March 4, 2003

(Salinas, CA) - On the strength of a 13-under par morning round team score, Pepperdine has an 18-shot lead entering the final round of the 2003 Spartan Invitational women's golf tournament at the Corral de Tierra Country Club in Salinas.

Pepperdine, the nation's top-ranked team according to GolfStat, has a 36-hole total of 567 on the par 72, 5,938-yard Corral de Tierra Country Club course. The Waves had the best team score in each of the two rounds played posting a 275 in the morning round and a four-over 292 in the afternoon.

UCLA is in second place at 585. Arizona State at 590, California at 597, and UNLV at 598 are the other teams in the 14-team field with a score below 600.

Host San Jose State is ninth at 615, while San Francisco is one shot back in 10th place with a 616.

Katherine Hull of Pepperdine, who set the course record for women with a 63 in the morning round, added a one-under par 71 to take the individual lead with a 10-under par 134. Hull, a senior and the number-one ranked NCAA Division I individual, had 11 birdies during her 36 holes of play. She holds a three-shot lead over her teammate, Lindsey Wright, who is second at 137. UC Irvine's Angela Won, who had a pair of 71's, is the only other player in the field under par at 142.

Johnna Nealy of Oregon and Gina Umeck of UCLA are tied for fourth at even par 144.

Senior Lyndsey Devenish was the top finisher for the Lady Dons with a 152 (72, 80), good for a share of 21st place. Fellow senior Scot Susie Laing is one stroke behind at 153 (77, 76) and shares 27th place.

The 54-hole tournament concludes with 18 holes on March 5.

                         SJSU Spartan Invitational
                         Corral de Tierra CC      Salinas, CA
                         Dates: 03/04 - 03/05     (Today:03-04-2003)
                                   Par:        72
                                   Yardage:  5938

      Fin.   School                   Scores
         1   Pepperdine Univ.         275  292    567        -9
         2   UCLA                     283  302    585        +9
         3   Arizona State U.         284  306    590       +14
         4   California, U. of        300  297    597       +21
         5   UNLV                     299  299    598       +22
         6   Washington, U. of        303  300    603       +27
         7   UC - Irvine              303  304    607       +31
         8   Oregon, U. of            305  307    612       +36
         9   San Jose State Univ      302  313    615       +39
        10   San Francisco, U. of     302  314    616       +40
        11   Oregon State U.          306  311    617       +41
        12   Long Beach State         313  309    622       +46
        13   Hawaii, Univ. of         322  333    655       +79
        14   CSU-Monterey Bay         360  339    699      +123


10   San Francisco, U. of     302  314    616
T 27    Lyndsey Devenish         72   80    152
T 31    Susannah Laing           77   76    153
T 42    Mariko Shimozaki         78   78    156
T 51    Nikki Jacoby             75   83    158
T 53    Jordan Auten             79   80    159