Women's Golf Finishes 14th at NCAA Championships

Post-Match Quotes

Final Results

Arizona rolls away with the NCAA Championship
SUNRIVER, OREGON (May 27) - The 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) for 14th place. 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. Duke finished the championships with a 1,218 (+66) and finished in 14th 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, T-21st)
Beth Bauer  		72-71-75-85=303 (+15, T-34th)
Candy Hannemann 	78-78-72-81=309 (+21, T-68th)
Kristina Engstrom 	81-77-74-79=311 (+23, T-77th)
Maria Garcia-Estrada 	79-78-76-82=315 (+27, T-91st)

Final Results
1.Arizona  		299-285-281-310=1175
2.Stanford  		301-298-297-300=1196
3.Texas   		296-308-291-303=1198
4.Southern California 	305-291-297-306=1199
5.Tennessee  		301-298-306-301=1206
6.Auburn  		302-302-300-306=1210
7.Georgia  		296-303-296-316=1211
8.Pepperdine  		302-312-296-303=1213
9.Purdue  		298-303-307-307=1215
10.LSU   		313-298-302-303=1216
11.Oregon  		295-303-297-322=1217
11.Arizona State  	315-305-297-300=1217
11.New Mexico State 	304-312-295-306=1217
14.Duke   		303-299-296-320=1218