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NCAA Championships
Tulsa Women Golfers in 20th Place at NCAA Championships
5/22/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
May 22, 2003
West Lafayette, Indiana - The Tulsa women's golf team was off to a great start after the first nine holes, but faltered on the final nine holes and failed to make up any ground in the third round of the NCAA Division I Women's Golf National Championship on Thursday. Tulsa carded a 27-over par score of 315 today on the par-72 Kampen Course at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex
After the first nine holes, the Hurricane appeared to be making another move up the team standings with a six-over par score. However, the back nine dashed any hopes of moving further up in the standings as Tulsa carded a 21-over par score on the final nine holes of the day.
Tulsa heads into Friday's final round in 20th place with a 949 total.
The USC Trojans remain in first place following its round of 293 today for a 901 total and heads into the final round with a seven-stroke lead over second-place Pepperdine. The Wave carded a seven-under par 295 round and has a 908 total. Oklahoma State dropped one spot to third-place with a 912 total after today's 301.
Only 10 shots separates the next six spots, 4th through 10th place. Texas shot the day's best round of two-over par 290 and is in fourth place at 917, followed by Florida (918), Auburn (920), Ohio State (921), UCLA (924), Duke (926) and Arizona (927) rounding out the top 10 teams.
Tulsa junior Julie Tvede turned in the best round of the tournament for the Hurricane with an even-par 72 today. Unfortunately for the Hurricane it was the only sub-80 score of the day, as Tulsa also counted an 80, 81 and 82 for the third round total.
Tvede suffered a bogey on the second hole, but then birdied four of the next eight holes and sat at three-under par through 10 holes. A double bogey on the 11th hole and a bogey on hole 17 gave her an even-par score for the round. She sits in 35th place with a 231 total after 54 holes.
Freshman Christine Fernandez is in 80th place with a 235 total after carding a round of 80 today. She went four-over par on both the front and back nine in the third round. Fellow freshman Courtney Jones is in 93rd place following an 81 today for a 243 total, followed by Suzie Fisher in 109th place with a 247 total and freshman Cas Bridge with a 250 total for 115th place.
Individually, Florida's Andrea Vander Lende used a three-under par 69 today to move into a first-place tie with USC's Mikaela Parmlid USC's with four-over par totals of 220. Oklahoma State's Annie Thurman is one stroke back at five-over par 221.
The 72-hole tournament concludes on Friday with the final 18 holes.
Team Results 1. Southern California 305-303-293-901 2. Pepperdine 315-298-295-908 3. Oklahoma State 308-302-301-912 4. Texas 317-310-290-917 5. Florida 313-307-298-918 6. Auburn 317-303-300-920 7. Ohio State 309-307-305-921 8. UCLA 314-314-296-924 9. Duke 318-314-294-926 10. Arizona 318-314-295-927 11. Purdue 316-309-304-929 12. Georgia 320-314-300-934 13. California 321-311-304-936 14. Vanderbilt 321-312-305-938 15. Kent State 324-308-307-939 16. Arizona State 320-311-309-940 17. North Carolina 321-317-304-942 18. Stanford 316-321-307-944 19. South Carolina 318-318-309-945 20. Tulsa 329-305-315-949 21. Florida State 329-318-306-953 22. Nebraska 320-333-314-967 23. Wisconsin 340-316-323-979 24. Washington State 343-321-310-974
Top Individuals 1. Andrea Vander Lende, Florida 77-74-69-220 (+4) Mikaela Parmlid, USC 77-73-70-220 (+4) 3. Annie Thurman, Oklahoma State 73-74-74-221 (+5) 4. Lindsey Wright, Pepperdine 78-73-73-224 (+8) 5. Kari Damron, Purdue 74-76-75-225 (+9) Virada Nirapathpongporn, Duke 72-79-74-225 (+9) Kim Welch, Washington State 76-72-77-225 (+9)
Tulsa Individuals t35. Julie Tvede 84-75-72-231 t80. Christine Fernandez 78-77-80-235 t93. Courtney Jones 85-77-81-243 t109. Suzie Fisher 82-76-89-247 t115. Cas Bridge 85-83-82-250
