Washington Golfers Set Two Impressive Washington Won Two Tournaments During the How Good Have the 16Th-Ranked Huskies Been Records During the 2001-2002 Season
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WashingtonGolf NCAAChampionshipsNotes Huskies Host NCAA Championships Regional Recap Husky Lineup The 18th-ranked Washington women’s golf team Washington tied Arizona State for sixth place at Washington’s five player lineup for the NCAA will compete in at the NCAA Championships to the NCAA West Regional held at the Stanford Championships will include senior Kelli be held May 21-24 at the Washington National Golf Course. UW’s finish equaled the Huskies’ Kamimura (Burlington, Wash.); junior Louise Golf Club. The top eight teams from three re- best finish at a NCAA Regional. Louise Friberg Friberg (Helsingbord, Sweden); junior Michelle gional sites will advance to the 2002 NCAA led the Huskies by finishing eighth with a score Grafos (Spokane, Wash.); sophomore Lindsay Championships May 21-24 at Washington Na- of 220. That was the second-best showing the a Morgan (Walla Walla, Wash.) and freshman tional Golf Club in Auburn. UW golfer at a Regional. Lindsay Morgan was Paige Mackenzie (Yakima, Wash.). second at 222. After shooting 310 in the first The Field round, the Huskies rebounded with rounds of 303 Rankings The 24 teams and six individuals are as follows: and 291 to qualify for the NCAA Championships. Washington is ranked 18th in the latest Golfweek Arizona, Arizona State, Auburn, California, Duke, Sagarin/Performance Index. Washington’s Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio NCAA History Louise Friberg is 51st in the individual rankings State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Pepperdine, while Lindsay Morgan is 75th and Kelli Kamimura The 2002 tournament is Washington’s sixth is 85th. Purdue, South Carolina, South Florida, South- NCAA Championship appearance. The Huskies ern California, Stanford, Texas, Tulsa, UCLA, also competed in 1977, 1995, 1997, 1998 and Husky Homecoming Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, Washington, Meredith 2001. Washington’s best finish came in 1977 The 2002 NCAA Championships will be a Husky Duncan (LSU), Meaghan Francella (Memphis), when the team finished 14th. Martina Gillen (Kent State), Melanie Hagewood homecoming for two coaches. California head coach Nancy (Kessler) McDaniel lettered for (Baylor), Kristi Larsen (New Mexico) and Alena Four Huskies on All-Pac-10 Team Sharp (New Mexico State). A total of 126 com- Washington from 1985-88 under current Husky Four members of the Washington women’s golf petitors will comprise this year's field. coach Mary Lou Mulflur. Kessler was a UW’s first team were named to the 2002 All-Pac-10 Con- All-Pac-10 selection and was named to the Hus- ference squad. Husky senior Kelli Kamimura and kies’ All-Decade team (1986-96). She won two Tournament Format junior Louise Friberg were named second-team tournaments during her collegiate career and The NCAA Championships include a 72-hole for- all-conference while sophomore Lindsay Morgan recorded eight top-10 finishes. Florida assistant mat on the par 72, 6,273-yard Washington Na- and freshman Paige Mackenzie were honorable coach Robin Walton graduated from Washing- tional Golf Club course. One round (18 holes) mention selections. The team was selected by ton in 1978 and was a teammate of Mulflur. will be played Tuesday-Friday, May 21-24 begin- the conference coaches during the 2002 cham- Walton transferred to UW from Arizona State and ning at 8 a.m. PT from the No. 1 and No. 10 tees pionships at Walla Walla Country Club. was an All-American as a senior. She is in her each day. The low four scores for each five player second season at Florida after playing on the team will count towards the team total. First- and First Team LPGA tour since 1979. Walton coached the second-round pairings are predetermined based Sarah Huarte, California Gators during the NCAA East Regional when the on seeding from the regional champions. Tee Vikki Laing, California flu sidelined UF head coach Jill Briles-Hinton. times for the final two rounds will be based on Becky Lucidi, USC results. The top four scores from each five-per- Lorena Ochoa, Arizona Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index son team will count toward the team score. As Mikaela Parmlid, USC (May 12) the No. 7 seed from the West, Washington will Jimin Kang, Arizona State 1 Auburn 72.32␣ be paired with Oklahoma and Georgia in the first 2 Duke 72.61␣ 3 Tulsa 73.25␣ and second rounds and will tee off No. 10 at 8:10 Second Team Yvonne Choe, UCLA 4 Ohio State 73.64␣ a.m. PT on Tuesday and off No. 1 at 12:10 p.m. Louise Friberg, Washington 5 Texas 73.75␣ PT on Wednesday. The Huskies practice rounds Kelli Kamimura, Washington 6 Oklahoma State 73.91␣ are scheduled for noon on Sunday, May 19 (10th Laura Myerscough, Arizona 7 Arizona 73.92␣ tee) and 10 a.m. on Monday, May 20. Kim Rowton, Stanford 8 Tennessee 74.10␣ Anne Walker, California 9 Arizona State 74.30␣ Tickets 10 Georgia 74.33␣ Tickets for the NCAA Championship are $20 for Honorable Mention 11 Florida 74.39␣ an adult all-session pass; $15 for a youth (high 12 Vanderbilt 74.41␣ Lindsay Morgan, Washington 13 Pepperdine 74.42␣ school age and younger) all-session pass: $8 for Blair O’Neil, Arizona State 14 Michigan State 74.42␣ a single-session adult pass and $6 for a single- Anna Rawson, USC 15 Southern California 74.50␣ session youth pass. A special $100 VIP pass is Gaelle Truet, Arizona State 16 California 74.62␣ also available. Tickets can be purchased through Alicia Um, UCLA 17 UCLA 74.65␣ the Husky ticket office at 206-543-2200 or can Gina Umeck, UCLA 18 Washington 74.68␣ be purchased when entering the Washington Kim Welch, Washington State 19 Oklahoma 74.78␣ National Golf Club. Paige Mackenzie, Washington 20 Wake Forest 74.78␣ Wendra Liang, Stanford 21 Purdue 74.94␣ Results and Live Stats 22 South Carolina 74.96␣ Results will be available at www.gohuskies.com Newcomer of the Year: Yvonne Choe, UCLA 23 Michigan 75.13␣ after each session. You can also follow all of the Coach of the Year: Carrie Leary, UCLA 24 Stanford 75.25␣ action live at www.golfstatlive.com 25 TCU 75.35␣ 1 WashingtonGolf NCAAChampionshipsNotes UW Has Record-Setting Year UW’s Winning Ways Four in the Hunt The Washington golfers set two impressive Washington won two tournaments during the How good have the 16th-ranked Huskies been records during the 2001-2002 season. The Hus- spring. The Huskies finished first in the 15-team this season? Currently, four Huskies stroke av- kies took 16 strokes off of their all-time 54-hole field at the Duck Invitational (March 28-29) with erages for this year rank among the top 11 on tournament scoring mark when they shot 874 to a score of 882. Washington ended the regular UW’s single-season list. Kelli Kamimura, who finish fourth at the Stanford Intercollegiate Oct. season by winning the Peg Barnard California owns the UW record with a 74.3 average she set 19-21. The Huskies turned in rounds of 293, 290 Collegiate with a 36-hole score of 593. During last year, is eighth at 75.8. Louise Friberg is third and 291 and were led overall by senior Kelli UW’s eight regular-season tournaments that at 74.9, Lindsay Morgan is sixth at 75.5 and fresh- Kamimura’s sixth-place finish. During San Jose were completed, the Huskies finished in the top man Paige Mackenzie is 11th at 76.0. State’s Spartan Invitational (March 4-6), Wash- four six times. ington set its low 18-hole record with a second- Playing at Washington National round score of 285. That broke the previous best Morgan Heats Up While Washington National Golf Club became the single-round total of 288 set at the 2001 Pac-10 Husky sophomore Lindsay Morgan has been home course for Husky golf when it opened in Championships. Junior Louise Friberg led UW Washington’s hot golfer during the final month of the fall of 2000, the Huskies have hosted just during the second-round of the Spartan Invita- the season. She was the Huskies’ top finisher in one tournament at the facility, the 2001 Fall Pre- tional with a 3-under score of 69. Freshman Paige three of the last five tournaments. She recorded view. The Huskies annual fall tournament, the Mackenzie shot 2-under 70 and Kamimura was the team’s best finish this season, placing sec- Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational, is held at Sahalee 1-under 71. Lindsay Morgan rounded out the ond at Oregon’s Duck Invitational, with a 3-over Golf and Country Club in Redmond. In May, the scoring with a 75. score of 219. She was third at the Peg Barnard Huskies opened their private hitting area on the California Collegiate with a 2-over 146. Morgan west end of the practice range at Washington Kamimura Builds on Record was Washington’s top finisher at the Pac-10 National. Washington senior Kelli Kamimura moved into Championships, placing sixth overall at 222. Her first place on UW’s career Top-10 Finishes list finish at the Pac-10s was the fourth best by a this season and has built her all-time total to 20. Husky at the event. Morgan equaled her career Kamimura had four top-10 outings this year, best 18-hole score when she carded a 70 during topped by her fourth-place finish at the Lady Az- the final round of the NCAA West Regional. She tec Invitational. Kamimura was Washington’s top finished 12th overall at 222. golfer during the first six tournaments of the year.