Monday, March 22, 2004

CALERA, Ala. (March 22, 2004) - Sophomore Ashley Barton (Seffner, Fla.) continued her strong play of late in the first round of the Samford Intercollegiate Monday at the Timberline Golf Club. Finishing tied for 11th at 7-over, Barton helped the East Tennessee State University women's golf team to a seventh place finish heading into today's final round.

The Lady Bucs (324), who finished the day 15 strokes back of first-place Jacksonville State (309), also got a solid effort from sophomore Laura Diaz (Aquadilla, P.R.), who finished the day tied for 18th at 10-over. Barton, Diaz and the rest of the field are trying to catch individual leader Brooke Mangan of UAB, who posted a 1-under round of 71 and holds a one-stroke edge over Jacksonville State's Florencia Moran.

As for the rest of the Lady Bucs, sophomore Kailey Brooks (Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada) is currently tied for 29th, while juniors Robin Downes (Johnson City, Tenn.) and Danielle O'Reilly (Whistler, British Columbia) are tied at 50th.

ETSU will wrap up play at the Samford Intercollegiate on Tuesday.

Samford Women's Intercollegiate
Timberline Golf Course - Calera, Ala.
Dates: 03/22-03/23 (Today:03-22-2004)
Par: 71; Yardage: 5802

Teams Scores
1	Jacksonville St.	309
2	Birmingham Southern	312
3	UAB	313
4	Murray State Univ.	319
5	Troy State Univ.	320
6	Gardner-Webb Univ.	321
7	East Tennessee St.	324
	Nicholls State U.	324
9	Tennessee Tech U.	326
10	Middle Tennessee St.	327
11	Wofford College	328
12	Western Kentucky U.	331
13	South Alabama, U. of	335
14	Samford University	336
15	Belmont University	337
16	Cincinnati, U. of	342
17	Austin Peay State U.	350
18	Lipscomb University	356

Individual Results
1	Brooke Mangan UAB	35-36=71
2	Florencia Moran J'ville St	36-36=72
3	Shelley McGraw Brmnghm So	38-36=74
4	Sarah Thomas Tenn. Tech	34-41=75
5	Tara Watt Gard.-Webb	39-37=76
ETSU Results
T11	Ashley Barton E. Tenn St	40-39=79
T18	Laura Diaz E. Tenn St	41-39=80
T29	Kailey Brooks E. Tenn St	43-38=81
T50	Danielle O'Reilly E. Tenn St	45-39=84
	Robin Downes E. Tenn St	44-40=84