Sept. 23, 2003

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The University of Memphis women's golf team had to sit out two days worth of rain delays before getting on the course at the Capstone Club of Alabama to compete in the Alabama Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate. When the Lady Tigers did get on course, Memphis fired a first round 333 and a second round 340 to finish 11th out of 12 participating teams.

Memphis' lone senior, Jennifer Jaszek, finished in a five-way tie for 14th after shooting 80 in the opening 18 and 78 on the second 18 for a combined 158, 14 over par. Alabama's Darby Slight shot par to win the tournament, firing a 70 in the opening round and a 74 in the final round to finish with a 144. Mississippi State's Amanda Mathis was second, three strokes back at 147.

Memphis freshman Kathryn O'Rourke finished in a tie for 35th at 166, while Meghan Mahoney finished tied for 49th at 171. Ashley Burross was tied for 57th at 178, while Cameron Barber and Christy Hull wrapped up the Memphis scoring at 187 and 210, respectively. Florida State won the team title with a 610 through two rounds, while Mississippi State finished second at 616. LSU, Alabama and Jacksonville State rounded out the top five team finishers.

Memphis travels to the University of Kentucky for their next tournament, Oct. 3-5.

Team Finishes
1. 	Florida State		306	304	610	+34
2. 	Mississippi State	302	314	616	+40
3.	LSU			305	311	617	+41
4.	Alabama		        302	320	622	+46
5.	Jacksonville State	315	333	648	+72
6.	Birmingham Southern	315	333	648	+72
7.	UAB			321	328	649	+73
8.	Middle Tenn State	324	329	653	+77
9.	Troy State		327	333	660	+84
10.	Augusta State		335	337	672	+96
11. 	Memphis		333	340	673	+97
12.	Samford		354	342	696	+120

Top 15 Finishers
1.	Darby Sligh, Alabama		70	74	144	E
2.	Amanda Mathis, Mississippi St	73	74	147	+3
3.	Katie Quinney, Florida State	74	75	149	+5
4.	Alison Curdt, Florida State	76	74	150	+6
5.	Shelley McGraw, Birm. South.	72	79	151	+7
6.	Devon Day, LSU		76	77	153	+9
	Natalie Booth, Miss. State	76	77	153	+9
8.	Vicky Meyer, LSU		79	75	154	+10
	Lauren Smith, Augusta State	78	76	154	+10
	Alexis Rather, LSU		77	77	154	+10
11.	Kristin Lynch, MTSU		76	79	155	+11
12.	Caroline Larsson, Florida State	80	76	156	+12
13.	Liz Schweibs, UAB		77	80	157	+13
14.	Jennifer Jaszek, Memphis	80	78	158	+14
	Brooke Shelton, LSU		76	82	158	+14
	Megan George, Alabama	80	78	158	+14
	Marilen F. Ruiz, Jacksonville St.	80	78	158	+14
	Carina Sorensen, Alabama	75	83	158	+14

Memphis Finishers
T14. 	Jennifer Jaszek			80	78	158	+14
T36.	Kathryn O'Rourke		83	83	166	+22
T57.	Ashley Burross			87	91	178	+34
65.	Cameron Barber		94	93	187	+43
68. 	Christy Hull			97	113	210	+66