Duke Finishes Sixth At Mason Rudolph Collegiate Championship

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Duke Finishes Sixth At Mason Rudolph Collegiate Championship

9/28/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf

By: Duke Sports Information

FRANKLIN, TENN. ? Coming off a one-under-par, 287, on Saturday at the Mason Rudolph Collegiate Championship, the Duke women's golf team looked to have a strong third day in Sunday's final round, but the Blue Devils struggled with a 303 to finish sixth at the Legends Club North Course in Franklin, Tenn.

Taking home the tournament crown was UCLA with a 54-hole total of 850, while Southern California (856), Oklahoma State (863), Oklahoma State (863), Vanderbilt (868), Arizona State (873), Duke (882), Alabama (883), Purdue (890), Auburn (891) and Florida 894) rounded out the top 10. As a team, Duke compiled rounds of 292, 287 and 303 to finish with an 882.

“I said to the team -- everybody kept working hard, we are doing some things with some games and we are going to keep on getting better and better,” said Duke Head Coach Dan Brooks. “That is the way we focus. That is the way we stay focused on at all times -- all the way until the very end of the season. We take this in stride. Nothing stops -- you keep on moving and you keep on improving.”

On Sunday, no Blue Devil shot under par as senior Jennie Lee totaled a team-best two-over-par, 74, and fellow senior Amanda Blumenherst added in a three-over-par, 75. As a team, Duke collected 17 birdies in round one, 11 on day two and only seven in the final round. The Blue Devils were also playing without freshman Mina Harigae, who has a wrist injury.

Lee, who is from Henderson, Nev., opened her day with a bogey on No. 1 but came back to birdie two out of the next six holes to move to one-under-par. She remained one-under until the 17th hole when she notched a triple-bogey and Lee finished with a par on 18. Lee finished tied for 10th overall with a 214.

A product of Scottsdale, Ariz., Blumenherst also concluded the tournament tied for 10th with a 214. She finished the weekend with a 75, after opening with a rough start on Sunday. Blumenherst went bogey, par, par and double-bogey over her first four holes. She closed with an even-par score over her final 14 holes with two bogeys and two birdies.

Junior Alison Whitaker had a solid start with a one-over-par, 37, on the front nine before finishing with a wild back nine. She holed in from 111 yards with a nine iron on No. 10, but then had two double-bogeys, three bogeys, one birdie and two pars to finish with a 77. Overall, she finished tied for 53rd with a 54-hole total of 228.

“It was into the wind and uphill so I hit a nine iron,” said Whitaker on her eagle from the fairway. “I couldn't hit it better and it went in.”

Both Kim Donovan and Yu Young Lee closed with a 77 on the final day and each finished tied for 60th with a 230.

Duke will next travel to the Stanford Pepsi Intercollegiate in Palo Alto, Calif., from Oct. 17-19.

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1 2 3 Team Scores
2 1 1 UCLA 287 277 286 850 -14
3 4 2 Southern California 288 285 283 856 -8
1 2 3 Oklahoma State 286 282 295 863 -1
5 3 4 Vanderbilt 291 281 296 868 +4
4 6 5 Arizona State 289 291 293 873 +9
T6 5 6 Duke 292 287 303 882 +18
T9 8 7 Alabama, U. of 298 292 293 883 +19
13 9 8 Purdue 302 294 294 890 +26
T9 14 9 Auburn 298 306 287 891 +27
T6 7 10 Florida, U of 292 296 306 894 +30
8 13 11 Arizona 297 306 293 896 +32
T9 10 12 Arkansas, U. of 298 299 300 897 +33
15 11 13 UT Chattanooga 308 292 302 902 +38
12 12 14 Wake Forest 300 301 302 903 +39
17 16 15 Stanford 313 297 297 907 +43
14 15 16 Tennessee 307 299 305 911 +47
16 17 17 UCF 309 304 301 914 +50

Start Finish Player Team Scores
3 1 Sydnee Michaels UCLA 68 70 67 205 -11
2 2 Candace Schepperle Auburn 67 70 72 209 -7
9 T3 Stefanie Endstrasser Southern California 71 70 69 210 -6
T4 T3 Jennifer Song Southern California 71 68 71 210 -6
T4 T3 Pernilla Lindberg Oklahoma State 71 68 71 210 -6
T10 6 Marina Alex Vanderbilt 69 73 70 212 -4
T17 T7 Kathleen Ekey Alabama, U. of 72 72 69 213 -3
T17 T7 Anna Nordqvist Arizona State 73 71 69 213 -3
1 T7 Megan Grehan Vanderbilt 71 65 77 213 -3
T17 T10 Lizette Salas Southern California 71 73 70 214 -2
T7 T10 Jennie Lee Duke 73 67 74 214 -2
T4 T10 Amanda Blumenherst Duke 67 72 75 214 -2
T13 T10 Glory Yang UCLA 74 69 71 214 -2
T10 14 Tiffany Joh UCLA 75 67 73 215 -1
T10 15 Maria Hernandez Purdue 72 70 74 216 E
T21 16 Azahara Munoz Arizona State 72 73 72 217 +1
T29 T17 Maude-Aimee LeBlanc Purdue 73 74 71 218 +2
T25 T17 Caroline Masson Oklahoma State 71 75 72 218 +2
T13 T17 Maria Jose Uribe UCLA 74 69 75 218 +2
T13 20 Stephanie Kono UCLA 71 72 76 219 +3
T25 T21 Juliana Murcia Arizona State 72 74 74 220 +4
T21 T21 Caroline Hedwall Oklahoma State 73 72 75 220 +4
T25 T23 Evan Jensen Florida, U of 73 73 75 221 +5
T31 T23 Lucy Nunn Arkansas, U. of 73 75 73 221 +5
T17 T23 Camilla Lennarth Alabama, U. of 74 70 77 221 +5
T52 T23 Brittany Benvenuto Arizona 75 77 69 221 +5
T48 T23 Cydney Clanton Auburn 72 79 70 221 +5
T21 T23 Diana Cantu Tennessee 74 71 76 221 +5
T7 T23 Karin Kinnerud Oklahoma State 71 69 81 221 +5
T31 T23 Sydney Burlison Stanford 77 71 73 221 +5
T36 T31 Brooke Pancake Alabama, U. of 74 75 73 222 +6
T31 T31 Junthima Gulyanamitta Purdue 75 73 74 222 +6
T29 T31 Natalie Sheary Wake Forest 71 76 75 222 +6
T36 T31 Belen Mozo Southern California 75 74 73 222 +6
T36 T35 Jean Chua Wake Forest 77 72 74 223 +7
T13 T35 Jessica Yadloczky Florida, U of 71 72 80 223 +7
T42 T35 Emma de Groot UT Chattanooga 76 74 73 223 +7
T21 T35 Jennifer Osborn Arizona State 72 73 78 223 +7
T25 T39 Alex Schulte Arkansas, U. of 69 77 78 224 +8
T48 T39 Alejandra Llaneza Arizona 74 77 73 224 +8
T36 T39 Brooke Goodwin Vanderbilt 79 70 75 224 +8
T31 T39 Andrea Messer Vanderbilt 74 74 76 224 +8
T52 T39 Lila Barton Stanford 76 76 72 224 +8
T52 T39 Marika Lendl UCF 82 70 72 224 +8
T42 T45 Maria Salinas UT Chattanooga 78 72 75 225 +9
T31 T45 Amanda Wilson Arizona 71 77 77 225 +9
T42 T45 Jacqui Concolino Vanderbilt 77 73 75 225 +9
T42 T48 Hannah Yun Florida, U of 75 75 76 226 +10
T36 T48 Jaclyn Sweeney Oklahoma State 76 73 77 226 +10
T68 T50 Kelli Shean Arkansas, U. of 79 76 72 227 +11
T56 T50 Nannette Hill Wake Forest 77 76 74 227 +11
T42 T50 Nathalie Mansson Tennessee 74 76 77 227 +11
T36 T53 Brittany Nelson Florida, U of 73 76 79 228 +12
T62 T53 Margarita Ramos Arizona 77 77 74 228 +12
T48 T53 Alison Whitaker Duke 78 73 77 228 +12
T72 T56 Ginny Brown Tennessee 81 76 72 229 +13
T72 T56 Patricia Sanz Auburn 78 79 72 229 +13
T70 T56 Mari Chun Stanford 80 76 73 229 +13
T56 T56 Stephanie Connelly UCF 76 77 76 229 +13
T62 T60 Andrea Watts Florida, U of 78 76 76 230 +14
T56 T60 Kristin Ingram Arkansas, U. of 78 75 77 230 +14
T56 T60 Yu Young Lee Duke 74 79 77 230 +14
T56 T60 Kimberly Donovan Duke 78 75 77 230 +14
T72 T64 Helena Blomberg Alabama, U. of 78 79 74 231 +15
T70 T64 Christine Wolf UT Chattanooga 78 78 75 231 +15
T62 T64 Courtney Harter Alabama, U. of 79 75 77 231 +15
T42 T64 Kayla Stewart UT Chattanooga 76 74 81 231 +15
T68 T68 Nikki Koller Arizona 80 75 77 232 +16
T72 T68 Mayule Tomimbang UCF 79 78 75 232 +16
T62 T70 Maria Juliana Loza UT Chattanooga 82 72 79 233 +17
T48 T70 Katy Nugent Arkansas, U. of 78 73 82 233 +17
T56 T70 Jessy Tang UCF 74 79 80 233 +17
T62 T70 Rebecca Durham Stanford 80 74 79 233 +17
T83 T74 Sarah Thead Auburn 82 79 73 234 +18
T62 T74 Lauren Spurlock Tennessee 78 76 80 234 +18
T52 76 Cheyenne Woods Wake Forest 75 77 83 235 +19
T83 77 Camie Mess Purdue 82 79 75 236 +20
78 T78 Allie Bodemann Wake Forest 77 81 79 237 +21
T79 T78 Victoria Tomko UCF 80 79 78 237 +21
T72 T78 Madison Overbey * Auburn 83 74 80 237 +21
T81 T81 Lauree Southerden Purdue 83 77 78 238 +22
T79 T81 Mariana Macias Auburn 81 78 79 238 +22
T72 T83 Victoria Alimonda Southern California 76 81 84 241 +25
T83 T83 Lauren Uzelatz * Florida, U of 85 76 80 241 +25
T83 T85 Liisa Kelo Arizona State 81 80 82 243 +27
T81 T85 Rebecca Watson * Tennessee 81 79 83 243 +27
T88 T87 Ki-Shui Liao Stanford 80 89 83 252 +36
87 T87 Shelcie Takenouchi * Southern California 86 79 87 252 +36
T88 89 Christine Brown * Vanderbilt 87 82 86 255 +39
90 90 Emily Sills Tennessee 83 91 85 259 +43