March 25, 2005

Athens, Ga. – – With Friday’s day one action complete at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic played at the par-72 University of Georgia Golf Course in Athens, Ga., the South Carolina women’s golf team is in 11th place out of 18 teams with a first-round 313. A total of nine of the nation’s top 21 teams are competing in the tournament.

Leading the way for the Gamecocks in a field loaded with several of the top individual players in the nation is freshman Caroline Rominger, who sits in a tie for eighth place on the individual leader board, two strokes off the lead with a first-round 74. Rominger got out to an excellent start, carding a two-under-par 34 on the front nine. Things weren’t as smooth on the back nine, as Rominger carded a four-over 40.

Senior Tiffany Catafygiotu is in 28th with a 77, with junior Erica Battle and sophomore Jenna Pearson tied for 62nd with a first-round 81. Freshman Blyte Worley rounded out the Gamecocks’ effort with a 12-over 84.

Round two action resumes Saturday.

South Carolina’s Individual Scores
11 South Carolina 313
T 8 Caroline Rominger 34- 40 74
T 28 Tiffany Catafygiotu 39- 38 77
T 62 Erica Battle 42- 39 81
T 62 Jenna Pearson 40- 41 81
T 83 Blythe Worley 42- 42 84

Team Leader Board
1 Georgia, U. of 298
2 Louisiana State U. 300
T3 Tulane University 301
T3 Wake Forest Univ. 301
5 Auburn University 304
6 Arkansas, U. of 306
7 Ohio State Univ. 307
8 Florida State Univ. 308
9 Mississippi St. U. 309
10 Tennessee, U. of 311
11 South Carolina, U of 313
12 Michigan State U. 315
13 Alabama, U. of 319
14 Furman University 321
15 Kent State 322
16 East Carolina Univ. 324
17 Mississippi, U. of 325
18 Kentucky, U. of 327