Duke Jumps To Second At NCAA Women?s Golf Championship

Wednesday, May 24

Columbus, Ohio (Scarlet Course at Ohio State)

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Duke University

Day Two

Duke Jumps To Second At NCAA Women?s Golf Championship

5/24/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf

By: Duke Sports Information

COLUMBUS, OHIO- After carding a team-best round of 292 on Wednesday under favorable weather conditions, the Duke women's golf team moved up three spots to second with 36-holes remaining at the 2006 NCAA Championship, which is being held at the 6,203-yard, par 72 Ohio State Golf Club - Scarlet Course in Columbus, Ohio.

Taking over the top slot at the championship was Arizona State, who turned in a round of 294 on the second day and sits with a 36-hole total of 586, which is 10-over-par. Top-ranked Duke owns a ledger of 589 and is only three shots out of first place with two days remaining. Rounding out the top-10 is day one leader Southern California (591), Tennessee (593), Purdue (596), Pepperdine (596), Auburn (599), Florida (600), Louisiana State (605) and California (606).

"It was not like we didn't show up yesterday," said Duke Head Coach Dan Brooks. "I think we had a learning day yesterday and we learned something today too. We learned a lot yesterday. There are some greens that are getting a little bit firmer and are starting to behave a little bit more like you expect greens to behave with a new course being built. They were still soft from the rain you guys have had up here. They are finally getting firmer but we are a little bit more on top of that."

Duke began the day on the 10th tee box and the first two Blue Devils -- Liz Janangelo and Amanda Blumenherst -- heated up early. Janangelo, a product of West Hartford, Conn., was coming off a five-over-par total of 77 on day one, but came out and had three straight pars before birding No. 13 and No. 14 to go to two-under-par. She would go on to bogey the next hole before sinking a 30-foot putt to go back to two-under-par on the 323-yard, par four 16th hole. The lone senior on the roster made the turn at one-under-par after suffering a bogey on No. 18 and went on to play her final nine holes at even par. She concluded the day with a 71 and is tied for 15th in the individual competition with a ledger of 148.

"It [opening with two early birdies] helped out a lot, especially after yesterday," said Janangelo. "The team and I last night went over our targets. I just decided that I needed to reevaluate some of my decisions. Be more conservative in some places and less conservative in others and really go for it. With their help it really made a difference in choosing club selection. I really just drove it in the fairway more. I only hit one fairway yesterday so it was nice to have approach shots and have a nice chance of hitting the green instead of kind of making up a shot. That was a nice change."

After shooting the second worst round of her collegiate career on Tuesday, Blumenherst birdied the first two par fives -- No. 12 and No. 14 -- and was two-under-par through six holes before posting bogies on the No. 16 and No. 17. She would make the turn at even par and remained that way until the final three holes. Currently the top-ranked golfer in the nation, Blumenherst suffered bogies on the seventh and ninth holes to finish with a 74. The native of Scottsdale, Ariz. is tied for 29th with a 150.

Playing the best golf after two days of action for the Blue Devils has been freshman Jennie Lee, who is tied for fifth overall after collecting rounds of 73, 72 for a 145, which is one-over-par. Her even-par 72 on Wednesday marked only the second even or under par ledger over her last five tournaments. Lee, who is from Huntington Beach, Fla., had a very solid day on the course making the turn at even with one birdie on No. 16 and a bogey on No. 18, while closing with seven pars, a bogey on No. 3 and a birdie on No. 4. A day after turning in bogeys on three of the four par threes, Lee played all four of them at even par on Wednesday.

"I hit the ball pretty well today," said Lee. "I struggled with my iron shots kind of the whole year, but I went home before the tournament and got some lessons. I hit some really good bunker shots today and made some saves so that helped make some pars. Overall, I had a good round today. It is a really hard course out there, especially when you don't hit the greens. The greens are pretty sloppy out there to. I think overall I just did everything pretty well."

Posting her second straight round of 75 on day two was junior Anna Grzebien, who sits tied for 29th with a 150. The reigning NCAA Individual Champion and product of Narragansett, R.I., opened her first hole with a perfect shot out of the rough which ended up five feet from the cup and went on to make a birdie. Grzebien had bogies on the next two holes but came back with a par on No. 13 and birdied the 466-yard, par five 14th hole to move back to even par. She concluded the first nine with bogies on the 16th and 18th holes to make the turn at two-over-par. On the back nine, Grzebien registered eight pars and had one bogey on the 153-yard, par three fifth hole to finish with at three-over-par, 75.

After carding a one-over-par yesterday and being ranked tied for 10th, sophomore Jennifer Pandolfi responded with a 77 on the second day and is tied for 29th with a 36-hole ledger of 150. The 5-10 product of Navarre, Fla., had five bogies and 13 pars on the day.

Continuing to lead the individual action is Pepperdine's Eileen Vargas, who owns a five-under-par, 139. On Wednesday, Vargas totaled a 71 after shooting four-under-par on the first day of play. Arizona State's Jennifer Osborn is second (143), while Florida's Tiffany Chudy and Tennessee's Violeta Retamoza are tied for third (144).

"We are talking about being smart here [on the Scarlet Course]," said Brooks. "I think that is what [Jack] Nicklaus demands on his course. There are places to be on this course where if you play just percentage golf in terms of where you want to leave the ball and that kind of thing. You just have to think."

Duke will tee off on Thursday in the final grouping, which begins at 1:20 p.m. along with Southern California and Arizona State.

Duke Notes:

* Duke totaled 11 birdies on day two after collecting 13 on Tuesday.

* The Blue Devils played the par five holes at four-under-par and are five-under-par through two days.

* Duke is 11-over-par on holes No. 16, 17 and 18 and 13-over-par for the tournament.

* Liz Janangelo is tied for third in the tournament with seven birdies.

* Freshman Jennie Lee owns a 3.95 par four scoring average which is tied for second best.

* Liz Janangelo owns the tied for second-best par five scoring average of 4.50.

Other Duke Quotes

Head Coach Dan Brooks

On the wind:
"It [yesterday's round] was about like this. It wasn't real windy, but there was definitely a wind-- anywhere from a half club to a club wind. It seems like it was pretty consistent today as opposed to yesterday. It seemed like it was changing direction a lot. That made it easier. On the par threes, it seemed like we were between clubs and today we were more able to pull out a particular club and that helps a lot to."

"I have some smart players on the team and they had some nice discussions I thought at dinner and riding over on the van. I think they brought up some things about the golf course to each other. That is another nice thing about having a united team that we have. They want to share information and help each other. They are very willing to get ideas out there that might help their team. That sharing helped out a lot and made us smarter today."

"We showed up on Saturday. This team has been here and we have been paying attention to this golf course and learning as we go. I think to shoot nine-over-par on that first day on this golf course-- that wasn't bad. We had a nice discussion afterwards and I have noticed that this team picks up a lot when they play a round of golf. They learn as they go. We are a team that can go for it but I think they have been playing relative conservative golf and I think that is how we want to get into this thing to begin with. You have some deep rough, deep bunkers and a golf course that you don't know that has been redesigned by a good designer. I think we have attacked about as much as you want to attack and we have played smart like we should."

On bad weather possibility:
"Yea, and we are kind of ready for that. Down at Auburn a couple years ago we had that delay and I will probably mention that a little bit. Anything can happen and you have to be ready. You are going off late and you then you might even be delayed on top of that. If you are sort of aware that it could happen I think you will be able to handle it."

Senior Liz Janangelo

On the 30-foot putt for birdie on the 16th:

"Well, it is always good to make a long one. I was just excited to see it roll in. I was just trying to lag it up there close. It really gave me a lot of momentum, especially coming off a bogey on the hole before.'

Freshman Jennie Lee

On having two good rounds, has that increased your confidence:

"I struggled a lot this past year with adjusting to college. I struggled with golf but I think especially having these two good rounds in a row it helps give me a lot of confidence going into the next two days."

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rank team scores
1 Arizona State 292 294 586 +10
2 Duke 297 292 589 +13
3 Southern California 291 300 591 +15
4 Tennessee 303 290 593 +17
T5 Purdue 301 295 596 +20
T5 Pepperdine 301 295 596 +20
7 Auburn 301 298 599 +23
8 Florida 293 307 600 +24
9 Louisiana State 298 307 605 +29
10 California 305 301 606 +30
11 UCLA 301 306 607 +31
T12 Texas A&M University 302 306 608 +32
T12 Stanford 307 301 608 +32
T14 Wake Forest 297 312 609 +33
T14 Washington 305 304 609 +33
T16 Oklahoma State 311 299 610 +34
T16 Florida State Univ. 305 305 610 +34
18 Georgia 306 305 611 +35
19 Arkansas, U. of 299 313 612 +36
20 UNLV 313 301 614 +38
21 Arizona 296 319 615 +39
22 Nebraska, U. of 311 305 616 +40
23 Kent State 312 307 619 +43
24 Alabama, U. of 307 317 624 +48

start finish player school scores
1 1 Eileen Vargas Pepperdine 68 71 139 −5
3 2 Jennifer Osborn Arizona State 70 73 143 −1
2 T3 Tiffany Chudy Florida 69 75 144 E
T33 T3 Violeta Retamoza Tennessee 75 69 144 E
T10 T5 Jennie Lee Duke 73 72 145 +1
T21 T5 Onnarin Sattayabanphot Purdue 74 71 145 +1
T21 T5 Abigale Schepperle Auburn 74 71 145 +1
T21 T5 Jennifer Tangtiphaiboontana Stanford 74 71 145 +1
T10 T5 Tiffany Tavee Arizona State 73 72 145 +1
T10 T10 Irene Cho Southern California 73 73 146 +2
T21 T10 Sandra Gal Florida 74 72 146 +2
T10 T12 Azahara Munoz Arizona State 73 74 147 +3
T10 T12 Dewi Schreefel Southern California 73 74 147 +3
T70 T12 Nicole Smith Tennessee 77 70 147 +3
T46 T15 Da Sol Chung UNLV 76 72 148 +4
T46 T15 Maria Hernandez Purdue 76 72 148 +4
T70 T15 Elizabeth Janangelo Duke 77 71 148 +4
T33 T15 Golda Johansson Tennessee 75 73 148 +4
T4 T15 Catalina Marin Southern California 71 77 148 +4
T21 T15 Kira Meixner Kent State 74 74 148 +4
T7 T15 Stephanie Ruiz Nebraska, U. of 72 76 148 +4
T33 T22 Sofie Andersson California 75 74 149 +5
T86 T22 Amie Cochran UCLA 78 71 149 +5
T4 T22 Tiffany Joh UCLA 71 78 149 +5
T70 T22 Karin Kinnerud Oklahoma State 77 72 149 +5
T10 T22 Rebecca Kuhn Louisiana State 73 76 149 +5
T46 T22 Paige Mackenzie Washington 76 73 149 +5
T10 T22 Maria Martinez Auburn 73 76 149 +5
T21 T29 Julia Best * Texas 74 76 150 +6
T46 T29 Amanda Blumenherst Duke 76 74 150 +6
T46 T29 Elli Brown Nebraska, U. of 76 74 150 +6
T33 T29 Anna Grzebien Duke 75 75 150 +6
T33 T29 Sung Ea Lee Washington 75 75 150 +6
T33 T29 Taylor Leon Georgia 75 75 150 +6
T33 T29 Kimberly Meck Louisiana State 75 75 150 +6
T10 T29 Jennifer Pandolfi Duke 73 77 150 +6
T70 T29 Margaret Shirley Auburn 77 73 150 +6
T46 T29 Leah Wigger * Virginia 76 74 150 +6
T33 T39 Christel Boeljon Purdue 75 76 151 +7
T7 T39 Mandy Goins Wake Forest 72 79 151 +7
T46 T39 Joanna Klatten * Georgia State Univ. 76 75 151 +7
T10 T39 Ashley Knoll Texas A&M University 73 78 151 +7
T46 T39 Alissa Kuczka Arizona State 76 75 151 +7
T7 T39 Caroline Larsson Florida State Univ. 72 79 151 +7
T46 T39 Carolina Llano Pepperdine 76 75 151 +7
T21 T39 Ashley Medders Arkansas, U. of 74 77 151 +7
T70 T39 Brenda Norris Texas A&M University 77 74 151 +7
T33 T39 Sophia Sheridan California 75 76 151 +7
T86 T49 Marina Choi Pepperdine 78 74 152 +8
T10 T49 Jean Chua Wake Forest 73 79 152 +8
T46 T49 Tara Delaney Kent State 76 76 152 +8
T21 T49 Veronica Felibert Southern California 74 78 152 +8
T46 T49 Nannette Hill Wake Forest 76 76 152 +8
T10 T49 Cassandra Kirkland Arizona 73 79 152 +8
T70 T49 Alina Lee Georgia 77 75 152 +8
T46 T49 Stacy Lewis Arkansas, U. of 76 76 152 +8
T33 T49 Amanda McCurdy Arkansas, U. of 75 77 152 +8
T46 T49 Paola Moreno Southern California 76 76 152 +8
T86 T49 Seema Sadekar UNLV 78 74 152 +8
T86 T49 Caroline Westrup Florida State Univ. 78 74 152 +8
T21 T49 Adriana Zwanck Arizona 74 78 152 +8
T46 T62 Whitney Brummett Florida State Univ. 76 77 153 +9
T107 T62 Mari Chun Stanford 80 73 153 +9
T33 T62 Melissa Eaton Louisiana State 75 78 153 +9
T46 T62 Mallory Hetzel Georgia 76 77 153 +9
T70 T62 Lauren Johnson Texas A&M University 77 76 153 +9
T70 T62 Pernilla Lindberg Oklahoma State 77 76 153 +9
T33 T62 Caroline Martens Louisiana State 75 78 153 +9
T33 T62 Kate Meyer Texas A&M University 75 78 153 +9
T86 T62 Rachel Newren * Brigham Young Univ. 78 75 153 +9
T4 T62 Sommer Scholl Arizona 71 82 153 +9
T100 T62 Mallorie Underwood Oklahoma State 79 74 153 +9
T100 T73 Leanne Bowditch Pepperdine 79 75 154 +10
T46 T73 Laura Crawford Wake Forest 76 78 154 +10
T46 T73 Myrte Eikenaar Purdue 76 78 154 +10
T86 T73 Whitney Frykman Purdue 78 76 154 +10
T21 T73 Ornella Jouven Florida 74 80 154 +10
T46 T73 Hannah Jun UCLA 76 78 154 +10
T86 T73 Amber Prange Washington 78 76 154 +10
T21 T73 Carina Sorensen Alabama, U. of 74 80 154 +10
T107 T73 Jenny Suh Alabama, U. of 80 74 154 +10
T107 T73 Mika Takayama California 80 74 154 +10
T46 T73 Marci Turner Tennessee 76 78 154 +10
T70 T73 Shannon Yocum California 77 77 154 +10
T86 T85 Candie Herrera Oklahoma State 78 77 155 +11
T107 T85 Kayla Shaul Florida State Univ. 80 75 155 +11
T70 T85 Lauren Todd Stanford 77 78 155 +11
NCAA Division I Women's Championship 2
T46 T88 Mallory Blackwelder Florida 76 80 156 +12
T70 T88 Kelly Husted Stanford 77 79 156 +12
T70 T88 Jane Park UCLA 77 79 156 +12
T46 T88 Maggie Simons Wake Forest 76 80 156 +12
T86 T88 Whitney Wade Georgia 78 78 156 +12
T70 T88 Becky Wood Kent State 77 79 156 +12
T70 T94 Laura Goodwin Alabama, U. of 77 80 157 +13
T21 T94 Courtney Mahon Arkansas, U. of 74 83 157 +13
T70 T94 Susie Mathews UCLA 77 80 157 +13
T86 T97 Jackie Beers Georgia 78 80 158 +14
T107 T97 Holly Cantwell Tennessee 80 78 158 +14
T86 T97 Allison Goodman California 78 80 158 +14
T107 T97 Jessica Lovell Auburn 80 78 158 +14
T86 T97 Courtney McCracken Washington 78 80 158 +14
T100 T97 Young Pak UNLV 79 79 158 +14
115 T97 Sara Sackett Nebraska, U. of 81 77 158 +14
T100 T97 Christa Spedding Texas A&M University 79 79 158 +14
T116 T97 Grace Woo UNLV 82 76 158 +14
T70 T106 Nicole Hage Auburn 77 82 159 +15
T46 T106 Lindsey Hinshaw Arkansas, U. of 76 83 159 +15
T107 T106 Elena Kurokawa UNLV 80 79 159 +15
T86 T106 Alexis Rather Louisiana State 78 81 159 +15
T100 T110 Ki−Shui Liao Stanford 79 81 160 +16
T116 T110 Chrissie McArdle Nebraska, U. of 82 78 160 +16
T46 T110 Kim Shin Washington 76 84 160 +16
T121 T113 Jayvie Agojo Pepperdine 83 78 161 +17
T107 T113 Amanda Johnson Oklahoma State 80 81 161 +17
T100 T115 Danelle Perata Arizona State 79 83 162 +18
T86 T115 Amanda Wilson Arizona 78 84 162 +18
T100 T117 Jaclyn Burch Florida State Univ. 79 84 163 +19
T124 T117 Kirby Dreher Kent State 85 78 163 +19
T46 T117 Audrey Gale Alabama, U. of 76 87 163 +19
123 120 Rachel Gavin Arizona 84 80 164 +20
T116 T121 Devan Andersen * Texas 82 83 165 +21
T116 T121 Whitney Myers Florida 82 83 165 +21
T124 T123 Karen Delaney Kent State 85 81 166 +22
T121 T123 Sarah Sturm Alabama, U. of 83 83 166 +22
T116 125 Lauren Smith * Augusta State 82 86 168 +24
126 126 Allison Stewart Nebraska, U. of 87 88 175 +31