March 16, 2009

UVa Uses Record-Setting Effort to Win LSU Classic
The No. 4 Virginia women’s golf team won the second tournament championship in the program’s history in record-setting fashion Sunday. The Cavaliers took first place at the LSU Golf Classic by five shots, turning in the best tournament score in school history. During the final round, Virginia shot 4-under 284, equaling the lowest single-round score in team history, to set an all-time low tournament scoring mark of 8-under 856. UVa’s previous best tournament score was 8-over 872 at last year’s ACC Championships.

Tulane, which shot 10-under 276 during the final round, was second at 861. Its final-round score was the best 18-hole team total in the tournament’s history. No. 11 LSU was third at 867. The 18-team field included 15 schools ranked in the top-50 of the current Golfweek standings.

Virginia sophomore Calle Nielson tied for first-place overall, but lost the medalist title in a three-way playoff that was claimed by Arkansas’ Lucy Nunn on the second hole of extra play. Nielson finished with a score of 7-under 209, the second lowest 54-hole total for a Cavalier. 

Tar Heel Women's Golf Team Ties For Fifth At LSU Classic
The University of North Carolina women's golf team fired a one-under-par 287 in the final round of the LSU Golf Classic to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. The Tar Heels finished with a six-over 870 total after carding rounds of 287-296 in the first two rounds. Freshman Allie White led the Tar Heels firing a four-under 212 total.

White, from Lancaster, Ohio, fired an even par 72 in the final round after posting earlier rounds of 68, the low round of her collegiate career, and 72. This was her fifth top-25 finish this year. Freshman Catherine O'Donnell and senior Lauren Hunt both tied for 16th place at one-over 217. O'Donnell, from Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., fired a two-under 70 in the final round while Hunt, from Little River, S.C., carded a one-under 71. Sydney Crane, a senior from Jamestown, N.C., and Kate Thomas, a junior from Murwillumbah, Australia, both shot two-over 74 on Sunday. Crane finished with a 225 total to tie for 51st while Thomas posted a 229 and tied for 72nd place.

Virginia fired a four-under-par 284 for an eight-under 856 total to top the field of 18 teams and capture the team title. Tulane was the runner-up five strokes back at three-under 861 after firing a 10-under 278 on Sunday. Host LSU finished third at three-over 867 and Arkansas finished fourth with an 869 total. Wake Forest and Louisville tied for fifth place with Carolina at six-over 870. 

Hill Leads Women's Golf To Fifth At LSU/Cleveland Golf Classic
Senior Nannette Hill posted her second-straight bogey-free round to finish with a 54-hole score of 210, which is the lowest in school history, to lead the No. 7 Wake Forest women's golf team to a fifth place finish at the LSU/Cleveland Golf Classic at the University Club in Baton Rouge.

Hill started her day with two birdies right out of the gate and would make the turn in 2-under 34. She then started the back nine with five straight pars before a birdie at No. 15 and another at No. 17 lifted her to 4-under for the day and just one off the lead. She would finish just one shot out of a playoff with a round of 4-under 68, in which she hit all 18 greens in regulation.

Hill made a total of nine birdies 42 pars and just three bogies in the three rounds. She did not record a bogey in her last 40 holes of the tournament. 

NC State Places 14th at LSU Golf Classic
Freshman Meghan Chapman fired her best round of the year with a –4 (68) on Sunday during the final round of the LSU Golf Classic. NC State’s women’s golf team finished 14th in a field of 18 teams with a 54-hole score of +28 (892).

As a team, the Wolfpack had its best showing of the weekend with a +2 (290) effort during Sunday’s final of three rounds at The University Club. Chapman was the catalyst with her best college round in her first season with the red and white.

After rounds of 72 and 77 during the first two rounds of the tournament, Chapman entered today’s morning round tied for 35th. She started at hole 12 and was off early with birdie on her first two holes. She added two more birdies and did not have a blemish on her scorecard as she posted her first top-20 of the season by tying for 16th overall at +1 (72-77-68=217).