Sept. 12, 2001

USF Shares Second Place at The 2001 Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic

Sept. 11, 2001

(Fort Collins, Colo.) - Junior Mayumi Motoyama finished with a five-under par, 211 over 54 holes to win the individual title and help Colorado State University win the team championship in the Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic Tuesday.

Colorado State, playing the tournament on one of its home courses - the 6,036-yard, par-72 Ptarmigan Country Club - shot 18-over, 882, for the tournament. The Rams defeated the University of Colorado and the University of San Francisco by 13 strokes each. Both of those teams finished tied for second, 895.

USF made a charge in the third round of the tournament and shot a 296 during the final round for the low team score of the day. The runner-up finish for the Lady Dons is their third runner-up or championship finish in their last three regular season tournaments. Junior Susie Laing once again shot an even-par 72 in the final round to pace USF with a share of sixth place, finishing at 219 (75, 72, 72) to establish a new 54 hole tournament low. Sophomore Jordan Auten also fired a 76 to finish at 224 (74, 74, 76), while Lisa Chen finished in a share of 15th place with a 225 (75, 79, 71). Chen with her one-under 71 fired the first round in the red for USF this season. Junior Lydsey Devenish shot 77 on the final day for another top-20 finish at 227 (76, 74, 77) for the Lady Dons.

Due to the national tragedy, the USF women's golf team was unable to take their scheduled return flight to San Francisco and instead are driving to Los Angeles where they are scheduled to compete at the Southern California Intercollegiate, hosted by Long Beach State and UC Riverside. The event is scheduled for Sept. 17-18 at the Southern California PGA at Oak Valley.

USF Individual Scores:

T 2 USF 300 299 296 895 T 6 Susannah Laing 75 72 72 219 14 Jordan Auten 74 74 76 224 T 15 Lisa Chen 75 79 71 225 T 19 Lyndsey Devenish 76 74 77 227 T 85 Amber Williams 89 86 82 257

FINAL RESULTS Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic Ptarmigan C. C. Fort Collins,CO Dates: 09/10 - 09/11 (Today:09-11-2001) Par: 72 Yardage: 6036

Fin. School Scores 1 Colorado State Univ. 296 286 300 882 +18 2 Colorado, U. of 298 298 299 895 +31 San Francisco, U. of 300 299 296 895 +31 4 Nevada, U. of 304 295 298 897 +33 5 Washington State U. 301 300 297 898 +34 6 Denver, Univ. of 303 302 300 905 +41 7 Northern Arizona U. 297 315 300 912 +48 8 Montana State Univ. 309 306 307 922 +58 9 Long Beach State 308 312 311 931 +67 10 Weber State Univ. 320 305 312 937 +73 11 North Texas, U. of 317 313 308 938 +74 12 Boise State Univ. 318 309 320 947 +83 13 McNeese State Univ. 327 315 306 948 +84 14 Wyoming, U. of 324 321 318 963 +99 15 Gonzaga University 328 332 323 983 +119 16 Northern Colorado 329 325 332 986 +122 17 Mesa State 336 335 328 999 +135