March 30, 2001

ATHENS, GA - North Carolina's Women's Golf team find themselves alone in 16th place following the first round of the Liz Murphy Collegiate Classic. The Tar Heels shot a team score of 326 in the first round. Duke University stands atop the team scoreboard after firing a round of 291 which is 3-over par. The University of Texas is in second trailing Duke by eleven strokes after carding a team score of 302. The University of Georgia finished with a round of 304 while the University of Alabama and Wake Forest round out the top six coming in with rounds of 310 and 314.

In individual play, North Carolina is led by junior Shelley McKevitt who scored a five-over-par 77 placing her in 19th. Freshman Ashley Prange carded a first round score of 79 placing her with eight others in 35th.

The second round will resume tomorrow. The tournament is held at the University of Georgia Golf Course, which is a par 72-course consisting of 6,014 yards.

TEAM SCORES (18 HOLES)

1.	Duke		291
2.	Texas		302
3.	Georgia 	304
4.	Alabama		310
5.	Wake Forest	314
6.	Vanderbilt	315
	Auburn		315
	Michigan State	315
9. 	Furman		319
	Mississippi	319
11.	Nebraska	320
	Northwestern	320
13.	South Carolina	321
14.	Tulane		323
15.	Arkansas	324
17.	North Carolina	326
18. 	Kentucky	331
	Mississippi St.	331

TOP INDIVIDUALS (18 HOLES)

1.	Shara Johnson (Alabama)		72
	Randi Meadows (Texas)		72
	Candy Hannemann (Duke)		72
	V. Nirapathpongporn (Duke)	72
5.	Kristina Engstrom (Duke)	75

CAROLINA'S INDIVIDUALS
T19 	Shelley Mckevitt	77
T35	Ashley Prange		79
T69	Beth Lever		84
T84	Heather Angell		86
T84	Abby Spector		86