2013 GREAT SMOKIES 2013 PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS WAYNESVILLE INN GOLF RESORT & SPA WAYNESVILLE, N.C. SEPT , 2013

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1 2013 GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE L E I E WAYNESVILLE INN GOLF RESORT & SPA WAYNESVILLE, N.C. SEPT , PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS INSTITUTION NAME... HEAD COACH INSTITUTION NAME... HEAD COACH Univ. of Alabama-Birmingham...Kim Wilcox Appalachian State Univ.... Heather Brown Bowling Green State Univ....Stephanie Young The Citadel...Lori Bonacci Eastern Kentucky Univ....Mike Whitson Mercer Univ....Gary Guyer Methodist Univ....Tom Inczauskis Presbyterian College... Thomas Addison Samford Univ.... Rachel Ingram Tennessee Tech Univ... Polk Brown Western Carolina Univ....Mallory Hetzel Western Kentucky Univ....Ron Burchett Western Carolina Women s Golf to Host 15th-Annual Great Smokies Intercollegiate Sept Cullowhee, N.C. Twelve teams, including three previous team champions will square, off vying for both team and individual titles as Western Carolina and the Catamount women s golf team play host to the 15th-annual Great Smokies Intercollegiate Sept All told, 67 women s golfers are slated to vie for the tournament championship. The two-round, Monday through Tuesday event which began back in 1999 will again be held at the par 72, 5,932-yard Waynesville Inn Golf Resort in Spa in The 2013 Great Smokies Intercollegiate consists of three days of golf beginning on Sunday, Sept. 16 with practice rounds that start at 11:30 am by set team tee times. The 36-hole tournament will begin with a shotgun start at 9:00 am on Monday, Sept. 16, with the final round also teeing off with a shotgun start at 9:00 am on Tuesday, Sept. 17. Hosting the Great Smokies Intercollegiate for a 15th-straight year as a program is a milestone for WCU women s golf. This is an on-going tradition which dates back to 1999 and is one many teams circle on their calendars, said WCU head coach Mallory Hetzel, who guided the Catamounts to the program s 10th top-two finish a season ago. This year s 12-team field will make for great competition both for the individual and team championship. I know Taylor (Allison) is anxious to defend her title from a season ago. The Waynesville Inn - Golf Resort and Spa was established in 1926, nestled on the hills and valleys of Western North Carolina. The 27-hole course sits on a former dairy farm and features rolling fairways ending in bent grass greens. The course was designed by renowned golf course designer, Donald Ross, who also designed Pinehurst #2 which hosted the 2005 U.S. Open. Golf Digest gave the Waynesville Inn Golf Resort and Spa a four-star rating. Teams will once again play the Carolina and Blue Ridge courses with the yardages playing out the same as a year ago. The Carolina course will play 2,979 yards while Blue Ridge, which features three par-3 and three par 5 holes, measures out to 2,953 yards to make up the 5,932-yard course. The staff at the Waynesville Inn - Golf Resort and Spa do an amazing job in every facet of helping us host this first-class event. From the condition of the course, to the rooms and meals all provided there on-site, the Great Smokies Intercollegiate continues to rank among the top women s tournaments and experiences. You can t beat the view from the course this time of year, added Hetzel. Western Carolina has won seven of the 14 previous team titles all-time, including two-straight after tying Southern Conference foe, Elon, in the rainshortened four years ago, and edging conference counterpart, Wofford, by five strokes in All told, WCU has won seven of the last 11 tournament team titles while also having claimed individual medalist honors seven times. In addition to WCU, two other past tournament champions are in this year s field including defending champion, Eastern Kentucky and Tennessee Tech, who won in 1999 and 2000 respectively. Those three will be joined by nine other schools making return trips to the mountains of Western North Carolina in this year s field. Looking back at the 2012 Great Smokies Intercollegiate, seven of the top 10 teams from the final finishing order return to the field in 2012 WCU, EKU, Presbyterian, Samford, Tennessee Tech, UAB and Western Kentucky. Last season, led by freshman individual medalist Taylor Allison, WCU finished in the runner-up spot as the 36-hole event was condense to one day of competition due to inclement weather. It was the 10th time in the 14 previous events that WCU had placed among the top two finishers, and the secondstraight season a Catamount rookie had secured medalist honors with Allison joining 2011 champion, Sofie Kvarnstrom. GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE PAGE 1 WAYNESVILLE INN GOLF RESORT & SPA

2 2013 GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE L E I E Alison is vying to join two of her predecessors in Ashley Hovda (2004, 2005) and Brandy Andersen (2002, 2003) as only two golfers have ever won multiple Great Smokies Intercollegiate individual championships. Tournament practice rounds begin at 11:30 am on Sunday, with both the first and second rounds on Monday and Tuesday mornings, respectively, teeing off at 9:00 am. Admission is free and the tournament is open to the public. Full recaps and results will be made available online at Sports.com at the conclusion of both rounds Monday and Tuesday. ADDITIONAL GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE NOTES: * A total of 65 different teams have participated in the event all-time the 2013 tournament features 12 teams from six different states (Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Ohio, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee); * Three of the seven all-time tournament team champions will be in competition: Eastern Kentucky (2011), Tennessee Tech (1999, 2000) and Western Carolina (2002, 03, 04, 05, 06, 08, 09); * Defending individual co-medalist Western Carolina s Taylor Allison returns to the field in She is the only previous GSI winner in the 66 golfer field; * The top two best team tournaments have been turned in the past two seasons Morehead State posted a tournament record score of 575 in last fall s event In 2011, Eastern Kentucky matched the previous team 36-hole record of 576 originally set by WCU in 2005; * Western Carolina has won at least a share of seven of the 14 team titles alltime at the Great Smokies Intercollegiate... the Catamounts have also had the individual medalist in seven of the past 10 seasons, with co-medalists at the rain-shortened 2009 and 2012 events. For more information on the Waynesville Inn Golf Resort & Spa, please visit: WCU MEDIA RELATIONS RAMSEY CENTER ATHLETICS CULLOWHEE, N.C PHONE: (828) FAX: (828) Asst. AD for Media Relations / WGolf Contact:...Daniel Hooker Cell Phone:... (828) Address:... dhooker@ .wcu.edu Director of Media Relations:... Denise Gideon Director of Media Relations:... Kevin Young RESULTS AND RECAPS CAN BE FOUND AT: SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: SUNDAY, SEPT. 15, :00 am - 1:00 pm Teams arrive at the Waynesville Inn - Golf Resort & Spa 11:30 am - 1:30 pm Practice Round begins by set Tee Times 6:30 pm Dinner on the Patio 8:00 pm Coaches Meeting in the Conference Room MONDAY, SEPT. 16, :00 8:30 am Breakfast at the Inn 7:00 8:30 am Driving range is open by times (No. 8 Carolina) 7:00 am 7:45 am Appalachian State, Tennessee Tech, Western Kentucky, The Citadel, Bowling Green and Samford 7:45 am 8:30 am Western Carolina, Presbyterian, Eastern Kentucky UAB, Mercer, Methodist ** Please help us have the range clear by 8:30 am so we can be ready for play by 9:00 am ** 8:45 am Depart to First Day Starting Tee Boxes 9:00 am First round shotgun start (No Horn, 18 holes) 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Box Lunches available on the Patio 6:30 pm Dinner on the Patio TUESDAY, SEPT. 17, :00 8:30 am Breakfast at the Inn 7:00 8:30 am Driving range is open (No. 8 Carolina) 7:00 am 7:45 am Appalachian State, Tennessee Tech, Western Kentucky, The Citadel, Bowling Green and Samford 7:45 am 8:30 am Western Carolina, Presbyterian, Eastern Kentucky UAB, Mercer, Methodist ** Please help us have the range clear by 8:30 am so we can be ready for play by 9:00 am ** 8:45 am Depart to First Day Starting Tee Boxes 9:00 am Final round shotgun start (No Horn, 18 holes) 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Box Lunches available at the Inn Approx. 2:00 pm Awards Presentation TEAM and INDIVIDUAL Trophies and Awards will be presented at the conclusion of the tournament near the tournament scoreboard GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE PAGE 2 WAYNESVILLE INN GOLF RESORT & SPA

3 2013 GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE L E I E DAY ONE TEE TIMES BY SCHOOL - SECOND DAY PAIRINGS WILL BE DETERMINED BY FIRST ROUND TEAM SCORES - CAROLINA COURSE 9:00 AM - Shotgun Start #1 HOLE, Par 4 PLAYER 3: Western Kentucky Tennessee Tech Presbyterian #2 HOLE, Par 4 PLAYER 4: Western Kentucky Tennessee Tech Presbyterian #3 HOLE, Par 5 (2 groups) PLAYER 5: Western Kentucky Tennessee Tech Presbyterian PLAYER 1: The Citadel Methodist UAB #4 HOLE, Par 3 PLAYER 2: The Citadel Methodist UAB #5 HOLE, Par 4 PLAYER 3: The Citadel Methodist UAB #6 HOLE, Par 5 (2 groups) PLAYER 4: The Citadel Methodist UAB PLAYER 5: The Citadel Methodist UAB #7 HOLE, Par 3 Individual No. 1 Individual No. 2 Individual No. 3 #8 HOLE, Par 4 NONE BLUE RIDGE COURSE 9:00 AM - Shotgun Start #1 HOLE, Par 5 (#10) (2 groups) PLAYER 1: Western Carolina Eastern Kentucky Appalachian State PLAYER 2: Western Carolina Eastern Kentucky Appalachian State #2 HOLE, Par 3 (#11) PLAYER 3: Western Carolina Eastern Kentucky Appalachian State #3 HOLE, Par 5 (#12) PLAYER 4: Western Carolina Eastern Kentucky Appalachian State PLAYER 5: Western Carolina Eastern Kentucky Appalachian State #4 HOLE, Par 4 (#13) PLAYER 1: Mercer Bowling Green Samford #5 HOLE, Par 3 (#14) PLAYER 2: Mercer Bowling Green Samford #6 HOLE, Par 4 (#15) PLAYER 3: Mercer Bowling Green Samford #7 HOLE, Par 4 (#16) PLAYER 4: Mercer Bowling Green Samford #8 HOLE, Par 3 (#17) PLAYER 5: Mercer Bowling Green Samford #9 HOLE, Par 4 Individual No. 4 Individual No. 5 Individual No. 6 Individual No. 7 #9 HOLE, Par 5 (#18) (2 groups) PLAYER 1: Western Kentucky Tennessee Tech Presbyterian PLAYER 2: Western Kentucky Tennessee Tech Presbyterian GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE PAGE 3 WAYNESVILLE INN GOLF RESORT & SPA

4 2013 GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE L E I E WAYNESVILLE INN, GOLF RESORT & SPA CAROLINA COURSE Hole 1... Par Yards Hole 2... Par Yards Hole 3... Par Yards Hole 4... Par Yards Hole 5... Par Yards Hole 6... Par Yards Hole 7... Par Yards Hole 8... Par Yards Hole 9... Par Yards TOTAL...PAR ,979 YARDS WAYNESVILLE INN, GOLF RESORT & SPA BLUE RIDGE COURSE Hole Par Yards Hole Par Yards Hole Par Yards Hole Par Yards Hole Par Yards Hole Par Yards Hole Par Yards Hole Par Yards Hole Par Yards TOTAL...PAR ,953 YARDS TOTALS...PAR ,932 YARDS GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE PAGE 4 WAYNESVILLE INN GOLF RESORT & SPA

5 LOCAL RULES AND CONDITIONS OF COMPETITION FOR NCAA TOURNAMENTS The Rules as approved by the United States Golf Association govern play. See applicable Championship Notice to Players for additional Local Rules and Conditions. Complete text of Rules and Appendix I and II may be found in the Rules of Golf. Reference to Decisions below means the Decisions on the Rules of Golf Unless otherwise noted, the penalty for breach of a Local Rule or Condition is: Match play Loss of hole; Stroke play Two strokes. LOCAL RULES OUT OF BOUNDS Defined by inside points, at ground level, of white stakes and fence posts. Rule 27-1b. WATER AND LATERAL WATER HAZARD STAKES AND LINES When a water hazard or a lateral water hazard is defined on only one side, it is deemed to extend to infinity. When a water hazard or lateral water hazard is bounded by out of bounds, the hazard margin extends to and coincides with the out of bounds line. GROUND UNDER REPAIR Defined by white lines. Fire ant hills, sod-covered trenching for temporary cables and French drains are deemed to be ground under repair. Rule (Note: For a player whose ball is in a water hazard and is affected by a fire ant hill see Decision 1-4/10.) Ground under repair may include areas of unusual damage, including areas where spectators or other traffic has combined with wet conditions to affect materially the ground surface, but only when so declared by an authorized member of the Committee. When immediately adjacent to an obstruction, such an area is part of the obstruction. SEAMS OF CUT TURF (SOD SEAMS) The Local Rule as prescribed in Appendix I is in effect. IMMOVABLE OBSTRUCTIONS include plastic bumpers on roads and paths and mats secured to the ground with spikes when the bumpers or mats cover cables. WOOD CHIPS AND MULCH are loose impediments, unless otherwise provided for in the Notice to Players. WHITE-LINED AREAS TYING INTO ARTIFICIALLY SURFACED ROADS AND PATHS have the same status as the roads and paths, that of obstructions. EMBEDDED BALL THROUGH THE GREEN Local Rule as prescribed in Appendix I is in effect. INTEGRAL PARTS OF THE COURSE include cables, rods, wires or wrappings when closely attached to trees; and artificial walls and pilings when located in hazards, unless otherwise provided for in the Notice to Players. TEMPORARY IMMOVABLE OBSTRUCTIONS Local Rule as prescribed in Appendix I is in effect. TEMPORARY POWER LINES AND CABLES Local Rule as prescribed in Appendix I is in effect. DISTANCE-MEASURING DEVICES Local Rule as prescribed in Appendix I is in effect. CONDITIONS LIST OF CONFORMING DRIVER HEADS Optional Condition as prescribed in Appendix I is in effect. LIST OF CONFORMING GOLF BALLS Optional Condition as prescribed in Appendix I is in effect. GROOVES Optional Condition as prescribed in Appendix II is in effect as of January 1, PACE OF PLAY See separate memorandum to players for pace of play guidelines; otherwise, refer to NCAA Golf Pre-Championships Manual. The National Collegiate Athletic Association August 1, 2013 CAR:lp DISCONTINUANCE OF PLAY Optional Condition as prescribed in Appendix I is in effect. All practice areas are closed during suspension for a dangerous situation until the Committee has declared them open. Players who practice on closed practice areas will be asked to cease doing so; failure to comply may result in sanctions under NCAA misconduct guidelines. Note: A suspension for a dangerous situation will be signaled by one prolonged air horn note. All other types of suspension will be signaled by three consecutive air horn notes, repeated. Resumption of play will be signaled by two short air horn notes, repeated. PRACTICE Optional Condition as prescribed in Appendix I is in effect. TRANSPORTATION Optional Condition as prescribed in Appendix I is in effect. Exception: A player may ride in designated shuttles, and may accept transportation from a Rules Official or a coach when she is required or elects to proceed under the stroke and distance option of any Rule. ADVICE IN TEAM COMPETITION In accordance with the Note to Rule 8 of the Rules of Golf, each team may designate two coaches to give advice to members of that team. The coaches must be identified to the Committee before giving advice. A player may accept verbal and hand-signal advice from her institution s designated coaches only. Electronic communication, notes and any other items left behind by teammates and/or coaches for the purpose of giving advice are prohibited. Players must avoid communication between players and spectators that could be deemed advice of any nature during the stipulated round. All institutional personnel, with the exception of the designated coaches, are considered spectators. COACHES A coach who is authorized to give advice is an outside agency under the Rules of Golf. However, certain actions by coaches may result in a penalty to the player if the action was taken on instructions from, or with the sanction (tacitly or otherwise) of, the player. Responsibilities of a competitor in this regard are supported by Decisions 13-2/4, 13-2/33 and 13-2/36. Coaches may also be subject to sanctions under NCAA misconduct guidelines. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION DEVICES may be used by coaches in a private manner provided that such use does not breach Rule 8-1 (Advice) or disrupt practice or play. Violations will be considered a breach of the misconduct provisions contained in the NCAA Golf Pre- Championships Manual. CADDIES are prohibited. Optional Condition as prescribed in Appendix I is in effect. DISQUALIFICATION PENALTIES If a player breaches a Rule that results in her being disqualified, the effect shall be to disqualify her for that round only, unless otherwise determined by the Committee. SCORING A daily team score is computed by totaling the lowest four scores of the five team members. The final team score is determined by totaling each daily score. See Championship Notice to Players for procedures covering returning of score cards to the Committee. CLOSE OF COMPETITION The competition is deemed to have closed when the trophies have been presented to the winners or, in the absence of a prize ceremony, when all scores have been approved by the Committee. MISCONDUCT See NCAA Golf Pre-Championships Manual. LOGOS, UNIFORMS, EQUIPMENT See NCAA Golf Pre- Championships Manual. 15TH ANNUAL GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE LOCAL RULES Rules Officials Contact Info: Woody Stilner (843) or Travis Smith (828) * Lift, clean, and place one club length in the fairway of the hole you are playing. * Rocks in bunkers may be removed. * White stakes/lines on No. 1 Blue Ridge are to be played as Ground Under Repair GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE PAGE 5 WAYNESVILLE INN GOLF RESORT & SPA

6 PAST GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE RESULTS: GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE Waynesville Inn, Golf Resort & Spa Sept , 2012 TEAM (after first round) Rd1 Rd2 TOTAL 1. Morehead State (1) Western Carolina (4) Samford (2) Elon (3) Western Kentucky (5) Tennessee Tech (6) SCAD-Savannah (t-8) Presbyterian (t-10) UAB (t-8) Eastern Kentucky (t-10) Appalachian State (12) USC Beaufort (7) USC Upstate (13) The Citadel (14) Sandhills Community College (15) S Taylor Allison, Western Carolina Linnea Scholin, Morehead State TOURNAMENT RECAP: WAYNESVILLE, N.C. Morehead State carded consecutive rounds of even-par 288 and one-under par, 287, to win the rain-shortened 14th Annual Great Smokies Intercollegiate Monday at the par-72, 5,932-yard Waynesville Inn, Golf Resort and Spa. The Eagles posted a tournament-record score of one-under, 575. Tournament host, Western Carolina, finished as the runner-up in the team standings, seven strokes in arrears after shooting 582. With its second-place finish on Monday, WCU has finished in the top two spots in 10 of the 14 Great Smokies Intercollegiate events all-time. Morehead State became the seventh different team to win the tournament, while also marking the third different winner in the past three years. The top two finishing teams were paced by co-individual medalists as Morehead State s Linnea Scholin and WCU freshman Taylor Allison shared the top of the leader board at the end of the day. Scholin posted rounds of 73 and a tournamentlow, 67, while Allison shot even-par, 72, and 68 to both finish at four-under, 140. Allison paced the tournament field with 10 birdies on Monday. Following Morehead State and WCU in the team standings, Samford just edged fellow Southern Conference member, Elon, by two strokes, 584-to-586. Western Kentucky rounded out the top five, 10 strokes behind the Phoenix at 596. The tournament went the scheduled 36 holes, but was shortened from a two day to a one day event by tournament officials late Monday afternoon after threatening weather forecasts remained pessimistic. Teams completed their opening 18 holes and went straight into the second round, finishing the final holes just as torrential downpours moved into Western North Carolina. Despite the gray morning skies and the picturesque fog that hung around the aptly named mountains in Western North Carolina, Monday s opening round had a bit brighter of an appearance. Most all of the 83 women s golfers representing 16 different schools were wearing pink shirts, skirts and ribbons in a show of support for breast cancer awareness TOURNAMENT RECAP: WAYNESVILLE, N.C. - Eastern Kentucky used a previous tournament-record tying final round on Tuesday to match the tournament s 36-hole scoring benchmark, overtaking first-round leading Western Carolina to claim the 13th Annual Great Smokies Intercollegiate by four strokes at the par-72, 5,932-yard Waynesville Inn, Golf Resort and Spa. Western Carolina s Sofie Kvarnstrom took home individual medalist honors by three-strokes over the first round leader, Univ. of Louisiana-Monroe freshman Jennifer Park. EKU s final round of four-under par, 284, matched the event s top team singleround held by Western Carolina from the first round of the 2008 event. The 36-hole score of 576 equaled the performance of the 2005 Catamounts which took home team championship honors. With the victory for Kvarnstrom, she joins current WCU teammate Blaire Minter as Catamount women s golfers to claim individual medalist honors in their firstever collegiate event. Minter took home top honors at her first event at the Draper Valley Intercollegiate back in the fall of EKU (576) and WCU (580) were followed by UNC Greensboro and Gardner- Webb, both tied for third at 583 with Rollins College rounding out the top five at 586. UNCG trimmed five strokes off its opening round to advance into the top five, while the Runnin Bulldogs were 19 shots better on Tuesday to climb from ninth to the top five, thanks in part to a tournament-best 34 birdies. Gardner-Webb posted a tournament-record low round of 282 on Tuesday. Kvarnstrom s two-day total of 135 is the second-best in tournament history, just one stroke in arrears of Hovda s stellar 134 turned in back in GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE Waynesville Inn, Golf Resort & Spa Sept , 2011 TEAM (after first round) Rd1 Rd2 TOTAL 1. Eastern Kentucky WESTERN CAROLINA UNCG Gardner-Webb Rollins Louisiana-Monroe Presbyterian Jacksonville South Carolina State South Alabama Newberry UAB Radford USC Upstate Northwood Appalachian State Belmont Bowling Green State Western Kentucky Tennessee Tech Methodist SCAD The Citadel Jaime Ritter, UAB GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE PAGE 6 WAYNESVILLE INN GOLF RESORT & SPA

7 PAST GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE RESULTS: GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE Waynesville Inn, Golf Resort & Spa Sept , 2010 TEAM (after first round) Rd1 Rd2 TOTAL 1. Jacksonville State (1) Radford (9) WESTERN CAROLINA (t-5) Elon (t-5) Gardner-Webb (t-11) Middle Tennessee (10) Old Dominion (t-3) UAB (t-5) t. Wofford (t-11) t. William & Mary (t-5) t. Tennessee Tech (t-14) Western Kentucky (t-14) Appalachian State (t-3) Presbyterian (t-11) Saint Leo (16) Bowling Green (2) Winthrop (17) Belmont (21) Charleston Southern (20) USC Upstate (t-18) SCAD (t-18) High Point (22) The Citadel (23) Mobile (24) Jaime Ritter, UAB TOURNAMENT RECAP: WAYNESVILLE, N.C. Jacksonville State led from start-to-finish and claimed the team title by eight strokes over second place Radford to win the 12th Annual Great Smokies Intercollegiate held at the par-72, 5,922-yard Waynesville Inn Golf Resort and Spa. Jacksonville State, making its first-ever appearance in the tournament field, becomes just the fifth squad to take home team honors, edging Radford - which trimmed 16 strokes off its opening round score of 301 to shoot this year s tournament-low round of 285 on Sunday to move into the runner-up position - by a total of eight strokes. Radford s 285 is the second-lowest team single-round in tournament history while Jacksonville State s two-day combined score of 578 ranks tied for second alltime with the 2008 Western Carolina squad, two strokes off the all-time tournament low of 276 set by the Catamounts in JSU s eight-stroke team victory represents the largest stroke margin since 2003 when WCU won by nine strokes over Murray State. Western Carolina and Elon mirrored each other with consecutive days of 300 and 288 to finish tied for third, while Gardner-Webb and Middle Tennessee State finished tied for fifth at the annual event. It was the second-straight season that Southern Conference foes WCU and Elon finished tied in the final team standings at the Great Smokies Intercollegiate. The two squads finished tied atop the leader board in the rain-shortened 2009 event. Other SoCon teams in this year s field included Wofford College tied for ninth; Appalachian State in 13th; and The Citadel in 23rd. Jaime Ritter from UAB claimed the individual medalist honors, becoming the 13th different women s golfer to claim or share medalist honors through the first 12 years of the Great Smokies Intercollegiate. Ritter, who s total of 140 was tied for the fifth-best in tournament history, posted rounds of 69 and 71 to edge Radford s 2009 TOURNAMENT RECAP: WAYNESVILLE, N.C. The final round of the 11th-Annual Great Smokies Intercollegiate, presented by the Wolf Creek Tree Farm and Nursery of Tuckasegee at the Waynesville Inn - Golf Resort and Spa, and hosted by Western Carolina women s golf, was cancelled due to heavy rains in the Western North Carolina area. The Catamounts and Elon University were named Co-Tournament Champions, shooting a team combined 286 in the first round. Due to the shortened tournament, there were was also a four-way tie for the individual champion. Western Carolina s Malin Jansson and Tiffany Schisler, who was playing as an individual, tied with Elon s Tara McFadden and William & Mary s Caroline Sweet, each shooting a 69, for the top honors. For Jansson and Schisler, the individual medalist honors marked the first of their respective careers. All-tournament selections included Western Carolina s Desiree Karlsson, SCAD s Katrina Ruest, St. Leo s Anna Riss and Elon s Kelsey Johnson and Diana Davis. William & Mary shot a team score of 288 and earned the overall runner-up title, two strokes in arrears of the two-way Southern Conference tie between Elon and WCU. Radford was fourth, 13 strokes off the pace with Charleston Southern finishing fifth with an even 300 in the first round. Runners-up individually were William & Mary s Morgan Stepanek and UAB s Lindsay Taylor. GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE Waynesville Inn, Golf Resort & Spa Sept , 2009 TEAM (after first round) Rd1 Rd2 TOTAL 1. WESTERN CAROLINA PPD 286 Elon PPD William & Mary PPD Radford PPD Charleston Southern PPD Old Dominion PPD St. Leo PPD Western Kentucky PPD 305 Tennessee Tech PPD 305 Winthrop PPD Austin Peay State PPD 306 Gardner-Webb PPD 306 Belmont University PPD Presbyterian College PPD Bowling Green PPD 311 SCAD PPD High Point PPD UAB PPD Appalachian State PPD USC Upstate PPD The Citadel PPD South Carolina State PPD 328 Mobile PPD 328 Four-way Tie: Jansson (WCU), Schisler (WCU) McFadden (Elon) & Sweet (W&M) GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE PAGE 7 WAYNESVILLE INN GOLF RESORT & SPA

8 PAST GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE RESULTS: 2008 CULLOWHEE CAFE GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE Sept , 2008 TEAM (after first round) Rd1 Rd2 TOTAL 1. WESTERN CAROLINA (1) Wofford (4) Tennessee Tech (3) Samford (2) Winthrop (6) Elon (5) Morehead (Ky.) State (12) Jacksonville (7) USC Upstate (9) Akron (t-13) Old Dominion (8) Austin Peay (t-9) Marshall (t-13) Gardner-Webb (t-13) Belmont (t-9) Radford (t-13) Western Kentucky (t-17) Appalachian State (t-17) Mercer (20) High Point (19) Mobile (t-21) The Citadel (t-21) Lorie Warren, Belmont TOURNAMENT RECAP: WAYNESVILLE, N.C. Western Carolina rode its record-setting opening round on Monday (284) to cruise to the 2008 Cullowhee Café Great Smokies Women s Intercollegiate team championship Tuesday afternoon by five strokes despite a hard charge from fellow conference member, Wofford. First-round, co-leader, Lorie Warren of Belmont duplicated her opening round three-under, 69, despite varying conditions to claim individual medalist honors by a stroke over Wofford s Sarah Hurt. The golfers were greeted with significantly cooler temperatures and sporadic rain sprinkles on Tuesday morning. However, the weather held the majority of the day despite overcast skies to allow the completion of the tournament without delay. WCU placed three golfers inside the top 10 finishers to claim its sixth tournament title all-time, and it s first since The 36-hole total of 578 also ranked as the second-lowest round in tournament history, two strokes off the all-time record of 576 shot in 2005 en route to the title. All told, the Catamounts have won the Great Smokies Intercollegiate in six of the past seven years. WCU (578) and Wofford (583) were followed by two-time champion, Tennessee Tech in third at 586. SoCon newcomer, Samford, was fourth two strokes back at 588 with Winthrop (589) rounding out the top five team finishers. Wofford, which advanced two positions on the final team leader board from its round one fourthplace standing, posted the lowest round of the second day at 290. Individually, Warren carded the second-lowest individual 36-hole score in tourney history (138) with consecutive scores of 69 (WCU s Ashley Hovda shot 134 to win in 2005). Wofford s Sarah Hurt finished second, one-stroke in arrears at 139, followed by Tennessee Tech s Diana Carson (141) in third and a three-way tie between WCU s Blaire Minter and Elin Mickelsson, and Samford s Katelyn Stanier for fourth at TOURNAMENT RECAP: WAYNESVILLE, N.C. Southern Conference-member Chattanooga rallied from its fourth-place standing after Saturday s opening round, making up five strokes to win the ninth-annual Great Smokies Intercollegiate at the 5,920-yard Waynesville Country Club. First-round individual leader, South Alabama s Elin Andersson, held on to claim the individual championship with a two-day total of 141. Chattanooga s round of 292 on Sunday tied for the ninth-lowest round in tournament history helping UTC post the 10th lowest 36-hole score ever at the event at 591. A second SoCon-member and former team champion, Elon fired backto-back team rounds of 296 to finish second by a stroke at 592. South Alabama (599) finished third, followed by first-round leader, Belmont (601), and Western Carolina (606) rounding out the top five finishers. With the Lady Mocs claiming the team crown in their first-ever visit to the tournament, it snapped Western Carolina s string of five-straight team titles. It was also the first time since the tournament in 2000 that WCU did not have either the individual medalist or the team champion. After tying for the fourth-lowest individual round with her 67 on Saturday, Andersson shot 74 over the final 18 holes to finish with a three-under, 141, which also tied for the fourth-best, two-round score at the event. Belmont s Lori Warren, who was tied for second at the end of the opening day, finished tied with Chattanooga s Emma degroot for the runner-up position two strokes in arrears at 143. For Western Carolina, Karlsson, who finished third in her first appearance in the field a year ago, led the attempted title defense with a sixth-place finish tied with six others at 147 (70-77). Her older sister, Therese Karlsson who plays for Jacksonville, bounced back from an opening round 85 to shoot 71 on Sunday to rally for a finish tied for 44th overall in their first-ever intercollegiate head-to-head meeting WACHOVIA GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE Sept , 2007 TEAM (after first round) Rd1 Rd2 TOTAL 1. Chattanooga (4) Elon (2) South Alabama (5) Belmont (1) WESTERN CAROLINA (3) Winthrop (t-10) Charleston Southern (7) Gardner-Webb (t-12) Jacksonville (17) Longwood (9) Wofford (6) Kennesaw State (15) Tennessee Tech (t-12) Appalachian State (t-10) High Point (18) Western Kentucky (16) Murray State (t-12) Radford (23) Mercer (8) Mobile (20) Austin Peay (19) Youngstown State (22) Lipscomb (21) The Citadel (24) Staci Lynch, Austin Peay GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE PAGE 8 WAYNESVILLE INN GOLF RESORT & SPA

9 PAST GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE RESULTS: 2006 WACHOVIA GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE Sept. 30-Oct.1, 2006 TEAM (after first round) Rd1 Rd2 TOTAL 1. WESTERN CAROLINA (2) East Tennessee State (1) Winthrop (4) South Alabama (5) Xavier (8-t) Elon (12-t) Belmont (6) Marshall (7) UAB (12-t) Charleston Southern (10-t) Mercer (10-t) Gardner-Webb (3) Appalachian State (8-t) Tennessee Tech (15) Austin Peay State (16) High Point (18) Wofford (17) Kennesaw State (14) Mobile (19-t) Radford (19-t) Lipscomb (21) Dayton (22) The Citadel (23) Staci Lynch, Austin Peay TOURNAMENT RECAP: WAYNESVILLE, N.C. Using the 10-under par performance of senior Ashley Hovda, the Western Carolina Catamount women s golf team fired a 290 on Sunday to edge hard-charging East Tennessee State and Ohio University to win the seventh annual Wachovia-Great Smokies Intercollegiate at the par 72, 5,828-yard. Hovda won individual medalist honors for the second-consecutive year at the event as the Catamounts claimed their fourth-straight team title and fifthstraight individual crown at the annual tournament. Behind Western, East Tennessee State and Ohio University tied for second with identical 581 scores on Sunday. The Buccaneers shaved seven-strokes off their opening round 294 to move from fifth to the runner-up spot on the final day, tied with the Bobcats who dropped one spot after standing tied for the lead Saturday. Xavier, who finished third each of the past two seasons, placed fourth, followed by the Univ. of South Alabama in fifth, Elon, Mercer, Western Kentucky, and Belmont through nine, and High Point and Wofford tying for tenth, overall. Individually, Hovda tied the lowest single round in tournament history Sunday with a 66, which was her collegiate career low. Her round tied runner-up, Julie Tomlinson of Ohio, and classmate Brandy Andersen s opening round in 2002 as the lowest 18-hole score in Great Smokies tournament history. Tomlinson shot one-over, 73, in the final round to slip into second, five-under for the 36- hole tournament. Shauna McVeigh of Troy Univ., Stephanie Hicks of Longwood, and Ashley Barton of East Tennessee State rounded out the top five finishers TOURNAMENT RECAP: WAYNESVILLE, N.C. Western Carolina made up three strokes on first-round leading East Tennessee State over the final 18 holes, rallying from second-place to win its fifth-consecutive Wachovia - Great Smokies Intercollegiate by one stroke at the par 72, 5,915-yard. Austin Peay State s Staci Lynch carded a two-round 140 to break the Catamounts string of five-straight individual winners by taking the medalist honors on the weekend. Western Carolina shot 294 on Sunday for a two-round score of 586. East Tennessee State shot 298 over the final round to stand as the tournament runnerup for the second-straight season. Winthrop moved up one spot from its first round position to place third (595), followed by South Alabama (596) in fourth and a fourway tie for fifth including Xavier, Elon, Belmont, and Marshall all finishing at 606. Lynch, who entered Sunday tied for first after an opening 71, carded the second-lowest round of the tournament, 69, to win by two strokes over Charleston Southern s Olivia Higgins, who shot 68 on Sunday to post the lowest round over the 36-hole tournament. Higgins also led all 119 players with 11 birdies, followed by nine by Lynch. Western Carolina freshman Desiree Karlsson recorded her best-ever collegiate finish in third with a two round 143. Yet, it was her heroics on the 18th hole - her 17th with the shot gun start - that helped WCU to the team title. After shooting long on her second shot, Karlsson chipped in for eagle from 22 yards out to move to one-under for the day. She would par the final hole (number one Carolina) to post her first-ever below-par score of 71. Rounding out the individual top five were Kate O Sullivan of High Point with a 144 and last week s Sea Trail Intercollegiate winner, Danielle Mills of Elon, with a WACHOVIA GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE Oct. 1-2, 2005 TEAM (after first round)... RD1 RD2 = TOTAL 1. WESTERN CAROLINA (T-1) = East Tennessee State (5) = 581 Ohio (t-1) = Xavier (4) = South Alabama (3) = Elon (t-12) = Mercer (7) = Western Kentucky (t-8) = Belmont (10) = High Point (14) = 599 Wofford (6) = Longwood (t-12) = 601 Tennessee Tech (t-8) = Appalachian State (17) = Gardner-Webb (11) = Radford (t-17) = Austin Peay State (19) = Troy (t-15) = The Citadel (t-15) = Mobile (20) = Dayton (22) = Lipscomb (23) = 646 Monmouth (21) = Tennessee State (24) = 694 Ashley Hovda, Western Carolina = 134 GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE PAGE 9 WAYNESVILLE INN GOLF RESORT & SPA

10 PAST GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE RESULTS: 2004 WACHOVIA GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE Oct , 2004 TEAM (after first round)... RD1 RD2 = TOTAL 1. WESTERN CAROLINA (1) PPD = Murray State (2) PPD = Xavier (3) PPD = East Tennessee State (4-t) PPD = 301 Tennessee Tech (4-t) PPD = Elon (6) PPD = William & Mary (7) PPD = Gardner-Webb (8) PPD = Eastern Kentucky (9) PPD = Longwood (10) PPD = Samford (11) PPD = Appalachian State (12) PPD = Cincinnati (13) PPD = Western Kentucky (14-t) PPD = 318 South Alabama (14-t) PPD = 318 Austin Peay State (14-t) PPD = Lipscomb (17) PPD = Wofford (18) PPD = Belmont (19) PPD = Dayton (20) PPD = High Point (21) PPD = Loyola (22) PPD = Evansville (23) PPD = Mobile (24) PPD = 354 Ashley Hovda, Western Carolina PPD = 67 asdfasdf 2003 TOURNAMENT RECAP: WAYNESVILLE, N.C. Western Carolina had four individuals finish in the top five of the 24-team field to rally from six strokes down to win the Wachovia- Great Smokies Intercollegiate for the second-consecutive year. Lady Catamount sophomore Brandy Andersen claimed the medalist honors, edging Xavier s Emily Shoplik by one stroke. Andersen carded a 71 and 74 for a two-round total of 145. The individual race tightened in the final round as just five strokes separated first and eighth place. Following Andersen and Shoplik was Murray State s Lee-Anne Pace who finished third with a 147, just two strokes out of the lead. Finishing fourth were WCU s Becca Twiner, Bianca Melone, and Ashley Hovda was Austin Peay s Lynn Mantooth and in eighth with a 150 was Wofford s Laura Robinson. The top seven individuals, including the four players tied for fourth, were named to the all-tournament team at the conclusion of the event TOURNAMENT RECAP: WAYNESVILLE, N.C. Despite every effort to regain the course, the sixth annual Wachovia-Great Smokies Intercollegiate was suspended due to weather, leaving first-round leading Western Carolina as the 2004 team champion. The Catamounts fired an all-time school and tournament record 291 in the opening round to claim the team title for the third-consecutive year. The start of the second round was delayed half an hour to 10:00 am because of rain on an already damp course. The trio of hurricanes that pounded Western North Carolina during September and October caused severe flooding in the Waynesville and Canton areas and raised the water table. Periods of rain on Monday evening through Tuesday morning made the course unplayable. Western Carolina junior Ashley Hovda, the leader after the first round with the second-best tournament single-round score of 67, was declared the tournament individual champion. It marks the fourth-consecutive year that a Catamount golfer has medalled in the event. Hovda s teammate Bianca Melone joined Murray State s Santie Koch and Xavier s Tatia Jreige as tournament runners-up, each shooting even par on Monday. Rounding out the all-tournament team were Maria Ringdahl and Ashley Barton, both from East Tennessee State, Stephanie Hicks from Longwood University, Morgan Olds from Elon, and Sarah Sparks from Xavier. asdfasdf 2003 WACHOVIA GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE Oct , 2003 TEAM (after first round)... RD1 RD2 = TOTAL 1. WESTERN CAROLINA (2) = Murray State (1) = Xavier Univ. (3) = East Tennessee State (6) = Elon Univ. (4) = Eastern Kentucky (5) = Appalachian State (7) = Tennessee Tech (8) = Charleston Southern (11) = Wofford College (12) = Gardner-Webb (12) = 629 Austin Peay (14) = Western Kentucky (14) = Methodist College (16) = Univ. of Dayton (9) = Samford Univ. (18) = South Alabama (18) = High Point (17) = Belmont Univ. (9) = Loyola-Chicago (22) = Lipscomb (20) = Univ. of Mobile (23) = Univ. of Evansville (21) = 680 DNF The Citadel (24) DNF Brandy Andersen, Western Carolina =145 GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE PAGE 10 WAYNESVILLE INN GOLF RESORT & SPA

11 PAST GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE RESULTS: GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE Oct , 2002 TEAM (after first round)... RD1 RD2 = TOTAL 1. WESTERN CAROLINA (1) = Murray State (2) = Elon Univ. (3) = Methodist College (4) = East Tennessee State (5) = Tennessee Tech (8) = Western Kentucky (7) = Xavier (12) = Eastern Kentucky (10) = 624 Eastern Illinois (11) = Austin Peay State (5) = Gardner-Webb (14) = Radford (9) = Appalachian State (14) = Marshall (13) = Lipscomb Univ. (19) = Univ. of Evansville (19) = Belmont Univ. (18) = Samford Univ. (16) = 654 Wofford College (17) = The Citadel (22) = Univ. of Dayton (23) = Loyola-Chicago (21) = Univ. of Mobile (24) = 704 Brandy Andersen, Western Carolina = TOURNAMENT RECAP: WAYNESVILLE, N.C. Elon fired a final round of 305 to finish with a two-day total of 612 to win the team title of the Great Smokies Women s Intercollegiate at the. Coastal Carolina finished second, one stroke off the pace at 613, with East Tennessee State, who improved three spots from the first round, nipping at their heels an additional stroke back. Rounding out the Top Five were Murray State (619) and Austin Peay State (621), who fell three spots after the first day. Western Carolina freshman Line Cordes fired a 145 to medal and help lead the host Western Carolina Lady Catamounts to a sixth overall finish, slipping from third after the first day TOURNAMENT RECAP: WAYNESVILLE, N.C. Western Carolina shattered the school s two-round tournament record by 15 strokes and went on to win the Wachovia-Great Smokies Women s Intercollegiate for the first time in the tournament s four year history. The team finished with a two-round score of 586, 15 strokes ahead of their next closet opponent, Murray State in the second largest women s golf tournament in the country WCU freshman Brandy Andersen was crowned the individual champion, shooting a 66 followed by a 75 to equal 141. Joining Andersen on the all-tournament team were Laura Terebey of Radford, Lynn Mantooth of Austin Peay State and Crystal Anglea of Western Kentucky, who all three finished in a tie for second at 145. Also making the list was WCU teammate Johanna Lundberg, who finished fifth with a 146 and Kelly Wren from Murray State, finishing in sixth with a 147. Rounding out the list were Hannah Storey of Gardner-Webb, Julie Smith of Tennessee Tech and Nikki Orazine of Murray State, who all finished in a tie for seventh with a GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE Oct , 2001 TEAM (after first round)... RD1 RD2 = TOTAL 1. Elon (2) = Coastal Carolina (1) = East Tennessee State (6) = Murray State (5) = Austin Peay State (2) = WESTERN CAROLINA (4) = Eastern Illinois (10) = Methodist College (7) = 632 South Alabama (9) = Youngstown State (12) = Western Kentucky (7) = Samford Univ. (15) = Eastern Kentucky (11) = Lipscomb (13) = Loyola Univ. (13) = Radford (18) = Mercer Univ. (16) = Univ. of Evansville (16) = Belmont Univ. (18) = Gardner-Webb (20) = Univ. of Dayton (20) = Tennessee Tech (22) = Univ. of Mobile (23) = Hampton (24) =691 Line Cordes, Western Carolina = 145 GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE PAGE 11 WAYNESVILLE INN GOLF RESORT & SPA

12 PAST GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE RESULTS: 2000 GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE Oct , 2000 TEAM (after first round)... RD1 RD2 = TOTAL 1. Tennessee Tech (1) = Murray State (2) = Elon (4) = East Carolina (3) = Gardner-Webb (7) = Austin Peay State (6) = Eastern Michigan (8) = 625 Western Kentucky (10) = Youngstown State (11) = Eastern Kentucky (8) = 629 Methodist College (13) = Radford (5) = William & Mary (11) = WESTERN CAROLINA (13) = Univ. of Evansville (24) = Samford Univ. (19) = Mercer Univ. (21) = Belmont Univ. (18) = Loyola-Chicago (15) = Lipscomb (15) = Univ. of Mobile (17) = Univ. of Dayton (19) = Xavier (21) = Hampton Univ. (23) = 678 Cherry Bevis, Tennessee Tech = TOURNAMENT RECAP: WAYNESVILLE, N.C. Tennessee Tech carded a two-round score of 595 to win the team title of the 2000 Great Smokies Women s Golf Intercollegiate at the. Murray State finished closely behind with a team score of 597, two strokes off the pace. Western Carolina finished 14th as a team of 24 schools. Leading the way for the Lady Cats was sophomore Shelley Glenister who tied for 37th. She shot 78 and 79 for a total of 157. Freshman Rebecca Twiner tied for 55th and shot 80 both days for a 160 total. Suzanne Shipley shot 79 and 87 for a total of 166, tying at 80th. Tennessee Tech s Cherry Bevis led the tournament with 70 the first day and 73 the second. East Carolina s Ashley Leonard, who shot 68 and 76, followed her GREAT SMOKIES COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP Oct , TOURNAMENT RECAP: WAYNESVILLE, N.C. After a close first-round, Tennessee Tech fired a top final round of 317 to pull away and win the Great Smokies Women s Collegiate Championship at the. Host Western Carolina finished second in the tournament with a two-day total of 642. Rounding out the Top Five were Western Kentucky in third three strokes behind the Lady Catamounts at 645, and a three-way tie for fourth with Elon, East Tennessee State, and the University of Maryland (647). Tennessee Tech s Kylie Crouch shot a 74 in the first round and carded a 78 on the second day -- but needed a sudden death playoff to win the tournament over Amanda Phillips of Austin Peay State, who mirrored Crouch over the two-rounds. TEAM (after first round)... RD1-RD2 = TOTAL 1. Tennessee Tech (1) = WESTERN CAROLINA (2) = Western Kentucky (2) = Elon College (7) = 647 East Tennessee State (6) = 647 Maryland (4) = Eastern Kentucky (4) = Austin Peay State (8) = Univ. of New Orleans (10) = Eastern Michigan (10) = Radford Univ. (9) = Xavier Univ. (16) = Mercer Univ. (12) = Youngstown State (14) = Coastal Carolina (18) = Lenoir-Rhyne College (20) = Western Carolina B (13) = Loyola Univ. (16) = Univ. of Dayton (15) = Univ. of Mobile (19) = Univ. of Evansville (21) = Samford Univ. (21) = Belmont Univ. (23) = Hampton Univ. (24) = 784 Kylie Crouch, Tennessee Tech = 152 GREAT SMOKIES INTERCOLLEGIATE PAGE 12 WAYNESVILLE INN GOLF RESORT & SPA