Womens Golf Tied For 11th At NCAA Central Regional

NORMAL, Ill. -- The Oklahoma women's golf team is tied for 11th place at the NCAA Central Regional in Normal, Ill., after recording a first-round 311 (+27). In a tie for the tournament lead, Vanderbilt (No. 1 seed) and New Mexico (No. 2 seed) each carded a 298 (+14) in opening-round play.

Senior Lisa Meldrum, April's Big 12 Golfer of the Month, and sophomore Amparo Gala each shot a five-over-par 76 in first-round action and are tied for 23rd. Senior Hope Edge turned in a seven-over-par 78 and is tied for 46th while junior Emily Milberger is tied for 70th after carding a first-round 81 (+10). Freshman Jaclyn Stelzer recorded an 85 (+14) and is tied for 102nd heading into second-round play.

The tournament is being played at the 6,500-yard, par-71 University Golf Course. Round-two action will be played Friday with the final 18 holes being played Saturday. The top eight teams qualify to play at the NCAA Championships, May 18-21 in Opelika, Ala.

Live results can be found at www.golfstat.com.

Team Standings

T1.	Vanderbilt	298
	New Mexico	298
3.	Arizona	299
4.	Southern California	300
5.	Michigan State	302
6.	Missouri	303
T7.	Purdue	305
	Texas A&M	305
T9.	TCU	308
	Arkansas	308
T11.	Oklahoma	311
	Indiana	311
13.	Baylor	312
T14.	Illinois State	313
T14.	Northwestern	313
16.	Southern Methodist	316
T17.	Notre Dame	319
T17.	Tulsa	319
19.	Princeton	320
20.	Kent State	325
21.	Kansas State	326

Individual Standings

T1.	Erica Blasberg, Arizona	68
	Kyla Neal, Texas A&M	68
T3.	Laura Cross, SMU	72
	Sarah Jacobs, Vanderbilt	72
T5.	Karen Dennison, Indiana	73
	Kailin Downs, New Mexico	73
	Myrte Eikenaar, Purdue	73
	Allison Fouch, Michigan State	73
	Caroline Haase, Purdue	73
	Ashley Rollins, New Mexico	73
	May Wood, Vanderbilt	73