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NCAA Championships
Tulsa Women Golfers Finish in 21st Place at NCAA Championships
5/23/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
May 23, 2003
West Lafayette, Indiana - The Tulsa women's golf team placed 21st at the NCAA Division I Women's Golf National Championship. The Hurricane carded a final round 308 and finished with a score of 1257 on the par-72 Kampen Course at the Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex .
USC captured the team title with a 45-over par 1197 total. The Trojans led from day one and today carded an eight-over par 296 score and held on for a 15-stroke victory over second-place Pepperdine. The Waves shot a 16-over par round today for a 1212 total.
Rounding out the top-five teams were Texas (1213), Ohio State (1214) and UCLA and Oklahoma State (1216) tied for fifth place. The teams finishing from 7-10 included Arizona (1217), Florida (1221), Auburn (1224) and Duke (1225)
Today, Tulsa counted four rounds all in the 70s, with two 76s, one 77 and a 79. Individually, junior Julie Tvede shot a final round 76 and finished in 40th place with a 19-over par score of 307.
Freshman Christine Fernandez used a 77 today and finished with a 312 total for 66th place. Fellow freshman Courtney Jones placed 93rd overall with a 322 total following today's 79, and Tulsa's third freshman Cas Bridge carded her best round of the tournament today with a 76. She finished with a 326 total, while junior Suzie Fisher finished with a score of 327.
Tvede birdied holes 15 and 18 today for her four-over par score, while Bridge had four birdies but offset the four-under with three double bogeys, two of which came on the final six holes.
In addition to the team title, USC also had the individual medalist as Mikaela Parmlid and Florida's Andrea Vander Lende tied for the individual title with 297 totals. Parmlid captured the title on the first hole of a playoff.
The Hurricane returns all five players that competed in the NCAA tournament. In 2003-04, Tulsa will be going after a sixth straight Western Athletic Conference title and fifth national crown.
Team Results 1. Southern California 305-303-293-296-1197 2. Pepperdine 315-298-295-304-1212 3. Texas 317-310-290-296-1213 4. Ohio State 309-307-305-293-1214 5. UCLA 314-314-296-292-1216 Oklahoma State 308-302-301-304-1216 7. Arizona 318-314-295-290-1217 8. Florida 313-307-298-303-1221 9. Auburn 317-303-300-304-1224 10. Duke 318-314-294-299-1225 11. Georgia 320-314-300-292-1226 12. Purdue 316-309-304-305-1234 13. North Carolina 321-317-304-299-1241 14. California 321-311-304-306-1242 Vanderbilt 321-312-305-304-1242 15. Stanford 316-321-307-301-1245 16. South Carolina 318-318-309-303-1248 18. Arizona State 320-311-309-310-1250 19. Florida State 329-318-306-303-1256 Kent State 324-308-307-317-1256 21. Tulsa 329-305-315-308-1257 22. Nebraska 320-333-314-313-1280 23. Washington State 343-321-310-315-1289 24. Wisconsin 340-316-323-312-1291
Top Individuals 1. Mikaela Parmlid, USC 77-73-70-77-297 (+9)** Andrea Vander Lende, Florida 77-74-69-77-297 (+9) 3. Erica Blasberg, Arizona 78-81-70-69-298 (+10) Irene Cho, USC 74-79-73-72-298 (+10) 5. Kim Welch, Washington State 76-72-77-74-299 (+11)
**Mikaela Parmlid won first playoff hole.
Tulsa Individuals T40. Julie Tvede 84-75-72-76-307 T66. Christine Fernandez 78-77-80-77-312 T97. Courtney Jones 85-77-81-79-322 T106. Cas Bridge 85-83-82-76-326 T111. Suzie Fisher 82-76-89-80-327
