UW Women Head to Eugene for Pac-10 Championships
April 21, 2000
COMING UP: The Washington women's golf team will compete in the Oregon-hosted Pac-10 Conference Championship April 24-26. Three rounds will be played over the Eugene Country Club Golf Course. Stanford took last year's team title, ending a two-year win streak for Arizona. Washington finished sixth in the event.
The teams will play 18 holes each day following a practice round on the Sunday before competition.
THE LINEUP: Washington will use the following lineup: 1. Kelli Kamimura, 2. Elisha Au, 3. Michelle Grafos, 4. Louise Friberg, 5. Andrea Cordova, Individual: Mendy Cooper.
THE FIELD: The first round of competition will be played in a three-flight pairing format. The teams were seeded by all 10 coaches, and flights were decided by blind draw as follows:
Flight 1: USC, Washingotn, California
Flight 2: Arizona State, Stanford, Oregon State
Flight 3: Arizona, UCLA, Oregon, Washington State
LAST TIME: The Washington women's golf team took co-champion honors, along with Southern California, at the Stanford-hosted California Collegiate, April 15-16. Both teams shot a team-total 602 in the two-round competition. The first-place finish is Washington's highest of the season since a fourth-place finish at New Mexico State's Roadrunner Invitational in early November. UCLA's Amanda Moltke-Leth claimed individual medalist honors after shooting 144 in two days over the Stanford Golf Course. USC's Candie Kung tied with Washington sophomore Kelli Kamimura after both women fired a second-place 146. Kamimura's second-place finish met her highest of the season and marked her fourth top-10 appearance of her sophomore year. Junior Elisha Au added a second top-10 appearance of the season with a seventh-place total of 150, and freshman Michelle Grafos (Spokane/Central Valley HS) made her top-10 debut, finishing in ninth place after carding a 151. The Huskies have combined for seven individual top-10 finishes during the 1999-2000 campaign, three of them in this tournament.
California Collegiate
Stanford Golf Course
(Par 72, 6,154 yards)
Team Standings: T1. Washington, 602, USC, 602, 3. UCLA, 608, 4. Stanford, 609, 5. California, 615, 6. Oregon State, 629, 7. San Diego State, 630, 8. Washington State, 634, T9. Long Beach State, 656, Hawaii, 656, 11. Santa Clara 704.
Top Individuals: 1. Amanda Moltke-Leth (UCLA), 71-73-144, T2. Candie Kung (USC), 71-75-146, Kelli Kamimura (Wash), 74-72-146, 4. Jennifer Dodd (WSU), 72-76-148, T5. Anne Walker (Cal), 74-75-149, Stephanie Keever (Stan), 72-77-149.
Husky Finishers: T2. Kelli Kamimura, 74-72-146, T7. Elisha Au, 76-74-150, T9. Michelle Grafos, 75-76-151, T25. Louise Friberg, 79-78-157, T29. Andrea Cordova, 77-81-158. *T29. Mendy Cooper, 77-81-158. *Entered as an individual
