March 17, 2006

AUSTIN, Texas - The TCU women's golf team is in 3rd place and five shots off the lead after shooting a combined 15-over par 303 in the first round of the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational at the University of Texas Golf Club.

Junior Camille Blackerby is tied for fourth place after shooting a two-over par 74 in round one. Hailing from Breckenridge, Texas, Blackerby is coming off a 13th-place finish at the Texas A&M "Mo"Morial on Sunday.

Stacey Bieber, a junior from Winnipeg, Canada, sits in a four-way tie for 12th place after a three-over 75.

Elin Emanuelsson and Carrie Morris shot five-over par 77s to tie with four other golfers as part of a six-way tie for 22nd place. Emanuelsson finished in second place at the Texas A&M "Mo"Morial

Junior Catherine Matranga rounds out the Horned Frogs' day with a six-over par 78 to finish tied for 28th place heading into day two.

Round two is set to begin at 8 a.m. on Saturday morning.


Team Scores

1 Texas A&M-298--298 (+10)
2 Duke-302--302 (+14)
3 TCU-303--303 (+15)
4 SMU-305--305 (+17)
5 Purdue-306--306 (+18)
T6 Tulsa-307--307 (+19)
T6 Oklahoma State-307--307 (+19)
8 North Carolina-310--310 (+22)
9 New Mexico State-316--316 (+28)
T10 Iowa State-317--317 (+29)
T10 Kansas-317--317 (+29)
12 Oklahoma-319--319 (+31)
13 Baylor-320--320 (+32)
T14 Minnesota-321--321 (+33)
T14 Texas-321--321 (+33)