MSU's Women Golfers Compete In 33rd Annual Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic
"Our final regular season tournament will be a good test for us," said headcoach Christi Sanders. "The course is challenging, and the field is verystrong. This will be a prelude for the SEC Championship in a few weeks sincethere will be nine other SEC teams competing in this weekend's event."
State's lineup will be sophomore Amanda Mathis, senior Janet Dyer, juniorStephanie Godare, senior Beth Irwin and freshman Julia Huh. Mathis is comingoff a tied for fourth place showing at the LSU/Cleveland Golf Classic, whereshe tied the MSU record for lowest round and tied The University Club'scourse record with her second round 67.
Competition will begin at 9:00 a.m. EST. on Friday and Saturday in waveswith a shotgun start on Sunday at 9:00 a.m. EST.
The field consists of Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, East Carolina, FloridaState, Furman, Georgia, Kent State, Kentucky, LSU, Michigan State,Mississippi, Ohio State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tulane and Wake Forest.
At the 2004 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, MSU finished in 14th-place witha 926 tournament total. Godare and Irwin paced the squad, both recording a231 event score. Georgia's Brittany Lang won individual medalist honors withher 66-73-68 performance, and host Georgia took the team title.