kirwin, Wake Forest   77-79-74=230
T34.   Marta Prieto, Wake Forest   79-73-81=233
T51.   Kristen Wagner, Wake Forest 79-82-77=238
       Kate Brenny, Wake Forest    76-80-82=238
T63.   Camille Lee, Wake Forest    87-80-78=245