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Second-ranked Duke Women's Golf Leads ACC Championship After Day One
4/19/2002 1:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
April 19, 2002
CLEMMONS, N.C. -- Second-ranked Duke bolted out to an 11-stroke lead after day one of the ACC Women's Golf Championship at the Salem Glen Golf Club in Clemmons, N.C. The Blue Devils posted a 284 on Friday with N.C. State (295), Wake Forest (297), Florida State (301), Maryland (306) and North Carolina (311) rounding out the field.
Duke sophomore Virada Nirapathpongporn and junior Kristina Engstrom each carded a 70 and lead the individual competition by one stroke over fellow Blue Devil senior Candy Hannemann (71). A native of Bangkok, Thailand, Nirapathpongporn fired a tournament best 32 on the back nine after posting a 38 on the front.
Other Blue Devils in action were sophomore Leigh Anne Hardin (Martinsville, Ind.) is in tied for eighth with a 73 and freshman Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh (Lausanne, Switzerland) is tied for 19th with a 77.
Duke will begin teeing off at 9:20 AM on Saturday for round two of three. The Blue Devils are looking to claim their seventh consecutive ACC Championship.
ACC Championship Salem Glen C.C. Clemmons, NC Dates: 04/19 - 04/21 (Today:04-19-2002) Par: 72 Yardage: 6411
Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores 1 Duke University 284 2 North Carolina State 295 3 Wake Forest Univ. 297 4 Florida State Univ. 301 5 Maryland, U. of 306 6 North Carolina, U of 311
Fin. Top 20 Players School Scores 1 V. Nirapathpongporn Duke 38- 32 70 Kristina Engstrom Duke 36- 34 70 3 Candy Hannemann Duke 35- 36 71 4 Alison Zimmer Florida St 38- 34 72 Malin Claesson NC State 36- 36 72 Nuria Clau Wk. Forest 37- 35 72 Carrie Sordel Florida St 36- 36 72 8 Leigh Anne Hardin Duke 35- 38 73 Colby Cobb NC State 36- 37 73 10 Ashley Prange N Carolina 37- 37 74 Deborah Means Wk. Forest 37- 37 74 Sarah Bonner NC State 36- 38 74 Katie Redeker Maryland 37- 37 74 14 Kristin Tamulis Florida St 37- 38 75 Kathryn Brenny Wk. Forest 36- 39 75 16 Ashley Hoagland Wk. Forest 36- 40 76 Erin Clasper Maryland 41- 35 76 Leslie Stubblefield NC State 37- 39 76 19 Meghan Adams N Carolina 42- 35 77 N. Aazam-Zanganeh Duke 36- 41 77
ACC Championship Salem Glen C.C. Clemmons, NC Dates: 04/19 - 04/21 (Today:04-19-2002) Par: 72 Yardage: 6411
Fin. School Scores
1 Duke University 284 T 1 V. Nirapathpongporn 38- 32 70 T 1 Kristina Engstrom 36- 34 70 3 Candy Hannemann 35- 36 71 T 8 Leigh Anne Hardin 35- 38 73 T 19 N. Aazam-Zanganeh 36- 41 77
2 North Carolina State 295 T 4 Malin Claesson 36- 36 72 T 8 Colby Cobb 36- 37 73 T 10 Sarah Bonner 36- 38 74 T 16 Leslie Stubblefield 37- 39 76 26 Erica Wein 44- 37 81
3 Wake Forest Univ. 297 T 4 Nuria Clau 37- 35 72 T 10 Deborah Means 37- 37 74 T 14 Kathryn Brenny 36- 39 75 T 16 Ashley Hoagland 36- 40 76 T 21 Maria Beautell 38- 40 78
4 Florida State Univ. 301 T 4 Alison Zimmer 38- 34 72 T 4 Carrie Sordel 36- 36 72 T 14 Kristin Tamulis 37- 38 75 T 27 Katie Quinney 43- 39 82 T 27 Alison Curdt 40- 42 82
5 Maryland, U. of 306 T 10 Katie Redeker 37- 37 74 T 16 Erin Clasper 41- 35 76 T 21 Marie Harper 38- 40 78 T 21 Carter Crowther 39- 39 78 25 Kristen Shew 41- 38 79
6 North Carolina, U of 311 T 10 Ashley Prange 37- 37 74 T 19 Meghan Adams 42- 35 77 T 21 Abby Spector 42- 36 78 T 27 Beth Lever 44- 38 82 T 27 Romi Irons 41- 41 82
ACC Championship Round: 2
Hole: 1 Romi Irons FR North Carolina, U of 8:30 Kristen Shew FR Maryland, U. of Alison Curdt SO Florida State Univ.
Hole: 1 Beth Lever SR North Carolina, U of 8:40 Carter Crowther JR Maryland, U. of Katie Quinney SO Florida State Univ.
Hole: 1 Abby Spector JR North Carolina, U of 8:50 Marie Harper SO Maryland, U. of Kristin Tamulis JR Florida State Univ.
Hole: 1 Meghan Adams JR North Carolina, U of 9:00 Erin Clasper JR Maryland, U. of Carrie Sordel SO Florida State Univ.
Hole: 1 Ashley Prange SO North Carolina, U of 9:10 Katie Redeker SO Maryland, U. of Alison Zimmer SR Florida State Univ.
Hole: 1 Maria Beautell JR Wake Forest Univ. 9:20 Erica Wein FR North Carolina State N. Aazam-Zanganeh FR Duke University
Hole: 1 Ashley Hoagland FR Wake Forest Univ. 9:30 Leslie Stubblefield FR North Carolina State Leigh Anne Hardin SO Duke University
Hole: 1 Kathryn Brenny SR Wake Forest Univ. 9:40 Sarah Bonner FR North Carolina State Candy Hannemann SR Duke University
Hole: 1 Deborah Means SO Wake Forest Univ. 9:50 Colby Cobb FR North Carolina State Kristina Engstrom JR Duke University
Hole: 1 Nuria Clau JR Wake Forest Univ. 10:00 Malin Claesson SO North Carolina State V. Nirapathpongporn SO Duke University
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