Monday, April 07, 2003

HATTIESBURG, Miss. (April 7, 2003) - Thunderstorms may have postponed the second round of the Southern Miss Lady Eagle Invitational Monday at the Shadow Ridge Golf Club, but the East Tennessee State Univesity women's golf team certainly took advantage of the first round.

Tying for 5th place on the individual leaderboard with a 4-over-par 76, freshman Kailey Brooks (Bracebridge, Ontario Canada) helped put the Lady Bucs in their best position of the season after one round of play, as ETSU tied for 3rd with Samford University at 21-over.

Along with Brooks, sophomore Alysa Few (London, Ontario Canada) is currently tied for 12th (38-39=78 +6), while sophomore Robin McCarley (Johnson City) and freshman Ashley Barton (Seffner, Fla.) both stand in a tie for 15th at 7-over. Freshman Laura Diaz (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico) rounded out the Lady Bucs' effort tied for 28th at 9-over.

While ETSU head coach Stephanie Reynolds was pleased with her team's efforts, home-standing Southern Mississippi took advantage of the home-course advantage and leads the team event by 11 strokes over Middle Tennessee State. The top four players on the leaderboard are all from USM, with Jennifer Keefe leading all players after shooting a 1-under 71.

The Southern Miss Lady Eagle Invitational will wrap up today with the completion of Monday's suspended second round. The third round has been cancelled.

Southern Miss Lady Eagle Inv.
Shadow Ridge G.C. Hattiesburg, MS
Dates: 04/07 - 04/08 (Today:04-07-2003)
Par: 72
Yardage: 5867

Team Results
Fin.	Top 20 Teams	Scores
1	Southern Mississippi	295	+9
2	Middle Tennessee St	311	+20
3	East Tennessee St.	312	+21
	Samford University	312	+21
5	Troy State Univ.	320	+29
6	Lipscomb University	322	+31
7	McNeese State Univ.	330	+39
8	South Alabama, U. of	332	+41
9	Nicholls State U.	337	+46
10	Cincinnati, U. of	338	+47
11	Centenary College	348	+57
12	Jackson State Univ.	357	+66
Individual Results
Fin.	Name	School	Scores
1	Jennifer Keefe	So. Miss.	35-36=71	-1
2	Natasha Vincent	So. Miss.	37-37=74	+2
3	Ofelia Lopez	So. Miss.	40-35=75	+3
	Brena Quaranto	So. Miss.	38-37=75	+3
5	Kailey Brooks	E. Tenn St	39-37=76	+4
	Kelly Villarreal	Samford	40-36=76	+4
	Angela Villa	So Alabama	37-39=76	+4
	Tamara Munsch	Middle TN	41-35=76	+4
	Kelly Stout	Samford	38-38=76	+4
ETSU Individual Results
T	5	Kailey Brooks	39-37=76	+4
T	12 Alysa Few	39-39=78	+6
T	15	Robin McCarley	38-41=79	+7
T	15	Ashley Barton	40-39=79	+7
T	28	Laura Diaz	40-41=81	+9