May 22, 1999

TULSA, Okla. - The Duke Blue Devils claimed their first national title after heavy thunderstorms suspended the final round of the 1999 NCAA Women's Golf Championships at the Tulsa Country Club in Tulsa, Okla.

Arizona State sophomore Grace Park garnered individual medalist honors with her one-under par score of 212 in the three-round 54-hole tournament. Duke freshman Candy Hannemann was the individual runner-up as she finished even at 213.

Duke scored a three-round total of 895. Behind the Blue Devils were Georgia and Arizona State in a second-place tie at 903. Arizona placed fourth (904) and Pepperdine finished in fifth place at 911.

ACC rival Florida State finished 13th with a team score of 940. The Lady Noles were led by Amy Bond, who tied for 35th at 231.

On Saturday, Arizona State pulled even with Duke on the front nine, but the Blue Devils pulled ahead and when play was suspended the champions held a two-shot lead for the tournament at +55. For the day, ASU was +6, while Duke shot +12. Both teams were on holes 11 through 15 when competition ended.

The Blue Devils won their first national women's golf championship, preventing the Sun Devils from a seventh title in this decade and a second straight crown.

"I felt a little funny about how we won at first, but then after I thought about it we've worked hard for this," said Duke Coach Dan Brooks. "We feel good about this win . I have a lot of respect for Arizona State. This is a game of chances, and that's the way it goes."

Arizona State's Linda Vollstedt congratulated the Blue Devils, but believed her team would have defended their title.

"I'm really proud of this team. There was no doubt in my mind that we were going to win," said Vollstedt. "We had momentum going our way. We were only down two shots and had a lot of holes left. We were playing with great confidence."

In the final round, heavy rains suspended play at 3:40 p.m. After a two-hour delay, the event was called at 5:45 p.m. Thus, Friday's third-round finish stood as the final results.

The host school Tulsa finished in sixth place overall, while freshman Stacy Prammanasudh finished in 12th place and junior Stacy Rambin had a 15th-place performance.

      Fin Team/Players               Scores  
  1   Duke University                288 309 298   895 
  2   Candy Hannemann                71  72  70   213 
 12   Kalen Anderson                 73  76  77   226 
 15   Beth Bauer                     72  82  73   227 
 24   Jenny Chuasiriporn             72  79  78   229 
 91   Filippa Hansson                81  82  84   247 

  2  Georgia, U. of                 301 303 299   903 
  3   Shauna Estes                   77  70  69   216 
  9   Reilley Rankin                 75  76  74   225 
 35   Laura Henderson                75  79  77   231 
 43   Angela Jerman                  75  78  79   232 
 52   Summer Sirmons                 76  79  80   235 

  2  Arizona State U.               300 309 294   903 
  1   Grace Park                     69  73  70   212 
 24   Tui Selvaratnam                76  79  74   229 
 35   Jody Niemann                   80  76  75   231 
 52   Caroline Laurens               79  81  75   235 
 52   Keri Cornelius                 76  81  78   235 

  4  Arizona, U. of                 305 307 292   904 
  7   Jenna Daniels                  76  76  72   224 
  7   Krissie Register               76  74  74   224 
 21   Christina Monteiro             76  80  72   228 
 35   Jill Gomric                    77  77  77   231 
 47   Cristina Baena                 79  80  74   233 

  5  Pepperdine Univ.               302 301 308   911 
  4   Tamie Durdin                   71  75  75   221 
 21   Jenny Glasgow                  75  74  79   228 
 29   Lisa Chang                     79  72  79   230 
 43   Nadina Taylor                  77  80  75   232 
 71   Ramie Takahashi                79  80  81   240 

  6  Tulsa, U. of                   313 300 300   913 
 12   Stacy Prammanasudh             76  77  73   226 
 15   Stacy Rambin                   78  74  75   227 
 29   Niina Laitinen                 79  76  75   230 
 57   Filippa Helmersson             83  73  80   236 
 82   Dani Mallon                    80  86  77   243 

  7  Southern California            305 302 307   914 
  4   Jennifer Rosales               75  71  75   221 
 29   Nicole Dalkas                  73  78  79   230 
 35   Leila Chartrand                81  76  74   231 
 69   Linda Ishii                    83  77  79   239 
 82   Johanna Josefsson              76  82  85   243 

  8  Stanford University            304 304 308   916 
 15   Stephanie Keever               76  76  75   227 
 15   Hilary Homeyer                 75  74  78   227 
 21   Julie Dunn                     76  77  75   228 
 48   Michelle Sperry                77  77  80   234 
 82   Jae Jean Ro                    84  78  81   243 

  9  Texas, Univ. of                309 298 314   921 
  6   Kristin Dufour                 74  75  73   222 
  9   Randi Meadows                  74  70  81   225 
 52   Laura Blessey                  77  79  79   235 
 74   Stacy Sewell                   84  75  82   241 
 91   Lisa Dernick                   88  78  81   247 

 10  Louisiana State U.             303 314 306   923 
 24   Meredith Duncan                75  77  77   229 
 35   Lisette Lee                    75  80  76   231 
 43   Katy Wilkinson                 76  80  76   232 
 57   Leslie McClurg                 77  82  77   236 
 63   Tina Howard                    79  77  81   237 

 11  Ohio State Univ.               311 314 311   936 
 24   Lisa Strom                     76  80  73   229 
 29   Summerset Lovett               81  75  74   230 
 35   Amber Amstutz                  74  77  80   231 
 88   Natalie Mosher                 80  82  84   246 
 99   Tatiana Belham                 82  84  90   256 

 12  Oklahoma State Univ.           319 318 301   938 
 12   Maria Boden                    76  78  72   226 
 57   Emma Zackrisson                82  78  76   236 
 57   Eva-Lotta Stromlid             79  81  76   236 
 74   Jo Jo Robertson                82  82  77   241 
 88   Natasha Rowe                   83  81  82   246 

 13  Florida State Univ.            307 310 323   940 
 35   Amy Bond                       75  75  81   231 
 48   Erika Iding                    78  79  77   234 
 63   Louise Wright                  76  79  82   237 
 71   Amy Spooner                    78  78  84   240 
 77   Sarah Capie                    81  78  83   242 

 14  South Carolina, U of           313 313 315   941 
 35   Cecilia Ekelundh               78  76  77   231 
 57   Emma Lofgren                   79  77  80   236 
 63   Apryl Arrants                  76  78  83   237 
 77   Lotte Moeller                  80  82  80   242 
 85   Stefanie Reynolds              82  84  78   244 

 15  Auburn University              318 312 314   944 
 15   Robin Cook                     78  76  73   227 
 24   Courtney Swaim                 75  76  78   229 
 74   Kami Smith                     84  77  80   241 
 95   Marty Goldthorp                81  86  83   250 
 97   Audrey Fisher                  84  83  87   254 

 15  Furman University              311 319 314   944 
 15   Lindsay Smith                  75  75  77   227 
 67   Stacey Burnett                 82  80  76   238 
 67   Jennifer Perri                 73  84  81   238 
 85   Leigh Turner                   84  80  80   244 
 97   Dara Broadus                   81  84  89   254 

 17  TCU                            317 314 315   946 
 29   Angela Stanford                82  75  73   230 
 48   Jennifer Patterson             78  78  78   234 
 69   Susan Horton                   77  81  81   239 
 85   Brenda Anderson                81  80  83   244 
 88   Shannon Fisher                 81  81  84   246 

 17  San Jose State Univ            317 306 323   946 
 52   Georgina Simpson               79  80  76   235 
 57   Rebecka Heinmert               81  74  81   236 
 71   Jessica Krantz                 77  79  84   240 
 77   Helle Gram                     80  75  87   242 
 91   Molly Greenblatt               87  78  82   247 

 19  New Mexico State U.            314 316 331   961 
 29   Gwladys Nocera                 75  75  80   230 
 77   Rachel Duncan                  78  83  81   242 
 77   Sasha Medina                   81  77  84   242 
 94   Jenny Jones                    80  82  86   248 
 95   Kate Dunn                      82  82  86   250 

Fin  Individuals           School      Scores  
  9  Angie Yoon            Nevada       76  72  77  225 
 43  Kelly Lagedrost       So Florida   79  75  78  232 
 48  Kathleen Takaishi     Oregon St.   80  78  76  234 
 63  Mallory Crosland      Vanderbilt   78  80  79  237