Blue Devils Tied For Seventh After Day One At NCAA Championships

Post-Round Quotes

HOWEY-IN-THE-HILLS, FLA. -- The top-ranked Duke women's golf team got off to a hot start and then cooled off a little on the back nine on its way to a tied for seventh place finish after day one of competition at the NCAA Championships in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. The tournament is being played at the El Campeon course, which is a Par 72, 6,106 yards.

Leading the team competition is Oklahoma State with an opening round 293, while UCLA (295), Southern California (296), Stanford (298), Georgia (298), Texas (298), Duke (299), and Pepperdine (299) rounding out the top seven. Only 10 shots separate the top 13 teams after Tuesday's play.

Led by freshman Virada Nirapathpongporn's (Bangkok, Thailand) two-under-par 33 on the front nine, Duke turned the corner only three over par, but high winds and rainy weather led to an eight-over-par final nine on Tuesday. Nirapathpongporn was two-under-par heading into the 17th hole, but she had a bogey on the par five 436-yard hole to drop a stroke. Then a 30-minute rain delay set in. She came back out and had a bogey on the 18th hole to finish with a 33-39=72 and is in a tie for fourth position with 10 golfers.

Freshman Leigh Anne Hardin (Martinsville, Ind.) and junior Candy Hannemann (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) each carded a three-over-par 75 for the Blue Devils and are tied for 32nd. Hardin turned the corner even par and then posted three bogies and no birdies to conclude her round. Sophomore Kristina Engstrom (Djursholm, Sweden) finished with a 77 and senior Kalen Anderson (Edina, Minn.) tallied a 79. Engstrom posted Duke's top score on the back nine with a one-over-par 38.

On the day, Hannemann and Nirapathpongporn each posted a team-leading three birdies, but Duke finished the final two holes seven-over-par. Engstrom's 77 included two double bogies and two birdies.

UCLA's senior Laura Moffat leads the individual competition with a three-under-par round of 69 with Maria Boden (Oklahoma State) and Lindsey Wright (Pepperdine) are right behind her with a 70 after day one. After these three, there are 10 golfers tied for fourth at even par.

The Blue Devils won't have much time to rest as they will tee off bright and early in the morning with a 7:30 AM start off the 10th tee. Duke will once again be paired with Arizona and Tulsa. Arizona finished the day tied for 11th, while Tulsa is tied for 18th.

Duke Individual Results

Virada Nirapathpongporn   33-39=72
Candy Hannemann           36-39=75
Leigh Anne Hardin         35-40=75
Kristina Engstrom         39-38=77
Kalen Anderson            38-41=79

Team Results
1	Oklahoma State Univ.	+5	F	+5	293	293
2	UCLA	+7	F	+7	295	295
3	Southern California	+8	F	+8	296	296
T4	Georgia, U. of	+10	F	+10	298	298
T4	Stanford University	+10	F	+10	298	298
T4	Texas, Univ. of	+10	F	+10	298	298
T7	Duke University	+11	F	+11	299	299
T7	Pepperdine Univ.	+11	F	+11	299	299
9	Auburn University	+12	F	+12	300	300
10	New Mexico State U.	+13	F	+13	301	301
T11	Arizona, U. of	+14	F	+14	302	302
T11	California, U. of	+14	F	+14	302	302
13	San Jose State Univ	+15	F	+15	303	303
T14	Kent State	+16	F	+16	304	304
T14	Louisiana State U.	+16	F	+16	304	304
T16	Arizona State U.	+17	F	+17	305	305
T16	Purdue University	+17	F	+17	305	305
18	Tulsa, U. of	+19	F	+19	307	307
19	South Carolina, U of	+20	F	+20	308	308
20	Michigan State U.	+22	F	+22	310	310
21	Ohio State Univ.	+25	F	+25	313	313
22	So. Florida, U. of	+26	F	+26	314	314
23	Washington, U. of	+27	F	+27	315	315
24	New Mexico, U. of	+30	F	+30	318	318

Individual Results
Place	Name	School	Score	Thru	Total Score	Score	Total
1	Laura Moffat	UCLA	-3	F	-3	69	69
T2	Maria Boden	Oklahoma State Univ.	2	F	2	70	70
T2	Lindsey Wright	Pepperdine Univ.	2	F	2	70	70
T4	Heather Dobbin	Kent State	E	F	E	72	72
T4	Katy Harris	Louisiana State U.	E	F	E	72	72
T4	Katherine Hull	Pepperdine Univ.	E	F	E	72	72
T4	Candie Kung	Southern California	E	F	E	72	72
T4	Cheryl Lala	California, U. of	E	F	E	72	72
T4	Sasha Medina	New Mexico State U.	E	F	E	72	72
T4	Virada Nirapathpongporn	Duke University	E	F	E	72	72
T4	Reilley Rankin	Georgia, U. of	E	F	E	72	72
T4	Celeste Troche	Auburn University	E	F	E	72	72
T4	Ursula Tuutti	New Mexico State U.	E	F	E	72	72
T14	Hilary Homeyer	Stanford University	+1	F	+1	73	73
T14	Melissa Martin	UCLA	+1	F	+1	73	73
T14	Randi Meadows	Texas, Univ. of	+1	F	+1	73	73
T14	Lorena Ochoa	Arizona, U. of	+1	F	+1	73	73
T14	Janice Olivencia	Texas, Univ. of	+1	F	+1	73	73
T14	Anna Rawson	Southern California	+1	F	+1	73	73
T14	Kim Rowton	Stanford University	+1	F	+1	73	73
T14	Courtney Swaim	Auburn University	+1	F	+1	73	73
T14	Linda Wessberg	Oklahoma State Univ.	+1	F	+1	73	73
T23	Christi Cano	Oklahoma State Univ.	+2	F	+2	74	74
T23	Helle Gram	San Jose State Univ	+2	F	+2	74	74
T23	Melanie Hunt	Arizona State U.	+2	F	+2	74	74
T23	Jimin Kang	Arizona State U.	+2	F	+2	74	74
T23	Vikki Laing	California, U. of	+2	F	+2	74	74
T23	Marcela Leon	San Jose State Univ	+2	F	+2	74	74
T23	Mikaela Parmlid	Southern California	+2	F	+2	74	74
T23	Marta Prieto *	Wake Forest Univ.	+2	F	+2	74	74
T23	Summer Sirmons	Georgia, U. of	+2	F	+2	74	74
T32	Elisha Au	Washington, U. of	+3	F	+3	75	75
T32	Emily Bastel	Michigan State U.	+3	F	+3	75	75
T32	Isabel Dornellas	Louisiana State U.	+3	F	+3	75	75
T32	Martina Gillen	Kent State	+3	F	+3	75	75
T32	Candy Hannemann	Duke University	+3	F	+3	75	75
T32	Leigh Anne Hardin	Duke University	+3	F	+3	75	75
T32	Jessica Hayes	So. Florida, U. of	+3	F	+3	75	75
T32	Laura Henderson	Georgia, U. of	+3	F	+3	75	75
T32	Stephanie Keever	Stanford University	+3	F	+3	75	75
T32	Kristy McPherson	South Carolina, U of	+3	F	+3	75	75
T32	Georgina Simpson	San Jose State Univ	+3	F	+3	75	75
T32	Gina Umeck	UCLA	+3	F	+3	75	75
T32	YoungA Yang *	Tennessee, U. of	+3	F	+3	75	75
T32	Heather Zielinski	Purdue University	+3	F	+3	75	75
T46	Cristina Baena	Arizona, U. of	+4	F	+4	76	76
T46	Kari Damron	Purdue University	+4	F	+4	76	76
T46	Danielle Downey	Auburn University	+4	F	+4	76	76
T46	Kristin Dufour	Texas, Univ. of	+4	F	+4	76	76
T46	Claudia Ferrini	New Mexico, U. of	+4	F	+4	76	76
T46	Suzie Fisher	Tulsa, U. of	+4	F	+4	76	76
T46	Sarah Huarte	California, U. of	+4	F	+4	76	76
T46	Caroline Laurens	Purdue University	+4	F	+4	76	76
T46	Dani Mallon	Tulsa, U. of	+4	F	+4	76	76
T46	Lisa Meredith	Arizona State U.	+4	F	+4	76	76
T46	Laura Myerscough	Arizona, U. of	+4	F	+4	76	76
T46	Jessica Reese	Texas, Univ. of	+4	F	+4	76	76
T46	Marci Robinson	South Carolina, U of	+4	F	+4	76	76
T46	Meredeth Ward *	Vanderbilt Univ.	+4	F	+4	76	76
T46	Emma Zackrisson	Oklahoma State Univ.	+4	F	+4	76	76
T61	Allie Blomquist *	Wisconsin, U. of	+5	F	+5	77	77
T61	Leila Chartrand	Southern California	+5	F	+5	77	77
T61	Kristina Engstrom	Duke University	+5	F	+5	77	77
T61	Allison Fouch	Michigan State U.	+5	F	+5	77	77
T61	Natalie Gulbis	Arizona, U. of	+5	F	+5	77	77
T61	Allison Hanna	Ohio State Univ.	+5	F	+5	77	77
T61	Angela Jerman	Georgia, U. of	+5	F	+5	77	77
T61	Jane Kim	New Mexico State U.	+5	F	+5	77	77
T61	Kim Kouwabunpat	Stanford University	+5	F	+5	77	77
T61	Stacy Prammanasudh	Tulsa, U. of	+5	F	+5	77	77
T61	Angela Rho	Stanford University	+5	F	+5	77	77
T61	Fany Schaeffer	So. Florida, U. of	+5	F	+5	77	77
T73	Natalie Aber	Ohio State Univ.	+6	F	+6	78	78
T73	Leilani Bagby	UCLA	+6	F	+6	78	78
T73	Lisa Chang	Pepperdine Univ.	+6	F	+6	78	78
T73	Veronique Drouin	Kent State	+6	F	+6	78	78
T73	Kasey Gant	Michigan State U.	+6	F	+6	78	78
T73	Beth Hermes	Purdue University	+6	F	+6	78	78
T73	Lindy Hitdlebaugh	Louisiana State U.	+6	F	+6	78	78
T73	Ashley Lowery	Ohio State Univ.	+6	F	+6	78	78
T73	Stefanie Reynolds	South Carolina, U of	+6	F	+6	78	78
T73	Julie Tvede	Tulsa, U. of	+6	F	+6	78	78
T83	Kalen Anderson	Duke University	+7	F	+7	79	79
T83	Whitney Christie	Georgia, U. of	+7	F	+7	79	79
T83	Jan Dowling	Kent State	+7	F	+7	79	79
T83	Meredith Duncan	Louisiana State U.	+7	F	+7	79	79
T83	Kelli Kamimura	Washington, U. of	+7	F	+7	79	79
T83	Sarah Kidd	South Carolina, U of	+7	F	+7	79	79
T83	Anne Lee	Arizona, U. of	+7	F	+7	79	79
T83	Sarah Sasse *	Nebraska, U. of	+7	F	+7	79	79
T83	Kimberly Strong	Auburn University	+7	F	+7	79	79
T83	Ramie Takahashi	Pepperdine Univ.	+7	F	+7	79	79
T93	Mollie Fankhauser	Ohio State Univ.	+8	F	+8	80	80
T93	Michelle Grafos	Washington, U. of	+8	F	+8	80	80
T93	Leigh Ann Griffin	Kent State	+8	F	+8	80	80
T93	Jessica Krantz	San Jose State Univ	+8	F	+8	80	80
T93	Kelly Lagedrost	So. Florida, U. of	+8	F	+8	80	80
T93	Kristi Larson	New Mexico, U. of	+8	F	+8	80	80
T93	Anna Lee	Southern California	+8	F	+8	80	80
T93	Andrea Makauskas	Purdue University	+8	F	+8	80	80
T93	Sarah Martin	Michigan State U.	+8	F	+8	80	80
T93	Lesley McClurg	Louisiana State U.	+8	F	+8	80	80
T93	Ria Quiazon	California, U. of	+8	F	+8	80	80
T93	Alena Sharp	New Mexico State U.	+8	F	+8	80	80
T93	Stacy Snider	Michigan State U.	+8	F	+8	80	80
T93	Saki Uechi	UCLA	+8	F	+8	80	80
T107	Jennifer Borowiec	Ohio State Univ.	+9	F	+9	81	81
T107	Molly Cooper	Arizona State U.	+9	F	+9	81	81
T107	Louise Friberg	Washington, U. of	+9	F	+9	81	81
T107	Elisa Kase	New Mexico, U. of	+9	F	+9	81	81
T107	Suzanne Sowers	Texas, Univ. of	+9	F	+9	81	81
T107	Kacy Thompson	South Carolina, U of	+9	F	+9	81	81
T107	Ryley Webb	New Mexico, U. of	+9	F	+9	81	81
T114	Jill Crowe	So. Florida, U. of	+10	F	+10	82	82
T114	Diana Ramage	Auburn University	+10	F	+10	82	82
T116	Lindsay Morgan	Washington, U. of	+11	F	+11	83	83
T116	Kellyn Newman	New Mexico, U. of	+11	F	+11	83	83
T116	Maiko Senda	Tulsa, U. of	+11	F	+11	83	83
T116	Anne Walker	California, U. of	+11	F	+11	83	83
120	Rebecka Heinmert	San Jose State Univ	+12	F	+12	84	84
T121	Rachel Bailey	New Mexico State U.	+13	F	+13	85	85
T121	Meaghan Francella *	Memphis Univ of	+13	F	+13	85	85
T121	Blair O'Neal	Arizona State U.	+13	F	+13	85	85
124	Kelly Martin	So. Florida, U. of	+14	F	+14	86	86
125	Julie Jacques	Oklahoma State Univ.	+15	F	+15	87	87
126	Kate Waggoner	Pepperdine Univ.	+17	F	+17	89	89