Duke Tied For Fifth After Day One Of NCAA Championship

Tuesday, May 23

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Duke Tied For Fifth After Day One Of NCAA Championship

5/23/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf

By: Duke Sports Information

COLUMBUS, OHIO- For the second straight year, the top-ranked Duke women's golf team opened the NCAA Championship in tied for fifth place as the Blue Devils carded a nine-over-par ledger of 297 and is six shots behind Southern California, who turned in a 291 on Tuesday in Columbus, Ohio. Duke was led by freshman Jennie Lee and sophomore Jennifer Pandolfi who posted one-over-par rounds of 73 on day one.

The Blue Devils closed the first round of the 2005 NCAA Championship five shots off the lead and were nine shots back after the second day before making their charge to lead after 54-holes at the Meadows Course in Sunriver, Ore. last year. Duke went on to claim its third NCAA Championship with a 72-hole total of 1,170.

On Tuesday, Southern California took the team lead with a 291 with Arizona State (292) , Florida (293), Arizona (296), Wake Forest (297), Duke (297), Louisiana State (298), Arkansas (299), Purdue (301), UCLA (301), Auburn (301) and Pepperdine rounding out the top-nine at the 6,203-yard, Par 72 Ohio State Golf Club - Scarlet Course. The Blue Devils were right around the lead going into the final three holes today before going six-over-par to head to the clubhouse.

"I feel just fine," said Brooks. "I have a team that learns well and today we found out that the greens are hard, jumping. We found some places that you cannot feel the wind that is there and we will pay better attention to those things tomorrow. We slipped into a couple of bunkers and roughs that we didn't need to get into. We played a lot of good golf today, but it got away from us a little at the end. I am not sure what happened exactly or what caused that. I am discouraged at all. We are in good shape."

Lee, a native of Huntington Beach, Calif., kicked off her first NCAA Championship with birdies on the first two holes and held a one-under-par total through the 16th hole, but suffered bogies on No. 17 and No. 18 to close out her day with a 73. Of the four par three holes she played on Tuesday, Lee had bogies on three of them.

Continuing her excellent play, Pandolfi finished day one with a 73 to go along with three birdies. A product of Navarre, Fla., Pandolfi headed to the 16th hole standing at one-under-par, but came up short on her second shot into the green and went on to double-bogey the hole. The two-time All-ACC selection came back to chip in for a 35-foot birdie on the 175-yard, par three 17th hole to go back to even par, but a bogey on No. 18 sent her back to over-over-par. Both Lee and Pandolfi enter the second day of action at tied for 10th.

"I felt like I played really solid," said Pandolfi. "I had a bad hole on 16 as I just made a stupid mistake. We will go into tomorrow just like we went into today. I am for sure that we haven't seen the best golf for Liz and Amanda. There is a lot of time left."

The reigning NCAA Individual Champion, Anna Grzebien, opened her title defense with a solid round of 75 and is tied for 33rd. Grzebien, who is from Narragansett, R.I., came out of the gates with a bogey on the first hole but got it back on the second to remain even par. Due to an unlucky break on the sixth hole as her second shot into the 527-yard, par five went under a tree approaching the green, she ended up with a double-bogey. Grzebien came back with birdies on the seventh and ninth holes to make the turn at even par. On the back nine, she closed out with a 39 with three bogies.

Freshman Amanda Blumenherst came out on Tuesday and had her second-worst round of the year with a 76 and is tied for 46th. The only other time the Scottsdale, Ariz., native shot a score higher was in the first round of the Bryan National Collegiate when she posted a 78 on day one and responded by firing rounds of 68, 70 to finish second at even par, 216. Blumenherst opened the tournament with a bogey on the 379-yard, par four first hole and also had a bogey No. 5 before notching her only birdie of the day on the 349-yard, par four seventh hole. After suffering a bogey on No. 9, she made the turn at 38 and then went on to total bogeys on the 10th and 13 holes. She notched five straight pars to close out the day.

"I definitely could have played better," said Blumenherst. "My driver really didn't go as straight as I would have liked and this is a pretty tight course with thick rough. You want to hit it straight off the tee and I just didn't. Also, the putts just didn't fall and if they go in [tomorrow] it will be a lot lower."

Playing in her final collegiate tournament, senior Liz Janangelo came out and bogied her first two holes before registering the first of three birdies on par fives on Tuesday. Janangelo, from West Hartford, Conn., made the turn at two-over-par, 38, but had a very eventful final nine with a 39 to finish with a 77. On the back nine, Janangelo totaled one double-bogey, two birdies, three bogeys and three pars and is tied for 70th.

Leading the individual action is Pepperdine's Eileen Vargas who came out and shot four-under-par, 68, notching four birdies and no bogeys on Tuesday. Tiffany Chudy of Florida is second with a 69 followed by Jennifer Osborn of Arizona State at third, 70, and Tiffany Joh (UCLA), Catalina Marin (Southern California) and Sommer Scholl (Arizona) tied for fourth with a 71.

Duke will tee off on Wednesday beginning on the 10th hole at 8:50 a.m. along with Louisiana State and UCLA.

Duke Notes

* Duke made the turn at two-over-par but played the final nine holes at 11-over-par, including six-over-par over the final three holes.

* The Blue Devils played the par five holes at one-under-par with four of their 13 birdies coming on those holes.

* Duke trailed by nine strokes after 36-holes at the 2005 NCAA Championship before coming back to take an eight-stroke lead after 54-holes of action.

* Prior to today's round of 77, Liz Janangelo had counted 28.33 out of 30 rounds this season.

Other Duke Quotes

Head Coach Dan Brooks

"Things can change so fast. Six shots is nothing one way or another. You have to keep playing hard."

On the play of Pandolfi and Lee:

"It just tells you that we are a strong team from top to bottom. Jennifer has been coming on and in this tournament playing five and now she is at the top of the pack for us. We have a lot of talent on this team."

Freshman Amanda Blumenherst

On the course:

"It you get it in the rough around the greens you are going to have a hard time getting it up and down. That is what I found out today."

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rank team scores
1 Southern California 291 291 +3
2 Arizona State 292 292 +4
3 Florida 293 293 +5
4 Arizona 296 296 +8
T5 Wake Forest 297 297 +9
T5 Duke 297 297 +9
7 Louisiana State 298 298 +10
8 Arkansas, U. of 299 299 +11
T9 Purdue 301 301 +13
T9 UCLA 301 301 +13
T9 Auburn 301 301 +13
T9 Pepperdine 301 301 +13
13 Texas A&M University 302 302 +14
14 Tennessee 303 303 +15
T15 Washington 305 305 +17
T15 California 305 305 +17
T15 Florida State Univ. 305 305 +17
18 Georgia 306 306 +18
T19 Stanford 307 307 +19
T19 Alabama, U. of 307 307 +19
T21 Oklahoma State 311 311 +23
T21 Nebraska, U. of 311 311 +23
23 Kent State 312 312 +24
24 UNLV 313 313 +25

start finish player school scores
− 1 Eileen Vargas Pepperdine 68 68 −4
− 2 Tiffany Chudy Florida 69 69 −3
− 3 Jennifer Osborn Arizona State 70 70 −2
− T4 Tiffany Joh UCLA 71 71 −1
− T4 Catalina Marin Southern California 71 71 −1
− T4 Sommer Scholl Arizona 71 71 −1
− T7 Mandy Goins Wake Forest 72 72 E
− T7 Caroline Larsson Florida State Univ. 72 72 E
− T7 Stephanie Ruiz Nebraska, U. of 72 72 E
− T10 Irene Cho Southern California 73 73 +1
− T10 Jean Chua Wake Forest 73 73 +1
− T10 Cassandra Kirkland Arizona 73 73 +1
− T10 Ashley Knoll Texas A&M University 73 73 +1
− T10 Rebecca Kuhn Louisiana State 73 73 +1
− T10 Jennie Lee Duke 73 73 +1
− T10 Maria Martinez Auburn 73 73 +1
− T10 Azahara Munoz Arizona State 73 73 +1
− T10 Jennifer Pandolfi Duke 73 73 +1
− T10 Dewi Schreefel Southern California 73 73 +1
− T10 Tiffany Tavee Arizona State 73 73 +1
− T21 Julia Best * Texas 74 74 +2
− T21 Veronica Felibert Southern California 74 74 +2
− T21 Sandra Gal Florida 74 74 +2
− T21 Ornella Jouven Florida 74 74 +2
− T21 Courtney Mahon Arkansas, U. of 74 74 +2
− T21 Ashley Medders Arkansas, U. of 74 74 +2
− T21 Kira Meixner Kent State 74 74 +2
− T21 Onnarin Sattayabanphot Purdue 74 74 +2
− T21 Abigale Schepperle Auburn 74 74 +2
− T21 Carina Sorensen Alabama, U. of 74 74 +2
− T21 Jennifer Tangtiphaiboontana Stanford 74 74 +2
− T21 Adriana Zwanck Arizona 74 74 +2
− T33 Sofie Andersson California 75 75 +3
− T33 Christel Boeljon Purdue 75 75 +3
− T33 Melissa Eaton Louisiana State 75 75 +3
− T33 Anna Grzebien Duke 75 75 +3
− T33 Golda Johansson Tennessee 75 75 +3
−T33 Sung Ea Lee Washington 75 75 +3
− T33 Taylor Leon Georgia 75 75 +3
− T33 Caroline Martens Louisiana State 75 75 +3
− T33 Amanda McCurdy Arkansas, U. of 75 75 +3
− T33 Kimberly Meck Louisiana State 75 75 +3
− T33 Kate Meyer Texas A&M University 75 75 +3
− T33 Violeta Retamoza Tennessee 75 75 +3
− T33 Sophia Sheridan California 75 75 +3
− T46 Mallory Blackwelder Florida 76 76 +4
− T46 Amanda Blumenherst Duke 76 76 +4
− T46 Elli Brown Nebraska, U. of 76 76 +4
− T46 Whitney Brummett Florida State Univ. 76 76 +4
− T46 Da Sol Chung UNLV 76 76 +4
− T46 Laura Crawford Wake Forest 76 76 +4
− T46 Tara Delaney Kent State 76 76 +4
− T46 Myrte Eikenaar Purdue 76 76 +4
− T46 Audrey Gale Alabama, U. of 76 76 +4
− T46 Maria Hernandez Purdue 76 76 +4
− T46 Mallory Hetzel Georgia 76 76 +4
− T46 Nannette Hill Wake Forest 76 76 +4
− T46 Lindsey Hinshaw Arkansas, U. of 76 76 +4
− T46 Hannah Jun UCLA 76 76 +4
− T46 Joanna Klatten * Georgia State Univ. 76 76 +4
− T46 Alissa Kuczka Arizona State 76 76 +4
− T46 Stacy Lewis Arkansas, U. of 76 76 +4
− T46 Carolina Llano Pepperdine 76 76 +4
− T46 Paige Mackenzie Washington 76 76 +4
− T46 Paola Moreno Southern California 76 76 +4
− T46 Kim Shin Washington 76 76 +4
− T46 Maggie Simons Wake Forest 76 76 +4
− T46 Marci Turner Tennessee 76 76 +4
− T46 Leah Wigger * Virginia 76 76 +4
− T70 Laura Goodwin Alabama, U. of 77 77 +5
− T70 Nicole Hage Auburn 77 77 +5
− T70 Kelly Husted Stanford 77 77 +5
− T70 Elizabeth Janangelo Duke 77 77 +5
− T70 Lauren Johnson Texas A&M University 77 77 +5
− T70 Karin Kinnerud Oklahoma State 77 77 +5
− T70 Alina Lee Georgia 77 77 +5
− T70 Pernilla Lindberg Oklahoma State 77 77 +5
− T70 Susie Mathews UCLA 77 77 +5
− T70 Brenda Norris Texas A&M University 77 77 +5
− T70 Jane Park UCLA 77 77 +5
− T70 Margaret Shirley Auburn 77 77 +5
− T70 Nicole Smith Tennessee 77 77 +5
− T70 Lauren Todd Stanford 77 77 +5
− T70 Becky Wood Kent State 77 77 +5
− T70 Shannon Yocum California 77 77 +5
− T86 Jackie Beers Georgia 78 78 +6
− T86 Marina Choi Pepperdine 78 78 +6
− T86 Amie Cochran UCLA 78 78 +6
− T86 Whitney Frykman Purdue 78 78 +6
− T86 Allison Goodman California 78 78 +6
− T86 Candie Herrera Oklahoma State 78 78 +6
− T86 Courtney McCracken Washington 78 78 +6
− T86 Rachel Newren * Brigham Young Univ. 78 78 +6
− T86 Amber Prange Washington 78 78 +6
− T86 Alexis Rather Louisiana State 78 78 +6
− T86 Seema Sadekar UNLV 78 78 +6
− T86 Whitney Wade Georgia 78 78 +6
− T86 Caroline Westrup Florida State Univ. 78 78 +6
− T86 Amanda Wilson Arizona 78 78 +6
− T100 Leanne Bowditch Pepperdine 79 79 +7
− T100 Jaclyn Burch Florida State Univ. 79 79 +7
− T100 Ki−Shui Liao Stanford 79 79 +7
− T100 Young Pak UNLV 79 79 +7
− T100 Danelle Perata Arizona State 79 79 +7
− T100 Christa Spedding Texas A&M University 79 79 +7
− T100 Mallorie Underwood Oklahoma State 79 79 +7
− T107 Holly Cantwell Tennessee 80 80 +8
− T107 Mari Chun Stanford 80 80 +8
− T107 Amanda Johnson Oklahoma State 80 80 +8
− T107 Elena Kurokawa UNLV 80 80 +8
− T107 Jessica Lovell Auburn 80 80 +8
− T107 Kayla Shaul Florida State Univ. 80 80 +8
− T107 Jenny Suh Alabama, U. of 80 80 +8
− T107 Mika Takayama California 80 80 +8
− 115 Sara Sackett Nebraska, U. of 81 81 +9
− T116 Devan Andersen * Texas 82 82 +10
− T116 Chrissie McArdle Nebraska, U. of 82 82 +10
− T116 Whitney Myers Florida 82 82 +10
− T116 Lauren Smith * Augusta State 82 82 +10
− T116 Grace Woo UNLV 82 82 +10
− T121 Jayvie Agojo Pepperdine 83 83 +11
− T121 Sarah Sturm Alabama, U. of 83 83 +11
− 123 Rachel Gavin Arizona 84 84 +12
− T124 Karen Delaney Kent State 85 85 +13
− T124 Kirby Dreher Kent State 85 85 +13
− 126 Allison Stewart Nebraska, U. of 87 87 +15