March 9, 2007
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The No. 28 TCU women's golf team begins play Saturday at the SunTrust Lady Gator Invite at the University of Florida Golf Club in Gainesville, Fla.
The 16-team field includes five top-25 programs in No. 9 Tennessee, No. 12 Florida, No. 21 North Carolina, No. 22 Michigan State and No. 25 Kent State. With No. 26 Florida State, No. 28 TCU, No. 35 Louisville, No. 36 Michigan and No. 48 South Florida, 10 teams are in the top-50. Rounding out the field are Central Florida, Florida International, Georgia State, Mississippi, Mississippi State and UNC Greensboro.
Live scoring for the SunTrust Lady Gator Invite is available at www.golfstat.com.
This will be the third spring tournament for the Horned Frogs. TCU was
fourth at the Central District Invitational (Feb. 19-20) while tying for
sixth at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (Feb. 23-25).
For the first time since the 2002-03 campaign, when Brooke Tull and D'Rae
Ward accomplished the feat, TCU has produced two different medalists in a
season.
Catherine Matranga captured the individual title at the Dick McGuire
Invitational in September, while Valentine Derrey shared in championship honors at last month's Lady Puerto Rico Classic.
Camille Blackerby, Elin Emanuelsson and Carrie Morris will join Matranga and Derrey in the lineup for TCU at the SunTrust Lady Gator Invite.
TCU features three of the Mountain West Conference's top-eight players in stroke average. Matranga (73.5) is second with Derrey (74.3) fourth and Blackerby (75.0) eighth. Emanuelsson (76.5) is 16th.
Following the SunTrust Lady Gator Invite, the Frogs return to action next Friday, March 16, in Austin at the Betsy Rawls Invitational.
