May 2, 2000

May 11-13, 2000
Columbus, Ohio - University Scarlet Course
54 Hole Medal Play - 18 Holes Each Day

DUKE TRAVELS TO NCAA EAST REGIONALS
The No. 1 ranked Duke women's golf team will be traveling to Columbus, Ohio on May 11-13 to compete in the NCAA East Regionals. Ohio State will be hosting the regionals with competition being played at the University Scarlet Course. The course is par 72 with 6,037 yards. Each team will play 18 holes all three days of competition.

There will be 24 teams playing and the top 11 (possibly two others depending on team rankings) will advance to play for the NCAA Championship in Sun River, Oregon on May 24-27. Other teams competing include Georgia (No. 6), LSU (No. 7), Wake Forest (No. 10), Auburn (No. 11), Tennessee (No. 15), South Carolina (No. 20), Purdue (No. 21), Mississippi State (No. 24), North Carolina (No. 25), Campbell, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan State, Indiana, Northwestern, Furman, Central Florida, South Florida, Florida, Tulane, and Arkansas.

Duke is coming off winning their fifth straight ACC Championship in record fashion. The Blue Devils won by 36 strokes over Wake Forest on April 16.

BLUE DEVILS IN THE NCAA'S
This marks the eighth consecutive year there has been a regional system for women's golf. Duke has advanced five of the last six times, finishing in the top four of the regional all five years the squad has advanced.

Sophomore Beth Bauer (Cramerton, N.C.) became Duke's first ever individual winner of the East Regional last year after shooting 74-70-71=215. As a team the Blue Devils have taken first place honors once in 1996 out of seven appearances in the East Regionals. Four current Blue Devils boast East Regional experience: Bauer, Kalen Anderson, Candy Hannemann, and Amie Lehman. Anderson and Lehman have played two different times, while Bauer and Hanneman saw action last season as freshmen. Anderson has placed tied for 27th both times, Lehman finished tied for 64th and tied for 38th as a freshman and sophomore, and Hannemann was disqualified last season for signing the wrong scorecard in the first round. Hannemann rebounded to finish strong with a 76-75 the next two days.

THE FAB FRESHMEN
When Duke travels to the NCAA East Regional on May 11-13, it will mark the second year in a row in which the Blue Devils will take two freshmen along. This season Maria Garcia-Estrada (Tenerise, Spain) and Kristina Engstrom (Djursholm, Sweden) have made a big impact on the Duke squad, after losing two seniors off of last year's national championship team. Garcia-Estrada ranks second on the team in 2000 with a 74.78 stroke average and picked up her first collegiate victory in the ACC Championships on April 14-16. Her 74.78 stroke average is the second-best freshman average under coach Brooks. Garcia-Estrada has posted four top 10 finishes and eight top 20 finishes in nine tournaments.

Engstrom has the fifth-best stroke average in her freshman campaign at 75.70. Her freshman stroke average is the tied for fourth best under Coach Brooks. She has played in seven tournaments and in her first collegiate tournament she won at the Topy Cup in Japan. She has finished in the top 10 five different times and in the top 20 in six tournaments.

THE HEAD COACH
Dan Brooks is in his 16th season as the head coach of the Blue Devils. The 1981 graduate of Oregon State has led Duke to 11 NCAA Tournaments during his coaching career, including six of the last seven years, and the school's first National Championship last season. Brooks' teams have finished with a top 20 ranking 13 times (looking for the 14th this season), while six of his teams have earned a top 10 finish in an NCAA Tournament (1987 tied for seventh, 1988 finished fifth, 1994 finished fourth, 1996 finished tied for seventh, 1998 finished fourth, 1999 finished first).

In 16 years, his teams have won 43 tournaments. This year the Blue Devils have won seven events and needs only one more victory to tie the school record for most wins in a season (eight). He was named the 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999 ACC Coach of the Year for his efforts. Duke has collected seven ACC Championships during Brooks' term with the program.

IN THE RANKINGS
Duke University is the only school in Division I which has their top five players all ranked in the top 17 in the nation. Beth Bauer is No. 2, Maria Garcia-Estrada is No. 12, Kristina Engstrom is No. 14, Kalen Anderson is No. 16, and Candy Hannemann is No. 17. The next closest team is Arizona with three in the top 13.

THE LINEUP
The Blue Devils are led by sophomore All-America Beth Bauer (73.14 stroke average). Bauer, ranked No. 2 in the country, has recorded eight top five finishes and two individual wins this year. She owns the second-lowest stroke average in the 16 years Dan Brooks has been the head coach as she heads into the NCAA Tournament. Her two victories this season came at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic and the Arizona Invitational. In the last six tournaments she has finished no lower than fourth place. So far this spring she has recorded a 72.73 stroke average.

Two freshmen Kristina Engstrom and Maria Garcia-Estrada each have come on strong the past four tournaments. Estrada is ranked No. 12 and posted three top five finishes in the past three tournaments. For the season she has a 74.78 stroke average and won her first collegiate tournament on April 16 at the ACC Championship. In the last three tournaments she has finished fifth, third, and first while posting a 73.22 stroke average.

Engstrom, who won her first college tournament she played in (Topy Cup), is ranked No. 14 and has recorded five top 10 finishes. She has a 75.70 stroke average in her first season. She has played in the last four tournaments finishing no lower than 11th.

Junior Kalen Anderson (Edina, Minn.) is ranked No. 16 with Duke's third best stroke average at 75.24. She has notched five top 10 finishes this season and has finished no lower than eighth in the last four tournaments. Her stroke average in those last four tournaments is 75.41.

No. 17 ranked Candy Hannemann (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) has notched five top 10 finishes this year with a 75.27 stroke average. She finished tied for second at the ACC Championships in the last tournament. She has played in nine tournaments this season.

SENSATIONAL SOPHOMORE
In just her second season with the Duke women's golf team sophomore Beth Bauer has established herself as one of the best women's golfers Duke has ever had. In two years she has competed in 21 tournaments and has a remarkable 73.15 stroke average. She has posted four tournament wins, 18 top 10 finishes, and 19 top 20 finishes in two years.

Bauer has also led Duke with 24 even or under par rounds, a .966 percentage of rounds counted, and a 1.64 strokes behind the leader average.

Her 18 top 10 finishes already ranks tied for seventh on Duke's career list and is on her way to posting the second best season stroke average at Duke this season (73.14). The season-best stroke average was notched by Jenny Chuasiriporn (72.90) in 1997-98.

DUKE VICTORIES
On the season the Blue Devils have picked up seven tournament wins. Duke won their first three tournaments they competed in (NCAA Fall Preview, Topy Cup, and Lady Tar Heel). In the next three tournaments Duke posted two second place finishes and one fourth place finish. Since then the Blue Devils have won their last four in a row at the Casa de Campo, Lady Gamecock, Liz Murphey, and ACC Championship.

With their next victory it will tie the Duke season record with eight tournament wins, which happened last season.

FIFTH STRAIGHT ACC CHAMPIONSHIP
For the fifth straight year the Duke women's golf team brought home the ACC Championship trophy from the ACC Tournament. This year, though, it was won in record fashion. The Blue Devils won by a record 36 strokes over Wake Forest at the 6,355-yard par-72 Salem Glen Country Club in Clemmons, N.C.

Duke (295-286-290=871) broke the previous 54-hole team total of 890 by 19 strokes over the weekend. Freshman Maria Garcia-Estrada won individual honors for Duke as she shot a 1-under-par 76-67-72=215. She became the third straight freshman to win individual honors at the ACC Championship.

As a team the Blue Devils posted all five players in the top six, including the top three finishers (Beth Bauer and Candy Hannemann tied for 2nd).

COVERING THE BLUE DEVILS
Assistant SID Lindy Brown will be covering the Blue Devils through the 2000 NCAA Championships. Brown can be reached at (919) 684-2664 or email LBROWN@DUKE.EDU.

Brown will not be traveling to the NCAA East Regionals.

NOTE: All rankings listed are from the Golfweek/Saragin Performance women's rankings.

DUKE'S NCAA EAST REGIONAL RESULTS
1993 - BATON ROUGE, LA. - T8TH OF 18
Kathi Poppmeier 78-73-77=228 T21st
Jamie Koizumi 77-78-79=234 T38th
Stephanie Sparks 83-80-73=236 T48th
Tonya Blosser 82-77-79=238 T62nd
Pam Soliman 92-88-83=262 100th
Totals 320-308-308=936

1994 - EAST LANSING, MICH. - 2ND OF 19

Stephanie Sparks 73-74-75=222 3rd
Kathi Poppmeier 77-79-77=233 T12th
Jamie Koizumi 84-78-76=238 T32nd
Tonya Blosser 79-78-87=244 T53rd
Pam Soliman 80-83-84=247 T70th
Totals 309-309-312=930


1995 - BARTLETT, TENN. - 3RD OF 19
Kathi Poppmeier 74-74-71=219 6th
Alicia Allison 72-76-73=221 7th
Jamie Koizumi 79-76-76=231 T34th
Pam Soliman 73-75-85=233 T46th
Liz Lepanto 75-78-86=239 T75th
Totals 294-301-305=900


1996 - OPELIKA, ALA. - 1ST OF 19
Alicia Allison 78-72-72=222 T5th
Kathi Poppmeier 77-75-73=225 T9th
Jenny Chuasiriporn 77-72-77=226 T12th
Liz Lepanto 76-79-77=232 T26th
Stephanie Sparks 78-79-78=235 T40th
Totals 308-298-299=905


1997 - BLOOMINGTON, ILL. - 17TH OF 19
Jenny Chuasiriporn 77-84-78=239 T29th
Alicia Allison 83-84-76=243 T44th
Amie Lehman 83-85-78=246 T64th
Liz Lepanto 84-86-80=250 T84th
Filippa Hansson 87-83-83=253 T95th
Totals 327-336-312=975


1998 - DURHAM, N.C. - 2ND OF 19
Jenny Chuasiriporn 71-77-71=219 5th
Alicia Allison 73-77-73=223 T8th
Filippa Hansson 77-73-75=225 T15th
Kalen Anderson 76-80-72=228 T27th
Amie Lehman 77-75-79=231 T38th
Totals 297-302-291=890


1999 - BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. - 4TH OF 19
Beth Bauer 74-70-71=215 T1st
Jenny Chuasiriporn 75-77-72=224 T17th
Kalen Anderson 71-77-79=227 T27th
Filippa Anderson 77-78-89=244 T91st
Candy Hannemann DQ-76-75 DQ
Totals 297-300-297=894

Duke Fall Stroke Averages
Beth Bauer 73.57
Candy Hannemann 73.86
Maria Garcia-Estrada 75.42
Kristina Engstrom 75.25
Kalen Anderson 75.86
Amie Lehman 76.64

Duke Spring Stroke Averages

Beth Bauer 72.73 (1091-15)
Maria Garcia-Estrada 74.27 (1114-15)
Kalen Anderson 75.13 (1127-15)
Kristina Engstrom 76.00 (912-12)
Candy Hannemann 76.92 (923-12)
Amie Lehman 77.42 (929-12)

1999-2000 Schedule/Results

Sept. 13-15
NCAA Fall Preview 1st of 21

Sept. 21-23
Topy Cup 1st of 6

Oct. 8-10
Lady Tar Heel 1st of 15

Oct. 15-17
Mercedes-Benz Collegiate 2nd of 18

Nov. 5-7
Golf World/Palmetto Dunes 2nd of 12

Feb. 21-23
Arizona Invitational 4th of 18

Mar. 10-11
Casa de Campo 1st of 11

Mar. 17-19
Lady Gamecock 1st of 11

Mar. 31-Apr. 2
Liz Murphey 1st of 17

Apr. 14-16
ACC Championship 1st of 5

May 11-13
NCAA East Regional Columbus, Ohio
Ohio State-Scarlet

May 24-27
NCAA Championship Sun River, Ore.
Crosswater