Tuesday, March 23, 2004

CALERA, Ala. (March 23, 2004) - The East Tennessee State University women's golf team continued their stellar play with a sixth-place finish in the Samford Intercollegiate Wednesday at the Timberline Golf Club. It is the seventh-straight Top 10 tournament finish for the Lady Bucs, which includes two first-place efforts in their last two events.

Sophomore Ashley Barton (Seffner, Fla.) once again led the Lady Bucs, posting a score of 158 (79-79) and finishing tied for 19th. Barton was nine-strokes off the pace of individual champion Brooke Morgan of UAB, and Jacksonville State took home the tournament championship with a 613 compared to the Lady Bucs score of 643.

As for the rest of the Lady Bucs, sophomore Laura Diaz (Aquadilla, P.R.) finished the day tied for 30th at 16-over, while juniors Robin Downes (Johnson City, Tenn.) and Danielle O'Reilly (Whistler, British Columbia) finished tied in 44th, and sophomore Kailey Brooks (Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada) ended the event in 62nd.

The Lady Bucs will return to action April 5-6 at the Murray State Invitational before preparing for the Southern Conference Championships April 23-25.

Samford Intercollegiate
Timberline G.C.; Calera AL
Dates: 03/22 - 03/23
Par: 71; Yardage: 5802

Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores
1	Jacksonville St.	309 304=	613
2	Birmingham Southern	312-307=	619
3	UAB	313-309=	622
4	Middle Tennessee St.	327-298=	625
5	Murray State Univ.	319-308=	627
6	East Tennessee St.	324-319=	643
7	Troy State Univ.	320-324=	644
	Gardner-Webb Univ.	321-323=	644
9	Wofford College	328-321=	649
10	Tennessee Tech U.	326-324=	650
11	South Alabama, U. of	335-317=	652
12	Belmont University	337-318=	655
13	Western Kentucky U.	331-325=	656
14	Nicholls State U.	324-339=	663
15	Samford University	336-332=	668
16	Austin Peay State U.	350-336=	686
17	Cincinnati, U. of	342-356=	698
18	Lipscomb University	356-357=	713

Individual Results
**	1 Brooke Mangan UAB	71-78=	149
2	Kristin Lynch Middle TN	80-69=	149
	Florencia Moran J'ville St	72-77=	149
4	Marilen F. Ruiz J'ville St	77-73=	150
5	Cuyler Hedley Murray St.	78-74=	152
	Liz Schweihs UAB	80-72=	152
** -- indicates won in playoff

ETSU Results
T 19	Ashley Barton	79-79=	158
T 30	Laura Diaz	80-80=	160
T 44	Danielle O'Reilly	84-80=	164
T 44	Robin Downes	84-80=	164
62	Kailey Brooks	81-89=	170