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Women's Golf in Third After 18 at ACC Championship

Brenny leads Deacons with in fifth with a 73.

April 16, 1999

GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Duke women's golf team secured a 3-over-par 291 in Friday's first round of the 1999 ACC Women's Golf Championship, jumping out to a nine-stroke lead in the event. The tournament is being played at the Grandover East Golf Course for the second-straight year and the third time in the last four seasons. Florida State stands second at 300, Wake Forest is third at 303, and North Carolina is fourth at 313. The Blue Devils are shooting for the program's fourth-straight ACC Championship and the seventh in school history.

Three players are tied for the individual lead in the event with a one-under-par 71. Duke freshman Beth Bauer, the No. 1 ranked player in the country, joined Duke senior Jenny Chuasiriporn and Florida State senior Amy Bond in a tie for first. Florida State senior Erika Iding is fourth at 72, while Wake Forest freshman Katie Brenny stands fifth at 73.

North Carolina junior March Newton, who collected a 79 in the first round, recorded a hole-in-one on the par three, No. 12 hole.

Grandover East is a par 72, 5,950-yard layout in Greensboro. The ACC Championship will continue on Saturday and Sunday with tee times both days starting at 7:48 a.m.

TEAM STANDINGS AFTER 18 HOLES

 1.  Duke            291
 2.  Florida State   300
 3.  Wake Forest     303
 4.  North Carolina  313

TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS

 1.  Beth Bauer, Duke            35-36=71
     Amy Bond, Florida State     36-35=71
     Jenny Chuasiriporn, Duke    35-36=71
 4.  Erika Iding, Florida State  37-35=72
 5.  Katie Brenny, Wake Forest   36-37=73
 6.  Kalen Anderson, Duke        36-38=74
 7.  Marta Prieto, Wake Forest   36-39=75
     Candy Hannemann, Duke       37-38=75
 9.  Amy Spooner, Florida State  39-37=76
     Heather Angell, N. Carolina 43-33=76
     Nicole Faniola, Wake Forest 38-38=76
WAKE FOREST COMPETITORS
T13. Kristen Wagner, Wake Forest 39-40=79
 18. Kelly Kirwin, Wake Forest   39-41=80