May 27, 2000

SUNRIVER, Ore. - Saturday's final round of the 2000 NCAA Championships will be one the Duke women's golf team will want to forget. The Blue Devils went into the final round in seventh place (898, +34) and finished the fourth round with their highest one-day total of the season (320, +32). Duke began play on Saturday morning and was greeted with very high winds and chilling temperatures. It was by far the worst weather of the week.

Kalen Anderson (Edina, Minn.) and Kristina Engstrom (Djursholm, Sweden) posted Duke's two best scores on the day as they shot a 78 and 79 respectively. Anderson finished the championships with a 300 (+12), while Engstrom shot a 311 (+23).

Sophomore Beth Bauer struggled on the final day shooting a career-worst 85 in the final round. Bauer (Cramerton, N.C.) had previously only shot 80 or more three times in two years at Duke (22 tournaments). She ended the championships with a 303 (+15) and concludes the season with two wins and nine top 10 finishes.

Both Maria Garcia-Estrada (Tenerfie, Spain) and Candy Hannemann (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) battled the weather posting an 82 and 81 respectively. The 82 for Garcia-Estrada was only the third time in 11 tournaments she has shot over 80.

Arizona won its second ever NCAA Championship with a 1,175 (+23) with Stanford (1,196, +44), Texas (1,198, +46), and Southern California (1,199, +47) rounding out the top four. As of 5:00 PM there were still 12 teams still out on the course. Duke finished the championships with a 1,218 (+66) and can finish no higher than 11th place.

As far as the individual competition, Arizona senior Jenna Daniels is looking like she will win with a one-under-par, after shooting a 77 on Saturday morning.

Duke traveled to the 2000 NCAA Championships as the defending champion with one junior, two sophomores, and two freshman. The Blue Devils won eight tournaments in 1999-2000 including their fifth straight ACC Championship. With all five players returning and two of the top four recruits in the nation arriving, Duke will be striving for another national title in 2001.

The championships were 72 holes played at the Crosswater golf course in Sunriver, Oregon.

Duke Individuals
Kalen Anderson 74-73-75-78=300 (+12)
Beth Bauer 72-71-75-85=303 (+15)
Candy Hannemann 78-78-72-81=309 (+21)
Kristina Engstrom 81-77-74-79=311 (+23)
Maria Garcia-Estrada 79-78-76-82=315 (+27)

Results after round three
1.Arizona 299-285-281=865
2.Southern California 305-291-297=893
3.Texas 296-308-291=604
3.Oregon 295-303-297=895
3.Georgia 296-303-296=895
6.Stanford 301-298-297=896
7.Duke 303-299-296=898
8.Auburn 302-302-300=904
9.Tennessee 301-298-306=905