Husky Women Golfers in Ninth Place at NCAA Regional
May 9, 2002
Stanford, CA - The Washington women's golf team is in ninth place with a team score of 22-over 310 after the first day of play of the 54-hole NCAA West Regional Championships at the Stanford Golf Course. The Huskies are competing for one of eight spots to the NCAA Championship that takes place at Washington National Golf Course May 21-24.
Pepperdine grabbed a large early lead at the tournament, which saw only five of 107 golfers better par during the first 18 holes of play. The Waves shot 289 and lead second-place UCLA by seven strokes. California is third at 297 and Pac-10 champion Arizona is fourth at 299. The Huskies are just two strokes behind seventh place Arizona State.
Washington was led by three golfers who carded scores of 76 during the opening round. Louise Friberg, Lindsay Morgan and Paige Mackenzie all shot 76 to tied for 26th overall. Friberg was 1-under after her first 13 holes before hitting a three-hole stretch that resulted in a bogie and two double-bogies. Washington Kelli Kamimura is 74th at 82 while Michelle Grafos is 82nd at 83.
"We did not play well and we're going to have to play better the next two days to put ourselves in a better position," said Washington head coach Mary Lou Mulflur. "There really wasn't anyone who had an outstanding day for us. We had a lot of average play. It was a tough day for a lot of teams, but we are capable for playing much better."
Pepperdine's Katherine Hull leads the field at 3-under 69. Arizona's top-ranked Lorena Ochoa and New Mexico's Kristi Larson are one shot back at 70. UCLA's Gina Umeck and Pepperdine's Lindsey Wright were the only other golfer to break par at 71.
The second round of the tournament takes place Friday and the final 18 holes will be played Saturday.
At the NCAA East Regional at LSU, Florida lead the team competition at 286, one stroke ahead of Auburn. At the NCAA Central Regional at Michigan State, Kent State holds a two-stroke lead over Oklahoma State after an opening-round 304.
NCAA West Regional
Stanford Golf Course
Stanford, CA
Team Results
1 Pepperdine 289 2 UCLA 296 3 California 297 4 Arizona 299 5 New Mexico 302 6 Stanford 303 7 Arizona State 308 8 Southern California 309 9 Washington 310 10 New Mexico State 311 11 Idaho 314 12 Colorado State 315 12 San Francisco 315 14 Washington State 317 15 Campbell 319 15 San Jose State 319 17 Northern Arizona 323 18 Denver 324 19 Brigham Young 326 19 Cal-Irvine 326 21 Oral Roberte 335
Washington Results
26 Louise Friberg 76 26 Paige Mackenzie 76 26 Lindsay Morgan 76 74 Kelli Kamimura 82 82 Michelle Grafos 83
Individual Results
1 Katherine Hull Pepperdine 69 2 Kristi Larson New Mexico 70 2 Lorena Ochoa Arizona 70 4 Gina Umeck UCLA 71 4 Lindsey Wright Pepperdine 71 6 Yvonne Choe UCLA 72 6 Erin Kerr * Colorado 72 6 Alena Sharp New Mexico State 72 9 Claire Dury California 73 9 Jimin Kang Arizona State 73 9 Mikaela Parmlid Southern California 73 9 Sarah Walter * Portland 73 13 Lani Elston Idaho 74 13 Rachel Kyono Pepperdine 74 13 Wendra Liang Stanford 74 13 Ria Quiazon California 74 17 Maria C. Arenas Pepperdine 75 17 Kristen Campos Colorado State 75 17 Kelly Cavanaugh New Mexico State 75 17 Kathy Cho * Oregon 75 17 Claudia Ferrini New Mexico 75 17 Sarah Huarte California 75 17 Kim Kouwabunpat Stanford 75 17 Vikki Laing California 75 17 Mariko Shimozaki San Francisco 75 26 Cristina Baena Arizona 76 26 Tasha Browner Washington State 76 26 Louise Friberg Washington 76 26 Ashley Gomes San Jose State 76 26 Miriam Kraschinski Arizona 76 26 Hanna-Riikka Kuitunen Northern Arizona 76 26 Becky Lucidi Southern California 76 26 Paige Mackenzie Washington 76 26 Melissa Martin UCLA 76 26 Lindsay Morgan Washington 76 26 Kim Rowton Stanford 76 26 Gaelle Truet Arizona State 76 38 Lyndsey Devenish San Francisco 77 38 Kailin Downs New Mexico 77 38 Laura Myerscough Arizona 77 38 Alicia Um UCLA 77 42 Rachel Bailey New Mexico State 78 42 Lauren Gray Northern Arizona 78 42 Stephanie Linnell Colorado State 78 42 Charlotte Mayorkas UCLA 78 42 Blair O'Neal Arizona State 78 42 Sharon O'Neill Campbell 78 42 Angela Rho Stanford 78 42 Walailak Satarak Cal-Irvine 78 42 Anne Walker California 78 42 Marcia Wallis Stanford 78 52 Jordan Auten San Francisco 79 52 Lynette Duran Colorado State 79 52 Crystal Fanning Pepperdine 79 52 Mar Garcia Arizona 79 52 Nicole Keller Idaho 79 52 Jayme Kolinski Campbell 79 52 Stella Lee Cal-Irvine 79 52 Jay-Lee Longbottom Washington State 79 52 Kelly Schaub Denver 79 52 Carrie Summerhays Brigham Young 79 52 Julie Wells Idaho 79 63 Nicole Deacon San Jose State 80 63 Helle Gram San Jose State 80 63 Shannon Johnson New Mexico 80 63 Anna Rawson Southern California 80 63 Josefina Vsandizaga Campbell 80 63 Kim Welch Washington State 80 63 Yon Yim Southern California 80 70 Nicole Birdsong Denver 81 70 Tessa Gillam Denver 81 70 Katrina Leckovic New Mexico 81 70 Erin Tone Arizona State 81 74 Heidi Brown Oral Roberts 82 74 Aida Burke Campbell 82 74 Lindzee Frei Idaho 82 74 Lindsay Jones Oral Roberts 82 74 Kelli Kamimura Washington 82 74 Natalie Newren Brigham Young 82 74 Nicole Newren Brigham Young 82 74 Jackie Stevens Washington State 82 82 Jessica Gardner Brigham Young 83 82 Michelle Grafos Washington 83 82 Noelle Hamilton Idaho 83 82 Rebecka Heinmert San Jose State 83 82 Bronwyn Hubbard Northern Arizona 83 82 Melanie Hunt Arizona State 83 82 Bridget Johnson Colorado State 83 82 Marcela Leon San Jose State 83 82 Sara Silva Denver 83 91 Christine Anast Denver 84 91 Susannah Laing San Francisco 84 91 Shelly Raworth Cal-Irvine 84 91 Brandi Underwood Campbell 84 95 Lisa Hardy Brigham Young 85 95 Sunny Lee Cal-Irvine 85 95 Mayumi Motoyama Colorado State 85 95 Candice Satow Oral Roberts 85 95 Karlie Ward Cal-Irvine 85 100 Brooke Fincher Oral Roberts 86 100 Julie Heselton Northern Arizona 86 100 Jane Kim New Mexico State 86 103 Donna Bell Washington State 87 103 Amanda Fisher Oral Roberts 87 105 Lisa Chen San Francisco 90 106 Tiina-Maija Peltokoski Northern Arizona 93 107 Millisa Hass New Mexico State 97* Competed as an individual
