Oct. 2, 2004

Lexington, Ky. - After the second round at the Wildcat Fall Invitational hosted by the University of Kentucky, the University of Memphis women's golf team is in third place.

The Lady Tigers shot a 311 after shooting a 309 in the first round and have a total score of 620. They are five strokes behind the University of Miami for second place and 19 strokes behind the tournament leading Mississippi State University. Miami had a strong second round to push them past Memphis in the standings, scoring 303 after shooting 312 on Friday.

"We're being much more consistent, but we just need to make some better decisions and improve on our putting," said Memphis head coach Jenny Bruun. "We need to overcome Miami's comeback today. They are one of the top 30 teams in the nation, so I'm proud of the way our team is competing."

Three U of M golfers are in the top 17 led by sophomore Meghan Mahoney who is tied for sixth place. Mahoney shot a 3-over-par 75 in the second round after scoring a 76 on Friday. Mahoney is seven strokes behind the leader, Mississippi State's Amanda Mathis. Mahoney is followed by sophomore Stacey Tate who is tied for 11th and Kathryn O'Rourke who is tied for 17th. Ashleigh Garman and Bernie Rosero also improved on their disappointing first rounds, shooting 79 and 78 respectively.

"Our top three players played outstanding," Bruun said. "Their focus is awesome. I'm just proud at the way they came out knowing they did struggle in the first tournament in Alabama. They were able to put their struggles behind and concentrate on the current situation."

Memphis will play the final round on Sunday with an 8:30 a.m. tee time.

      Fin.   Top 20 Teams             Scores
         1   Mississippi St. U.       302  299    601
         2   Miami, U. of             312  303    615
         3   Memphis, Univ. of        309  311    620
         4   Murray State Univ.       313  311    624
         5   Kentucky, U. of          316  312    628
         6   Marshall University      320  310    630
         7   Western Carolina U.      319  312    631
         8   Richmond, U. of          326  311    637
         9   UK White JV              330  313    643
        10   Florida Southern         327  320    647
        11   Eastern Kentucky         326  326    652
        12   Boston College           329  329    658

   Fin.    Top 20 Players         School       Scores
      1    Amanda Mathis          Miss. St.     73   71   144
      2    Amber Churchill        Marshall      72   76   148
           Santie Koch            Murray St.    75   73   148
      4    Elizabeth Dotson       Kentucky      77   72   149
           Stephanie Godare       Miss. St.     73   76   149
      6    Tina Miller            Miami         78   73   151
           Natasha Lopez Moreir   Richmond      77   74   151
           Pamela Feggans         Fl. South.    73   78   151
           Meghan Mahoney         Memphis       76   75   151
           Josie Shinn            Miami         76   75   151
     11    Stacey Tate            Memphis       74   79   153
           Janet Dyer             Miss. St.     77   76   153
     13    Ashley Hovda           W Carolina    78   76   154
          *Marissa Muir           Kentucky      76   78   154
     15    Allyson Hatcher        Marshall      80   75   155
           Hagen Weintraub        Miami         79   76   155
     17    Beth Irwin             Miss. St.     80   76   156
           Kathryn O'Rourke       Memphis       73   83   156
           Lucinda Davies         W Carolina    79   77   156
     20    Nikki Orazine          Murray St.    80   77   157
           Beth Felts             Kentucky      76   81   157
           Ally Caffrey           Richmond      85   72   157
           Ali Kicklighter        UK White      79   78   157
           April Steenbergen      Murray St.    77   80   157

         3   Memphis, Univ. of        309  311    620
      T  6    Meghan Mahoney           76   75    151
      T 11    Stacey Tate              74   79    153
      T 17    Kathryn O'Rourke         73   83    156
      T 49    Ashleigh Garman          86   79    165
        59    Bernie Rosero            95   78    173