St. George, Utah - USF women's golf fired a 304 in the second round and a 317 in the final round to capture the team championship at the 2001 BYU Dixie Classic.

San Francisco jumped out to a seven-stroke lead after round one then widened the gap on the field winning by 15 strokes. The Lady Dons were led by junior Emilie Arnaud (76-73-78 227), who finished third individually, while sophomore Lisa Chen finished tied for fourth (74, 75, 79 - 228). Sophomore Susannah Laing (71, 82, 79 - 232) and freshman Jordan Auten (76, 75, 81 - 232) each tied for ninth place as four USF players recorded a top-10 finish for the first time this season.

For USF it is the first team championship captured since the Lady Dons won the inaugural West Coast Conference Tournament in 1997 at Fort Ord. So far this season San Francisco has posted six top-10 tournament finishes and has recorded top-five showings on five occasions, including runner-up trophies at the Northwest Invitational, hosted by Oregon State and the NAU Lumberjill Tournament, hosted by Northern Arizona.

USF head coach Sara Range is extremely pleased with the showing of her team this week.

"I am very proud of my team. They showed a lot of character and competed at a very high level. Everyone has been working so hard on their short game and it has really paid off for us this week. Everyone contributed today and they came together. Hopefully we can carry this momentum into next week at Stanford," Range stated.

TEAM RESULTS
1. San Francisco         297-304-317  918
2. BYU                   309-306-318  933
    Idaho                310-302-321  933
4. Northern Arizona      304-317-313  934
5. Denver                312-308-315  935
6. Long Beach St.        314-318-309  941
7. Colorado              310-303-329  942
8. San Diego State       305-315-325  945
    Colorado State       307-310-328  945
10. Nevada               313-314-321  948
11. Weber State          315-322-323  960
12. Montana              317-338-324  979
13. Hawaii               312-323-349  984
14. Boise State          312-339-341  992
15. Montana State        328-330-339  997
16. Idaho State          318-344-339  1001
17. Wyoming              332-336-340  1008
18. Mesa State           341-356-353  1050
19. Texas Pan Am         346-WD

INDIVIDUALS
1. Carrie Summerhays         BYU           76-73-77  226
   Hanna-Riikka Kuitunen     No. Arizona   72-80-74  226
3. Emilie Arnaud             San Francisco 76-73-78  227
4. Noelle Hamillton          Idaho         77-75-76  228
    Lisa Chen                San Francisco 74-75-79  228
6. Carla Legaspi             Long Beach    77-78-74  229
7. Angie Yoon                Nevada        74-81-75  230
8. Gaelle Truet              No. Arizona   78-76-77  231
9. Sarah Bellinger           Colorado      77-75-80  232
    Susannah Laing           San Francisco 71-82-79  232
    Jordan Auten             San Francisco 76-75-81  232
   Shayna Miyajima           San Diego St. 75-79-78  232
13. Bridget Johnson          Colo. State   76-76-81  233
     Summer Pierce           BYU           76-77-80  233
     Sara Silva              Denver        77-76-80  233

USF RESULTS
3.    Emilie Arnaud      76-73-78  227
T.-4. Lisa Chen          74-75-79  228
T.-9. Susannah Laing     71-82-79  232
      Jordan Auten       76-75-81  232
T.-58. Natalie Nakamura  83 81 82-- 246