Nov. 1, 2004

PINEHURST, N.C. - PINEHURST, N.C. - The University of Memphis women's golf team is in a tie for fifth place after the second round at the Ross Resorts Invitational hosted by Rollins College.

In the second round of the day, the Lady Tigers combined to shoot one stroke better than the first round, scoring 317-316--633. Memphis is tied with the University of Richmond and is 13 strokes behind the leader, Baylor University.

Sophomore Stacey Tate took the lead for the U of M, matching her first round score with a 6-over-par 78. Tate is tied for 12th place, four strokes behind the leader, Birmingham Southern's Shelley McGraw.

One stroke behind Tate is junior Bernie Rosero who came back from a first round 82 to shoot a 75 in the second. The second round score is 5.3 strokes lower than Rosero's fall second-round average. Rosero enters the final round tied for 17th place.

The Lady Tigers complete the tournament and their fall schedule on Tuesday in a final third round.

      Fin.   Top 20 Teams             Scores
         1   Baylor University        315  305    620
         2   James Madison Univ.      306  315    621
         3   Rollins College          313  314    627
         4   Birmingham Southern      318  312    630
         5   Richmond, U. of          320  313    633
             Memphis, Univ. of        317  316    633
         7   Georgetown U.            326  318    644
         8   Eastern Michigan         335  327    662
         9   Boston College           328  341    669
        10   Wm. & Mary, Coll. of     346  328    674
        11   Stetson University       342  344    686

   Fin.    Top 20 Players         School       Scores
      1    Shelley McGraw         Brmnghm So    79   73   152
      2    Charlotte Campbell     Rollins       77   76   153
      3    Christy Larrimore      Georgetown    78   76   154
           Jill Stupiansky        Brmnghm So    74   80   154
           Meredith Jones         Baylor        78   76   154
           Natasha Lopez Moreir   Richmond      76   78   154
           Joanna Traeger         J. Madison    76   78   154
      8    Ally Caffrey           Richmond      82   73   155
           Carol Green            J. Madison    74   81   155
           Ulrika Ljungman        Rollins       75   80   155
           Sherry Summers         Baylor        77   78   155
     12    Stacey Tate            Memphis       78   78   156
           Anna Rehnholm          Baylor        81   75   156
           Kiley Bishop           J. Madison    80   76   156
           Josefin Svenningsson   Baylor        80   76   156
           Meg Davies             J. Madison    76   80   156
     17    Elizabeth Friel        BC            78   79   157
           Bernie Rosero          Memphis       82   75   157
     19    Sian Reddick           Baylor        80   78   158
           Marie-Pierre Bernier   Rollins       80   78   158
           Lauren Ritter          Richmond      80   78   158

      T  5   Memphis, Univ. of        317  316    633
      T 12    Stacey Tate              78   78    156
      T 17    Bernie Rosero            82   75    157
      T 23    Meghan Mahoney           80   81    161
      T 33    Kathryn O'Rourke         77   88    165
      T 33    Cameron Barber           83   82    165