March 26, 2005

BOERNE, Texas - Despite cold and rainy weather, University of Memphis women's golf sophomore Stacey Tate closed out the final round of the Baylor-Tapatio Springs Shootout with a 6-over-par 78 to finish tied for 15th individually.

Play was delayed for an hour and a half Saturday due to rain as the temperature dropped into the 50s after two opening rounds played in sunny weather that topped 80 degrees. The Lady Tigers (323-326-334--983) ended the tournament tied for 15th among the field of 18 teams.

After setting a round low in the second round of the tournament on Friday by carding an 80, sophomore Ashley Burross tied her career tournament low with an 85-80-86--251. This tournament marked the first of the season for Burross. Forced to withdraw in the second round, sophomore Meghan Mahoney made a return individually in the third round shooting an 85.

Baylor shot a final-round 311 Saturday to hold off Michigan and earn a seven-stroke win. Finishing behind Baylor (295-291-311--897) and Michigan (301-300-303--904) in the team standings was SMU (314-296-314--924), 27 strokes back after shooting a final-round 314 Saturday. Oklahoma finished fourth at 931 and Texas Tech was fifth at 938. Rounding out the top 10 were Florida International and UTEP (sixth place tie - 958), Wisconsin (eighth place - 962) and Arkansas-Little Rock, Eastern Michigan and Toledo (ninth place tie - 965).

Baylor's Josefin Svenningsson earned individual medalist honors after carding a final-round seven-over 79 and finishing the tournament at five-over 221. She became the first Bear to win the individual title at the Baylor Shootout, and was one of three Baylor golfers to finish among the top five in the field of 98. Laura Cross of SMU finished as runner up to Svenningsson, carding a five-over 77 Saturday and finishing at seven-over 223. Baylor freshman Sian Reddick finished third at eight-over 224 after shooting a five-over 77 in the final round.

The field of 18 teams included five schools ranked among the nation's Top 50 according to Golfstat.com (No. 24 Michigan, No. 29 SMU, No. 38 Baylor, No. 42 Oklahoma and No. 50 Texas Tech).

The Lady Tigers will next compete in their final tournament before hosting the Conference USA Championship on April 18-20. Memphis will travel to Hattiesburg, Miss., to take part in the Golden Eagle Invitational hosted by Southern Miss on April 4-5.

Par:        72
Yardage:  6007

      Fin.   School                   Scores  
         1   Baylor University        295  291  311    897       +33
         2   Michigan, U. of          301  300  303    904       +40
         3   SMU                      314  296  314    924       +60
         4   Oklahoma, U. of          306  311  314    931       +67
         5   Texas Tech Univ          316  312  310    938       +74
         6   Fla. International       321  307  330    958       +94
             Texas El Paso, U. of     315  323  320    958       +94
         8   Wisconsin, U. of         329  310  323    962       +98
         9   Arkansas-Little Rock     322  317  326    965      +101
             Eastern Michigan         322  320  323    965      +101
             Toledo, U. of            327  315  323    965      +101
        12   Texas-Pan American       329  315  323    967      +103
        13   Xavier University        326  319  325    970      +106
        14   TX A&M CorpusChristi     335  322  322    979      +115
        15   Memphis, Univ. of        323  326  334    983      +119 
        16   Sam Houston St. U.       330  325  333    988      +124
        17   Arkansas State Univ.     349  333  331   1013      +149
        18   McLennan CC              351  332  347   1030      +166

        15   Memphis, Univ. of        323  326  334    983
      T 15    Stacey Tate              78   75   78    231
      T 65    Ashley Burross           85   80   86    251
      T 71    Cameron Barber           82   85   86    253
      T 76    Bernie Rosero            84   86   85    255
        WD    Meghan Mahoney           79   WD   85