Oct. 3, 2004

Lexington, Ky. - Stacey Tate shot a final round 1-under-par 71 on Sunday to tie for second at the Wildcat Fall Invitational and help the University of Memphis women's golf team held on to third place in the tournament.

Tate, a sophomore from Auckland, New Zealand shot a 74-79-71 for a combined 224 to finish five strokes behind the medal winner Amanda Mathis from Mississippi State. The Lady Tigers had rounds of 309-311-314 for a 934 54-hole total and trailed second place University of Miami by six strokes.

Sophomore Meghan Mahoney tied for 15th place with a career best 76-75-81--232. Rounding out the Lady Tiger Five, Kathryn O'Rourke finished 30th, Ashleigh Garman tied for 39th and Bernie Rosero took 60th.

Mississippi State won the 12-school tournament hosted by the University of Kentucky with a 302-299-297--898. Germantown, Tenn. native Beth Irwin tied for 11th place with a 80-76-74--230.

The Lady Tigers will next play in the Pat Bradley Women's Golf Championship in Miami, Fla., beginning October 8.

      Fin.   Top 20 Teams             Scores
         1   Mississippi St. U.       302  299  297    898
         2   Miami, U. of             312  303  313    928
         3   Memphis, Univ. of        309  311  314    934
         4   Kentucky, U. of          316  312  310    938
         5   Murray State Univ.       313  311  319    943
         6   Richmond, U. of          326  311  308    945
         7   Western Carolina U.      319  312  321    952
         8   UK White JV              330  313  311    954
         9   Marshall University      320  310  327    957
        10   Florida Southern         327  320  317    964
        11   Eastern Kentucky         326  326  320    972
        12   Boston College           329  329  325    983

   Fin.    Top 20 Players         School       Scores
      1    Amanda Mathis          Miss. St.     73   71   75   219
      2    Stacey Tate            Memphis       74   79   71   224
           Santie Koch            Murray St.    75   73   76   224
           Stephanie Godare       Miss. St.     73   76   75   224
      5    Janet Dyer             Miss. St.     77   76   73   226
      6    Amber Churchill        Marshall      72   76   79   227
      7    Tina Miller            Miami         78   73   77   228
           Natasha Lopez Moreir   Richmond      77   74   77   228
           Elizabeth Dotson       Kentucky      77   72   79   228
     10    Josie Shinn            Miami         76   75   78   229
     11    Beth Irwin             Miss. St.     80   76   74   230
           Pamela Feggans         Fl. South.    73   78   79   230
           Ally Caffrey           Richmond      85   72   73   230
           Allyson Hatcher        Marshall      80   75   75   230
     15    Meghan Mahoney         Memphis       76   75   81   232
           Ali Kicklighter        UK White      79   78   75   232
     17    Lindsey Bergeon        Fl. South.    79   79   75   233
     18    Beth Felts             Kentucky      76   81   77   234
     19    Ashley Hovda           W Carolina    78   76   82   236
           Katie Dixon            UK White      83   79   74   236
          *Alanna Silvertrust     Kentucky      81   77   78   236

         3   Memphis, Univ. of        309  311  314    934
      T  2    Stacey Tate              74   79   71    224
      T 15    Meghan Mahoney           76   75   81    232
        30    Kathryn O'Rourke         73   83   85    241
      T 39    Ashleigh Garman          86   79   79    244
        60    Bernie Rosero            95   78   83    256