Husky Golfers Climb Five Spots at NCAA Championships
May 20, 2004
Auburn, AL - Led by sophomore Paige Mackenzie's 3-under 69, the 12th-ranked Washington women's golf team posted its best single-round score at the NCAA Championships and moved up five spots to a four-way tie for 14th place entering Friday's final round of play. As a team the Huskies shot 9-over 297. Washington's three-day total is 36-over 900.
Washington will be teamed with Arizona and Tennessee during Friday's play. The Huskies will start their final round from the 10th tee at 9 a.m. local time. Washington has a chance to post its best-ever NCAA finish. In 1995 and 2001 the Huskies placed 16th overall. This year's tournament mark's Washington's sixth appearance at the NCAA Championships.
UCLA, the West Regional champion, owns a five-stroke lead over second-place Oklahoma State in the race for the team title. The Bruins posted a 2-under 286 Thursday and are 6-under 858 after 54 holes of competition. Top-ranked Duke, the East Region champion and heavy favorite to win the tournament is third at 1-over 865. The Blue Devils shot 292 Thursday to fall seven strokes behind the Bruins. California is fourth overall at 19-over 883.
A trio of players broke away from the pack Thursday in the hunt for medalist honors. UCLA's Susie Mathews and Oklahoma State's Karin Sjodin both shot 4-under 68 and remained tied for first at 8-under 208. California's Sarah Huarte is third at 7-under 209 thanks to a 5-under 67. Three players are tied for fourth at 2-under 214.
Mackenzie's sub-par round moved her up to 23rd on the leaderboard. She has a chance to make her second top-25 finish at the NCAAs. She was 25th during her freshman season in 2002.
Credit a late night telephone call between Mackenzie and her older brother, Brock, who is a senior All-American on the men's team, as motivation for her solid play Thursday.
"We were on the phone and about to hang up and I told him to play well," Mackenzie said. "I told him he better have a good round because I knew I was going to play well. He said that if I was going to beat him, I better go out and shoot 64. Well, it wasn't 64 but it was pretty good."
Mackenzie picked up a pair of birdies on her first nine holes before falling back to even. She then chipped in on the par-five fourth hole for an eagle to go back to two under. She dropped in a 12-foot putt on the seventh hole and just missed another on the eighth green to post the second-best single-round NCAA Championship score in Husky history. Mackenzie's 69 followed up a 78 she posted during the second round.
"That is usually what happens with Paige," said Husky coach Mary Lou Mulflur. "If she has a rough day she comes back and plays well and I would expect nothing less from her than to go out and have a great round."
Mackenzie has led Washington in half of its 10 tournaments this season. She entered the NCAAs with a team-best 74.39 stroke average. The 69 marked just the third time this year she has posted a score better than 70.
"I had a good feeling about today," Mackenzie said. "I hit the ball off the tee better today. Yesterday I hit four fairway bunkers off the tee and that just does not put you in a position to score. I felt like my swing was better and everything was just clicking. I made a few putts today that I didn't make yesterday and that really helped. Everything just felt better."
Husky freshman Ashley Bickerton had an even better rally than Mackenzie. After shooting 85 during the second round she rebounded to post a 72 Thursday. Back-to-back birdies over her final four holes helped her pull even. She did almost exactly the same thing during NCAA West Regional play. She shot 82 in the second round and came back with a 72 during the final day of play.
"My front nine was not great, but I managed to stay away from the high numbers," Bickerton said. "I really turned in on during the last five or six holes and that felt nice. I was going at the pins and was able to stick it today. Today I had a normal round of putting, so that was nice."
Washington's Sung Ea Lee shot 77 and is 62nd overall at 10-over 226. Senior Lindsay Morgan and freshman Amber Prange are tied for 95th at 16-over 232. Morgan had a 79 Thursday while Prange posted an 80. Bickerton is 107th overall at 19-over 235.
"Everybody has shown they can play the course," Mackenzie said. "We just haven't put it all together yet. We seem to show up late at tournaments, so hopefully tomorrow will be the day.
"I told them after the round that they have all proved they can play this golf course," Mulflur said. "Now, let's just prove we can do it as a team, not just individuals."
2004 NCAA Women's Golf Championship
Third Round Results
Lake Course at Grand National
Auburn, AL
Par 72, 6,615 yards
Team Results
1 UCLA -6 289-283-286-858 2 Oklahoma State -1 288-293-282-863 3 Duke +1 289-284-292-865 4 California +19 309-282-292-883 5 Vanderbilt +20 298-284-302-884 6 Texas +26 302-295-293-890 7 Ohio State +27 296-292-303-891 8 Georgia +28 302-297-293-892 8 Arizona State +28 310-291-291-892 10 Stanford +33 303-296-298-897 10 Florida State +33 301-301-295-897 10 Wake Forest +33 298-289-310-897 13 Southern California +34 307-286-305-898 14 New Mexico +36 304-292-304-900 14 Furman +36 302-296-302-900 14 Arizona +36 302-300-298-900 14 Washington +36 305-298-297-900 18 Tennessee +37 303-297-301-901 19 Baylor +38 299-308-295-902 20 North Carolina +40 304-300-300-904 21 UNLV +45 308-299-302-909 21 Purdue +45 307-294-308-909 23 Texas A&M +46 306-302-302-910 23 Michigan State +46 302-310-298-910
Individual Results
1 Susie Mathews, UCLA -8 71-69-68-208 1 Karin Sjodin, Oklahoma State -8 71-69-68-208 3 Sarah Huarte, California -7 73-69-67-209 4 Sofie Andersson, California -2 75-68-71-214 4 Meaghan Francella, North Carolina -2 74-69-71-214 4 Charlotte Mayorkas, UCLA -2 74-69-71-214 7 Allison Fouch, Michigan State -1 70-72-73-215 7 Virada Nirapathpongporn, Duke -1 71-72-72-215 7 Mallory Underwood, Oklahoma State -1 72-73-70-215 10 Sarah Jacobs, Vanderbilt E 72-69-75-216 10 Brittany Lang, Duke E 72-70-74-216 10 Jessica Shepley, Tennessee E 73-72-71-216 13 Ashley Gomes*, San Jose State +1 70-75-72-217 14 Allison Hanna, Ohio State +2 69-73-76-218 14 Leigh Anne Hardin, Duke +2 73-73-72-218 14 Josefin Svenningsson, Baylor +2 74-72-72-218 14 Gina Umeck, UCLA +2 71-72-75-218 18 Christine Hallstrom, Wake Forest +3 76-70-73-219 18 Candy Herrera, Oklahoma State +3 72-75-72-219 18 Sunny Oh, UNLV +3 72-75-72-219 18 Kristen White, Ohio State +3 75-71-73-219 18 Courtney Wood, Vanderbilt +3 75-72-72-219 23 Elizabeth Allen*, CSU-Northridge +4 73-74-73-220 23 Elizabeth Janangelo, Duke +4 73-70-77-220 23 Paige Mackenzie, Washington +4 73-78-69-220 23 Tiffany Tavee, Arizona State +4 77-71-72-220 27 Irene Cho, Southern California +5 73-70-78-221 27 Kelly Froelich, Georgia +5 79-74-68-221 27 Anna Grzebien, Duke +5 75-72-74-221 27 Beth Hermes, Purdue +5 71-72-78-221 27 Hannah Jun, UCLA +5 76-73-72-221 27 Jenny Suh, Furman +5 77-72-72-221 27 Annie Thurman, Oklahoma State +5 73-76-72-221 34 Erica Blasberg, Arizona +6 78-73-71-222 34 Janice Olivencia, Texas +6 75-69-78-222 34 Whitney Wade, Georgia +6 74-74-74-222 37 Chris Brady, Vanderbilt +7 74-72-77-223 37 Kailin Downs, New Mexico +7 76-71-76-223 37 Adrienne Gautreaux*, South Carolina +7 73-72-78-223 37 Alissa Kuczka, Arizona State +7 76-73-74-223 37 Ashley Prange, North Carolina +7 72-72-79-223 37 Katie Quinney, Florida State +7 77-74-72-223 37 Violeta Retamoza, Tennessee +7 73-75-75-223 37 Krystal Shearer, UCLA +7 73-75-75-223 37 Carrie Sordel, Florida State +7 77-73-73-223 37 Christa Spedding, Texas A&M +7 73-76-74-223 37 Perry Swenson, Texas +7 75-74-74-223 37 Erin Tone, Arizona State +7 77-72-74-223 49 Jackie Beers, Georgia +8 75-75-74-224 49 Christine Fernandez, New Mexico +8 79-73-72-224 49 Ashley Hoagland, Wake Forest +8 72-71-81-224 49 Lindsay Knowlton, Ohio State +8 76-70-78-224 49 Theresa Paik, Furman +8 75-73-76-224 49 Angela Rho, Stanford +8 76-72-76-224 49 Samantha Richdale *, Illinois State +8 73-74-77-224 49 Lauren Todd, Stanford +8 77-75-72-224 57 Tanya Dergal, Southern California +9 80-72-73-225 57 Lisa Ferrero, Texas +9 78-76-71-225 57 Cassandra Kirkland, Arizona +9 76-76-73-225 57 Caroline Larsson, Florida State +9 78-76-71-225 57 Nicole Melton, Texas A&M +9 77-73-75-225 62 Teesha Ash, Tennessee +10 79-73-74-226 62 Rachel Bell, Southern California +10 77-73-76-226 62 Charmaine Erasmus, Arizona State +10 80-75-71-226 62 Mandy Goins, Wake Forest +10 73-72-81-226 62 Sarah Johnston, Furman +10 75-74-77-226 62 Sung Ea Lee, Washington +10 76-73-77-226 62 Alejandra Martin, Arizona +10 74-75-77-226 62 Adrienne Millican *, East Carolina +10 72-77-77-226 62 Michaelyn Morgan, Baylor +10 73-77-76-226 62 Onnarin Sattayabanphot, Purdue +10 74-75-77-226 62 Kristen Svicarovich, Vanderbilt +10 77-71-78-226 62 Jenni Tangtiphaiboontana, Stanford +10 73-76-77-226 74 Katrina Leckovic, New Mexico +11 74-75-78-227 74 Ashley Rollins, New Mexico +11 75-73-79-227 76 Laura Cross *, Southern Methodist +12 77-74-77-228 76 Kim Kouwabunpat, Stanford +12 78-77-73-228 76 Elena Kurokawa, UNLV +12 74-73-81-228 76 Mariana Salazar, Texas +12 74-76-78-228 76 Lisa Tyler, Georgia +12 76-75-77-228 81 Devan Andersen, Texas +13 80-79-70-229 81 Monique Gesualdi, Furman +13 75-77-77-229 81 Meredith Jones, Baylor +13 78-76-75-229 81 Hwanhee Lee, UNLV +13 78-76-75-229 81 Catalina Marin, So. California +13 77-74-78-229 81 Natalia Nicholls, Georgia +13 77-74-78-229 87 Myrte Eikenaar, Purdue +14 83-70-77-230 87 Stephanie Lue, Stanford +14 77-73-80-230 87 Sarah Martin, Michigan State +14 75-83-72-230 87 Beth Marushak, North Carolina +14 78-79-73-230 87 Kelli McKandless, Baylor +14 74-83-73-230 87 Deborah Means, Wake Forest +14 77-76-77-230 93 Lani Elston, Arizona +15 74-77-80-231 93 Veronica Felibert, So. California +15 81-71-79-231 95 Shannon Johnson, New Mexico +16 79-75-78-232 95 Lindsay Morgan, Washington +16 78-75-79-232 95 Amber Prange, Washington +16 80-72-80-232 95 Maria Stinson, Purdue +16 79-77-76-232 99 Mar Garcia, Arizona +17 80-76-77-233 99 Dana Je, Ohio State +17 76-81-76-233 99 Anna Temple, California +17 84-69-80-233 102 Alison Curdt, Florida State +18 70-78-86-234 102 Claire Dury, California +18 80-76-78-234 102 Ann Marie Kersten, Michigan State +18 79-78-77-234 102 Brenda Norris, Texas A&M +18 78-79-77-234 102 Ginny Potthoff, Texas A&M +18 78-80-76-234 107 Connor Atkinson, Furman +19 79-77-79-235 107 Ashley Bickerton, Washington +19 78-85-72-235 107 Jaclyn Burch, Florida State +19 77-79-79-235 107 Kyla Neal, Texas A&M +19 82-74-79-235 111 Holly Cantwell, Tennessee +20 78-77-81-236 111 Anna Rehnholm, Baylor +20 78-83-75-236 111 Seema Sadekar, UNLV +20 84-75-77-236 111 Sophia Sheridan, California +20 81-79-76-236 115 Golda Johansson, Tennessee +21 79-77-81-237 115 Katie Miller, North Carolina +21 80-80-77-237 117 Ashley Knoll, Oklahoma State +22 86-78-74-238 118 Heather Rose, Michigan State +23 78-77-84-239 119 Dayna Burleigh, Michigan State +25 82-83-76-241 120 Jessica Castle, Wake Forest +26 85-78-79-242 120 Young Pak, UNLV +26 85-79-78-242 122 Allyson Harvie, Ohio State +28 82-78-84-244 122 Romi Irons, North Carolina +28 80-84-80-244 124 Caroline Haase, Purdue +39 84-87-84-255 125 Lindsay Anderson, Arizona State +40 82-83-91-256
