Ellenbogen Places Fourth at Tar Heel Invitational

Sunday, October 11

Chapel Hill, N.C.

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Day Three

Ellenbogen Places Fourth at Tar Heel Invitational

10/11/2009 8:15:00 PM | Women's Golf

By: Duke Sports Information

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Playing in only her second stroke play event of her collegiate career, Duke University freshman Courtney Ellenbogen turned in a fourth place finish at the Tar Heel Invitational on Sunday as she closed with a two-under-par, 70, at the 6,285-yard, Par 72 Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill, N.C.

A product of Blacksburg, Va., Ellenbogen posted rounds of 70, 73 and 70 over the three days for a career-best total of 213, which was three-under-par. On Sunday, she opened with three pars before suffering a bogey on the 10th hole, after kicking off her action on hole No. 7. Ellenbogen then played her final 14 holes at three-under-par with birdies on 12, 17 and 18. For the day, she hit 15 greens, 13 fairways and had 30 putts.

"I am very happy for Courtney," said Duke Head Coach Dan Brooks. "She has been working real hard making some changes [in her swing] and she saw the fruits of her labor. I am very happy for her."

Taking the individual title was Louisville's Sara-Maude Juneau (206) with Laura Kueny of Michigan State (212) and Marina Alex of Vanderbilt (212) tied for second.

As a team, Duke placed seventh with rounds of 299, 289 and 295 for a total of 883. Michigan State won the team title with a four-under-par, 860, while Auburn (872), Alabama (875), Texas A&M (880), Vanderbilt (880), Tennessee (881), Duke (883), Virginia (884), Wake Forest (885) and Louisville (887) rounded out the top 10.

"It is important that we pay attention to the positives whenever we play in a tournament," said Brooks. "There are a lot of positives in this tournament and I am excited about our next one. We are going to the NCAA Fall Preview in Wilmington the weekend after next. I think this will be a good period of work between now and then. All of us can play better and we need to get better. We need to be the ones going under par as a team -- that is going to be what it takes this year. We will get better, it is going to just take some time."

Fellow Blue Devil freshman Lindy Duncan continued her solid play as she posted an even-par, 72, on Sunday on her way to finishing tied for 11th with a 54-hole ledger of 218. Duncan, who is from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., had four birdies and four bogeys on the day, while hitting 13 greens, eight fairways and notching 31 putts.

For the second straight tournament, junior Kim Donovan turned in solid results as she carded rounds of 76, 74 and 74 for a total of 224, which was tied for 42nd. A native of Hopkinton, Mass., Donovan hit 11 fairways, 12 greens and had 32 putts in her round on Sunday as she notched one birdie on No. 17.

Coming off an even-par, 72, on Saturday, senior Alison Whitaker struggled on Sunday as she carded an 81. She concluded the tournament with a 231, which was tied for 68th. Freshman Stacey Kim also had a tough time in the final round as she fired a 79 on her way to placing tied for 75th with a 233.

Duke was only able to notch 10 birdies on Sunday. The Blue Devils will next travel to Wilmington, N.C., for the NCAA Fall Preview from Oct. 23-25.

Duke's Results

T6 4 Courtney Ellenbogen Duke 70 73 70 213 -3
T18 T11 Lindy Duncan Duke 75 71 72 218 +2
T49 T42 Kim Donovan Duke 76 74 74 224 +8
T49 T68 Alison Whitaker Duke 78 72 81 231 +15
T73 T75 Stacey Kim Duke 81 73 79 233 +17

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1 2 3 Team Scores
1 1 1 Michigan State 285 283 292 860 -4
T8 T3 2 Auburn 296 286 290 872 +8
2 2 3 Alabama, U. of 290 289 296 875 +11
T14 T10 T4 Texas A&M 304 287 289 880 +16
10 T3 T4 Vanderbilt 298 284 298 880 +16
3 T7 6 Tennessee 291 297 293 881 +17
11 T7 7 Duke 299 289 295 883 +19
4 T5 8 Virginia 292 292 300 884 +20
5 T5 9 Wake Forest 293 291 301 885 +21
T14 9 10 Louisville, Univ. of 304 285 298 887 +23
T8 13 11 North Carolina 296 296 298 890 +26
13 17 12 Denver, Univ. of 302 300 290 892 +28
7 T10 13 South Carolina 295 296 302 893 +29
6 T10 14 Florida State Univ. 294 297 307 898 +34
12 14 15 North Carolina St. 301 293 306 900 +36
17 16 16 N. Car. Wilmington 310 291 302 903 +39
16 15 17 Kent State 306 293 306 905 +41
18 18 18 East Carolina Univ. 316 311 319 946 +82

Start Finish Player Team Scores
1 1 Sara-Maude Juneau Louisville, Univ. of 70 68 68 206 -10
3 T2 Laura Kueny Michigan State 69 72 71 212 -4
2 T2 Marina Alex Vanderbilt 71 68 73 212 -4
T6 4 Courtney Ellenbogen Duke 70 73 70 213 -3
T6 5 Cydney Clanton Auburn 73 70 71 214 -2
T6 T6 Candace Schepperle Auburn 71 72 73 216 E
T16 T6 Shannon Warner Michigan State 72 73 71 216 E
T12 T6 Sarah Beth Davis Texas A&M 72 72 72 216 E
T41 T9 Kimberly Kim Denver, Univ. of 73 76 68 217 +1
T18 T9 Catherine O'Donnell North Carolina 72 74 71 217 +1
T12 T11 Natalie Sheary Wake Forest 71 73 74 218 +2
T18 T11 Lindy Duncan Duke 75 71 72 218 +2
T6 T11 Diana Cantu Tennessee 74 69 75 218 +2
T4 T11 Aimee Neff Michigan State 73 69 76 218 +2
T6 T11 Camilla Lennarth Alabama, U. of 72 71 75 218 +2
T18 T11 Carlie Yadloczky Auburn 76 70 72 218 +2
T32 T11 Julia Boland Texas A&M 76 72 70 218 +2
T4 T11 Anna Leigh Keith Vanderbilt 73 69 76 218 +2
T26 19 Jennifer Kirby Alabama, U. of 73 74 72 219 +3
T18 20 Brooke Pancake Alabama, U. of 74 72 74 220 +4
T18 T21 Macarena Silva Florida State Univ. 71 75 75 221 +5
T54 T21 Ellie Givens Denver, Univ. of 78 73 70 221 +5
T49 T21 Nathalie Mansson Tennessee 74 76 71 221 +5
T12 T21 Hannah Thomson Florida State Univ. 70 74 77 221 +5
T12 T21 Cheyenne Woods Wake Forest 72 72 77 221 +5
T41 T21 Erica Popson Tennessee 71 78 72 221 +5
T18 T21 Ginny Brown Tennessee 72 74 75 221 +5
T32 T21 Kate Thomas North Carolina 73 75 73 221 +5
T26 T21 Ashley Freeman Texas A&M 76 71 74 221 +5
T18 T21 Benedicte Toumpsin South Carolina 72 74 75 221 +5
T26 T31 Emily Street North Carolina St. 72 75 75 222 +6
T32 T31 Laura Anderson Louisville, Univ. of 76 72 74 222 +6
T32 T31 Caroline Powers Michigan State 79 69 74 222 +6
T32 T31 Michelle Shin Wake Forest 75 73 74 222 +6
T26 T31 Nicole Agnello Virginia 76 71 75 222 +6
T18 T31 Brittany Altomare Virginia 76 70 76 222 +6
T41 T31 Sofia Hagsund N. Car. Wilmington 78 71 73 222 +6
T41 T38 Brooke Baker North Carolina St. 76 73 74 223 +7
T26 T38 Lindsey Solberg Michigan State 71 76 76 223 +7
T16 T38 Meghan Chapman North Carolina St. 76 69 78 223 +7
T63 T38 Corrine Carr South Carolina 78 74 71 223 +7
T49 T42 Patty Sanz Auburn 76 74 74 224 +8
T49 T42 Kim Donovan Duke 76 74 74 224 +8
T32 T42 Dolores White Wake Forest 75 73 76 224 +8
T63 T42 Carmen Perez-Narbon N. Car. Wilmington 82 70 72 224 +8
T41 T42 Stephanie Sherlock Denver, Univ. of 76 73 75 224 +8
T32 T42 Whitney Neuhauser Virginia 73 75 76 224 +8
T6 T48 Rhea Nair Alabama, U. of 71 72 82 225 +9
T63 T48 Calle Nielson Virginia 71 81 73 225 +9
T54 T48 Shamira Marshall Kent State 78 73 74 225 +9
T41 T48 Sarah Bradley Kent State 77 72 76 225 +9
T41 52 Ashley Tait N. Car. Wilmington 75 74 77 226 +10
T63 T53 Courtney Harter Alabama, U. of 76 76 75 227 +11
T41 T53 Brooke Goodwin Vanderbilt 76 73 78 227 +11
T63 T53 Sarah Zwartynski Texas A&M 80 72 75 227 +11
T54 T53 Martina Gavier Kent State 77 74 76 227 +11
T54 T53 Jessica Negron Florida State Univ. 75 76 76 227 +11
T81 T53 Lauren Stratton Vanderbilt 81 75 71 227 +11
T26 T53 Amanda Strang South Carolina 74 73 80 227 +11
T32 T53 Meredith Swanson South Carolina 73 75 79 227 +11
T63 T61 Courtney Gunter North Carolina 73 79 76 228 +12
T32 T61 Lauren Greenlief Virginia 72 76 80 228 +12
T54 T61 Katie Burnett South Carolina 76 75 77 228 +12
T63 T64 Daphne Parker Louisville, Univ. of 80 72 78 230 +14
T54 T64 Lacey Agnew Florida State Univ. 79 72 79 230 +14
T63 T64 Sarah Thead North Carolina 78 74 78 230 +14
T84 T64 Chloe Garner Texas A&M 81 76 73 230 +14
T73 T68 Sue Kim Denver, Univ. of 76 78 77 231 +15
T49 T68 Alison Whitaker Duke 78 72 81 231 +15
T63 T68 Megan Grehan Vanderbilt 78 74 79 231 +15
T54 T68 Mercedes Germino Kent State 74 77 80 231 +15
T49 T68 Haley Wilson Auburn 76 74 81 231 +15
T54 T73 Anna-Karin Ljungstrom Louisville, Univ. of 78 73 81 232 +16
T63 T73 Cristina Manrique N. Car. Wilmington 76 76 80 232 +16
T75 T75 Sarah Faller Denver, Univ. of 77 78 78 233 +17
T73 T75 Stacey Kim Duke 81 73 79 233 +17
T75 T77 Allie Bodemann Wake Forest 77 78 79 234 +18
T75 T77 Amber Littman East Carolina Univ. 80 75 79 234 +18
T75 T77 Julie Saleeby North Carolina St. 79 76 79 234 +18
T81 T77 Abby Bools East Carolina Univ. 74 82 78 234 +18
T81 T77 Joanna Saleeby * North Carolina St. 79 77 78 234 +18
T75 T82 Kathleen Strandberg North Carolina St. 77 78 80 235 +19
88 T82 Ana Maria Puche East Carolina Univ. 81 78 76 235 +19
T54 T84 Jordan Allyne North Carolina 78 73 85 236 +20
T86 T84 Sara Monberg Tennessee 79 79 78 236 +20
T84 T86 Mandi Morrow Kent State 83 74 80 237 +21
T75 T86 Mary Beth Ramsay Florida State Univ. 78 77 82 237 +21
T89 88 Candice Wiley Louisville, Univ. of 81 79 78 238 +22
T89 89 Michelle Ahn * North Carolina 82 78 82 242 +26
T86 90 Margaret Pentrack * North Carolina 79 79 86 244 +28
T92 91 Alei Mitchell N. Car. Wilmington 81 83 81 245 +29
91 92 Colleen Estes East Carolina Univ. 86 76 86 248 +32
T92 93 Meghan Moore East Carolina Univ. 81 83 88 252 +36