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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Women's Golf Prepares for Liz Murphrey Collegiate Classic
6/21/1999 | Women's Golf
March 31, 1999
OXFORD, Miss. - After three weeks off from competitive play, the Ole Miss Lady Rebel golf team returns to action this weekend at the 27th annual Liz Murphrey Collegiate Classic. The three-day tournament, which will be hosted by the University of Georgia in Athens, Ga., starts on Friday, April 2.
Eighteen teams, including eight nationally-ranked teams, will compete in the Murphrey Classic. Eight Southeastern Conference squads - Ole Miss, Georgia, Mississippi State, Auburn, Alabama, South Carolina, Arkansas and Tennessee - will participate in the three-day tournament.
The Lady Rebel lineup for the Murphrey Classic will be senior Megan Breen, junior Robyn Rinaldo, sophomores Teresa Brown and Marci Kornegay and freshman Kim Tudor. Freshman Lynn Ann Moretto will compete as an individual in the tournament.
The Lady Rebels last competition was the LSU-Fairwood Invitational on Mar. 12-14. Ole Miss finished 10th, and Breen was the Lady Rebels' top individual with a 10th-place showing. It was Breen's seventh top-10 finish of the season, breaking the previous season record for top-10 finishes which was six by Sarah Britt in the 1992-93 campaign.
Rinaldo continues to lead the Lady Rebel squad with a 75.00 stroke average and four top-five finishes. She ranks third in the SEC in stroke average. Breen, who is second on the squad with a 75.15 stroke average, ranks fourth in the league. Brown is third on the team with a 78.57 stroke average, while Kornegay is fourth at 78.76. Tudor, who will be competing in her sixth tournament this year, has an 80.72 stroke average.
Moretto will competing individually in her second consecutive tournament. Moretto has one top 20 finish and an 81.75 stroke average.
This year, the Lady Rebels have finished in the top five in five of their eight tournaments.