Feb. 17, 2004

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Samford women's golf opened the spring season with a 12th place finish out of 15 teams at the Birmingham-Southern Shootout. Kelly Stout finished tied for 32nd overall and four Samford golfers shot second-round 86's to help the Bulldogs effort.

"Overall it was a disappointing performance, but it was nice to see the steady improvement from the first round to the second," Head coach Ian Thompson said. "We have a month off and we will use that to practice hard and make sure that we are ready when the Jacksonville State tournament comes around."

Stout, Kelly Villarreal, Tricia Harlow and Jaime Hampton all shot 86 in the final round. Villarreal, Harlow and Hampton all improved on their first round scores by eight strokes or better. Stout (84-86-170) finished tied for 32nd, Villarreal finished tied for 56th (94-86-180), Harlow placed tied for 58th (95-86-181), Hampton finished in 61st (96-86-182) and Ashleigh Hicks finished tied for 65th (95-93-188).

Final Results:

1 Jacksonville St. 326 307 633 +57
2 Birmingham Southern 325 317 642 +66
3 Mercer University 330 316 646 +70
4 New Orleans, U. of 329 327 656 +80
5 Tennessee Tech U. 335 334 669 +93
6 East Tennessee St. 337 333 670 +94
7 High Point U. 343 329 672 +96
8 Troy State Univ. 349 328 677 +101
9 South Alabama, U. of 343 343 686 +110
10 Eastern Illinois 355 340 695 +119
11 Jackson State Univ. 357 341 698 +122
12 Samford University 368 344 712 +136
13 Arkansas Tech 378 354 732 +156
14 Montevallo, Univ. of 379 374 753 +177
DNF Centenary College 419 DNF