March 9, 2005

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THE BASICS
The South Carolina women’s golf team hosts the Lady Gamecock Classic at the University Club this Friday through Sunday, March 11-13.

HOW TO GET RESULTS
Live scoring will be kept on golfstat.com, with a recap posted at the end of each day to www.uscsports.com

TEAMS COMPETING
Alabama, Augusta State, East Tennessee State, Florida State, Furman, LSU, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Carolina State, South Carolina, Virginia

LADY GAMECOCK SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
The first group will go off at 8:30 a.m. on both the first and 10th tees Friday and Saturday, with the last group going off at 10 a.m. Sunday’s final round begins at 8:10 a.m.

GAMECOCKS IN THE RANKINGS
Junior Erica Battle is the lone ranked among the top 100 players nationally in Golfweek’s latest rankings (March 7). Her 73.37 rating ranks 39th nationally.

RANKED TEAMS COMPETING
New Mexico is the highest-ranked team in the field, entering as the No. 13 team nationally in the latest Golfweek rankings. Other top-25 teams competing are No. 14 LSU and No. 20 Furman.

INDIVIDUALS RANKED IN THE TOP 50
    According to the latest Golfweek rankings, seven of the nation's top 50 individuals will be in action at the Lady Gamecock Classic.Rk. Player  School  Rating12  Kailin Downs    New Mexico  72.4527  Leah Wigger Virginia    73.0329  Jenny Suh   Furman  73.0537  Brooke Shelton  LSU 73.3639  Erica Battle South Carolina  73.3741  Melissa Eaton   LSU 73.4643  Vicky Meyer LSU 73.48