Women's Golf Gets Ready for "Mo" Morial

NORMAN, Okla. - The Oklahoma women's golf team will travel to Bryan, Texas this weekend for the “Mo” Morial Invitational beginning Friday, March 10 and ending the following Sunday. The tournament is hosted by fellow Big 12 member Texas A&M and will be played at the 6,226-yard, par-72 Traditions Golf Course.

The lineup for the tournament will consist of lone senior Amparo Gala, junior Jaclyn Stelzer, sophomore Kelly Jacques, sophomore Heather Wright and true freshman Kendall Dye.

Competition will be tough for the Sooners with seven other Big 12 schools and three ranked teams competing in the tournament. The entire 18-team field consists of Arkansas (ranked No. 9), Texas A&M (20), Kent State (23), Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Oregon State, Redlands College, SMU, TCU, UTEP, Tulsa and Wisconsin.

The tournament will be played in a 54 hole format. Beginning Friday, 18 holes will be played each day with the tournament ending Sunday.

The Sooner's next tournament will be the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational (Mar. 17-19) followed by the Liz Murphy Collegiate Classic (Mar. 24-26) and the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic (Apr. 9-10 in Norman).

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 ... 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, 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 two weeks ago ... 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: 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.

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Women's Golf Gets Ready for "Mo" Morial

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