April 5, 2004

(St. George, UT) - USF women's golf shot a 294 in the opening round of the 2004 BYU Dixie Classic and finished with a two round tally of 602 (294, 308) at the Entrada at Snow Canyon Golf Course in St. George, Utah. The Lady Dons enter the final round in second place behind defending champion UNLV, who shot a 587 (296, 291). San Diego State at 611 (297, 314) and host Brigham Young 614 (300, 314) round out the top five schools in the 13-team field.

Junior Mariko Shimozaki was the top finisher for the Lady Dons with a 149 (73, 76), good for seventh place. Defending medalist Jordan Auten (72, 79), senior Kristi Larsen (75, 76) and sophomore Nikki Jacoby (74, 77) each shot a 151 to share 10th place on the leader board.

Head coach Sara Range was pleased with her team's hot start at the tournament and looks for a competitive final round.

"I am happy with the way we played in the first round. It was a great way to start and should give us confidence going into the final round tomorrow. Mariko had a great day for us and Kristi, Jordan and Nikki are all in the top-10, so we are poised for a good round tomorrow," Range said.

USF's 308 in the second round snapped a string of four straight sub-300 rounds, dating to San Francisco's victory at the 2004 UC Irvine Anteater Invitational.

San Francisco begins final round action Tuesday beginning at 8:00 AM. Live scoring is available at USFDons.com.

TEAM LEADERS

1  UNLV            +11  296  291  587
2  San Francisco   +26  294  308  602
3  San Diego State +35  297  314  611
4  Brigham Young   +38  300  314  614
5  Colorado State  +45  318  303  621
6  Portland State  +50  314  312  626
7  Nevada          +55  317  314  631
8  Weber State     +63  323  316  639
9  Hawaii          +64  322  318  640
10  Colorado       +65  320  321  641
11  Long Beach St. +73  314  335  649
12  Montana State  +76  320  332  652
13  Wyoming        +104 346  334  680


INDIVIDUAL SCORES

1   Sunny Oh, UNLV                        -2  70  72  142
T2  Heather MacRae, Diego State           +2  71  75  146
T2  Seema Sadekar, UNLV                   +2  73  73  146
T4  Dale Gammie, Hawaii                   +3  71  76  147
T4  Dawna Virdell, Colorado State         +3  76  71  147
6   Hannah Hoch, Colorado                 +4  76  72  148
7   Mariko Shimozaki, San Francisco       +5  73  76  149
T8  Natalie Newren, Brigham Young         +6  75  75  150
T8  Jenna Wilson, San Diego State         +6  70  80  150
T10 Jordan Auten, San Francisco           +7  72  79  151
T10 Nikki Jacoby, San Francisco           +7  74  77  151
T10 Kristi Larsen, San Francisco          +7  75  76  151
T10 Rebecca Randolph, Portland State      +7  73  78  151
T14 Hwanhee Lee, UNLV                     +8  77  75  152
T14 Rachel Newren, Brigham Young          +8  75  77  152
16  Lynette Duran, Colorado State         +9  80  73  153
T17 Nicole de Gennaro, Nevada             +10 78  76  154
T17 Shayna Miyajima, San Diego State      +10 75  79  154
T17 Nicole Newren-Chandler, Brigham Young +10 73  81  154
T17 Sara Odelius, Hawaii                  +10 81  73  154
T17 Young Pak, UNLV                       +10 76  78  154
T22 Christine Hentzner, UNLV              +12 74  82  156
T22 Lynsey Myers, Weber State Univ.       +12 76  80  156
T24 Margaret Garehime, Colorado State     +13 78  79  157
T24 Erin LaPlaunt, Nevada                 +13 79  78  157
T24 Amy Mombert, Weber State              +13 81  76  157
T27 Marci Hoover, Weber State             +14 81  77  158
T27 Marie Louise Juul, Long Beach State   +14 76  82  158
T27 Toni Lutz, San Diego State            +14 77  81  158
T30 Alana Condon, Nevada                  +15 78  81  159
T30 Kayla Morrison, Wyoming               +15 81  78  159
T32 Margaret Gibby, Brigham Young         +16 77  83  160
T32 Lisa Kajihara, Portland State         +16 79  81  160
T32 Erica Leslie, Montana State           +16 77  83  160
T32 Danielle Reilly, Portland State       +16 85  75  160
T32 Eloise Vicencio, Long Beach State     +16 78  82  160