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Duke In Second Place; Nirapathpongporn Tied For Lead Individually at NCAA Championship
Virada Nirapathpongporn fired a 69 on Wednesday and is tied for the individual lead

Leigh Anne Hardin fired a 72 on Wednesday

May 22, 2002

AUBURN, WASH.-- Freshman Virada Nirapathpongporn continued her stellar play firing a 69 on Wednesday and is tied for the individual lead at the 2002 NCAA Women's Golf Championship in Auburn, Wash. Nirapathpongporn has a two-day total of 137 and is tied with Georgia's Summer Sirmons for the individual lead, after turning in a three-under-par 69 today.

Duke turned in a 293 on Wednesday and holds a 587 after two rounds of action. First round leader Arizona posted a 296 and continues to lead the competition with a 581, but the Blue Devils are six strokes back with two rounds left to play. Georgia (588), Oklahoma (588) and Florida (589) round out the top five. The Blue Devils began teeing off at 8:00 AM on the 10th tee on Wednesday.

A product of Bangkok, Thailand, Nirapathpongporn registered four birdies on her final eight holes to finish the day with a 69. She began the round with a bogey on hole 10 and had three bogies in her first six holes, but rebounded with five birdies and no bogies in her final 12 holes of the day. It marks the first time in her two-year career Nirapathpongporn has posted two consecutive rounds in the 60s.

Sophomore Leigh Anne Hardin (Martinsville, Ind.) rebounded from a four-over-par 76 yesterday to record an even par 72 on Wednesday. Hardin finished with three birdies and three bogies on the day, while owning a two-day total of 148. Making the biggest comeback on the Blue Devil squad was junior Kristina Engstrom. The Djursholm, Sweden native notched a 75 after kicking off the tournament with an 83.

Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh (Lausanne, Switzerland) and Candy Hannemann (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) finished the day with a 77 and 78, respectively. Hannemann made the turn even par but then ran in to trouble on holes one, two and three. She went eight-over-par during the span, but came back with consecutive birdie puts on holes four and five to get back to six-over-par.

Duke will begin teeing off on hole one at 1:10 PM and going through 1:50 PM.

Duke Individual Results

Virada Nirapathpongporn   68-69=137 (-7, T1)
Candy Hannemann           75-78=153 (+9, T76)
Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh  75-77=152 (+8, T66)
Leigh Anne Hardin             76-72=148 (+4, T29)
Kristina Engstrom             83-75=158 (+14, T107)

Duke Notes
- The Blue Devils registered 15 birdies, 17 bogies, one double bogey, one triple bogey and one quadruple bogey - Nirapathpongporn had a team-best six birdies in the second round and has 10 in the first two rounds. - Hannemann made an unbelievable shot out of the fairway bunker on 15 over the water on the green. She would then birdie the hole on an approximate 60-foot putt. - Four of the five Blue Devils bogied hole 15 on Wednesday with Engstrom turning in a double-bogey. This is one day after three of the five players birdied the Par 4, 326 Yard hole. Hannemann is the only Duke player to birdie it both days. - In two days, Nirapathpongporn has played the front nine six-under-par with six birdies and no bogies. She has birdied number four and six each day. - Hardin has played the back nine even par with two birdies and two bogies during the two rounds.

2002 NCAA Division I Women�s Golf Championships Washington National Golf Course Auburn, WA Par 72, 6273 yards

2nd Round Results

Team Results

1 Arizona 285 296 581 +8 2 Duke 294 293 587 +5 T3 Georgia 294 294 588 +6 T3 Oklahoma 299 289 588 +1 5 Florida 298 291 589 +3 T6 Ohio State 299 292 591 +4 T6 Texas 305 286 591 -2 8 Arizona State 301 292 593 +4 9 Stanford 299 295 594 +7 10 Pepperdine 301 294 595 +6 11 South Carolina 298 298 596 +10 12 Auburn 298 300 598 +12 T13 Tulsa 302 297 599 +9 T13 Washington 302 297 599 +9 T15 Michigan 301 299 600 +11 T15 Purdue 304 296 600 +8 T17 California 298 303 601 +15 T17 Southern California 307 294 601 +6 T19 Michigan State 305 297 602 +9 T19 Oklahoma State 299 303 602 +15 21 Wake Forest 298 305 603 +17 22 Vanderbilt 311 296 607 +8 23 UCLA 314 297 611 +9 24 South Florida 313 322 635 +34

Individual Results T1 Virada Nirapathpongporn Duke \68 69 137 -7 T1 Summer Sirmons Georgia 69 68 137 -7 3 Lorena Ochoa Arizona 71 69 140 -4 T4 Janice Olivencia Texas 70 71 141 -3 T4 Lindsey Wright Pepperdine 70 71 141 -3 T6 Danielle Downey Auburn 73 69 142 -2 T6 Melanie Hagewood * Baylor 72 70 142 -2 T8 Laura Myerscough Arizona 70 73 143 -1 T8 Mikaela Parmlid Southern California 73 70 143 -1 T8 Alena Sharp * New Mexico State 70 73 143 -1 T8 Andrea Vander Lende Florida 71 72 143 -1 T8 Marcia Wallis Stanford 70 73 143 -1 T13 Angela Jerman Georgia 70 74 144 E T13 Blair O'Neal Arizona State 72 72 144 E T15 Jennifer Tannehill Oklahoma 70 75 145 +1 T15 Heather Zielinski Purdue 74 71 145 +1 T17 Nuria Clau Wake Forest 71 75 146 +2 T17 Reetta Laakkonen South Carolina 72 74 146 +2 T17 Paige Mackenzie Washington 76 70 146 +2 T17 Lisa Meldrum Oklahoma 79 67 146 +2 T17 Kim Rowton Stanford 76 70 146 +2 T22 Natalie Aber Ohio State 73 74 147 +3 T22 Mollie Fankhauser Ohio State 75 72 147 +3 T22 Lisa Ferrero Texas 78 69 147 +3 T22 Allison Johnson Oklahoma 73 74 147 +3 T22 Kristy McPherson South Carolina 76 71 147 +3 T22 Angela Rho Stanford 75 72 147 +3 T22 Celeste Troche Auburn 72 75 147 +3 T29 Maria Beautell Wake Forest 75 73 148 +4 T29 Whitney Code Florida 74 74 148 +4 T29 Meredith Duncan * Louisiana State 73 75 148 +4 T29 Martina Gillen * Kent State 74 74 148 +4 T29 Michelle Grafos Washington 74 74 148 +4 T29 Leigh Anne Hardin Duke 76 72 148 +4 T29 Misia Lemanski Michigan 77 71 148 +4 T29 Becky Lucidi Southern California 78 70 148 +4 T29 Melissa Martin UCLA 73 75 148 +4 T29 Stacy Prammanasudh Tulsa 76 72 148 +4 T29 Maiko Senda Tulsa 74 74 148 +4 T29 Kristen White Ohio State 74 74 148 +4 T41 Emily Bastel Michigan State 77 72 149 +5 T41 Jeanne Cho Florida 76 73 149 +5 T41 Kari Damron Purdue 78 71 149 +5 T41 Adrienne Gautreaux South Carolina 74 75 149 +5 T41 Katherine Hull Pepperdine 74 75 149 +5 T41 Melanie Hunt Arizona State 79 70 149 +5 T41 Caroline Laurens Purdue 74 75 149 +5 T41 Laura Olin Michigan 74 75 149 +5 T41 Gaelle Truet Arizona State 77 72 149 +5 T41 Meredith Ward Vanderbilt 77 72 149 +5 T51 Sarah Huarte California 72 78 150 +6 T51 Jennifer Karr Oklahoma State 75 75 150 +6 T51 Lindsay Knowlton Ohio State 78 72 150 +6 T51 Wendy Martin Oklahoma 77 73 150 +6 T51 Randi Meadows Texas 78 72 150 +6 T51 Ria Quiazon California 76 74 150 +6 T57 Bess Bowers Michigan 75 76 151 +7 T57 Crystal Fanning Pepperdine 78 73 151 +7 T57 Jimin Kang Arizona State 73 78 151 +7 T57 Kelly Martin South Florida 76 75 151 +7 T57 Natalia Nicholls Georgia 75 76 151 +7 T57 Brittany Straza Florida 77 74 151 +7 T57 Annie Thurman Oklahoma State 73 78 151 +7 T57 Courtney Wood Vanderbilt 77 74 151 +7 T57 Emma Zackrisson Oklahoma State 75 76 151 +7 T66 Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh Duke 75 77 152 +8 T66 Cristina Baena Arizona 73 79 152 +8 T66 Nicki Cutler Vanderbilt 77 75 152 +8 T66 Claire Dury California 76 76 152 +8 T66 Mar Garcia Arizona 71 81 152 +8 T66 Allison Hanna Ohio State 77 75 152 +8 T66 Miriam Kraschinski Arizona 77 75 152 +8 T66 Stacy Snider Michigan State 79 73 152 +8 T66 Linda Wessberg Oklahoma State 77 75 152 +8 T66 Le Anna Wicks Michigan 75 77 152 +8 T76 Christi Cano Oklahoma State 76 77 153 +9 T76 Candy Hannemann Duke 75 78 153 +9 T76 Dani Mallon Tulsa 73 80 153 +9 T76 Charlotte Mayorkas UCLA 81 72 153 +9 T76 Lindsay Morgan Washington 73 80 153 +9 T81 Amanda Dick Florida 82 72 154 +10 T81 Kristin Dufour Texas 80 74 154 +10 T81 Suzie Fisher Tulsa 79 75 154 +10 T81 Allison Fouch Michigan State 75 79 154 +10 T81 Meaghan Francella * Memphis 74 80 154 +10 T81 Rachel Kyono Pepperdine 79 75 154 +10 T81 Vikki Laing California 74 80 154 +10 T81 Diana Ramage Auburn 76 78 154 +10 T81 Marci Robinson South Carolina 76 78 154 +10 T81 Kacy Thompson South Carolina 76 78 154 +10 T81 Jessica Till Michigan State 81 73 154 +10 T81 Anne Walker California 79 75 154 +10 T81 Yon Yim Southern California 78 76 154 +10 T94 Yvonne Choe UCLA 79 76 155 +11 T94 Louise Friberg Washington 79 76 155 +11 T94 Ashley Hoagland Wake Forest 76 79 155 +11 T94 Sarah Jacobs Vanderbilt 80 75 155 +11 T94 Kristi Larsen * New Mexico 75 80 155 +11 T94 Sarah Martin Michigan State 74 81 155 +11 T94 Courtney Swaim Auburn 77 78 155 +11 T94 Julie Tvede Tulsa 79 76 155 +11 T94 Gina Umeck UCLA 81 74 155 +11 T103 Abbi Francis Georgia 80 76 156 +12 T103 Anna Rawson Southern California 78 78 156 +12 T105 Hope Edge Oklahoma 81 76 157 +13 T105 Deborah Means Wake Forest 76 81 157 +13 T107 Jill Crowe South Florida 77 81 158 +14 T107 Kristina Engstrom Duke 83 75 158 +14 T107 Beth Hermes Purdue 79 79 158 +14 T107 Kim Kouwabunpat Stanford 78 80 158 +14 T107 Christy Rittenhouse Purdue 78 80 158 +14 T112 Kathryn Brenny Wake Forest 81 78 159 +15 T112 Perry Swenson Texas 79 80 159 +15 T112 Alicia Um UCLA 81 78 159 +15 T115 Joni Gossett Vanderbilt 81 79 160 +16 T115 Kelli Kamimura Washington 83 77 160 +16 117 Whitney Christie Georgia 80 81 161 +17 118 Wendra Liang Stanford 80 82 162 +18 119 Kingsley Barrett Auburn 84 79 163 +19 T120 Megan Cushman South Florida 79 85 164 +20 T120 Jameica Duncombe South Florida 81 83 164 +20 122 Katie Ruhe South Florida 87 83 170 +26 123 Maria C. Arenas Pepperdine 82 89 171 +27 - Leila Chartrand Southern California W W - Kim Benedict Michigan 77 D - Erin Tone Arizona State 80 D