enjoyed her best round to date at the NCAA Women's Golf Championships being held at the University of Georgia Golf Course, recording a one-over-par 74 in the third round yesterday.

Marshall, competing as a member of the Wake Forest team, soared through the front nine at even-par 36. She carded a bogey on the par-four fourth hole, but made up for that error in making a birdie on nine to go with seven pars.

She again encountered trouble at 11, placing her drive into the woods and settling for bogey, and similarly bogeyed number 14. However, a birdie on the 12th enabled her to scramble through the back nine with a one-over-par 38.

"I was pleased with the way I played today except on 11 where I got into trouble,'' said Marshall, whose score yesterday followed earlier rounds of 79 and 76. "Overall I thought I drove the ball on the fairway and kept it in play. I also hit my irons pretty well and my putting was pretty good. I kept putting the ball around the hole and had a lot of tap-ins for par.'' At 229, Marshall is joint 31st among the 102-member field that has Texas' Charlotta Sorenstam leading the way with a three-round total of 214 after scorching to her second consecutive sub-par round of 70.

Leta Lindley of Arizona University carded the day's best score, a 68, which served to move her into a tie with Wendy Ward for the number two position, both have 218.

Forest are currently fifth in the team competition, which has Texas leading followed by Arizona State and San Jose State, as former leaders Georgia slipped to fourth.

The final round takes place today.

Bermuda stand second in two divisions after the first day's play in the Kitty Michael International tournament currently being held in St. Francois, Guadeloupe.

The five-woman local team of Judithanne Astwood, Pat Morgan, Judith Kitson, Nea Willits and Bea Williams trails South East Florida by four strokes in the gross division after posting a combined total of 256 compared to 252 for the Floridians. Ocean Reef are one stroke behind Bermuda at 257.

However, Ocean Reef (216) lead the net competition by a similar one-shot margin over Bermuda and Puerto Rico.

The competition has been dominated by rain up to this point.