March 24, 2005

BOERNE, Texas - Scoring an opening round 323 (+35) on Thursday, the University of Memphis women's golf team is in 10th place at the fifth annual Baylor-Tapatio Springs Shootout.

The Lady Tigers were led by sophomores Stacey Tate and Meghan Mahoney who both finished in the top 30 individually. Tate shot a 6-over-par 78 in the first round of the three-day tournament after scoring a 36 in the front nine. She finished tied for 22nd while Mahoney ended the day in a tie for 27th with a seven-over-par 79.

Sophomore Ashley Burross made her first tournament appearance of the 2004-05 season. The Scottsdale, Arizona native is tied for 70th place with a 85 (13-over). Burross appeared in seven tournaments last year, averaging an 88.4 round average.

Other Lady Tigers to compete were sophomore Cameron Barber who shot an 82 (10-over) and junior Bernie Rosero who scored a 84 (12-over).

Host Baylor shot a seven-over-par 295 Thursday and holds a six-stroke lead over Michigan after the first round. Michigan freshman Isabelle Grendreau shot a 36-35 Thursday to lead the field of 98 with a one-under 71 through the first round.

Trailing Baylor and Michigan (301) in the team standings is Oklahoma, 11 strokes back after carding a first-round 306. SMU stands fourth with a 314, and UTEP is in fifth at 315. Rounding out the top 10 are Texas Tech (sixth place - 316), Florida International (seventh place - 321) and Arkansas Little Rock and Eastern Michigan (eighth place tie - 322). The field of 18 teams includes five schools ranked among the nation's Top 50 according to Golfstat.com.

The 2005 Baylor-Tapatio Springs Shootout continues with a second round Friday of 18 holes beginning at 7:45 a.m. CST at Tapatio Springs Golf Resort, a 6,007-yard, par 72 course.

Par: 72
Yardage: 6007

Fin.  School                 Scores 
1     Baylor University      295     +7
2     Michigan, U. of        301     +13
3     Oklahoma, U. of        306     +18
4     SMU                    314     +26
5     Texas El Paso, U. of   315     +27
6     Texas Tech Univ        316     +28
7     Fla. International     321     +33
8     Arkansas-Little Rock   322     +34
      Eastern Michigan       322     +34
10    Memphis, Univ. of      323     +35 
11    Xavier University      326     +38
12    Toledo, U. of          327     +39
13    Texas-Pan American     329     +41
      Wisconsin, U. of       329     +41
15    Sam Houston St. U.     330     +42
16    TX A&M CorpusChristi   335     +47
17    Arkansas State Univ.   349     +61
18    McLennan CC            351     +63

10   Memphis, Univ. of   323 
T22  Stacey Tate         78
T27  Meghan Mahoney      79
T41  Cameron Barber      82
T57  Bernie Rosero       84
T70  Ashley Burross      85