Duke Women's Golf Three Strokes Back Heading Into Final Round
Candy Hannemann turned in a 72 on Thursday

Candy Hannemann turned in a 72 on Thursday

May 23, 2002

AUBURN, WASH. - It was a day of moves as the top-ranked Duke women's golf team fired a two-over-par round of 290 and trail Arizona by three strokes with one round of action remaining at the NCAA Championship in Auburn, Wash. The Blue Devils own a three-day total of 877 and trail Arizona (874) and Texas (876).

Blue Devil sophomore Virada Nirapathpongporn turned in a 70 on Thursday and continues to lead the individual competition with a nine-under-par 207. If Nirapathpongporn turns in a 69 in the final round, she will equal the NCAA Championship individual mark in relation to under par (12-under). She leads the individual competition by three strokes over Georgia's Summer Sirmons (210).

Sophomore Leigh Anne Hardin (Martinsville, Ind.) continued her steady improvement with a one-under par 71 on Thursday and now sits tied for 29th individually (219). Hardin began the round with back-to-back bogies on holes 10 and 11, but rebounded with five birdies on the next 10 holes to reach three-under-par. She finished the round with two bogies on the final four holes to finish one-under.

Senior Candy Hannemann (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) was back to her normal self as she carded an even-par 72 in the third round and is tied for 76th overall (75-78-72=225). Freshman Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh (Lausanne, Switzerland) turned in a 77 and junior Kristina Engstrom (Djursholm, Sweden) finished with an 83.

Duke will tee off on the first tee beginning at 1:10 PM and going through 1:50 PM with Arizona and Texas in the final round Friday at the Par 72, 6,273 yard Washington National Golf Club.


Duke's Individual Results
Virada Nirapathpongporn  68-69-70=207 (1st, -9)
Leigh Anne Hardin   76-72-71=219 (T29th, +3)
Candy Hannemann  75-78-72=225 (T76th, +9)
Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh  75-77-77=229 (T66, +13)
Kristina Engstrom  83-75-83=241 (T107, +25)
  

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

3rd Round Results

Team Results

1 Arizona 285 296 293 874 +10 2 Texas 305 286 285 876 +12 3 Duke 294 293 290 877 +13 4 Auburn 298 300 285 883 +19 T5 Florida 298 291 295 884 +20 T5 Georgia 294 294 296 884 +20 7 Arizona State 301 292 292 885 +21 8 Ohio State 299 292 296 887 +23 T9 Oklahoma 299 289 301 889 +25 T9 Stanford 299 295 295 889 +25 11 Pepperdine 301 294 297 892 +28 12 California 298 303 292 893 +29 13 Tulsa 302 297 296 895 +31 14 Purdue 304 296 297 897 +33 T15 Michigan 301 299 299 899 +35 T15 Oklahoma State 299 303 297 899 +35 T15 Southern California 307 294 298 899 +35 18 Vanderbilt 311 296 296 903 +39 T19 South Carolina 298 298 308 904 +40 T19 Washington 302 297 305 904 +40 21 Wake Forest 298 305 302 905 +41 22 UCLA 314 297 298 909 +45 23 Michigan State 305 297 311 913 +49 24 South Florida 313 322 323 958 +94

Individual Results 1 Virada Nirapathpongporn Duke 68 69 70 207 -9 2 Summer Sirmons Georgia 69 68 73 210 -6 3 Lorena Ochoa Arizona 71 69 71 211 -5 T4 Danielle Downey Auburn 73 69 70 212 -4 T4 Lindsey Wright Pepperdine 70 71 71 212 -4 T6 Janice Olivencia Texas 70 71 73 214 -2 T6 Andrea Vander Lende Florida 71 72 71 214 -2 T8 Angela Jerman Georgia 70 74 71 215 -1 T8 Laura Myerscough Arizona 70 73 72 215 -1 10 Marcia Wallis Stanford 70 73 73 216 E 11 Lisa Ferrero Texas 78 69 70 217 +1 T12 Martina Gillen * Kent State 74 74 70 218 +2 T12 Blair O'Neal Arizona State 72 72 74 218 +2 T12 Mikaela Parmlid Southern California 73 70 75 218 +2 T12 Jennifer Tannehill Oklahoma 70 75 73 218 +2 T12 Celeste Troche Auburn 72 75 71 218 +2 T17 Meredith Duncan * Louisiana State 73 75 71 219 +3 T17 Leigh Anne Hardin Duke 76 72 71 219 +3 T17 Jimin Kang Arizona State 73 78 68 219 +3 T17 Caroline Laurens Purdue 74 75 70 219 +3 T21 Bess Bowers Michigan 75 76 69 220 +4 T21 Angela Rho Stanford 75 72 73 220 +4 T23 Mollie Fankhauser Ohio State 75 72 74 221 +5 T23 Katherine Hull Pepperdine 74 75 72 221 +5 T23 Kristy McPherson South Carolina 76 71 74 221 +5 T23 Lisa Meldrum Oklahoma 79 67 75 221 +5 T27 Maria Beautell Wake Forest 75 73 74 222 +6 T27 Jeanne Cho Florida 76 73 73 222 +6 T27 Nuria Clau Wake Forest 71 75 76 222 +6 T27 Louise Friberg Washington 79 76 67 222 +6 T27 Melanie Hagewood * Baylor 72 70 80 222 +6 T27 Allison Hanna Ohio State 77 75 70 222 +6 T27 Sarah Huarte California 72 78 72 222 +6 T27 Becky Lucidi Southern California 78 70 74 222 +6 T27 Paige Mackenzie Washington 76 70 76 222 +6 T27 Stacy Prammanasudh Tulsa 76 72 74 222 +6 T27 Alena Sharp * New Mexico State 70 73 79 222 +6 T27 Gaelle Truet Arizona State 77 72 73 222 +6 T27 Courtney Wood Vanderbilt 77 74 71 222 +6 T27 Heather Zielinski Purdue 74 71 77 222 +6 T41 Natalie Aber Ohio State 73 74 76 223 +7 T41 Christi Cano Oklahoma State 76 77 70 223 +7 T41 Whitney Code Florida 74 74 75 223 +7 T41 Kari Damron Purdue 78 71 74 223 +7 T41 Melissa Martin UCLA 73 75 75 223 +7 T41 Kim Rowton Stanford 76 70 77 223 +7 T47 Kristin Dufour Texas 80 74 70 224 +8 T47 Wendy Martin Oklahoma 77 73 74 224 +8 T47 Randi Meadows Texas 78 72 74 224 +8 T47 Laura Olin Michigan 74 75 75 224 +8 T47 Ria Quiazon California 76 74 74 224 +8 T47 Maiko Senda Tulsa 74 74 76 224 +8 T47 Kristen White Ohio State 74 74 76 224 +8 T47 Emma Zackrisson Oklahoma State 75 76 73 224 +8 T55 Nicki Cutler Vanderbilt 77 75 73 225 +9 T55 Candy Hannemann Duke 75 78 72 225 +9 T55 Diana Ramage Auburn 76 78 71 225 +9 T55 Stacy Snider Michigan State 79 73 73 225 +9 T59 Claire Dury California 76 76 74 226 +10 T59 Mar Garcia Arizona 71 81 74 226 +10 T59 Jennifer Karr Oklahoma State 75 75 76 226 +10 T59 Reetta Laakkonen South Carolina 72 74 80 226 +10 T59 Vikki Laing California 74 80 72 226 +10 T59 Misia Lemanski Michigan 77 71 78 226 +10 T59 Meredith Ward Vanderbilt 77 72 77 226 +10 T66 Adrienne Gautreaux South Carolina 74 75 78 227 +11 T66 Melanie Hunt Arizona State 79 70 78 227 +11 T66 Lindsay Knowlton Ohio State 78 72 77 227 +11 T66 Dani Mallon Tulsa 73 80 74 227 +11 T66 Charlotte Mayorkas UCLA 81 72 74 227 +11 T66 Brittany Straza Florida 77 74 76 227 +11 T72 Cristina Baena Arizona 73 79 76 228 +12 T72 Emily Bastel Michigan State 77 72 79 228 +12 T72 Crystal Fanning Pepperdine 78 73 77 228 +12 T72 Natalia Nicholls Georgia 75 76 77 228 +12 T72 Julie Tvede Tulsa 79 76 73 228 +12 T77 Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh Duke 75 77 77 229 +13 T77 Suzie Fisher Tulsa 79 75 75 229 +13 T77 Annie Thurman Oklahoma State 73 78 78 229 +13 T77 Le Anna Wicks Michigan 75 77 77 229 +13 T77 Yon Yim Southern California 78 76 75 229 +13 T82 Michelle Grafos Washington 74 74 82 230 +14 T82 Sarah Jacobs Vanderbilt 80 75 75 230 +14 T82 Allison Johnson Oklahoma 73 74 83 230 +14 T82 Miriam Kraschinski Arizona 77 75 78 230 +14 T82 Kristi Larsen * New Mexico 75 80 75 230 +14 T82 Anna Rawson Southern California 78 78 74 230 +14 T82 Courtney Swaim Auburn 77 78 75 230 +14 T89 Amanda Dick Florida 82 72 77 231 +15 T89 Ashley Hoagland Wake Forest 76 79 76 231 +15 T89 Rachel Kyono Pepperdine 79 75 77 231 +15 T89 Kelly Martin South Florida 76 75 80 231 +15 T89 Perry Swenson Texas 79 80 72 231 +15 T89 Kacy Thompson South Carolina 76 78 77 231 +15 T89 Gina Umeck UCLA 81 74 76 231 +15 T96 Yvonne Choe UCLA 79 76 77 232 +16 T96 Meaghan Francella * Memphis 74 80 78 232 +16 T96 Kim Kouwabunpat Stanford 78 80 74 232 +16 T96 Alicia Um UCLA 81 78 73 232 +16 T100 Jill Crowe South Florida 77 81 75 233 +17 T100 Allison Fouch Michigan State 75 79 79 233 +17 T100 Deborah Means Wake Forest 76 81 76 233 +17 T100 Lindsay Morgan Washington 73 80 80 233 +17 T100 Marci Robinson South Carolina 76 78 79 233 +17 T105 Beth Hermes Purdue 79 79 76 234 +18 T105 Anne Walker California 79 75 80 234 +18 107 Sarah Martin Michigan State 74 81 80 235 +19 T108 Kingsley Barrett Auburn 84 79 73 236 +20 T108 Kathryn Brenny Wake Forest 81 78 77 236 +20 T108 Whitney Christie Georgia 80 81 75 236 +20 T108 Hope Edge Oklahoma 81 76 79 236 +20 T108 Christy Rittenhouse Purdue 78 80 78 236 +20 T108 Linda Wessberg Oklahoma State 77 75 84 236 +20 114 Wendra Liang Stanford 80 82 75 237 +21 T115 Abbi Francis Georgia 80 76 83 239 +23 T115 Jessica Till Michigan State 81 73 85 239 +23 T117 Kristina Engstrom Duke 83 75 83 241 +25 T117 Joni Gossett Vanderbilt 81 79 81 241 +25 119 Kelli Kamimura Washington 83 77 84 244 +28 120 Jameica Duncombe South Florida 81 83 81 245 +29 121 Maria C. Arenas Pepperdine 82 89 78 249 +33 122 Megan Cushman South Florida 79 85 87 251 +35 123 Katie Ruhe South Florida 87 83 89 259 +43 - Leila Chartrand Southern California W W W - - - Kim Benedict Michigan 77 D 78 - - - Erin Tone Arizona State 80 D 77 - -

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