Gagnon In Eighth At Pine Needles
Nov. 6, 2000
SOUTHERN PINES, NC – University of Miami sophomore Dominique Gagnon(Dominican Republic) fired an opening round 73 and is in eighth-place at thePine Needles Women’s Collegiate Invitational in Southern Pines, NC. Gagnon is three strokes behind Memphis’ Meaghan Francella who shot aone-under-par 70 to take the first round lead.
Miami, which shot a total of 309 in the first round, is ineighth-place in the team competition. Alabama shot an opening round 291 andis in first place, one stroke ahead of Memphis (292). Others playing well for Miami included freshman Jazmin Cataldo(Paraguay) and senior Ashleigh Barrett-Hamilton (Zimbabwe). Cataldo iscurrently in 18th-place after recording a score of 75 while Barrett-Hamiltonopened the tournament with a 79 and is in 37th-place.
Second round action will continue on Tuesday with the final roundtaking place on Wednesday.
Pine Needles Women’s Collegiate Invitational
Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club
Southern Pines, NC
Par: 71
Yardage: 6023
Finish Teams Scores
| 1 | Alabama | 291 |
| 2 | Memphis | 292 |
| 3 | Kentucky | 299 |
| 4 | South Florida | 301 |
| Louisville | 301 | |
| 6 | Campbell | 302 |
| 7 | Michigan State | 307 |
| 8 | Miami | 309 |
| 9 | Penn State | 310 |
| 10 | NC State | 315 |
| FIU | 315 | |
| 12 | Rollins | 323 |
Finish Top 20 Players School Scores
| 1 | Meaghan Francella | Memphis | 35-35 | 70 |
| 2 | Sarah Johnston | Alabama | 37-34 | 71 |
| Fany Schaeffer | South Florida | 36-35 | 71 | |
| 4 | Sharon O’Neill | Campbell | 38-34 | 72 |
| Cindy Pasechnik | Louisville | 34-38 | 72 | |
| Paula Carter | Alabama | 36-36 | 72 | |
| Sandra Hellsvik | Memphis | 36-36 | 72 | |
| 8 | Michelle Simpson | FIU | 35-38 | 73 |
| Malin Claesson | NC State | 37-36 | 73 | |
| Laura Torrisi | Campbell | 35-38 | 73 | |
| Anna Strandberg | Alabama | 38-35 | 73 | |
| Dominique Gagnon | Miami | 36-37 | 73 | |
| 13 | Rachel Lester | Kentucky | 38-36 | 74 |
| Katie Futcher | Penn State | 37-37 | 74 | |
| Towa Okiyama | Kentucky | 34-40 | 74 | |
| Abby More | Memphis | 34-40 | 74 | |
| Stacy Snider | Mich. St. | 36-38 | 74 | |
| 18 | Jazmin Cataldo | Miami | 37-38 | 75 |
| Emily Bastel | Mich. St. | 35-40 | 75 | |
| Cynthia Skilton | Penn State | 38-37 | 75 | |
| Alison Wright | Louisville | 35-40 | 75 | |
| Allison Akin | Alabama | 36-39 | 75 | |
| Jenny Throgmorton | Kentucky | 37-38 | 75 |
Other Hurricanes:
| 37 | Ashleigh Barrett-Hamilton | Miami | 40-39 | 79 |
| 51 | Camilla Hilland | Miami | 42-40 | 82 |
| 60 | Katie Buscemi | Miami | 46-39 | 85 |
