STEPHANIE MEADOW TO THE FORE IN LADY PUERTO RICO CLASSIC

Curtis Cup reserve Stephanie Meadow from Jordanstown, Northern Ireland, is one of four Alabama University squad players in the top 12 after the first round of the 54-hole Lady Puerto Rico Classic women's college tournament at Rio Mar Country Club, Rio Grande in Puerto Rico.

Team-mate Camilla Lennarth from Stockholm is setting the pace with a two-under-par 70 over the 6,191yd course.

Stephanie, pictured, is joint seventh with a 73.

Alabama already lead the team event by 14 strokes from Purdue.

Aberdeen-born Katy Cardno, a student at Texas Christian University, and England girl cap Raffi Dyer (Oregon University) from Hayling Island, Hampshire, both shot 79s.

There's a big field of 98 in action over the three days down in Puerto Rico.