May 4, 2000

GREENSBORO, N.C. - The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) released the All-ACC women's golf team on Thursday. The Duke Blue Devils dominated the six-member team with five selections.

Leading the Duke contingent is ACC Player of the Year Beth Bauer. Bauer, a sophomore from Cramerton, N.C., has been named the Player of the Year in each of her two seasons at Duke. Last year as a freshman, she shared the award with fellow teammate Jenny Chuasiriporn. So far this season, Bauer is ranked No. 2 in the nation and has turned in two individual wins, eight top 10 finishes, and leads Duke with a 73.14 stroke average.

Freshman Blue Devil Maria Garcia-Estrada earned Rookie of the Year honors after capturing medalist honors at the ACC Championship. Garcia-Estrada (Tenerise, Spain) ranks second on the Duke squad with a 74.78 stroke average and has turned in three top five finishes in her last three tournaments. It marks the third year in a row a Blue Devil has earned Rookie of the Year honors.

Three other members of the Duke squad join Bauer and Garcia-Estrada on the All-ACC team as sophomore Candy Hannemann (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), junior Kalen Anderson (Edina, Minn.), and freshman Kristina Engstrom (Djursholm, Sweden) were selected to the team.

Hannemann received the honor for the second year in a row after posting a tie for second place at the ACC Championship. Anderson was also named for the second year in a row as she finished tied for fourth at the ACC Championships and ranked third on the Duke squad with a 75.24 stroke average. As a freshman, she was named Co-Rookie of the Year.

Engstrom played in seven tournaments in her first year at Duke, while capturing one individual medalist honor and a sixth-place tie at the ACC Championships. She has finished no lower than 11th in her last four tournaments.

For the fifth straight year and sixth time overall, head coach Dan Brooks of Duke was selected ACC Coach of the Year. He guided the Blue Devils to their fifth straight ACC Championship and to seven overall wins in 1999-2000.

This marks the first time in ACC women's golf history that a single team has received five members on the All-ACC squad and the second year in a row Duke has swept the individual honors. Senior Marcy Newton of North Carolina was the only other player selected to the All-ACC team.

Duke, ranked No. 1 in the latest Golfweek/Saragin rankings, will travel to Columbus, Ohio, on May 11-13 to compete in the NCAA East Regionals for the chance to advance to the NCAA Championships and defend its 1999 crown.