Miller Ranked 4th In Nation

Sept. 22, 2003

University of Miami junior Tina Miller (Archbishop Curley Notre Dame) is ranked fourth in the nation, and Hurricane Women’s Golf Team ranks No. 7 in the nation in the season opening Collegiate Golf poll released Sunday evening by Golfweek.com.

Miller, the defending BIG EAST Champion, opened the 2003-04 season with a victory at the Cougar Classic in Charleston, SC earlier this week. Miller was the only women in red numbers posting a two-under-par 214 (70-69-75) to record her third career victory.

As a team the Hurricanes finished third posting a three-round total of 897 (296-293-308) to finish behind fourth-ranked Notre Dame (889) and sixth-ranked Furman (895).

Also ranked among the top-100 golfers in the nation is UM freshman Tiffany Prats (Williston, FL). Prats finished tied for 21st at the Cougar Classic, her first collegiate tournament, with a score of 228 (76-76-76).

Miami returns to action October 3-5 at the Lady Kat Invitational in Lexington, KY.

Golfweek Women's Collegiate Golf Team RankingsRk.	Team	Rating1.	Michigan State	72.512.	Auburn	72.543.	Duke	72.544.	Notre Dame	73.145.	Arizona	73.216.	Furman	73.647.	Miami (FL)	73.808.	Purdue	73.829.	Coastal Carolina	73.9510.	Oklahoma	74.0411.	Arkansas	74.3012.	California	74.5413.	Oklahoma State	74.6214.	North Carolina State	74.7115.	UCLA	74.7116.	Wisconsin	74.7717.	Mississippi	74.8718.	Princeton	74.9219.	Vanderbilt	74.9620.	UNLV	74.9821.	Northwestern	75.0122.	Virginia	75.0823.	Nebraska	75.1224.	Southern California	75.2125.	New Mexico	75.46

Golfweek Women’s Collegiate Golf Individual Rankings(Top 10)Rk. Player Rating1. Laura Terebey (Radford) 67.502. Malinda Johnson (Wisconsin) 68.383. Allison Fouch (Michigan St.) 68.384. Tina Miller (Miami) 68.965. Noriko Nakazaki (Notre Dame) 69.926. Jenny Suh (Furman) 70.247. Sarah Martin (Michigan St.) 70.288. Carolina Llano (Pepperdine) 70.499. Carol Green (James Madison) 70.8710. Christine Boucher (Kansas St.) 71.13