Women's Golf Heads to Austin

NORMAN, Okla. The Oklahoma women's golf team will head south this weekend for the Betsy Rawls Invitational in Austin, Texas. The tournament is hosted by the University of Texas and will be played at the 7,154-yard, par-72 University of Texas Golf Club.

The Oklahoma lineup will include lone senior Amparo Gala, junior Jaclyn Stelzer, sophomores Heather Wright and Kelly Jacques, true freshman Kendall Dye and redshirt freshman Staci Smoot will compete as an individual.

The 15-team field includes Duke (ranked No.1), Purdue (8), Texas A&M (16), Oklahoma State (20), Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, New Mexico State, North Carolina, Minnesota, Oklahoma, SMU, TCU and Tulsa.

The tournament will begin Friday, March 24 and will end on Sunday.

The Oklahoma Lineup
Kendall Dye: A true freshman who led the team with a 33rd-place finish at Price's Give em Five ... Shot a 228 to tie for 21st at the Mary Fossum Invitational ... Posted a tie for 24th place finish at the “Mo” Morial Invitational with a 238 ... With a fall-low final score of 222, finished tied for 31st after shooting three rounds of 74 at the Las Vegas Invitational... Earned five career wins, 27 top-five finishes and 34 top-10 finishes in high school.

Amparo Gala: Only senior on the squad ... Posted a tie for 52nd place at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic ... Earned a career-best second-place finish at the 2004 Jeannine McHaney Invitational ... Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team for maintaining a 4.0 GPA as a junior ... February 2004 Big 12 Golfer of the Month ... Finished in the top five in two tournaments as a freshman.

Kelly Jacques: Finished in the top 10 in the first two fall tournaments of the season and at the “Mo” Morial Invitational, including a career-best third-place finish at the Mary Fossum Invitational and seventh place at the Badger Invitational ... Recorded a third career top-20 finish (T18th place) at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic ... Posted OU's second-lowest individual average (78.79) as a freshman last year... Shot a career-low round of 71 and tied for 14th at the 2004 Kent Youel Invitational.

Jaclyn Stelzer: Shot a 227 and finished a career-best 14th place at the 2005 Badger Invitational ... Posted a 237 to tie for 48th at the Mary Fossum Invitational ... Carded a 235 and tied for 26th at the 2005 Big 12 Championship ... Academic All-Big 12 First Team last year.

Heather Wright: Recorded a season-best tie for 21st place at the “Mo” Morial Invitational with a 237... Opened the spring season with a 232 in the Lady Puerto Rico Classic (T40th place) ... Shot a 239 at the Mary Fossum Invitational to tie for 56th ... Posted a season-low 76 at the Las Vegas Invitational ... Earned a career-best fourth-place finish with a career-low 71 at the BU-Tapatio Springs Shootout last season.

Staci Smoot: Finished tied for 47th (shot a 238) at the Badger Invitational, her first collegiate tournament ... Carded a 237 (+17) and tied for 32nd at the Mary Fossum Invitational, where she posted a career-low 73 ... Selected to All-State and all-conference teams all four years in high school.

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