Carolina Golfers Tie For Sixth At Cougar Classic
Tar Heel Lauren Hunt tied for 20th place.
Tar Heel junior Lauren Hunt fired a 74 in the final round.

Tar Heel junior Lauren Hunt fired a 74 in the final round.

Sept. 11, 2007

HANAHAN, S.C. - The University of North Carolina women's golf team fired a 15-over-par 303 in the final round of the Cougar Classic to finish with an 889 total to tie for sixth place. Notre Dame topped the field of 20 teams with a six-over 870 total after firing a 291 on the last day.

Lauren Hunt and Ann Laney led the Carolina contingent in the final round as each carded two-over 74s. Hunt, a junior from Little River, S.C., tied for 20th place at four-over 220 while Laney, a senior from Charlotte, N.C., tied for 42nd with a 225 total. Sophomore Kate Thomas, from Murwillumbah, Australia,tied for 22nd place after shooting a four-over 76 on Tuesday. Junior Sydney Crane, from Jamestown, N.C., tallied a 227 total to tie for 48th place while senior Colette Lowe, from Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., finished with a 230 total to tie for 60th.

Lisa Maunu of Notre Dame edged out teammate So-Hyun Park to take home the individual title. Maunu fired a two-under 70 in the final round to finish with a six-under 210 total. Park finished just three strokes back in second place at 213 after carding a two-over 74 in the final round. Marci Turner of Tennessee finished third with a two-under 214 total while a trio of players tied for fourth place at 215 - Mississippi's Dori Carter, Tennessee's Angela Oh and South Carolina's Benedicte Toumpsin.

Texas and Alabama tied for third place in the team race with 875 totals. Louisiana State finished fifth at 883 and South Carolina tied for sixth place at 889 with the Tar Heels. Florida State finished eighth at 890, NC State finished ninth at 892 and Furman 10th with an 893 total.

 

 

The 54-hole event was played at Yeamans Hall which features a par 72, 6,159-yard layout.

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS (54 Holes)
1. Notre Dame 287-292-291-870
2. Tennessee 288-288-295-871
3. Texas 288-293-294-875
Alabama 286-298-291-875
5. Louisiana State 286-299-298-883
6 North Carolina 295-291-303-889
South Carolina 291-298-300-889
8. Florida State 292-299-299­-890
9. NC State 294-291-307-892
10. Furman 301-295-297-893
11. Texas A&M 297-299-301-897
12. Mississippi State 299-303-298-900
13. Maryland 304-303-300-907
14. Miami 297-301-312-910
15. South Florida 299-300-313-912
Charleston 301-303-308-912
17. UNC-Greensboro 303-303-316-922
18. Mississippi 306-311-308-925
19. Penn State 302-327-310­-939
20. Richmond 328-328-314-970

TOP INDIVIDUALS (54 Holes)
1. Lisa Maunu (Notre Dame) 66-74-70-210
2. So-Hyun Park (Notre Dame) 70-69-74-213
3. Marci Turner (Tennessee) 69-71-74-214
4. Dori Carter (Miss.) 72-72-71-215
Angela Oh (Tenn.) 73-70-72-215
Benedicte Toumpsin (SC) 71-73-71-215

Carolina's Individuals
T20 Lauren Hunt 73-73-74-220
T22 Kate Thomas 72-73-76-221
T42 Ann Laney 74-77-74-225
T48 Sydney Crane 76-71-80-227
T60 Colette Lowe 77-74-79-230