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BlueBlue DeDevilvil NotesNotes 2007 Duke Women’s Golf -1999, 2002, 2005 & 2006 NCAA DIVISION I NATIONAL CHAMPIONS- 2007 NCAA East Regional May 10-12, 2007 Baton Rouge, La. • University Club 54-Hole Medal Play • 18 Holes Each Day DUKE HEADS TO EAST REGIONAL The second-ranked Duke women’s golf team will travel to Baton Rouge, La., to compete 2006-07 SCHEDULE/RESULTS in the 2007 East Regional on May 10-12 at the Par 72, 6,403-yard University Club. The Blue Sept. 15-17 Devils are in search of their sixth regional title out of the last nine years, after coming in second in each of the last two seasons. Mason Rudolph Championship ............ 1st of 15 Participating in the regional will be-- Duke (2), UCLA (12), Auburn (5), Purdue (7), Texas Sept. 24-26 A&M (14), North Carolina (17), Alabama (26), Wake Forest (18), South Carolina (25), Virginia NCAA Fall Preview ............................ 2nd of 18 (21), Florida State (23), LSU (28), Lousiville (33), South Florida (47), N.C. State (38), Birmingham- Oct. 6-8 Southern (35), Furman (44), College of Charleston, Western Carolina, Jacksonville State and Jackson State. The teams are listed in seed order and the rankings in parentheses are from the Tar Heel Invitational ........................... 3rd of 17 Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index. Oct. 20-22 Duke will tee off on Wednesday at 8:10 a.m. in the practice round followed by a first round Stanford Pepsi Intercollegiate ...............7th of 15 tee time at 9:00 a.m. on Thursday and a 1:20 p.m. time (off No. 10) on Friday in the second round. Nov. 3-5 All times listed are central time. Fans can follow the action live on the web at www.GoDuke.com. The regional will be a three-day, 54-hole tournament with 18 holes played each day at the NGCA Women’s Match Play ................ 1st of 16 University Club. The top eight teams and top two individuals (not on one of those eight teams) advance Feb. 26-27 on to the NCAA Championships to be played May 22-25 at the LPGA International Legends Golf Wildcat Invitational ............................... 2nd of 15 Course in Daytona Beach, Fla. March 5-6 NOTING THE BLUE DEVILS UCF Challenge ................................... 1st of 13 Heading into the East Regional, the Blue Devils have won five of nine tournaments and three March 16-18 out of the last four. LSU/Cleveland Classic ........................ 1st of 21 All of the five Duke golfers rank in the top-50 of the Golfweek rankings— Amanda April 6-8 Blumenherst (1), Jennie Lee (7), Anna Grzebien (29), Jennifer Pandolfi (47) and Alison Whitaker (50). Bryan National Collegiate ....................4th of 18 Both Blumenherst and Lee missed the Stanford Intercollegiate earlier this season as they April 13-15 were playing in the USA Women’s World Amateur in Stellenbosch, South Africa. The Blue Devils ACC Championship .............................. 1st of 9 went on to finish seventh in the tournament. May 10-12 BLUE DEVILS IN THE NCAA’S NCAA East Regional This marks the 15th consecutive year there has been a regional system for women’s golf. University Club • Baton Rouge, La. Duke has advanced 12 of the last 13 times, finishing in the top four of the regional all 12 years the May 23-26 squad has advanced. Coming off being shipped away from the East Regional for the first time NCAA Championship in school history in 2006, Duke returns tot he East Regional where it has taken home the individual LPGA International • Daytona Beach, Fla. title six times in 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. 2006-07 DUKE WOMEN'S GOLF ROSTER Name Yr Ht Exp Hometown (High School) Amanda Blumenherst So. 5-9 1VL Scottsdale, Ariz. (Xavier Preparatory) Anna Grzebien Sr. 5-6 3VL Narragansett, R.I. (Narragansett HS) Rebecca Kim Fr. 6-0 HS Tigard, Ore. (Tigard HS) Jennie Lee So. 5-2 1VL Henderson, Nev. (Edison HS) Yu Young Lee Fr. 5-4 HS Orlando, Fla. (Dr. Phillips HS) Jennifer Pandolfi Jr. 5-10 2VL Navarre, Fla. (Navarre HS) Alison Whitaker Fr. 5-9 HS Melbourne, Australia (St. Leonard's College) Head Coach: Dan Brooks (23rd Season, Oregon State, ‘81) Assistant Coach: Kalen Anderson (2nd Season, Duke, '01) 2007 Duke Women’s Golf Blue Devils in the NCAA Regionals DUKE'S NCAA REGIONAL RESULTS 1993 - BATON ROUGE, LA. - T8TH OF 18 2000 - Columbus, Ohio - 1ST OF 24 Kathi Poppmeier 78-73-77=228 T21st Beth Bauer 74-72-72=218 4th Jamie Koizumi 77-78-79=234 T38th Kalen Anderson 75-75-71=221 T9th Stephanie Sparks 83-80-73=236 T48th Maria Garcia-Estrada 74-75-77=226 T21st Tonya Blosser 82-77-79=238 T62nd Candy Hannemann 81-80-75=236 T75th Pam Soliman 92-88-83=262 100th Kristina Engstrom 77-80-79=236 T75th Team (East Region) 320-308-308=936 Team (East Region) 300-302-295=897 1994 - EAST LANSING, MICH. - 2ND OF 19 2001 - Chapel Hill, N.C. - 1ST OF 21 Stephanie Sparks 73-74-75=222 3rd Virada Nirapathpongporn 65-73-71=209 1st Kathi Poppmeier 77-79-77=233 T12th Candy Hannemann 72-68-72=212 2nd Jamie Koizumi 84-78-76=238 T32nd Leigh Anne Hardin 74-76-74=224 T15th Tonya Blosser 79-78-87=244 T53rd Kalen Anderson 77-74-77=228 T30th Pam Soliman 80-83-84=247 T70th Kristina Engstrom 75-82-78=235 T50th Team (East Region) 309-309-312=930 Team (East Region) 286-291-294=871 1995 - BARTLETT, TENN. - 3RD OF 19 2002 - Baton Rouge, LA. - 1ST OF 21 Kathi Poppmeier 74-74-71=219 6th Leigh Anne Hardin 71-67-72=210 1st Alicia Allison 72-76-73=221 7th Virada Nirapathpongporn 75-71-71=217 T7th Jamie Koizumi 79-76-76=231 T34th Kristina Engstrom 74-70-74=218 T9th Pam Soliman 73-75-85=233 T46th Candy Hannemann 71-72-79=222 T27th Liz Lepanto 75-78-86=239 T75th Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh 76-76-71=223 T34th Team (East Region) 294-301-305=900 Team (East Region) 219-280-288=859 1996 - OPELIKA, ALA. - 1ST OF 19 2003 - Clemmons, N.C. - 1ST OF 21 Alicia Allison 78-72-72=222 T5th Virada Nirapathpongporn 73-68-71=212 (T5th, -1) Kathi Poppmeier 77-75-73=225 T9th Liz Janangelo 71-72-74=217 (T14th, +4) Jenny Chuasiriporn 77-72-77=226 T12th Leigh Anne Hardin 71-74-72=217 (T14th, +4) Liz Lepanto 76-79-77=232 T26th Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh 73-75-70=218 (T16th, +5) Stephanie Sparks 78-79-78=235 T40th Kristina Engstrom 77-72-70=219 (T18th, +6) Team (East Region) 308-298-299=905 Team (East Region) 288-286-283=857 (+5) 1997 - BLOOMINGTON, ILL. - 17TH OF 19 2004 - Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. - 1ST OF 21 Jenny Chuasiriporn 77-84-78=239 T29th Liz Janangelo 72-76-69=217 (T3, +1) Alicia Allison 83-84-76=243 T44th Brittany Lang 71-72-74=217 (T3, +1) Amie Lehman 83-85-78=246 T64th Leigh Anne Hardin 71-72-75=218 (T5, +2) Liz Lepanto 84-86-80=250 T84th Anna Grzebien 72-79-73=224 (T15, +8) Filippa Hansson 87-83-83=253 T95th Virada Nirapathpongporn 75-72-81=228 (T24, +12) Team (East Region) 327-336-312=975 Team (East Region) 286-293-291=869 (+5) 1998 - DURHAM, N.C. - 2ND OF 19 2005 - Gainesville, Fla. - 2ND OF 21 Jenny Chuasiriporn 71-77-71=219 5th Anna Grzebien 73-69-67=209 (1, -1) Alicia Allison 73-77-73=223 T8th Brittany Lang 74-68-71=213 (T5, +3) Filippa Hansson 77-73-75=225 T15th Liz Janangelo 72-71-74=217 (T10, +7) Kalen Anderson 76-80-72=228 T27th Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh 76-75-76=227 (T38, +17) Amie Lehman 77-75-79=231 T38th Jennifer Pandolfi 73-81-75=229 (T51, +19) Team (East Region) 297-302-291=890 Team (East Region) 292-283-287=862 (+22) 1999 - BLYTHEWOOD, S.C. - 4TH OF 19 2006 - COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS. - 2ND OF 21 Beth Bauer 74-70-71=215 T1st Amanda Blumenherst 78-68-70=216 (2, +2) Jenny Chuasiriporn 75-77-72=224 T17th Liz Janangelo 77-69-75=221 (3, +5) Kalen Anderson 71-77-79=227 T27th Jennifer Pandolfi 71-77-74=222 (T4, +6) Filippa Anderson 77-78-89=244 T91st Anna Grzebien 79-79-69=227 (T19, +11) Candy Hannemann DQ-76-75 DQ Jennie Lee 76-80-75=231 (T35, +15) Team (East Region) 297-300-297=894 Team (Central Region) 294-300-291=885 (+21) PAGE 2 --1999, 2002, 2005 & 2006 NCAA DIVISION I NATIONAL CHAMPIONS-- PAGE 2 2007 Duke Women’s Golf Blue Devils in the NCAA Regionals Duke has posted four individual medalists at the regionals as Beth Bauer Brooks' teams have finished with a top-20 ranking 20 times (looking for won the East Regional in 1999 after shooting 74-70-71=215, Virada Nirap- the 21st this season), while 12 of his squads have earned a top-10 finish in a athpongporn won in 2001 with a 65-73-71=209, Leigh Anne Hardin won NCAA Tournament-- 1987 (T7th), 1988 (5th), 1994 (4th), 1996 (7th), 1998 (4th), in 2002 with rounds of 71-67-72=210 and Anna Grzebien won in 2005 with 1999 (1st), 2001 (2nd), 2002 (1st), 2003 (10th), 2004 (3rd), 2005 (1st) and 2006 rounds of 73-69-67=209. (1st). Four current Blue Devils boast regional experience: Anna Grzebien (3) In 23 years, his teams have won 100 tournaments.