April 4, 2005

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - University of Memphis women's golf sophomore Stacey Tate matched a career round low and finished the day tied for third at the Southern Miss Lady Eagle Invitational on Monday.

Tate shot even-par 71 in the first round of the tournament and then followed it with a 2-over 73 in the second round. The 144 two-round total ties her for the fifth best low 36 hole score at Memphis. The New Zealand native is three strokes behind the leader, Birmingham Southern's Jill Stupiansky (69-72--141).

With a final round remaining on Tuesday, the Tigers (305-305--610) are in sixth place, 26 strokes behind Birmingham Southern (291-293--584) for first place. Tournament host Southern Miss (293-310--603) is in third and C-USA foe UAB (312-308--620) is in eighth place.

Also in the top 10 individually is Memphis sophomore Meghan Mahoney who is competing in the tournament as an individual. Mahoney stands in an eighth place tie after shooting a 3-over 74 in both the first and second rounds. Sophomores Ashley Burross (76-78--154) and Kathryn O'Rourke (79-75-154) are tied for 28th place. O'Rourke tallied a 4-over-par 75 in the second round and Burross pegged a 5-over in the first.

Other Lady Tigers competing in the tournament are Cameron Barber (79-79--158) who is tied for 41st place and Bernie Rosero (80-84--164) who is tied for 53rd.

Fin. Top 20 Teams          Scores
1    Birmingham Southern   291  293  584
2    Middle Tennessee St.  299  300  599
3    Southern Mississippi  293  310  603
4    Jacksonville St.      297  310  607
5    South Alabama, U. of  308  301  609
6    Memphis, Univ. of     305  305  610
7    Nicholls State U.     312  301  613
8    UAB                   312  308  620
9    New Orleans, U. of    312  313  625
10   Troy University       314  320  634
11   Jackson State Univ.   314  322  636
12   Samford University    322  325  647
13   Lipscomb University   348  341  689

Fin. Top 20 Players     School      Scores
1    Jill Stupiansky    Brmnghm So  69  72  141
2    Taryn Durham       Middle TN   69  73  142
3    Stacey Tate        Memphis     71  73  144
     Emily Klein        Brmnghm So  75  69  144
     Mia Davidsson      So. Miss.   71  73  144
6    Shasta Averyhardt  Jackson St  73  73  146
7    *Sarah Hollowell   Brmnghm So  75  72  147
8    *Meghan Mahoney    Memphis     74  74  148
     Elizabeth Schweihs UAB         77  71  148
     Daniele Dunlop     NichollsSt  78  70  148
     Shanelle Howell    J'ville St  74  74  148
12   Lauren Dodge       Brmnghm So  73  78  151
     Kellie Kawahara    Jackson St  75  76  151
     Louise Fleming     J'ville St  74  77  151
     Sara Marti         So Alabama  77  74  151
     Shelley McGraw     Brmnghm So  74  77  151
     Tara Watters       N. Orleans  75  76  151
18   Elin Andersson     So Alabama  79  73  152
     Brooke Mangan      UAB         75  77  152
     Caitlin Ogren      Brmnghm So  77  75  152
     Janey Deimling     UAB         74  78  152
     Kristin Lynch      Middle TN   77  75  152
     Michelle Toth      So Alabama  76  76  152

6   Memphis, Univ. of  305 305 610
T3  Stacey Tate        71  73  144
T28 Ashley Burross     76  78  154
T28 Kathryn O'Rourke   79  75  154
T41 Cameron Barber     79  79  158
T53 Bernie Rosero      80  84  164
T8  *Meghan Mahoney    74  74  148

* Individual