Arizona State Women’s Golf

No. 1 Arizona State at the Landfall Tradition Oct. 23-25, C.C. of Landfall - Wilmington, N.C. 2010 Sun Devil Schedule/Results Women’s Golf to Cap Off Fall Season at Landfall Tradition 9/8-10 TOPY CUP 1st, 6-under 858 The Sun Devils look for their third victory of the season. 9/25-27 Mason Rudolph 4th, 11-under 565 10/16-18 Stanford Intercollegiate 1st, 12-under 840 10/23-25 Landfall Tradition All Day 2/9-11 Northrop Grumman All Day 3/1-3 UCLA/Pepperdine All Day 4/9-11 PING/ASU Invite All Day 4/19-21 Pac-10 Championships All Day 5/6-8 NCAA Regionals All Day 5/18-21 NCAA Championships All Day

2010 Sun Devils . . . Tournament Wins: 2 Top 5 Finishes: 3 Tournament Medalists: 1

Head Coach Melissa Luellen -- Melissa Luellen, the 2009 SkyCaddie NGCA Coach of the Year returns for her eight season as Arizona State’s head women’s golf coach. Last season, Luellen led the Sun Devils to their seventh NCAA Championship. She is a three-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year This Week -- and a four-time Regional Coach of the The Arizona State women’s golf team will end their fall season where they hope to end Year. Under Luellen, the Sun Devils their spring, at the par 72, 6,325 yard Pete Dye Course at the Country Club of Landfall. The have garnered 19 tournament titles. Landfall Tradition, held at the site of this year’s NCAA Championship, will boast a competi- tive field sure to mirror that of the NCAA Championships. The tournament will begin Friday, Media Information -- October 23 and conclude on Sunday, October 25. Media in need of information regarding Line-Up ASU women’s golf, or those wishing to schedule an interview, should contact 1. Carlota Ciganda Jennifer Jaeckels, assistant sports in- 2. Juliana Murcia formation director and women’s golf contact 3. Jennifer Johnson Office: (480) 965-9544 4. Jaclyn Sweeney Cell: (480) 584-9591 Fax: (480) 965-5408 5. Giulia Molinaro E-Mail: [email protected] Website: www.thesundevils.com About the Landfall Tradition -- The University of North Carolina - Wilmington, is the host of the eighth annual Landfall Tradition. Held at the Country Club of Landfall, the Sun Devils will be able to preview the course of the 2010 NCAA Championships. A stacked field is scheduled to compete at the tournament. Along with the top ranked Sun Devils and host UNCW, Alabama, Auburn, Den- ver, Duke, Georgia, LSU, Michigan State, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma State, Pepperdine, Purdue, USC, UCLA, Virginia and Wake Forest will also participate. This is the second time the Sun Devils have competed in the Landfall Tradition. In 2002, the Sun Devils placed third at the inaugural tournament.

Twice as Nice -- The top-ranked ASU women’s have two tournament wins under their belt. Last week, the Sun Devils finished on top at the Stanford Intercollegiate. This is the third straight time ASU has won on the Stanford Golf Course. Despite the stacked field, the Sun Devils came away with a four-stroke win as four of their players placed in the top 10. Previously, the Sun Devils took first at the TOPY Cup with a 26-stroke lead over second-place Wake Forest. Three ASU golfers went 1-2-3 as Jaclyn Sweeney claimed medalist honors with Juliana Murcia finishing runner-up and Carlota Ciganda tying for third.

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NCAA Team Championships Defending NCAA Champions -- 1990 Linda Vollstedt The Sun Devils claimed their first NCAA Championship since 1998, and seventh 1993 Linda Vollstedt overall, last season at the Caves Valley Golf Course in Owings Mills, Md. The 1994 Linda Vollstedt Sun Devils came back from an 11-stroke deficit after the second round to win by 1995 Linda Vollstedt eight shots. ASU also won NCAA team titles in 1990, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997 and 1997 Linda Vollstedt 1998. 1998 Linda Vollstedt 2009 Melissa Luellen ASU Star in The Making -- Freshman Jennifer Johnson has yet to experience any freshman jitters. After a sev- NCAA Individual Championships enth place finish in her Sun Devil debut at the Mason Rudolph, Johnson went on to 2008 Azahara Munoz tie for sixth at the Stanford Intercollegiate. Recently, she was given the opportunity 1999 Grace Park to compete at her second LPGA event, the Navistar LPGA Championship, as an 1995 Kristel Mourgue d’Algue 1994: Emilee Klein amateur exempt. She had previously competed in the Nabisco Kraft Invitational, 1985: Danielle Ammaccapane held in her hometown area of Palm Springs. 1970: Cathy Gaughan 1969: Jane Bastanchury-Booth 1962: Carol Sorenson Steady Senior -- 1960: Joanne Gunderson-Carner Senior Juliana Murcia has had a strong start to her final season as a Sun Devil. The returning second-team All-American has finished in the top-20 in each tournament 2009-10 Tournament Wins this season. After starting the 2009-10 campaign with a runner-up placing at the Tournament...... Strokes Ahead of Second TOPY Cup, Murcia tied for 15th at the Mason Rudolph Championship. She followed TOPY Cup...... 26 that performance up with a third-place finish at the Stanford Intercollegiate. A two- Stanford Intercollegiate...... 4 time NGCA All-American Scholar, Murcia is set to graduate in May.

Medalists on Current Roster Returning All-Americans -- Carlota Ciganda -- (2) The Sun Devils return three All-Americans to their 2009-10 squad. Carlota Ciganda’s NCAA West Regional...... 2009 outstanding freshman season was recognized as she received First-Team All- Pac-10 Championships...... 2009 American honors. Senior Juliana Murcia took home Second-Team honors at the Juliana Murcia -- (1) end of last season. Jaclyn Sweeney had earned All-American honors in 2008 from Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge...... 2009 Golfweek while playing for Oklahoma State. Jaclyn Sweeney -- (2) Big 12 Championships...... 2008 TOPY Cup...... 2009 ASU Athletes of the Week -- Top 20 Performances This Season Already this season, the ASU women’s golf team has had two of their athletes named Carlota Ciganda (2): ASU Athlete of the Week. Jaclyn Sweeney accepted honors after the TOPY Cup Stanford Intercollegiate...... 2nd while Carlota Ciganda earned the title this week after her runner-up performance TOPY Cup...... T3rd at the Stanford Intercollegiate.

Jennifer Johnson (2): Stanford Intercollegiate...... T6th What Sophomore Slump? -- Mason Rudolph...... T7th Returning All-American Carlota Ciganda has picked up right where she left off. The sophomore has already notched two top five finishes this season. Last week, Giulia Molinaro (1): TOPY Cup...... T8th Ciganda turned in a runner-up performance. Additionally, she finished tied for third at the TOPY Cup. Juliana Murcia (3): TOPY Cup...... 2nd A Team of Youngins -- Stanford Intercollegiate...... 3rd Mason Rudolph...... T15th Despite the team’s preseason No. 1 ranking and returning three starters from last season, the Sun Devils 2009-10 squad will be full of youth and inexperience as Jaclyn Sweeney (2): a Sun Devil. Only seniors Murcia and Liisa Kelo will have been at ASU for more TOPY Cup...... 1st than a semester. Junior Sweeney transferred in last January after competing for Stanford Intercollegiate...... T6th Oklahoma State the year and a half prior while now-sophomores Ciganda and Giulia Molinaro came to school in January as well. The Sun Devils will also boast five freshmen on their 10-woman squad.

Jackie Medals in Japan -- Junior Sweeney took on the TOPY Cup field, shooting a 5-under 211 (70-72-69) to claim her first medalist honor as a Sun Devil. Winning by one-stroke over teammate Murcia, Sweeney now has two collegiate tournament victories on her resume as

ASU Pronunciation Guide -- Larissa Eruera - Air-Ru-Air-Ah Juliana Murcia --- WHO lee ahna Giulia Molinaro -- Julia Carlota Ciganda -- Car-low-ta See gahnda

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Golf World/NGCA Rankings she won the Big 12 Championship as a freshman at Oklahoma State.

1. Arizona State (30)...... 1,018 Johnsonn’s Summer Journey -- 2. Pepperdine (3)...... 782 Freshman Jennifer Johnson had quite the summer. The La Quinta, Calif., native 3. Auburn...... 772 4. LSU...... 754 travelled the country with her father, competing in several events. Johnson was 5. Georgia...... 728 a finalist at the U.S. Women’s Amateur, finishing runner-up to USC’s Jennifer 6. USC (1)...... 682 Song. Johnson was also a member of the victorious Junior Solheim Team and 7. UCLA...... 656 a quarter-finalist at the U.S. Girls’ Junior Champion. 8. Florida (1)...... 613 9. Denver...... 598 10. Alabama...... 584 Odds and Ends -- 11. Oklahoma State...... 559 The Sun Devils received their NCAA Championship rings two weeks during a 12. Wake Forest...... 475 ceremony at the ASU Karsten Golf Course... Become a fan of Arizona State 13. Purdue...... 468 14. Virginia...... 461 Women’s Golf on Facebook. 15. Duke...... 433 16. California...... 432 Super Coaches -- 17. Michigan State...... 392 Head coach Melissa Luellen and associate head coach Missy Farr-Kaye 18. South Carolina...... 360 19. Florida State...... 301 garnered several awards after last season’s success. Luellen was named Sky- 20. New Mexico...... 267 Caddie NGCA Coach of the Year, Pac-10 Coach of the Year and West Region 21. Chattanooga...... 257 Coach of the Year. For another side note, it is believe she and her mother (the 22. North Carolina...... 236 legendary Tulsa women’s golf coach who led the Golden Hurricane to four 23. Tennessee...... 230 24. Ohio State...... 207 national titles) became the first mother-daughter duo to win NCAA Champion- 25. Arizona...... 197 ships at different schools. Farr-Kaye’s determination and courage shown last season through dealing with recoverying from a recurrence of breast cancer while coaching was awarded as she was named the recipient of the Kim Moore Golfweek.com/Sagarin Poll Spirit Award and was also a co-winner of the Golden Heart Award at the ASU 1. UCLA...... 70.65 Sparky Awards. 2. Arizona State...... 70.74 3. Purdue...... 71.57 Next Up -- 4. Auburn...... 71.69 After this tournament, the Sun Devils will have concluded fall season and are 5. Michigan State...... 71.70 off until February when they will head to the Northrop Grumman Regional 6. Southern California...... 71.73 Challenge. 7. Tennessee...... 72.31 8. Pepperdine...... 72.34 9. Alabama...... 72.48 10. California...... 72.51 11. Georgia...... 72.61 12. LSU...... 72.69 13. Duke...... 72.72 14. Florida...... 72.77 15. Vanderbilt...... 72.92 16. Oklahoma State...... 72.94 17. Texas A&M...... 72.94 18. Wake Forest...... 73.05 19. Louisville...... 73.06 20. Denver...... 73.12 2009-10 Arizona State Women’s Golf Roster 21. Arizona...... 73.13 Name Ht Yr/Ex Hometown (High School/Prev. Univ.) Carlota Ciganda 5-8 So./1V Pamplona, Spain (Sagrado Corazon) 22. Virginia...... 73.14 Larissa Eruera 5-3 Fr./HS Auckland, New Zealand (St. Cuthbert’s College) 23. South Carolina...... 73.22 Jennifer Johnson 5-8 Fr./HS La Quinta, Calif. (Desert Christian HS) 24. Stanford...... 73.31 Liisa Kelo 5-7 Sr./3V Mexico City, Mexico (Institut Le Rosey) Alessia Knight 5-8 Fr./HS Bologna, Italy (Liceo School) 25. Tulane...... 73.42 Giulia Molinaro 5-10 So./1V Villorba, Italy (The Pendleton School) Juliana Murcia 5-3 Sr./2V Bogota, Colombia (The English School) Rebecca Schneider 5-10 Fr./HS Cave Creek, Ariz. (Cactus Shadows HS) Marie Simonsen 5-9 Fr./HS Bergen, Norway Jaclyn Sweeney 5-9 Jr./1V Andover, Mass. (The Pendleton School/Oklahoma State) Head Coach: Melissa Luellen (8th year) Assistant Coach: Missy Farr-Kaye (8th year) By State/Country: Arizona (1): Rebecca Schneider Massachusetts (1): Jaclyn Sweeney California (1): Jennifer Johnson Mexico (1): Liisa Kelo Spain (1): Carlota Ciganda Colombia (1): Juliana Murcia New Zealand (1): Larissa Eruera Italy (2): Giulia Molinaro, Alessia Knight Norway (1): Marie Simonsen

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JACLYN SWEENEY Tournament 1 2 3 4 Total Score Place TOPY Cup Japan 70 72 69 211 -5 1 Mason Rudolph 75 70 145 +1 T40 ASU TEAM RESULTS Stanford Collegiate 67 72 73 212 -1 T6 Tournament 1 2 3 Total (Score) Place 3 appearances, 8 rounds, 568 strokes, 71.0 average TOPY Cup Japan 286 281 291 858 -6 1 Top 20 Finishes: 2 Top 10 Finishes: 2 Mason Rudolph 280 285 565 -11 T4 Career Low Round: 67 four times (2007 Wildcat Stanford Collegiate 273 282 285 840 -12 1 Invitational, 2007 NCAA West Regional, 2007 Stanford Appearances: 3 Rounds: 8 Invitational, 2008 Stanford Collegiate) Total Strokes: 2,263 Round Average: 282.88 Season Low Round: 67 (Stanford Collegiate) Top 10 Finishes: 3 Top 5 Finishes: 3

JULIANA MURCIA Tournament 1 2 3 4 Total Score Place TOPY Cup Japan 71 67 74 212 -4 2 TOPY Cup• Sept. 7-8 Mason Rudolph 70 72 141 -3 T15 Tanagura C.C.. • Tanagura, Japan Stanford Collegiate 70 68 71 209 -4 T3 Par 72 • 6,216 yards 3 appearances, 8 rounds, 560 strokes, 70.0 average 1st OF 6 TEAMS Top 20 Finishes: 3 Top 10 Finishes: 2 1. Arizona State 286-281-291 858 Career Low Round: 67 four times (2006 PING/ASU 2. Wake Forest 286-305-293 884 Invitational, 2006 Las Vegas, 2007 Mason Rudolph, 2009 3. Nagoya 303-303-307 913 TOPY Cup) 4. Hosei 311-296-307 914 Season Low Round: 67 (TOPY Cup) 5. Otemae 300-305-309 914

CARLOTA CIGANDA 1. Jaclyn Sweeney 70-72-69 211 Tournament 1 2 3 4 Total Score Place 2. Juliana Murcia 71-67-74 212 TOPY Cup Japan 71 73 70 214 -2 T3 T3. Carlota Ciganda 71-73-70 214 Mason Rudolph 71 74 145 +1 T40 T8. Giulia Molinaro 74-69-78 221 Stanford Collegiate 67 70 71 208 -5 2 28. Liisa Kelo 80-78-80 238 3 appearances, 8 rounds, 567 strokes, 70.88 average Top 20 Finishes: 2 Top 10 Finishes: 2 Career Low Round: 66 (2007 PING/ASU Invitational) Mason Rudolph Invitational• Sept. 25-27 Season Low Round: 67 (Stanford Collegiate) Vanderbilt Legends Club • Franklin, Tenn. Par 72 • 6,271 yards 4th OF 17 TEAMS GIULIA MOLINARO Tournament 1 2 3 4 Total Score Place 1. Southern California 278-282 560 TOPY Cup Japan 74 69 78 221 +5 T8 2. UCLA 284-278 562 Mason Rudolph 70 74 144 E T30 3. Auburn 278-285 563 Stanford Collegiate 75 73 72 220 +7 T33 T4. Arizona State 280-285 565 3 appearances, 8 rounds, 585 strokes, 73.13 average T4. Duke 283-282 565 Top 20 Finishes: 1 Top 10 Finishes: 1 Career Low Round: 69 (2009 TOPY Cup) 1. Jennifer Song (USC) 66-66 139 Season Low Round: 69 (TOPY Cup) T7. Jennifer Johnson 69-70 141 T15. Juliana Murcia 70-71 144 LIISA KELO T30. Giulia Molinaro 70-74 145 Tournament 1 2 3 4 Total Score Place T40. Jaclyn Sweeney 75-70 145 TOPY Cup Japan 80 78 80 238 +22 28 T40. Carlota Ciganda 71-74 145 1 appearance, 3 rounds, 238 strokes, 79.33 average Top 20 Finishes: 0 Top 10 Finishes: 0 Stanford Collegiate• Oct. 16-18 Career Low Round: 73 (2007 Northrop Grumman) Stanford G.C. • Stanford, Calif. Season Low Round: 78 (TOPY Cup) Par 71 • 6,156 yards 1st OF 15 TEAMS Jennifer Johnson Tournament 1 2 3 4 Total Score Place 1. Arizona State 273-282-285 840 Mason Rudolph 69 70 139 -5 T7 2. UCLA 277-285-282 844 Stanford Collegiate 69 72 71 212 -1 T6 3. Vanderbilt 290-283-289 862 2 appearances, 5 rounds, 351 strokes, 70.2 average 4. Texas 279-285-300 864 Top 20 Finishes: 2 Top 10 Finishes: 2 5. Southern California 289-295-289 873 Career Low Round: 69 two times (2009 Mason Rudolph & Stanford Collegiate) 1. Jennifer Song (USC) 67-71-67 205 Season Low Round: 69 two times (Mason Rudolph & 2. Carlota Ciganda 67-70-71 208 Stanford Collegiate) T3. Juliana Murcia 70-68-71 209 T6. Jennifer Johnson 69-72-71 212 T6. Jaclyn Sweeney 67-72-73 212 T33. Giulia Molinaro 75-73-72 220

2009-10 ARIZONA STATE WOMEN’S GOLF STATISTICS Updated September 21, 2009