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Duke Opens Spring Season With Victory At Lady Puerto Rico Classic
2/24/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Feb. 24, 2004
SAN JUAN PUERTO, RICO - On Tuesday afternoon in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the top-ranked Duke women's golf team concluded the first tournament of the spring at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic the exact way the Blue Devils finished off the fall season- in dominating fashion.
The Blue Devils posted a three-day total of 862 and won their sixth straight tournament on Tuesday by 23 strokes over Georgia (885), Oklahoma (888), Southern California (893), Tulsa (896), Wake Forest (900), Auburn (913), Florida (918), Michigan (923), Tulane (925), Texas (927), Missouri (936), Kent State (948), Purdue (959) and Penn State (967). The tournament included 10 teams ranked in the top-25 of the latest Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index.
As a team, Duke has now won five stroke-play tournaments this season by a total of 109 strokes.
"I couldn't be more proud of this team," said Duke Head Coach Dan Brooks. "We came out of a pretty bad winter, which kept us off the course a lot, and as a coach I couldn't be happier. This shows how mentally tough and mature this team is."
Freshman Anna Grzebien had the best round of the day for the Blue Devils collecting a four-under-par 68 to close out the tournament with a three-day total of 862, which was tied for 13th. Grzebien, a product of Narragansett, R.I., registered five birdies and only one bogey in her final round. Her round of 68 on Tuesday tied a career best for Grzebien.
"Today my round was really consistent as I just had one bogey on hole 17, but besides that I was hitting a lot of fairways and greens," said Grzebien. "I just wanted to do something to help my team out because the first round I didn't do to much. I was able to get the greens down a little better so I dropped a few more putts."
Sophomore Liz Janangelo turned in a 73 on the final day and finished the tournament with a total of 215, which placed second in the individual competition. Senior Virada Nirapathpongporn finished tied for third (216) after posting a 72 on Tuesday. Janangelo had her fifth top-five finish of the year, while Nirapathpongporn had her fourth of the year.
Brittany Lang, a freshman from McKinney, Texas, had her second straight 71 today and finished tied for fifth with a 217.
"I am very happy with Anna Grzebien's play with her 68," said Brooks. "These rounds by our freshmen shows that what we saw in the fall was for real. Both Brittany [Lang] and Anna are ready to do it when it matters."
Junior Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh finished tied for 20th with rounds of 72-76-76=224 in her first tournament since being sidelined for the entire fall season with a hip injury. Playing as an individual, senior Leigh Anne Hardin fired a 73 on Tuesday and finished tied for ninth overall with a 221.
Duke will next travel to Gainesville, Fla., on Mar. 7-9 for the Sun Trust Invitational.
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Fin. School Scores 1 Duke University 285 293 284 862 2 Elizabeth Janangelo 72 70 73 215 T 3 V. Nirapathpongporn 66 78 72 216 T 5 Brittany Lang 75 71 71 217 T 13 Anna Grzebien 78 76 68 222 T 20 N. Aazam-Zanganeh 72 76 76 224
2 Georgia, U. of 292 299 294 885 T 3 Whitney Wade 74 71 71 216 T 9 Jackie Beers 73 78 70 221 T 23 Natalia Nicholls 75 74 76 225 T 25 Lisa Tyler 70 76 80 226 T 48 Allison Martin 77 79 77 233
3 Oklahoma, U. of 293 296 299 888 8 Amparo Gala 73 73 74 220 T 9 Emily Milberger 74 74 73 221 T 13 Hope Edge 76 74 72 222 T 25 Lisa Meldrum 70 75 81 226 58 Jaclyn Stelzer 81 80 80 241
4 Southern California 297 297 299 893 1 Veronica Felibert 71 73 69 213 T 16 Irene Cho 74 73 76 223 T 28 Rachel Bell 75 76 76 227 T 38 Anna Rawson 77 75 78 230 54 Catalina Marin 81 80 78 239
5 Tulsa, University of 304 296 296 896 T 13 Lee Ann Pace 76 71 75 222 T 16 Suzie Fisher 74 77 72 223 T 20 Julie Tvede 75 72 77 224 T 28 Cas Bridge 79 76 72 227 74 Courtney Jones 85 94 78 257
6 Wake Forest Univ. 312 293 295 900 T 5 Ashley Hoagland 74 73 70 217 7 Christine Hallstrom 73 73 72 218 T 42 Amanda Goins 84 74 74 232 T 48 Deborah Means 81 73 79 233 75 Joy Juskowich 87 84 87 258
7 Auburn University 310 297 306 913 T 16 Maria Martinez 73 74 76 223 T 28 Nicole Hage 78 74 75 227 T 35 Kingsley Barrett 80 76 73 229 50 Leah Hart 80 73 82 235 T 55 Jessica Lovell 79 79 82 240
8 Florida, U. of 310 305 303 918 T 28 Amanda Dick 76 74 77 227 T 35 Aimee Cho 76 75 78 229 T 42 Camila Gonzalez 80 78 74 232 T 42 Andrea Vander Lende 79 78 75 232 T 51 Tarah McNaughton 79 80 77 236
9 Michigan, U. of 315 307 301 923 T 23 Laura Olin 77 74 74 225 T 33 Brianna Broderick 79 76 73 228 41 Amy Schmucker 77 81 73 231 T 59 Ali Stinson 82 79 81 242 70 Brandi Zielinski 88 78 85 251
10 Tulane University 301 310 314 925 T 28 Carolin Landmann 76 78 73 227 T 38 Mary Ellen Jacobs 76 76 78 230 T 42 Liliana Alvarez 73 75 84 232 T 51 Alexis Wooster 76 81 79 236 T 65 Lindsay Hulwick 78 83 85 246
11 Texas, Univ. of 314 310 303 927 T 25 Devan Andersen 79 74 73 226 T 35 Perry Swenson 77 79 73 229 T 42 Janice Olivencia 78 77 77 232 T 55 Ashley Prust 80 80 80 240 T 63 Julia Best 81 80 84 245
12 Missouri, U. of 317 311 308 936 T 20 Denise Knaebel 76 75 73 224 T 38 Maria Ohlsson 79 74 77 230 T 61 Kelli Strubinger 78 81 84 243 T 65 Lyndsey Adams 84 81 81 246 67 Mindy Bullard 86 84 77 247
13 Kent State 313 321 314 948 T 9 Gabby Wedding 73 76 72 221 T 16 Martina Gillen 72 76 75 223 68 Katie Williams 83 82 84 249 72 Caitlin Cully 85 87 83 255 76 Karen DeLaney 91 88 84 263
14 Purdue University 321 314 324 959 T 33 Beth Hermes 82 74 72 228 T 42 O. Sattayabanphot 76 78 78 232 T 61 Ella Asbun 81 79 83 243 73 Caroline Haase 82 83 91 256 WD Emily Hindman 98 94 WD
15 Penn State Univ. 324 322 321 967 T 51 Amber Weinerth 78 80 78 236 T 59 Evelyn Paik 80 77 85 242 T 63 Katrin Wolfe 82 83 80 245 69 Lauren Lundy 89 83 78 250 71 Maggie Lester 84 82 86 252
Fin. Individuals School Scores T 9 Leigh Anne Hardin Duke 74 74 73 221 T 55 Kelly Easton Michigan 81 76 83 240
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