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Sept. 22, 2010

UP NEXT: The Texas Women’s Golf team will compete in the 10th annual Mason Rudolph Women’s Championship at the Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn., Sept. 24-26.

LIVE SCORING: Fans can follow the Longhorns in action online at http://www.golfstat.com.

COURSE: Vanderbilt Legends Club North Course will be set up to play at par-72, 6,281-yards.

PLAY: Eighteen holes will take place on Friday through Sunday, with fixed tee times on number one and 10 starting at 8 a.m. CT on Friday and Saturday and 7:30 a.m. CT Sunday.

TEXAS LINEUP: Head coach Martha Richards’ second lineup of the season is led by junior Nicole Vandermade (Brantford, Ontario) in the No. 1 position. Sophomore Katelyn Sepmoree (Tyler, Texas) will compete in the second spot, while sophomore Madison Pressel (Boca Raton, Fla.) makes her season debut at No. 3. Freshman Rebecca Lee-Bentham (Scarborough, Ontario) and sophomore Haley Stephens (Greer, S.C.) round out the team. Junior Megan Rosenfeld (Plano, Texas) will tee it up as an individual.

MEET THE LINEUP:
No. 1 – Nicole Vandermade
-finished tied for 73rd at the season-opening NCAA Fall Preview (Sept. 13-15) with rounds of 75-74-81 (+14)
-first appearance in the No. 1 position this season
-co-leads Texas with six birdies through three rounds of competition
-leads Texas in greens in regulation (.722)

No. 2 – Katelyn Sepmoree
-finished tied for 42nd at the NCAA Fall Preview (76-74-73=223, +7)
-second appearance in the top two positions of the Texas lineup this season … was slotted No. 1 entering the Preview

No. 3 – Madison Pressel
-first appearance of the 2010-11 season
-Texas’ top returner with a stroke average of 74.57 during her freshman season
-holds the Texas single-round record of 6-under-par 65 (Stanford Invitational; Oct. 16, 2009)

No. 4 – Rebecca Lee-Bentham
-finished 80th at the NCAA Fall Preview (81-77-76=234, +18) in her Longhorn debut

No. 5 – Haley Stephens
-led Texas on the individual leaderboard in a tie for 37th at the NCAA Fall Preview with rounds of 73-73-75 (+5)
-has recorded UT’s top finish in its last three competitions (NCAA West Regional Championship, NCAA Championship, NCAA Fall Preview)
-co-leads Texas with six birdies through three rounds of competition
-leads Texas in fairways hit (.952)

THE FIELD: This year’s Mason Rudolph field includes 14 teams in the 2010-11 Golfweek Magazine Preseason Top 30: 1. Purdue, 2. UCLA, 3. USC, 4.  Alabama, 6. Duke, 7. Auburn, 8. Wake Forest, 10. Vanderbilt, 11. Stanford, 13. Georgia, 16. LSU, 19. Florida, 20. North Carolina and 27. TEXAS. Arizona State, California, Oklahoma State and College of Charleston round out the 18-team field.

LAST TIME OUT (SEPT. 13-15, 2010): The University of Texas Women’s Golf team (299-298-301) tied for 13th place in its season debut at the NCAA Fall Preview with a 54-hole score of 34-over-par 898. Sophomore Haley Stephens (73-73-75) finished with a 5-over 221 at Traditions Golf Club to lead the Longhorns on the individual leaderboard in a tie for 37th place.

LAST TIME AT VANDERBILT LEGENDS (SEPT. 25-27, 2009): Freshman Madison Pressel fired a final-round 3-under-par 69 in the rain-shortened Mason Rudolph Women’s Championship to secure a tie for 15th place with a 36-hole score of 3-under 141 (72-69).  As a team, the Longhorns carded a final-round 6-over 294 to finish in 15th place at 8-over 584 (290-294).

VANDERBILT CONNECTION: To say that Texas head coach Martha Richards and assistant coach Tracy Parsons are familiar with the Vanderbilt Legends Club would be an understatement.  Before taking over the reins of the Texas program in 2007, Richards guided Vanderbilt to two NCAA Top-10 finishes and mentored seven All-Americans during her seven-year stint with the Commodores.  Parsons served as Richards’ assistant coach at Vanderbilt for three seasons (2004-07) before also making the move to Texas.