Oct. 2, 2001

(Moscow, ID) - USF women's golf entered the third round of the 2001 Lady Vandal Fall Golf Invitational in fourth place after a pair of disappointing rounds. The Lady Dons redeemed themselves and set a program record in the process firing a 294 in the final round to secure their second runner-up finish in three tournaments.

Junior Susie Laing led the USF charge in the final round, firing a one-under 71 to finish third with 224 (76, 77, 71). Junior Lisa Chen also posted a top-10 finish with 227 (77, 77, 73). Sophomore Jordan Auten shaved two strokes off her score in each successive round, ending with a 76 during the final round to finish with a share of 15th place at 234 (80, 78, 76). Junior Lyndsey Devenish shot 74 in the final round, while senior Emilie Arnaud carded a 78 for the Lady Dons.

USF's previous single-round low came last season in the opening round of the 2000 Oregon State Shanico Invitational when the Lady Dons fired a 296 in the opening round en route to a runner-up finish in the event.

USF head coach Sara Range was impressed with the effort of her team today.

"They really showed me something out there today. They played with a lot of poise and stayed calm when the pressure was on. I am very proud of them, especially in the way they bounced back in the final round," Range said.

San Francisco returns to action when they travel to Corvallis, Oregon to compete at the Oregon State Shanico Invitational Oct. 8-10 at Trysting Tree Golf Course.

FINAL RESULTS Lady Vandal Fall Invitational Univ. of Idaho G.C., Moscow, ID Dates: 10/01 - 10/02 (Today:10-02-2001) Par: 72 Yardage: 6107

Fin. School Scores 1 Idaho, University of 297 299 302 898 +34 2 San Francisco, U. of 312 314 294 920 +56 3 UC - Irvine 313 310 307 930 +66 4 Washington State U. 326 308 303 937 +73 5 Portland, U. of 305 314 320 939 +75 6 Northern Arizona U. 316 318 313 947 +83 7 Montana, Univ. of 320 326 319 965 +101 8 Eastern Washington U 323 329 318 970 +106 9 Boise State Univ. 325 329 320 974 +110 10 Wyoming, U. of 334 315 328 977 +113 11 Idaho State Univ. 322 329 328 979 +115 12 Montana State Univ. 323 329 328 980 +116 13 Cal Poly 323 333 333 989 +125 14 UC - Riverside 342 319 336 997 +133 15 Portland State Univ. 338 338 330 1006 +142 16 Gonzaga University 353 346 338 1037 +173

USF Scores: 2 San Francisco, U. of 312 314 294 920 3 Susannah Laing 76 77 71 224 T -7 Lisa Chen 77 77 73 227 T 15 Jordan Auten 80 78 76 234 T 21 Lyndsey Devenish 81 83 74 238 T 26 Emilie Arnaud 79 82 78 239