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Wednesday, May 11
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NCAA Regional Championship
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Blue Devils Come Up Short at NCAA Regionals
5/11/2022 6:59:00 PM | Women's Golf
FRANKLIN, Tenn. – The Duke women's golf team saw its 2021-22 season come to an end on Wednesday at the NCAA Franklin Regional. The Blue Devils carded a 2-over-par, 290, and finished one stroke back of the top-four advancing teams, after 54 holes at the 6,406-yard, Par-72 Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn.
Vanderbilt (848), Alabama (856), Wake Forest (861) and Texas A&M (867) moved on to the NCAA Championship in Scottsdale, Ariz. The Blue Devils posted rounds of 287, 291 and 290 for an 868.
This marks the first time since 2011 that Duke will not be a team participant in the NCAA Championship and the first time since 1997 the Blue Devils will not have at least an individual playing in the championship. Lindy Duncan represented Duke as an individual in 2011.
"It feels a little strange right now, because even though regionals is tough you just sort of have a momentum and feel like you are going to keep on going," said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. "We are pretty used to that. It feels a little strange that we won't be at the championship."
Duke entered the final day of action in third place, but both Wake Forest and Texas A&M turned in under-par rounds to move ahead of the Blue Devils. The Demon Deacons and Aggies went out earlier in the morning on Wednesday and were hot from the start. In the end, Duke mounted a late rally with six birdies over its final five holes, but came up one shot short in the end.
"We were a steady golf team and just got beat by five-under," said Brooks. "It is just the way it is."
The Blue Devils were led by junior Erica Shepherd and sophomore Anne Chen, who both finished tied for 11th with a 2-under, 214.
Shepherd, a product of Greenwood, Ind., opened her day with eight straight pars, before missing the green on No. 9 and suffering a bogey. She collected her first birdie of the day on No. 12 to get back to even for the day and then rolled in a four-foot birdie on No. 17 to get under par. Shepherd missed a 22-foot birdie attempt on the final hole to finish with a 71 and was 2-under-par over her final nine holes. She closed the season with five straight rounds of even or under par and a total of 12 on the year.
Over the first nine holes for Chen, she had seven pars and two bogeys to make the turn at 2-over-par, 38. After four more pars, Chen got hot with back-to-back birdies on No. 14 and No. 15 to return to even for the day. She then hit her tee shot on the par-3 16th into the water and had a bogey, but closed with back-to-back pars to finish with a 73. Chen, who is from Sugar Land, Texas, hit 15 greens, 11 fairways and rolled 34 putts.
Junior Phoebe Brinker featured Duke's best start of the day as she rolled in birdies on No. 1 and No. 4 to get to 2-under-par. She had an excellent up-and-down for par on No. 2 to keep her excellent start going. Brinker, a native of Wilmington, Del., closed the front nine with three pars and two bogeys to make the turn with an even-par, 36. She connected on her third birdie of the day on No. 11 to get back to the red, but had a bogey on No. 14. Brinker closed with a par on No. 15, birdie on No. 16, 3-putt bogey on No. 17 and a par on No. 18 to finish with a 73. She finished tied for 21st with a 219.
After a tough start to her final round, freshman Rylie Heflin settled down to play her final 15 holes at 1-under-par. She concluded her first NCAA Regional tied for 30th with a 221. Heflin, who hails from Avondale, Pa., notched her first birdie of the day on the ninth as she hit her 8-iron from 145 yards to three feet. She collected a key sand save for par on No. 12 and then finished strong with a birdie on No. 18. Heflin hit her 54-degree wedge from 85 yards to five feet and sank the putt.
Seeing action in her first NCAA Regional as well, junior Megan Furtney tied for 45th with a 227. On the final day, she made the turn at 2-over-par, 38, with a birdie on the 506-yard, par-5 seventh. Furtney, a product of St. Charles, Ill., sank a 15-foot up-hill putt for birdie. She closed the day with birdie as well on No. 18 as she went for the par-5 green in two with her 2-hybrid. Furtney wound up in the rough near the green and was able to get up-and-down for birdie.
Duke has been a staple at the NCAA Championships under the direction of Brooks. In his 38 seasons at the helm, the Blue Devils competed at nationals in 31 out of the 37 times the championship has been contested. The 2020 event was cancelled due to COVID-19. Duke had been a part of 22 out of the last 23 NCAA Championships under Brooks.
The Blue Devils will return their entire roster for the 2022-23 campaign, after sending a squad to NCAAs without a senior for only the second time under Brooks.
#GoDuke
Duke Results
T9 T11 Erica Shepherd Duke 71 72 71 214 -2
T6 T11 Anne Chen Duke 71 70 73 214 -2
T20 T21 Phoebe Brinker Duke 73 74 72 219 +3
T20 T30 Rylie Heflin Duke 72 75 74 221 +5
T36 T45 Megan Furtney Duke 74 76 77 227 +11
1 2 3 Team Scores
3 1 1 Vanderbilt 288 281 279 848 -16
T1 2 2 Alabama 287 287 282 856 -8
5 4 3 Wake Forest 292 287 282 861 -3
4 5 4 Texas A&M 289 295 283 867 +3
T1 3 5 Duke 287 291 290 868 +4
T6 6 6 UTSA 293 294 288 875 +11
9 T9 7 Brigham Young 298 301 280 879 +15
T6 8 8 Oregon State 293 303 287 883 +19
T10 7 9 Augusta 300 293 298 891 +27
T10 11 10 Kent State 300 301 295 896 +32
8 T9 11 Boston University 297 302 301 900 +36
12 12 12 Austin Peay State 311 311 308 930 +66
Start Finish Player Team Scores
2 1 Polly Mack Alabama 65 73 66 204 -12
T3 T2 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 70 70 68 208 -8
1 T2 Jennie Park Texas A&M 69 66 73 208 -8
T14 T4 Camryn Carreon UTSA 74 70 67 211 -5
T9 T4 Auston Kim Vanderbilt 72 71 68 211 -5
T6 T4 Benedetta Moresco Alabama 73 68 70 211 -5
T9 T7 Carolina Lopez-Chacarra Wake Forest 72 71 69 212 -4
8 T7 Jayna Choi Vanderbilt 71 71 70 212 -4
T3 T9 Natalia Yoko Augusta 72 68 73 213 -3
T3 T9 Tess Davenport Vanderbilt 71 69 73 213 -3
T30 T11 Zoe Slaughter Texas A&M 73 76 65 214 -2
T9 T11 Erica Shepherd Duke 71 72 71 214 -2
T6 T11 Anne Chen Duke 71 70 73 214 -2
T14 14 Napabhach Boon-In Augusta 72 72 71 215 -1
T20 T15 Chayse Gomez Oregon State 72 75 69 216 E
17 T15 Hollie Muse * East Tennessee St. 66 79 71 216 E
T14 T15 Celina Sattelkau Vanderbilt 74 70 72 216 E
T9 T15 Emily Price Kent State 72 71 73 216 E
T25 19 Allysha Mae Mateo Brigham Young 74 74 69 217 +1
T20 20 Hannah Holzmann UTSA 72 75 71 218 +2
T18 T21 Ana Gonzalez UTSA 73 73 73 219 +3
T36 T21 Lila Galeai Brigham Young 73 77 69 219 +3
T18 T21 Dorota Zalewska * Chattanooga 76 70 73 219 +3
T36 T21 Louise Yu Vanderbilt 79 71 69 219 +3
T20 T21 Phoebe Brinker Duke 73 74 72 219 +3
T9 T21 FLair Kuan Boston University 70 73 76 219 +3
T30 T27 Mimi Rhodes Wake Forest 76 73 71 220 +4
T20 T27 Ellie Slama Oregon State 73 74 73 220 +4
T25 T27 Christy Chen Boston University 77 71 72 220 +4
T42 T30 Annick Haczkiewicz Brigham Young 75 76 70 221 +5
T36 T30 Tara Bettle * UNCG 77 73 71 221 +5
T20 T30 Rylie Heflin Duke 72 75 74 221 +5
T42 T33 Adela Cernousek Texas A&M 73 78 71 222 +6
T36 T33 Mikayla Bardwell * Tennessee 74 76 72 222 +6
T30 T33 Emilie Overas Alabama 73 76 73 222 +6
T51 T36 Kelsey Webster Oregon State 77 77 69 223 +7
T25 T36 Lauren Walsh Wake Forest 75 73 75 223 +7
T25 T36 Payton Carter * Murray State 77 71 75 223 +7
T30 T36 Isabella van der Biest Alabama 78 71 74 223 +7
48 T40 Kerstin Fotu Brigham Young 78 74 72 224 +8
T25 T40 Madde Sund Oregon State 71 77 76 224 +8
T42 T40 Angelica Moresco Alabama 76 75 73 224 +8
T30 T40 Chloe Salort Kent State 73 76 75 224 +8
T42 44 Virunpat Olankitkunchai Wake Forest 75 76 74 225 +9
T49 T45 Blanca Fernandez Garcia-Poggio Texas A&M 74 79 74 227 +11
T36 T45 Nicole Polivchak UTSA 74 76 77 227 +11
T36 T45 Megan Furtney Duke 74 76 77 227 +11
T42 T48 Hunter Nugent UTSA 74 77 77 228 +12
T49 T48 Hanako Kawasaki Boston University 74 79 75 228 +12
T42 50 Chloe Holder Augusta 75 76 78 229 +13
T60 51 Jennifer Gu Kent State 81 77 72 230 +14
T55 52 Noramol Nuchsila Kent State 79 77 75 231 +15
T30 T53 Hailee Cooper Texas A&M 74 75 83 232 +16
T55 T53 Taylor Dedmen Austin Peay State 78 78 76 232 +16
T58 T55 Adeline Anderson Brigham Young 76 81 76 233 +17
54 T55 Mayka Hoogeboom Kent State 76 79 78 233 +17
T51 T55 Kaley Campbell Austin Peay State 75 79 79 233 +17
T60 58 Kennedy Carroll Augusta 81 77 76 234 +18
T60 59 Erica Scutt Austin Peay State 82 76 77 235 +19
63 60 Issy Taylor Oregon State 79 81 76 236 +20
T51 61 Riley Cooper Austin Peay State 76 78 84 238 +22
T58 62 Annie Kim * Houston 82 75 82 239 +23
64 63 Nicole Page Augusta 82 79 79 240 +24
66 T64 Shelby Darnell Austin Peay State 87 79 76 242 +26
65 T64 Victoria Takai Boston University 85 79 78 242 +26
T55 - Alice Fan Boston University 76 80 D - -
Vanderbilt (848), Alabama (856), Wake Forest (861) and Texas A&M (867) moved on to the NCAA Championship in Scottsdale, Ariz. The Blue Devils posted rounds of 287, 291 and 290 for an 868.
This marks the first time since 2011 that Duke will not be a team participant in the NCAA Championship and the first time since 1997 the Blue Devils will not have at least an individual playing in the championship. Lindy Duncan represented Duke as an individual in 2011.
"It feels a little strange right now, because even though regionals is tough you just sort of have a momentum and feel like you are going to keep on going," said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. "We are pretty used to that. It feels a little strange that we won't be at the championship."
Duke entered the final day of action in third place, but both Wake Forest and Texas A&M turned in under-par rounds to move ahead of the Blue Devils. The Demon Deacons and Aggies went out earlier in the morning on Wednesday and were hot from the start. In the end, Duke mounted a late rally with six birdies over its final five holes, but came up one shot short in the end.
"We were a steady golf team and just got beat by five-under," said Brooks. "It is just the way it is."
The Blue Devils were led by junior Erica Shepherd and sophomore Anne Chen, who both finished tied for 11th with a 2-under, 214.
Shepherd, a product of Greenwood, Ind., opened her day with eight straight pars, before missing the green on No. 9 and suffering a bogey. She collected her first birdie of the day on No. 12 to get back to even for the day and then rolled in a four-foot birdie on No. 17 to get under par. Shepherd missed a 22-foot birdie attempt on the final hole to finish with a 71 and was 2-under-par over her final nine holes. She closed the season with five straight rounds of even or under par and a total of 12 on the year.
Over the first nine holes for Chen, she had seven pars and two bogeys to make the turn at 2-over-par, 38. After four more pars, Chen got hot with back-to-back birdies on No. 14 and No. 15 to return to even for the day. She then hit her tee shot on the par-3 16th into the water and had a bogey, but closed with back-to-back pars to finish with a 73. Chen, who is from Sugar Land, Texas, hit 15 greens, 11 fairways and rolled 34 putts.
Junior Phoebe Brinker featured Duke's best start of the day as she rolled in birdies on No. 1 and No. 4 to get to 2-under-par. She had an excellent up-and-down for par on No. 2 to keep her excellent start going. Brinker, a native of Wilmington, Del., closed the front nine with three pars and two bogeys to make the turn with an even-par, 36. She connected on her third birdie of the day on No. 11 to get back to the red, but had a bogey on No. 14. Brinker closed with a par on No. 15, birdie on No. 16, 3-putt bogey on No. 17 and a par on No. 18 to finish with a 73. She finished tied for 21st with a 219.
After a tough start to her final round, freshman Rylie Heflin settled down to play her final 15 holes at 1-under-par. She concluded her first NCAA Regional tied for 30th with a 221. Heflin, who hails from Avondale, Pa., notched her first birdie of the day on the ninth as she hit her 8-iron from 145 yards to three feet. She collected a key sand save for par on No. 12 and then finished strong with a birdie on No. 18. Heflin hit her 54-degree wedge from 85 yards to five feet and sank the putt.
Seeing action in her first NCAA Regional as well, junior Megan Furtney tied for 45th with a 227. On the final day, she made the turn at 2-over-par, 38, with a birdie on the 506-yard, par-5 seventh. Furtney, a product of St. Charles, Ill., sank a 15-foot up-hill putt for birdie. She closed the day with birdie as well on No. 18 as she went for the par-5 green in two with her 2-hybrid. Furtney wound up in the rough near the green and was able to get up-and-down for birdie.
Duke has been a staple at the NCAA Championships under the direction of Brooks. In his 38 seasons at the helm, the Blue Devils competed at nationals in 31 out of the 37 times the championship has been contested. The 2020 event was cancelled due to COVID-19. Duke had been a part of 22 out of the last 23 NCAA Championships under Brooks.
The Blue Devils will return their entire roster for the 2022-23 campaign, after sending a squad to NCAAs without a senior for only the second time under Brooks.
#GoDuke
Duke Results
T9 T11 Erica Shepherd Duke 71 72 71 214 -2
T6 T11 Anne Chen Duke 71 70 73 214 -2
T20 T21 Phoebe Brinker Duke 73 74 72 219 +3
T20 T30 Rylie Heflin Duke 72 75 74 221 +5
T36 T45 Megan Furtney Duke 74 76 77 227 +11
1 2 3 Team Scores
3 1 1 Vanderbilt 288 281 279 848 -16
T1 2 2 Alabama 287 287 282 856 -8
5 4 3 Wake Forest 292 287 282 861 -3
4 5 4 Texas A&M 289 295 283 867 +3
T1 3 5 Duke 287 291 290 868 +4
T6 6 6 UTSA 293 294 288 875 +11
9 T9 7 Brigham Young 298 301 280 879 +15
T6 8 8 Oregon State 293 303 287 883 +19
T10 7 9 Augusta 300 293 298 891 +27
T10 11 10 Kent State 300 301 295 896 +32
8 T9 11 Boston University 297 302 301 900 +36
12 12 12 Austin Peay State 311 311 308 930 +66
Start Finish Player Team Scores
2 1 Polly Mack Alabama 65 73 66 204 -12
T3 T2 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 70 70 68 208 -8
1 T2 Jennie Park Texas A&M 69 66 73 208 -8
T14 T4 Camryn Carreon UTSA 74 70 67 211 -5
T9 T4 Auston Kim Vanderbilt 72 71 68 211 -5
T6 T4 Benedetta Moresco Alabama 73 68 70 211 -5
T9 T7 Carolina Lopez-Chacarra Wake Forest 72 71 69 212 -4
8 T7 Jayna Choi Vanderbilt 71 71 70 212 -4
T3 T9 Natalia Yoko Augusta 72 68 73 213 -3
T3 T9 Tess Davenport Vanderbilt 71 69 73 213 -3
T30 T11 Zoe Slaughter Texas A&M 73 76 65 214 -2
T9 T11 Erica Shepherd Duke 71 72 71 214 -2
T6 T11 Anne Chen Duke 71 70 73 214 -2
T14 14 Napabhach Boon-In Augusta 72 72 71 215 -1
T20 T15 Chayse Gomez Oregon State 72 75 69 216 E
17 T15 Hollie Muse * East Tennessee St. 66 79 71 216 E
T14 T15 Celina Sattelkau Vanderbilt 74 70 72 216 E
T9 T15 Emily Price Kent State 72 71 73 216 E
T25 19 Allysha Mae Mateo Brigham Young 74 74 69 217 +1
T20 20 Hannah Holzmann UTSA 72 75 71 218 +2
T18 T21 Ana Gonzalez UTSA 73 73 73 219 +3
T36 T21 Lila Galeai Brigham Young 73 77 69 219 +3
T18 T21 Dorota Zalewska * Chattanooga 76 70 73 219 +3
T36 T21 Louise Yu Vanderbilt 79 71 69 219 +3
T20 T21 Phoebe Brinker Duke 73 74 72 219 +3
T9 T21 FLair Kuan Boston University 70 73 76 219 +3
T30 T27 Mimi Rhodes Wake Forest 76 73 71 220 +4
T20 T27 Ellie Slama Oregon State 73 74 73 220 +4
T25 T27 Christy Chen Boston University 77 71 72 220 +4
T42 T30 Annick Haczkiewicz Brigham Young 75 76 70 221 +5
T36 T30 Tara Bettle * UNCG 77 73 71 221 +5
T20 T30 Rylie Heflin Duke 72 75 74 221 +5
T42 T33 Adela Cernousek Texas A&M 73 78 71 222 +6
T36 T33 Mikayla Bardwell * Tennessee 74 76 72 222 +6
T30 T33 Emilie Overas Alabama 73 76 73 222 +6
T51 T36 Kelsey Webster Oregon State 77 77 69 223 +7
T25 T36 Lauren Walsh Wake Forest 75 73 75 223 +7
T25 T36 Payton Carter * Murray State 77 71 75 223 +7
T30 T36 Isabella van der Biest Alabama 78 71 74 223 +7
48 T40 Kerstin Fotu Brigham Young 78 74 72 224 +8
T25 T40 Madde Sund Oregon State 71 77 76 224 +8
T42 T40 Angelica Moresco Alabama 76 75 73 224 +8
T30 T40 Chloe Salort Kent State 73 76 75 224 +8
T42 44 Virunpat Olankitkunchai Wake Forest 75 76 74 225 +9
T49 T45 Blanca Fernandez Garcia-Poggio Texas A&M 74 79 74 227 +11
T36 T45 Nicole Polivchak UTSA 74 76 77 227 +11
T36 T45 Megan Furtney Duke 74 76 77 227 +11
T42 T48 Hunter Nugent UTSA 74 77 77 228 +12
T49 T48 Hanako Kawasaki Boston University 74 79 75 228 +12
T42 50 Chloe Holder Augusta 75 76 78 229 +13
T60 51 Jennifer Gu Kent State 81 77 72 230 +14
T55 52 Noramol Nuchsila Kent State 79 77 75 231 +15
T30 T53 Hailee Cooper Texas A&M 74 75 83 232 +16
T55 T53 Taylor Dedmen Austin Peay State 78 78 76 232 +16
T58 T55 Adeline Anderson Brigham Young 76 81 76 233 +17
54 T55 Mayka Hoogeboom Kent State 76 79 78 233 +17
T51 T55 Kaley Campbell Austin Peay State 75 79 79 233 +17
T60 58 Kennedy Carroll Augusta 81 77 76 234 +18
T60 59 Erica Scutt Austin Peay State 82 76 77 235 +19
63 60 Issy Taylor Oregon State 79 81 76 236 +20
T51 61 Riley Cooper Austin Peay State 76 78 84 238 +22
T58 62 Annie Kim * Houston 82 75 82 239 +23
64 63 Nicole Page Augusta 82 79 79 240 +24
66 T64 Shelby Darnell Austin Peay State 87 79 76 242 +26
65 T64 Victoria Takai Boston University 85 79 78 242 +26
T55 - Alice Fan Boston University 76 80 D - -
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