October 4, 1998

AUSTIN, Texas - The Texas Tech University women's golf team improved four spots from the second round to finish fifth in the Big 12 Conference Preview.

The Red Raiders shot 17-over-par 305 today, the third best round of the day, and finished at 70-over 934. The Red Raiders were in ninth on Saturday after the second round on the par 72, 6,086-yard Circle C Golf Club.

Oklahoma State won the Big 12 Preview with a 44-over total of 908.

Host Texas (916) finished second, Texas A&M (922) third and Oklahoma (929) fourth. Iowa State's Noel Jacobusse and Texas A&M's Marta Ostos each shot 6-over 222 to tie for first place individually. Oklahoma State's (224) Jo Jo Robertson was third.

Texas Tech senior Brooke Lowrance shot 11-over 227 to finish seventh, five shots off the pace. She shot a 1-over 73 on Sunday.

Junior Heather Wrede tied for 13th at 15-over 231. Junior Jamie Vannoy tied for 16th at 17-over 233. Freshman Jennifer Newhouse tied for 44th with a 27-over par total of 243. Sophomore Priscillia Hunt shot 40-over 256.

TEAM TOTALS

Oklahoma State        300-295-313 =908
Texas                 310-303-303 =916
Texas A&M             307-311-304 =922
Oklahoma              314-308-307 =929
Texas Tech            317-312-305 =934
Missouri              309-306-320 =935
Nebraska              309-313-319 =941
Baylor                304-312-326 =942
Iowa State            311-317-316 =944
Colorado              323-311-327 =961
Kansas                326-323-323 =972
Kansas State          324-325-340 =989 

  5 Texas Tech        317-312-305 =934
  7 Brooke Lowrance      76-78-73 =227
t13 Heather Wrede        79-77-75 =231
t16 Jamie Vannoy         75-78-80 =233
t44 Jennifer Newhouse    87-79-77 =243
t56 Priscillia Hunt      87-86-83 =256