Feb. 18, 2008

PARRISH, Fla. - Freshman Lene Hafsten-Morch led the way for the Baylor women's golf team at the Central District Invitational Monday, turning in rounds of 77 and 75 for a Bears squad that finds itself in 14th place with just one round remaining.

Hafsten-Morch stumbled out of the gates with two straight bogies, but recovered to shoot even-par golf through the next 13 holes before finishing with three straight bogies for a 77 in the opening round. The freshman from Billingstad, Norway, sunk a birdie to start her second round, but suffered straight double-bogies on her next two holes before finishing her second round with a 75 for a two-round total of 152.

After two rounds of action, Hafsten-Morch currently sits in a 21st-place tie at 8-over-par.

Fellow freshman Morgan Chambers carded consecutive sub-80 rounds with a 157 (79-78) to finish day one tied for 38th.

The tournament wraps up on Tuesday with just one round of competition remaining. All the action can be followed live at: http://www.golfstatresults.com/public/index.cfm?tournament_id=1198

Tournament field includes: Baylor, Indiana, Kansas State, Kent State, Michigan, Michigan State, Missouri, Nebraska, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Southern Methodist, Texas and Texas A&M.

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS

1. Sara Brown (Michigan State), 70-70=140

T20. Lene Hafsten-Morch, 77-75=152

T36. Morgan Chambers, 79-78=157

T55. Hannah Burke, 80-81=161

T55. Sian Reddick, 81-80=161

67. Natalie Hocott, 85-81=166

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Michigan State, 291-298=589

2. Kent State, 304-299=603

T3. Texas A&M, 302-302=604

T3. Ohio State, 308-296=604

5. Texas, 304-303=607

14. Baylor, 317-314=631