April 20, 2003

TAMPA, Fla. -The University of Memphis Women's Golf team will is in Tampa awaiting the start of the C-USA Women's Golf Championships.

This will be the last C-USA Tournament for Memphis Seniors Marianne Ruud, Abby More and Josey Edwards.

Two nationally-ranked teams are among the nine-team field set compete for the 2003 Conference USA Women's Golf Championship scheduled for April 21-23 at the Lake Jovita Golf & Country Club in Tampa, Fla. Tulane, the defending champion, is ranked 15th by Golfworld and 19th by Golfweek, while TCU is ranked 31st by Golfweek.

BROOKE TULL of TCU is ranked 40th in the country and one for four returning all-conference team members in this year's field. On the year, Tull has five top 10 finishes, including winning the Lady Paladin Classic individual crown last fall with a 212 total.

Louisville's Cindy Pasechnik and the Green Wave's Carolin Landmann and Kathy Schafer, who all garnered All-C-USA honors last season, will be competing in the tournament. Other golfers to watch are East Carolina's Jessica Krasny, Memphis' Jennifer Jaszek, TCU's D'RAE WARD and Tulane's LILIANA ALVEREZ. All have individual tournament wins to their credits this season with Krasny and Ward capturing multiple medallist honors.

The first tee time for each day of the competition will be 7:45 a.m. (EDT). For the first time in C-USA history, the women's championship will be contested at the same site and dates as the men's championship. For updated results throughout the championship, please check the Conference USA official website at www.c-usasports.com.