WOMEN'S GOLF NEWS

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Sports Release                                                                 October 25, 2005

LMU Women’s Golf Team Competes in Fall Invitational

TAZEWELL, TN – The Lincoln Memorial University women’s golf team participated Monday and Tuesday in the LMU Fall Invitational Tournament held at Woodlake Golf Club in Tazewell, Tennessee.

The Lady Railsplitters finished second behind the University of West Georgia who turned in a team score of 665 for the two-day tournament.  LMU finished with a total 772, 57 strokes back.

Lincoln Memorial University junior Rachel Spurs (Whitby, Ontario, Canada) was the top Lady Railsplitter qualifier finishing in 2^nd place.  Spurs turned in scores of 82 each day for a total 164, only three strokes off the lead.

Lady Railsplitters Sarah Ross (Waveland, IN), Christin Rhyne (Powell, TN) and Sarah Oswalt (Bluffton, IN) finished in 6^th and tied for 7^th place respectively.  Ross turned in an 86 on Monday and a 96 on Tuesday for a final 182, while Rhyne had an 87 and a 101, and Oswalt a 93 and a 95 to each finish tied for 7^th with a 188.

As is the case with the Railsplitter golf team, the LMU Fall Invitational marks the end of the fall season for the Lincoln Memorial golf teams.  Both will resume place this spring in search of a Gulf South Conference Championship.

-LMU-

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