Whitaker Opens Wildcat Invite in Second; Duke Fifth

Monday, February 22

Tucson, Ariz.

All Day

Duke University

Day One

Whitaker Opens Wildcat Invite in Second; Duke Fifth

2/22/2010 9:00:00 PM | Women's Golf

By: Duke Sports Information

TUCSON, Ariz. - Duke University senior Alison Whitaker registered a two-under-par, 69, on Monday and sits in second place, individually, at the Wildcat Invitational, which is being played at the 6,146-yard, Par 71 Arizona National Golf Club.

Whitaker, who is a native of Melbourne, Australia, is one shot off leader Taylore Karle of Pepperdine (68). The tournament was cut down to 18 holes on Monday and Tuesday due to inclement weather. The teams were originally scheduled to play 36 holes on Monday.

"Alison has a fantastic attitude and that is what you are seeing there," said Duke Head Coach Dan Brooks. "When you play well in rough weather, it is all about attitude. I am not surprised that she is the one who pulled it out when the weather gets rough."

After opening her round on hole six, Whitaker registered two pars and then notched birdies on consecutive birdies on holes eight and nine. Over the next nine holes, she had one birdie on No. 16, two bogies and six pars before closing her round with a one-under-par ledger during the final five holes. On the day, she hit 16 greens, 10 fairways and had 32 putts.

As a team, Duke is fifth after 18 holes with a score of 296. The Blue Devils netted a total of 12 birdies on the day. Arizona State leads with a 290, while Stanford (293), Arizona (294), Pepperdine (295), Duke (296), New Mexico (301), California (302), Denver (304), Oklahoma State (304) and Tennessee (307) rounded out the top 10.

"I thought we dealt [with the bad weather] with it ok," said Brooks. "A 69 for Whitaker and anytime you have Lindy Duncan, who had a rough round -- it is very unlikely for her to do that twice. She is a tough player and she would have gotten it together in the second round, but we didn't get to find that out [today]. I felt like everyone was geared up and ready to play. We are ok after the first round."

Freshman Courtney Ellenbogen finished the day with a 74, which included 16 pars, one bogey and a double-bogey on her final hole. She enters the final round tied for 13th overall. Kim Donovan (76), Duncan (77) and Stacey Kim (77) rounded out the Blue Devils in action on day one.

The second and final round will take place on Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. (ET), with a shotgun start.

Duke Results
2 Alison Whitaker Duke 69 -2
T13 Courtney Ellenbogen Duke 74 +3
T33 Kim Donovan Duke 76 +5
T38 Lindy Duncan Duke 77 +6
T38 Stacey Kim Duke 77 +6

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1 Team Scores
1 Arizona State 290 +6
2 Stanford 293 +9
3 Arizona 294 +10
4 Pepperdine 295 +11
5 Duke 296 +12
6 New Mexico 301 +17
7 California 302 +18
T8 Denver, Univ. of 304 +20
T8 Oklahoma State 304 +20
10 Tennessee 307 +23
11 Auburn 308 +24
T12 Southern California 309 +25
T12 Oregon, U. of 309 +25
14 Tulane University 312 +28
15 UNLV 314 +30
16 Washington 315 +31

Start Finish Player Team Scores
- 1 Taylore Karle Pepperdine 68 -3
- 2 Alison Whitaker Duke 69 -2
- 3 Caroline Hedwall Oklahoma State 70 -1
- T4 Carlota Ciganda Arizona State 71 E
- T4 Sally Watson Stanford 71 E
- T6 Kristina Wong Stanford 72 +1
- T6 Jodi Ewart New Mexico 72 +1
- T6 Isabelle Boineau Arizona 72 +1
- T6 Jaclyn Sweeney Arizona State 72 +1
- T10 Margarita Ramos Arizona 73 +2
- T10 Jennifer Johnson Arizona State 73 +2
- T10 Ellie Givens Denver, Univ. of 73 +2
- T13 Rebecca Durham Stanford 74 +3
- T13 Juliana Murcia Arizona State 74 +3
- T13 Jennifer Song Southern California 74 +3
- T13 Cydney Clanton Auburn 74 +3
- T13 Alejandra Llaneza Arizona 74 +3
- T13 Courtney Ellenbogen Duke 74 +3
- T13 Emily Childs California 74 +3
- T13 Joanne Lee California 74 +3
- T13 Sara Monberg Tennessee 74 +3
- T22 Nathalie Mansson Tennessee 75 +4
- T22 Victoria Park Oklahoma State 75 +4
- T22 Rebecca Hellbom New Mexico 75 +4
- T22 Nikki Koller Arizona 75 +4
- T22 Sydney Burlison * Stanford 75 +4
- T22 Danielle Kang Pepperdine 75 +4
- T22 Carlie Yadloczky * Auburn 75 +4
- T22 Kate Hildahl Oregon, U. of 75 +4
- T22 Kendra Little Oregon, U. of 75 +4
- T22 Patty Sanz Auburn 75 +4
- T22 Kaitlin Drolson Pepperdine 75 +4
- T33 Therese Koelbaek UNLV 76 +5
- T33 Angela King Stanford 76 +5
- T33 Kim Donovan Duke 76 +5
- T33 Kelly Drack Denver, Univ. of 76 +5
- T33 Beth Buchner New Mexico 76 +5
- T38 Pia Halbig California 77 +6
- T38 Diana Cantu Tennessee 77 +6
- T38 Lindy Duncan Duke 77 +6
- T38 Stacey Kim Duke 77 +6
- T38 Kimberly Kim Denver, Univ. of 77 +6
- T38 Daniela Holmqvist California 77 +6
- T38 Belen Mozo Southern California 77 +6
- T38 Lisa McCloskey Pepperdine 77 +6
- T38 Samantha Troyanovich Tulane University 77 +6
- T47 Janine Fellows Tulane University 78 +7
- T47 Stephanie Sherlock Denver, Univ. of 78 +7
- T47 Natasha Krishna UNLV 78 +7
- T47 Britney Choy New Mexico 78 +7
- T47 Lila Barton Stanford 78 +7
- T47 Ashley Edwards Oregon, U. of 78 +7
- T47 Maribel Lopez Porras Tulane University 78 +7
- T47 Sadena Parks Washington 78 +7
- T47 Courtney McKim Oklahoma State 78 +7
- T47 Karinn Dickinson Washington 78 +7
- T57 Darcie Richmond Washington 79 +8
- T57 Sherlyn Popelka Arizona 79 +8
- T57 Haley Wilson Auburn 79 +8
- T57 Inah Park Southern California 79 +8
- T57 Larissa Eruera * Arizona State 79 +8
- T57 Brittany Benvenuto * Arizona 79 +8
- T57 Caroline Kim Southern California 79 +8
- T57 Lizette Salas Southern California 79 +8
- T57 Ashley McKenney Tulane University 79 +8
- T57 Sarah Faller Denver, Univ. of 79 +8
- T57 Martine de Gannes Pepperdine 79 +8
- T68 Kristen Schelling UNLV 80 +9
- T68 Bethany Glassford * UNLV 80 +9
- T68 Roseanne Niven California 80 +9
- T68 Candace Schepperle Auburn 80 +9
- T68 Mandi Incorvaia UNLV 80 +9
- T68 Anya Alvarez Washington 80 +9
- T74 Ginny Brown Tennessee 81 +10
- T74 Eyglo Oskarsdottir Oklahoma State 81 +10
- T74 Emily Mason * Arizona 81 +10
- T74 Felicia Eastick Oregon, U. of 81 +10
- T74 Erica Omlid * Oregon, U. of 81 +10
- T79 Anna Christenson * Denver, Univ. of 82 +11
- T79 Lauren Spurlock Tennessee 82 +11
- T79 Leigh Henderson * Tennessee 82 +11
- T82 Molly Aronsson Washington 83 +12
- T82 Giulia Molinaro Arizona State 83 +12
- 84 Cyna Rodriguez * Southern California 84 +13
- T85 Cheyenne Hickle Oregon, U. of 85 +14
- T85 Kyndall Ardoin * Arizona 85 +14
- T85 Linn Gustafsson Tulane University 85 +14
- T85 Sarah Salvo New Mexico 85 +14