The Lenoir-Rhyne Women's Golf Team began competition Monday at the Pinehurst Challenge, hosted by Wingate University, at the National Golf Club. L-R is led by senior Megan Katsch (Wilmington, N.C.),

who is tied for 36th overall after the first round of play with an 86 (+14) on the par-72, 5,840-yard course.
UNC Pembroke leads after the first 18 holes with a 322 (+34) while Carson-Newman's Meridith Hawkins is the top individual with a two-over 74. Freshmen Elizabeth Ewing (Greensboro, N.C.) and Temple Cook (Morganton, N.C.) are also competing in the tournament for the Bears.
Ewing is tied for 51st with a 90 (+18) while Cook is 84th overall with a 103 (+31) with one round to go. The second and final round of the tournament takes place on Tuesday.

Pinehurst Challenge
March 18-19, 2013 - First Round Results
Pinehurst, N.C.
National Golf Club
1. UNC Pembroke 322 (+34)
2. Wingate 325 (+37)
3t. Carson-Newman 326 (+38)
3t. Lincoln Memorial 326 (+38)
5. Armstrong Atlantic State 332 (+44)
6. Tusculum 333 (+45)
7t. King 336 (+48)
7t. Pfeiffer 336 (+48)
9. Mount Olive 340 (+52)
10. Converse 344 (+56)
11. Catawba 345 (+57)
12. Limestone 346 (+58)
13. Coker 359 (+71)
14. Anderson 369 (+81)
15. Otterbein 373 (+85)
16. Barton 394 (+106)

Lenoir-Rhyne's Golfers
36t. Megan Katsch 86 (+14)
51t. Elizabeth Ewing 90 (+18)
84. Temple Cook 103 (+31)

Photo Courtesy: Megan Katsch, L-R Athletics