USF Women's Golf in Seventh Heading into Second Round of Edean Ihlanfeldt

Oct. 6, 2003

(Sammamish, WA) - USF women's golf shot a 305, good for seventh place in the opening round of the 2003 Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational, Monday at the Sahalee Country Club. Senior Jordan Auten led the way for the Lady Dons in the three-day event, hosted by the University of Washington, with a one-over 73.

Senior Kristi Larsen carded a 75, while junior Mariko Shimozaki turned in a 77. USF is five strokes out of the top-five of the elite event and owns a commanding lead over four Pac-10 schools. Cal, ranked fourth in the country according to Golfweek, leads the tournament after a three-under 285.

USC (293), UCLA (297), Arizona (299) and BYU (300) round out the top-five of the tournament. Stanford is in sixth place, one stroke in front of San Francisco.

Auten shares 10th place on the leader board, while Larsen owns a share of 22nd.

Head coach Sara Range is pleased with the way her team performed on a challenging course against a highly competitive field.

"I am very proud of the way they played today. This is a very challenging golf course and it really makes you think. I am pleased with the way they responded to the challenges and hopefully this will give us confidence heading into the next round," Range said.

USF tees off for the second round of the Edean Ihlanfeldt Tuesday at 10:30 AM. Follow all the live scoring action on USFDons.com.

Team Leader Board

1 	California
-3 	F 	  -3 	285 	285
2 	Southern California
+5 	F 	  +5 	293 	293
3 	UCLA
+9 	F 	  +9 	297 	297
4 	Arizona
+11 	F 	  +11 	299 	299
5 	Brigham Young Univ.
+12 	F 	  +12 	300 	300
6 	Stanford
+16 	F 	  +16 	304 	304
7 	San Francisco, U. of
+17 	F 	  +17 	305 	305
T8 	Arizona State
+18 	F 	  +18 	306 	306
T8 	Oregon, U. of
+18 	F 	  +18 	306 	306
10 	UNLV
+22 	F 	  +22 	310 	310
11 	Washington State U.
+28 	F 	  +28 	316 	316
12 	Nevada, U. of
+32 	F 	  +32 	320 	320
T13 	Washington
+33 	F 	  +33 	321 	321
T13 	Oregon State U.
+33 	F 	  +33 	321 	321
15 	Long Beach State
+36 	F 	  +36 	324 	324


San Francisco Individual Scores
7. San Francisco, 305
T-10 Jordan Auten, 73
T-22 Kristi Larsen, 75
T-33 Mariko Shimozaki, 77
T-49 Nikki Jacoby, 80
T-57 Anna Lisa Johannsdottir, 81