Lady Bucs lead after first round at Gamecock Classic

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Monday, October 04, 2004

CALHOUN COUNTY, Ala. (Oct. 4, 2004) - The East Tennessee State women's golf team shot a team total of 313 and currently leads by five strokes after first round play Monday at the Jacksonville State Gamecock Golf Classic, which is being held on the par-73, 5,995-yard Silver Lakes Golf Course on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.

The Lady Bucs made it to the top of the leaderboard thanks to outstanding individual Top 10 performances from junior Ashley Barton (Seffner, Fla.), freshmen Natalia Giraldo (Cali, Columbia) and Maria Ringdahl (Kalmar, Sweden), and senior Danielle O'Reilly (Whistler, Bristish Columbia). Barton was the most impressive, finishing the day tied atop the leaderboard with a first-round score of 76, while Giraldo is currently tied for fifth at 78 and Ringdahl finished the day tied for seventh at 79. Meanwhile, O'Reilly finished tied for ninth with an 80.

"We're very proud of what we accomplished today in the first round," said ETSU head coach Stefanie Reynolds, whose team is looking for its second tournament victory in program history and its ninth top 5 effort in its last 12 events. "We played as a team today and we have to continue that tomorrow if we want to take home another tournament championship."

The Bucs lead host Jacksonville State by five strokes, followed by Birmingham-Southern at 320, New Orleans in fourth at 329 and South Alabama in fifth at 332. Individually, Barton is tied with Jacksonville State's Marilen Fernandez-Ruiz. The two hold the lead over third-place Shauna McVay of Troy State and Shelley McGraw of Birmingham-Southern.

Final round play will conclude on Tuesday, with teams scheduled to tee off at 8 a.m.

Gamecock Golf Classic

Silver Lakes Golf Course (Calhoun Co., Ala.)

Dates: 10/04 - 10/05

Par: 73; Yardage: 5995

Team Results

Fin.	Top 20 Teams	Scores
1	East Tennessee State	313
2	Jacksonville St.	318
3	Birmingham Southern	320
4	New Orleans, U. of	329
5	South Alabama, U. of	332
6	Belmont University	337
7	Tennessee Tech U.	342
8	Troy State Univ.	343
	Austin Peay State U.	343
10	Samford University	352
11	Lipscomb University	355
12	Jacksonville Univ.	361
13	Montevallo, Univ. of	433
Individual Results
	Top 20 Players	School	Scores
1	Ashley Barton	ETSU	38- 38 76
	Marilen F. Ruiz	J'ville St	40- 36 76
3	Shauna McVay	Troy State	40- 37 77
	Shelley McGraw	Brmnghm So	41- 36 77
5	Esther Moon	Belmont	38- 40 78
	Natalia Giraldo	ETSU	38- 40 78
7	Jill Stupiansky	Brmnghm So	38- 41 79
	Maria Ringdahl	ETSU	40- 39 79
9	Amy Head	N. Orleans	40- 40 80
	Florencia Moran	J'ville St	40- 40 80
	Danielle O'Reilly	ETSU	39- 41 80
	Mercedes Huarte	J'ville St	41- 39 80
ETSU Results
School Scores
1	East Tennessee State	313
T 1	Ashley Barton	38- 38 76
T 5	Natalia Giraldo	38- 40 78
T 7	Maria Ringdahl	40- 39 79
T 9	Danielle O'Reilly	39- 41 80
T 32	Laura Diaz	44- 41 85