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NCAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS ~ 1996, 2000 NCAA REGIONAL CHAMPIONS ~ 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001 PAC-10 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS ~ 1992, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 Arizona Quick Facts Arizona To Make Ninth Straight Appearance at NCAA Championships Location ................................................... Tucson, Ariz. The Tee Box: Arizona returns to West Lafayette, Ind., and Birck Boilermaker Golf Founded ................................................................ 1885 Complex for the NCAA Championships. The Wildcats won the season-opening Enrollment ......................................................... 36,000 NCAA Fall Preview at the Kampen Golf Course. With the 2003 appearance, Nickname ........................................................ Wildcats Arizona has now participated in the last nine NCAA Women’s Golf Champion- Colors ................................................ Cardinal and Navy ships and has claimed two National Championships. Practice rounds are slated Affiliation ............................................... NCAA Divsion I for Sunday and Monday, while championship play begins Tuesday, May 20. Teams Conference ................................................... Pacific-10 President ............................................... Dr. Peter Likins will play 18 holes each day, Tuesday through Friday. Faculty Representative ................. Dudley B. Woodard Schedule: Tuesday’s opening round will see Arizona tee off from the No. 1 tee at Athletics Director .................................... Jim Livengood 8:10 a.m. through 8:50 a.m. The Wildcats begin the second round at 12:10 p.m. SWA/Senior Assoc. A.D. ................... Kathleen LaRose Official Athletic Website ............... arizonaathletics.com through 12:50 p.m. from the No. 10 tee. Arizona will be paired with Nebraska and either Arizona State or Ohio State in the opening two rounds. Third round and final Head Coach ..................... Greg Allen (Murray State, ‘93) round pairings will be determined by team standing following each day. Years at Arizona ......................................................... 3 Office Phone ......................................... (520) 621-5777 Course: Purdue University serves as the host for the 2003 NCAA Women’s Golf Assistant Coach ........................ Jody Niemann-Dansie Championships at its Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex. Kampen Golf Course is (Arizona State, ‘99) the tournament course and plays to a yardage of 6,225 and a par of 72. Years at Arizona ......................................................... 1 Office Phone ......................................... (520) 621-9236 Some Tournament Themes: Arizona seeks its third national championship in Women’s Golf Office Fax ..................... (520) 621-5793 university women’s golf history and the first of the Greg Allen era... Confidence Home Course ....................... Arizona National Golf Club abounds as the Wildcats return to the site of their three-stroke victory at the sea- Letterwinners Returning/Lost 5/3 son-opening NCAA Fall Preview also held at Kampen Golf Course... A year after Newcomers .............................................................. 4 2002 Pac-10 Finish ................................................. 1st coming oh-so-close to winning the NCAA title with a top-heavy team that featured 2002 NCAA West Regional Finish ...................... 4th college golf’s Player of the Year in Lorena Ochoa, Arizona employs a well-bal- 2002 NCAA Championship Finish ..................... 2nd anced team approach this season... On only one occasion this season has Arizona finished out of the top five of a tournament... The Wildcats’ average finish Sports Information Director ......... Tom Duddleston, Jr. Student Asst./W-Golf SID .......................... Joe Mazzeo at the NCAA Championships over the last seven years is third... Arizona also E-mail .................................. [email protected] boasts a streak of seven years in which it has placed at least one golfer among Office Phone .................................... (520) 621-2060 the top ten finishers at the NCAA Championships. Home Phone .................................... (520) 624-1260 Sports Infomation Fax .................... (520) 621-2681 Participating Teams: Qualifiers from the East Regional: Duke, Georgia, Vanderbilt, Auburn, Arizona, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida State. Central Regional: California, Kent State, Texas, Purdue, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Florida, Tulsa. West 2002-03 Arizona Schedule/Results Regional: Southern California, Oklahoma State, UCLA, Pepperdine, Arizona State, Ohio State, Washington State, Stanford. Individuals: Brandi Jackson, Furman; Date Event Finish Katie Futcher, Penn State; Christine Boucher, Kansas State; Nicole Melton, Texas FALL A&M, Sunny Oh, UNLV; Lindsay Morgan, Washington. Sept. 15-17 at NCAA Fall Preview 1st/18 Sept. 23-24 at Mason Rudolph Championship 2nd/14 Wildcat Lineup and 2002-03 Statistics: Oct. 18-20 at Stanford/Pepsi Intercollegiate 5th/17 Golfer Year Avg. Top 10/20 Low Rnd. Events Nov. 1-3 at Auburn Tiger-Derby Inv. 3rd/14 Erica Blasberg Fr. 72.03 8/0 68 9 Laura Myerscough Sr. 75.34 2/1 71 8 SPRING Miriam Kraschinski So. 76.65 2/1 68 10 Feb. 10-12 at Regional Challenge 3rd/18 Anne Lee Sr. 76.10 2/2 70 10 Feb. 24-26 Wildcat Invitational 9th/18 Cassandra Kirkland Fr. 74.66 1/2 68 5 March 18-19 at Dr. Thompson Rainbow Inv. 2nd/14 April 4-6 at PING/ASU Inv. 5th/16 Last Time Out at the NCAA East Regional: Arizona collected its eighth consecu- April 24-26 Pac-10 Championships 2nd/10 tive top-five finish at the NCAA Regional by posting a three-round total of 874 May 8-10 NCAA East Regional 5th/21 (+22). Arizona’s final round tally was its lowest of the regional. The Wildcats May 20-23 NCAA Championships finished 17 strokes behind tournament-winner Duke, who posted a three-round 857 (+5). No team in the field of 21 finished below par. Georgia (865), Vanderbilt MEDIA INFORMATION: The latest information of the (865) and Auburn (867) rounded out the top-four places. University of Arizona women’s golf program can be obtained from the Arizona Media Relations Office (Room Individually, two Wildcats finished in the top 20, led by Erica Blasberg. The 106, McKale Center), or on the internet at: freshman from Corona, Calif., finished in a tie for eighth place overall. Blasberg, http://www.arizonaathletics.com the nation’s top-rated individual according to the Golfweek/Sagarin Performance The most up-to-date information on each of Arizona’s Index, completed the event with a 1-over-par 214 and collected her eighth top-10 19 intercollegiate sports can be found on the Athletic finish in nine events this season. Department’s official Web site. Freshman Cassandra Kirkland earned her third top-20 finish of 2002-03 by finishing in a tie for 18th place. Kirkland posted a two-over 73 to finish with a three- University of Arizona Intercollegiate Athletics Media Relations McKale Memorial Center 1 National Championship Drive PO Box 210096 Tucson, AZ 85721-0096 round tally of 219 (+6). Since joining the regular lineup in February, Kirkland has finished The Rankings as one of Arizona’s top two finishers in three of five events. NGCA Coaches Poll .............. (Feb. 26, 2003) Furman’s Brandi Jackson captured individual medalist honors. RnkSchool ........................................ Points 1. Auburn.............................................504 Senior Laura Myerscough took 26th at 221 (+8). Miriam Kraschinski was 44th at 2. ARIZONA.........................................461 226 (+13), while senior Anne Lee tied for 64th at 229 (+16). 3. Duke .................................................458 4. Vanderbilt.........................................415 Last Year at the NCAA Championships: Leading the NCAA Championships wire-to- 5. Oklahoma State ................................394 wire proved to be too daunting for the Arizona women’s golf team. The Wildcats fell into a 6. Pepperdine ......................................360 tie for second place at the conclusion of the 72-hole tournament after leading after each 7. Texas ...............................................342 8. Southern California..........................323 of the first three rounds. Arizona carded a team total of 18-over-par 1170 to finish behind 9. California ..........................................300 national champion Duke by six strokes. 10. Tennessee .......................................279 Auburn and Texas shared second place with the Wildcats. Arizona held the lead as 11. Ohio State ........................................252 late as the 15th hole in the final round, but was unable to hold off hard-charging Duke. 12. Florida ..............................................237 Lorena Ochoa capped her season and career by placing second at 4-under-par 284. 13. UCLA ...............................................235 14. Washington .....................................229 Ochoa completed the tournament with a final-round 73, just her second career round in 15. Tulane .............................................. 211 the NCAA Championships over par. The 5-foot-7-inch star from Guadalajara, Mexico, 16. New Mexico ....................................181 found herself near the hole in regulation throughout the day, but was unable to sink putts. 17. North Carolina ..................................172 Laura Myerscough continued her outstanding play as she capped her third year 18. Georgia ............................................134 19. Purdue .............................................131