The University of Mississippi Athletics
Rebels Swing at Auburn Invitational
6/21/1999 | Women's Golf
Sept. 21, 1997
OPELIKA, Ala. -- The Ole Miss women's golf team shot a 302 in Sunday's final round of the Auburn Tiger Invitational to finish ninth with a 924 three-day total at the Saugahatchee Country Club.
Seventeenth-ranked Georgia captured the team championship with an 876, three strokes ahead of sixth-ranked LSU, after posting a 291 Sunday. Alabama's Kathryn Cusick (72-67-74--213) birdied the first hole of a sudden death playoff to edge LSU's Katy Wilkinson (76-68-69--213) for the individual title.
Junior Megan Breen led the Lady Rebels, finishing with a 74-77-77--228 to tie for 21st. Senior Lauren Mellen turned in a one-over par 73 Sunday and ended in a tie for 32nd with a 230 total. Sophomore Robyn Rinaldo carded a final-round 78 to tie for 44th with a 235 total.
Freshman Marci Kornegay, competing in her first collegiate tournament, fired a 74 Sunday to finish with a 231 and tie for 35th.
Ole Miss will take a week off before hosting the Lady Rebel Intercollegiate Oct. 4-5 at the University Golf Course.
AUBURN TIGER INVITATIONAL -- Opelika, Ala.
Sept. 19-21, 1997
.--Saugahatchee Country Club
TEAM STANDINGS1. Georgia 294-291-291--8762. LSU 296-290-293--8793. Alabama 291-292-298--8814. Mississippi State 306-300-293--8995. Auburn 298-307-299--9046. Florida State 297-300-311--9087. Miami 305-295-309--9098. Central Florida 304-302-312--9189. OLE MISS 303-319-302--92410. South Florida 311-306-308--92511. Tulane 303-317-315--93512. Troy State 310-319-323--952
TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALST1. Kathryn Cusick (Alabama) 72-67-74--213 *Won in a playoffT1. Katy Wilkinson (LSU) 76-68-69--2133. Reilley Rankin (Georgia) 73-69-72--214T4. Shauna Estes (Georgia) 73-70-73--216T4. Pia Josefsson (Miss. St.) 72-73-71--216
OLE MISS INDIVIDUALSMegan Breen 74-77-77--228 (T21)Lauren Mellen 76-81-73--230 (T32)Marci Kornegay 77-80-74--231 (T35)Robyn Rinaldo 76-81-78--235 (T44)Marianne Morris 83-85-82--250 (58)
