October 7, 2003

St. Joseph, Missouri (Fairview Golf Course.......For Release: Upon Receipt

St. Joseph, Mo. - The Missouri Western State College women's golf team took team honors while Drury's young squad, in its historical inaugural season, finished second at this year's Missouri Western State College's Women's Fall Golf Invitational. The two-day event was played yesterday and today at the Fairview Golf Course (par 73) in St. Joseph. The tournament also marked the end of the fall season for the Lady Panthers of head coach Lisa Tinkler. Lady Panther Lisa Dugan, a freshman from Sedalia, Mo., finished second in the individual standings after leading the field after yesterday's first round. Dugan carded a two-day total of 157, three strokes from the top. Missouri Western's Taira Roth claimed medalist honors with rounds of 77 and 77 for a total of 154. Another Lady Panther freshman, Shannon Bost of St. James, Mo., finished third with a score of 166.

Drury's individual results (shown in bold), the top individual player results and the top three team results are shown below.

FINAL TEAM RESULTS FROM THE MISSOURI WESTERN >br?FALL INVITATIONAL (TOP THREE)
1. Missouri Western State 331 336 667
2. Drury University 344 345 689
3. Rockhurst University 395 370 765

FINAL INDIVIDUAL RESULTS FROM THE MMWSC FALL INVITATIONAL (TOP 20)
Fairview Golf Course St. Joseph Mo. Par: 73 Yardage: 5,832

Finish Top 20 Players School

Scores 1. Taira Roth Missouri Western 77 77 154
2. Lisa Dugan Drury University 76 81 157
3. Shannon Bost Drury University 85 81 166
4. Kari Harder Missouri Western 80 88 168
5. Lisa Cross Missouri Western 84 87 171
6. Amy Silcott Missouri Western 90 84 174
7. Cara Bartow William Jewell 88 93 181
8. Emily Schwob Rockhurst Univ. 95 87 182
9. Jenna Wixson Drury University 89 94 183
tie Leah Eaton Drury University 94 89 183
tie Molly Copper Fort Hays State 92 91 183
12. Lauren Burmeister Drury University 92 92 184
13. Stacey Karl Fort Hays State 95 93 188
14. Erika Meyer Rockhurst Univ. 98 91 189
15. Jayme Boyd William Jewell 99 93 192
16. Shannon McDonald Fort Hays State 99 95 194
17. Rebecca Reese Rockhurst Univ. 100 95 195
18. Mandy Pierce Drury University 103 96 199
19. Cari Hatlestad Rockhurst Univ. 102 100 202
20. Erin Bush Rockhurst Univ. 107 97 204

For more information contact the Drury Sports Information Office at (417) 873-7222 or (417) 873-7374