Arizona State Women’s Golf No. 1 Arizona State at the NCAA Championships May 19-22 -- Owing Mills, Md. 2009 Sun Devil Schedule/Results No. 1 Women’s Golf to Seek Their Seventh NCAA Championship 9/7-8 Fall Preview 1st ASU heads to 18th consecutive NCAA Championships. 9/26-28 Mason Rudolph 5th 10/24-26 The Derby 1st 2/9-11 Northrop Grumman 1st 2/22-24 Wildcat Invitational 2nd 3/8-10 UCF Challenge 2nd 3/20-22 Betsy Rawls 2nd 4/3-5 PING/ASU 3rd 4/23-25 Pac-10 Championships 1st 5/7-9 NCAA West Regional 1st 5/19-22 NCAA Championships All Day 2009 Sun Devils . Tournament Wins: 5 Top 5 Finishes: 10 Tournament Champions: 4 Head Coach Melissa Luellen -- Melissa Luellen has became a top-tier coach after getting the Sun Devils back to their winning tradition. In her eight years, Luellen has twice been named This Week -- Pac-10 Coach of the Year (2006, 2007) Riding on a two-tournament win streak, the top-ranked Arizona State women’s golf team and has been honored as West Re- will head to their 18th consecutive NCAA Championships. The NCAA Championships will gional Coach of the Year three times be held May 19-22 at the par 72, 6,443-yard Caves Valley Golf Club in Owing Mills, Md. (2005, 2006, 2007). Under Luellen, the The NCAA Championship field includes: No. 1 Arizona State, No. 2 UCLA, No. 3 USC, Sun Devils have placed in the top 10 No. 4 Oklahoma State, No. 5 Wake Forest, No. 6 Virginia, No. 7 Alabama, No. 9 Purdue, at the NCAA Championships three No. 10 LSU, No. 11 Duke, No. 12 North Carolina, No. 13 Denver, No. 14 Pepperdine, No. 15 Georgia, No. 17 Arizona, No. 21 Michigan State, No. 22 New Mexico, No. 24 Tennes- times, including a fourth place finish see, No. 26 Ohio State, No. 28 Tulane, No. 29 UC Irvine and No. 31 TCU. (Rankings by in 2006 and a fifth in 2008. Last season, Golfweek) Individuals Kendall Dye (Oklahoma), Alice Kim (UC Davis), Stephanie Connelly Azahara Munoz became Luellen’s first (UCF), Cindy LaCrosse (Louisville), Marina Alex (Vanderbilt) and Cathryn Bristow (Oregon) individual NCAA Champion. will be competing as individuals. The tournament begins at 7:30 a.m. ET each day. The Sun Devils will be paired with NCAA East Regional Champion Denver and NCAA Central Media Information -- Regional Champion UCLA for the first two rounds. They will tee off at noon on the first tee Media in need of information regarding on Tuesday and 7:30 a.m. on Hole 10 the second round. The third and fourth rounds will ASU women’s golf, or those wishing to be paired according to team finishes after the first two rounds. Live stats will be available schedule an interview, should contact on www.golfstat.com. The final two rounds will be streamed on www.ncaa.com with cover- Jennifer Jaeckels, assistant sports in- age on holes 16, 17 and 18. formation director and women’s golf Line-Up contact Office: (480) 965-9544 1. Carlota Ciganda Cell: (480) 584-9591 2. Juliana Murcia Fax: (480) 965-5408 E-Mail: [email protected] 3. Azahara Munoz Website: www.thesundevils.com 4. Jennifer Osborn 5. Jaclyn Sweeney ASU Against the Field -- ASU has a 69-8-1 record against the NCAA field. ASU and UCLA, who have been battling for the top spot on the polls all season long, are currently tied in head-to-head competition at 3-3 with ASU taking the last two. The Sun Devils have a 6-1-1 record against USC and a 3-2 record to both Purdue and Oklahoma State. The Sun Devils are perfect against LSU (2-0), Pepperdine (5-0), Arizona (7-0), Texas (3-0), TCU (1-0), UC Irvine (1-0), Denver (4- 0), Alabama (4-0), Virginia (2-0), Wake Forest (3-0) Tennessee (3-0), Georgia (2-0), UT -- page one -- www.thesundevils.com Arizona State Women’s Golf NCAA Team Championships Chattanooga (4-0), New Mexico (3-0) Duke (5-0), North Carolina (1-0), Ohio State 1990 Linda Vollstedt (1-0), Tulane (2-0) and Michigan State (1-0). 1993 Linda Vollstedt 1994 Linda Vollstedt At Last Year’s NCAA Championships -- 1995 Linda Vollstedt Azahara Munoz became ASU’s ninth NCAA Champion as she made a 25-foot putt 1997 Linda Vollstedt to win the playoff hole over UCLA’s Tiffany Joh. As a team, the Sun Devils narrowly 1998 Linda Vollstedt missed bringing home a trophy as they placed fifth. NCAA Individual Championships Streaking -- 2008 Azahara Munoz The Sun Devils will be making their trip to their 18th consecutive trip to the NCAA 1999 Grace Park Championships. This is currently the nation’s longest active streak, as Stanford’s 1995 Kristel Mourgue d’Algue 1994: Emilee Klein streak ended at 19 last season when they failed to make the NCAAs. 1985: Danielle Ammaccapane 1970: Cathy Gaughan 1969: Jane Bastanchury-Booth How the West was Won 1962: Carol Sorenson The Sun Devils had a record-setting performance at the West Regional. Held at 1960: Joanne Gunderson-Carner their home golf course, the Sun Devils wasted no time jumping to a 15-stroke lead after the first round and setting a new 18-hole school record of 15-under 273. The 2008-09 Tournament Wins Sun Devils continued to roll, setting a school-record 22-under 842 (273-283-286) Tournament .................................................... Strokes Ahead of Second to win the tournament by 19 strokes. The previous team 18-hole score (vs. par) NCAA Fall Preview ...................................................................................8 record was 14-under 274 at the 2006 Wildcat Invitational. The Derby ..................................................................................................18 Northrop Grumman ................................................................................18 Did You Know? Pac-10 Championship ................................................................................9 The only other times the Sun Devils have won both the Pac-10 Championship and NCAA West Regional ..............................................................................19 their NCAA Regional were in 1993 and 1995. Medalists on Current Roster Carlota Ciganda -- (2) Last Time at Caves Valley NCAA West Regional ..........................................................................2009 Although they will have a much different lineup at the NCAA Championships, the Pac-10 Championships ........................................................................2009 Sun Devils won the NCAA Fall Preview held at the Caves Valley G.C. this past Azahara Munoz -- (1) NCAA Championships .......................................................................2008 fall. The team earned shot an 8-over 872 (295-291-286) to win the tournament by Juliana Murcia -- (1) eight strokes. Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge .........................................2009 Jennifer Osborn -- (1) Five Wins -- Edean Ihlanfedt ....................................................................................2005 The Sun Devils have won five tournaments this season. The team started the Jaclyn Sweeney -- (1) 2008-09 campaign with a win at the NCAA Fall Preview and ended the fall season Big 12 Championships .........................................................................2008 by taking the team title at The Derby. The Sun Devils picked up where they left off Top 20 Performances This Season Carlota Ciganda (7): in February when they won the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge. Recently NCAA West Regional ................................................................................1 the Sun Devils won their eighth Pac-10 Title. The Sun Devils made a statement at Pac-10 Championship ................................................................................1 the NCAA West Regional by taking home the team competition by 19 strokes. Northrop Grumman ................................................................................T2 The Wildcat ...............................................................................................T3 Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational .......................................................T5 Star Freshman -- PING/ASU Invitational ............................................................................9 She may only be a freshman, and may have only been here since January, but UCF Challenge........................................................................................T14 Carlota Ciganda already has more tournament wins than any other Sun Devil on Giulia Molinaro (1): the current roster. Ciganda claimed her first medalist honor at the Pac-10 Champi- UCF Challenge........................................................................................T19 Azahara Munoz (7): onship when she defeated teammate Jennifer Osborn and USC’s Jennifer Song in The Derby ..................................................................................................T2 a playoff. Ciganda followed that victory up with a win at the NCAA West Regional. NCAA Fall Preview .................................................................................T4 The Spaniard shot 10-under 206 to claim the individual title. Her score is currently Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational .......................................................T5 the fourth best ever shot by a female Sun Devil. Pac-10 Championship ................................................................................5 NCAA West Regional ..............................................................................T6 UCF Challenge........................................................................................T10 Congrats Graduate! -- Mason Rudolph Invitational ..................................................................16 Arizona State senior Azahara Munoz