Cougars Tie for Second at Dick McGuire

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M (Sept. 12,2006) -- The No. 28 BYU women's golf team tied for second place at the Dick McGuire Invitational on Tuesday.

The Cougars wrapped up the McGuire Invitational scoring the lowest round of the day 291(-1). BYU waged a balanced attack with four of the five starters shooting one round under par and the fifth starter freshman Daphne Vines was strong and steady with three consecutive rounds of one over par (74).

"This is a solid start for our team," said head coach Sue Nyhus. "We beat four teams polled above us in the preseason coaches poll. Our MWC conference is really strong and competitive. This year is going to be an exciting conference race."

BYU beat out top-ranked teams No. 26 University of South Carolina, No. 11 University of Florida, No. 19 Texas A&M and tied No. 17 UNLV.

Ashley Childers, who won the first qualifying event, also led the team in scoring finishing with a four under par. Childers had a round career low of 69. She finished the invitational tied for 13th.

Vines finished tied for 18th with 222. At 223, Natalia Jimenez and Rachel Newren both tied for 22nd. Alexis Edwards finished with 227, which tied for 32nd. Freshman Hannah Summerhays, playing as an individual, finished at 232.

Catherine Matranga from TCU won the event with a 214 (-5).

ASU won the Invitational with a -7 after a record-nine-under par in the second round.

The Cougars will go on to compete at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate hosted by the University of Denver on Sept 25-26.

1 Arizona State         294-281-294--869  (-7) 
T  2 Brigham Young         298-294-291--883  (+7) 
T  2 UNLV                  291-298-294--883  (+7) 
   4 TCU                   296-298-295--889  (+13) 
   5 South Carolina        295-288-307--890  (+14) 
   6 New Mexico            298-298-295--891  (+15) 
   7 Florida               302-294-301--897  (+21) 
   8 Texas A&M             294-291-314--899  (+23) 
T  9 New Mexico State      300-298-307--905  (+29) 
T  9 San Francisco         303-301-301--905  (+29) 
  11 N. Car. Wilmington    307-301-302--910  (+34) 
  12 Texas El Paso         291-305-317--913  (+37) 
  13 San Diego State       302-309-307--918  (+42) 
T 14 Hawaii                296-314-311--921  (+45) 
T 14 Oregon                307-304-310--921  (+45) 
  16 Texas                 304-314-307--925  (+49) 
  17 Texas Tech            312-301-317--930  (+54)
BYU INDIVIDUAL SCORES
T13 	 Ashley Childers 	BYU     220 (+1)
T18  	 Daphne Vines 		BYU 	222 (+3)
T22  	 Natalia Jimenez 	BYU 	223 (+4)
T22 	 Rachel Newren		BYU	223 (+4)
T32  	 Alexis Edwards 	BYU 	227 (+8)
T57  	 Hannah Summerhays*	BYU 	232 (+13)
      *competed as an individual