Sept. 21, 2004

Tuscaloosa, Ala. - Moving up two places, the University of Memphis women's golf team finished in 10th place at the Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate hosted by the University of Alabama on Tuesday.

Sophomore Stacey Tate tied for 17th place with a 77 in the second round for a total score of 156, 12-over-par. All five Lady Tiger golfers improved on their first round scores with four shooting a 78 or lower on Tuesday.

Finishing in a tie for 26th place individually, sophomore Meghan Mahoney shot a 5-over-par 77, finishing with a total of 159. Sophomore Kathryn O'Rourke tied for 41st place, junior Bernie Rosero tied for 48th place and freshman Ashleigh Garman tied for 65th place.

Tulane University finished first in the tournament with a 596, 20-over-par. Alabama's Megan George captured medalist honors with a 74-69--143, 1-under-par. Mississippi State's Beth Irwin, a Germantown native and the daughter of University of Memphis professor Richard Irwin, took third individually with a 73-73--146, 2-over-par.

The Lady Tigers will play in the University of Kentucky Wildcat Fall Invitational in Lexington, Ky., on October 1-3.

Team Final Finishes
1.	Tulane University		298	298	596	+20
2.	Mississippi St. U.		309	296	605	+29
3.	Alabama, U. of		316	299	615	+39
4.	Mississippi, U. of		316	303	619	+43
5.	Murray State Univ.		321	303	624	+48
6.	Middle Tennessee St.	320	310	630	+54
7.	Jacksonville St.		321	312	633	+57
8.	Birmingham Southern	321	316	637	+61
	UAB			320	317	637	+61
10.	Memphis,Univ. of		332	309	641	+65
11.	Troy State Univ.		329	315	644	+68
	Augusta State U.		325	319	644	+68
13.	Samford University		340	320	660	+84
14.	Belmont University		347	330	677	+101

Top 14 Final Individual Finishes
1.	Megan George	Alabama		74	69	143	-1
2.	Nikki Orazine	Murray St.	75	70	145	+1
3.	Beth Irwin	Miss. St.		73	73	146	+2
4.	Amanda Mathis	Miss. St.		79	68	147	+3
	Alison Walshe	Tulane		74	73	147	+3
6.	Mary Ellen Jacobs	Tulane		75	73	148	+4
7.	Liliana Alvarez	Tulane		74	75	149	+5
8.	Shannon McVeigh	Troy State	74	76	150	+6
9.	Katie Davidson	Ole Miss		76	75	151	+7
10.	Lindsay Hulwick	Tulane		75	77	152	+8
	Taryn Durham	Middle TN		79	73	152	+8
12.	Nikki Hadd	Ole Miss		80	73	153	+9
	Brooke Mangan	UAB		76	77	153	+9
14.	Shelley McGraw	Brmnghm So	77	77	154	+10
	Stephanie Godare	Miss. St.		77	77	154	+10
	Kristin Lynch	Middle TN		75	79	154	+10

Memphis Final Individual Finishes
T17	Stacey Tate	79	77	156	+12
T26	Meghan Mahoney	82	77	159	+15
T41	Kathryn O'Rourke	84	78	162	+18
T48	Bernie Rosero	87	77	164	+20
T65	Ashleigh Garman	89	81	170	+26