March 25, 2005

BOERNE, Texas - Baylor shot a team three-over-par 291 Friday and extended its lead to 15 strokes over second-place Michigan through two rounds of the 2005 Baylor-Tapatio Springs Shootout. The fifth annual collegiate women's golf tournament is being held at the Tapatio Springs Golf Resort in Boerne, Texas.

Baylor was led by junior Josefin Svenningsson, who turned in a tournament-best two-under 70 Friday and leads the individual field of 98 by three strokes with a two-round two-under 142. SMU sophomore Laura Cross matched Svenningsson's two-under 70 in the second round and stands tied for third at two-over 144 with Baylor junior Meredith Jones (73-73=146). Oklahoma freshman Heather Wright is second at one-over 145.

Trailing Baylor (295-291=586) and Michigan (301-300=601) in the team standings is SMU (314-296=610), 24 strokes back after shooting a second-round 296 Friday. Oklahoma stands fourth at 617 and Florida International and Texas Tech are tied in fifth place at 628. Rounding out the top 10 are UTEP (seventh place - 638), Arkansas-Little Rock and Wisconsin (eighth place tie - 639) and Eastern Michigan and Toledo (10th place tie - 642).

The field of 18 teams includes five schools ranked among the nation's Top 50 according to Golfstat.com (No. 24 Michigan, No. 29 SMU, No. 38 Baylor, No. 42 Oklahoma and No. 50 Texas Tech).

Baylor, which has never won a team title in the five-year history of the Baylor Shootout, has four golfers among the top 10 individuals through two rounds after all six Bears shot better second-round scores Friday. Freshman Sian Reddick shot a one-over-par 73 Friday and is fifth individually at three-over 147. Sophomore Anna Rehnholm is tied for ninth after carding a three-over 75 in the second round. Junior Sherry Summers, disqualified Thursday for failure to sign her first-round scorecard, shot a second-round 75. Freshman Stephanie Waters, competing as an individual, shot a seven-over 79 Friday and stands tied at 59th with a two-round 166.

The 2005 Baylor-Tapatio Springs Shootout concludes with a third and final round of 18 holes Saturday beginning at 7:30 a.m. CST at Tapatio Springs Golf Resort, a 6,007-yard, par 72 course located 20 miles northwest of San Antonio.

2005 BAYLOR-TAPATIO SPRINGS SHOOTOUT (Boerne, Texas)
Second Round - March 25, 2005

      Fin.   School                   Scores
         1   Baylor University        295  291    586       +10
         2   Michigan, U. of          301  300    601       +25
         3   SMU                      314  296    610       +34
         4   Oklahoma, U. of          306  311    617       +41
         5   Fla. International       321  307    628       +52
             Texas Tech Univ          316  312    628       +52
         7   Texas El Paso, U. of     315  323    638       +62
         8   Arkansas-Little Rock     322  317    639       +63
             Wisconsin, U. of         329  310    639       +63
        10   Toledo, U. of            327  315    642       +66
             Eastern Michigan         322  320    642       +66
        12   Texas-Pan American       329  315    644       +68
        13   Xavier University        326  319    645       +69
        14   Memphis, Univ. of        323  326    649       +73
        15   Sam Houston St. U.       330  325    655       +79
        16   TX A&M CorpusChristi     335  322    657       +81
        17   Arkansas State Univ.     349  333    682      +106
        18   McLennan CC              351  332    683      +107
         1.   BAYLOR UNIVERSITY       295  291    586
         1    Josefin Svenningsson     72   70    142
      T  3    Meredith Jones           73   73    146
         5    Sian Reddick             74   73    147
      T  9    Anna Rehnholm            76   75    151
        DQ    Sherry Summers           DQ   75
		individual
      T 59    Stephanie Waters         87   79    166