May 14, 2001 ’00-01 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Tournament Finish 2000-01 ARIZONA STATE WOMEN’S GOLF SEPT. 15-16 NCAA Fall Preview T14th of 21 May 22-25 NCAA Championships Mission Inn El Campeon Golf Course Mission Inn El Campeon Golf Course • Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. Winners of six national crowns in the 1990s, the 13th-ranked OCT. 9-11 Arizona State women’s golf team heads to Howey-in-the- Edean Ihlandfeldt Invitational 3rd of 18 Sahalee Country Club Hills, Fla., for the 2001 NCAA Championships May 22-25 Redmond, Wash. looking to capture their sixth NCAAtitle in nine years. Stetson University and the Orlando Sports Commission play host to OCT. 20-22 the NCAAChampionships at the Mission Inn Golf and Tennis Stanford/Pepsi Intercollegiate 7th of 18 Resort on the par 72, 6,106-yard El Campeon course. Stanford Golf Course A total of 24 teams will compete in this year’s tournament Palo Alto, Calif. including eight teams and two individuals from each of three regionals. Qualifiers from the NCAA West Regional, hosted NOV. 3-5 by Oregon State May 10-12, are Arizona, Stanford, Michigan Golf World/Palmetto Dunes 10th of 12 State, UCLA, Ohio State, ASU, Washington and USC. Arthur Hills at Palmetto Hall Golf Course Representing the East are Duke, Auburn, Georgia, South Hilton Head, S.C. Florida, New Mexico, South Carolina, San Jose State and Pepperdine, while Tulsa, Purdue, Texas, New Mexico State, FEB. 7-9 Oklahoma State, LSU, Kent State and California advanced TRW Regional Challenge T11th of 18 from the Central Regional. Palos Verdes Country Club Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. About the NCAA Championships FEB. 19-21 Eighteen holes will be played Tuesday through Friday, May 22-25 beginning at 7:30 a.m. Arizona Invitational T9th of 16 Eastern time from tees No. 1 and No. 10. First- and second-round pairings are predetermined The Raven at Sabino Springs based on seeding, while tee times for the final two rounds will be based on results. The top four Tucson, Ariz. scores from each five-person team will count toward the team score. As the No. 6 team from the West, Arizona State will be paired with South Carolina and LSU in the first and second MAR. 5-7 rounds and will tee off No. 1 at 8:40 a.m. EST on Tuesday and off No. 10 at 12:40 p.m. EST on San Jose Spartan Invitational 3rd of 16 Wednesday. Corral de Tierra Country Club Salinas, Calif. The Lineup APR. 7-9 Arizona State’s lineup will feature freshman Jimin Kang, senior Molly Cooper, sophomore PING/ASU Invitational 2nd of 15 Melanie Hunt, junior Lisa Meredith and sophomore Blair O’Neal. Cooper, Meredith and O’Neal Karsten Golf Course all return from last year’s NCAA Championships squad, while Kang and Hunt will be participat- Tempe, Ariz. ing in their first NCAAChampionships. APR. 23-25 2000-01 ASU Stroke Averages Pac-10 Championships 3rd of 10 Name App Top 10 Rounds Strokes Avg. Low Karsten Golf Course Jimin Kang 10 4 29 2153 74.24 66 Tempe, Ariz. Melanie Hunt 6 1 18 1371 76.17 69 Lisa Meredith 9 0 26 1990 76.54 71 MAY 10-12 Molly Cooper 10 3 29 2208 76.14 70 NCAA Regionals 6th of 21 Blair O’Neal 10 1 29 2256 77.79 71 Trysting Tree Golf Club Michaela Friberg 7 0 20 1639 81.95 76 Corvallis, Ore. MAY 22-25 How They Got Here NCAA Championships The Sun Devils earned their ninth straight trip to the NCAA Championships and 19th overall Mission Inn El Campeon Golf Course with a sixth-place finish at the NCAA West Regional, held May 10-12 at the Trysting Tree Golf Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. Club in Corvallis, Ore. Freshman Jimin Kang led the Sun Devil squad with her third-place finish with a three-under par total of 213. Kang shot a career-low 66 on Friday en route to her third- DID YOU KNOW? place showing which was the lowest round for a Sun Devil since All-American Grace Park set Head coach Linda Vollstedt and the the school record with a pair of 65s in the first and second rounds of the 1998 NCAA Arizona State Sun Devils won six national titles in the 1990s, twice as many as any other women’s golf pro- gram in the nation. Rhonda Lundin, Women’s Golf Contact ICA Media Relations Office, P.O. Box 872505, Tempe, AZ 85287 1990 • 1993 • 1994 (480) 965-6592 • Fax: (480) 965-5408 1995 • 1997 • 1998 [email protected] • www.TheSunDevils.com 2000-01 ARIZONA STATE WOMEN’S GOLF • PAGE 2 Championships. Senior Molly Cooper carded her fourth top-20 finish of Molly Cooper (Senior • Tumwater, Wash.) the season with a tie for 19th, while sophomore Melanie Hunt and Has appeared in all 10 tournaments for the Sun Devils this year … has junior Lisa Meredith each tied for 55th and sophomore Blair O’Neal finished in the top 20 in each of her last three outings with two top-10 tied for 80th. showings … was named honorable-mention All-Pac-10, the first all- conference honor of her career … tied for 19th at the NCAA West In the Rankings Regional (226) … tied for 10th at the Pac-10 Championships (221) … Arizona State checked in at 13th in the May 14 Golfweek/Sagarin rank- shot a two-under 70 at that event, her season-low round … carded her ings. Additionally, Arizona State is 20th in the May 16 MasterCard second top 10 finish of the season at the PING/ASU Invitational, tying Collegiate Golf Rankings and 14th in the May 2 Golf World coaches’ for ninth with a five-over 216 … is ranked 69th and 83rd in the latest poll. Individually, freshman Jimin Kang is the highest ranked Sun Devil, individual rankings … shot a one-under 71 in the first round of the moving to 20th (Golfweek) and 21st (MasterCard) from 30th after her ASU/PING Invitational which tied for the low score of the day … fin- third-place finish at the NCAA West Regional. A trio of other Sun Devils ished in a tie for eighth at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational with a nine- also appear in the polls with senior Molly Cooper 69th (MasterCard) over par 225 … also cracked the top 25 with a 24th-place showing at and 83rd (G o l f w e e k), sophomore Melanie Hunt ranked 95th the Palmetto Dunes Intercollegiate, carding a 72 in the final round en (Golfweek) and 99th (MasterCard) and junior Lisa Meredith 92nd route to a seven-over par 223, and then a 25th-place finish at the (Golfweek). Arizona Invitational (231). NCAA History Lisa Meredith (Junior • Reading, England) The Sun Devils have six NCAA team titles to their credit, all won in the Consistent player who has seen action in nine tournaments this sea- 1990s with the most recent coming in 1998. ASU became the first son … finished in a tie for 55th at the NCAA West Regional (237) … women’s golf team in NCAA history to “three-peat,” sweeping the tied for 18th at the Pac-10 Championships (224) … shot an even 72 in NCAA crowns from 1993-95. The Sun Devils are making their 10th the first round at Pac-10s … earned honorable-mention All-Pac-10 straight NCAAChampionships appearance and their 19th in the last 20 honors in 2001 for the second consecutive season … missed the years. In those appearances, ASU has captured 15 Top 10 NCAA fin- PING/ASU Invitational with a bout of the flu … is ranked 92nd in the ishes, including 11 in the last 13 years. latest Golfweek/Sagarin poll … turned in her best performance of the Individually, eight Sun Devils have won NCAA medalist honors, year at the San Jose State Spartan Invitational, finishing in a tie for most recently All-American Grace Park in 1999, while five others have 14th with a five-over 221 … carded a season and career-low 71 in the been the national runnerup. first round of the Spartan Invite … cracked the top 20 at the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational, finishing in a tie for 19th with a 15-over par 231 Pac-10 Honors (78-75-78) … turned in 12-over 228’s in each of her last fall appear- Three Sun Devils earned All-Pac-10 Conference honors led by fresh- ances, tying for 27th at the Stanford Intercollegiate and for 36th at the man Jimin Kang who was named to the second team. Senior Molly Palmetto Dunes Intercollegiate … matched her career-low round with Cooper and junior Lisa Meredith were honorable-mention honorees, a one-under 71 at Stanford. the first all-league accolade of Cooper’s career and the second in as many years for Meredith. Melanie Hunt (Sophomore • Phoenix, Ariz.) Transferred to Arizona State in December from Texas Te c h Head Coach Linda Vollstedt University… a local product who attended Horizon High School in Linda Vollstedt, a 1969 graduate of ASU, is in her 21st year as the Phoenix… has immediately made an impact at ASU, jumping to No. 2 head coach of the Arizona State women’s golf team. One of Golf and 3 in the lineup with a 76.17 stroke average … is ranked 95th and World’s top 10 college golf coaches of the century and a finalist for 99th individually … has played in six tournaments for the Sun Devils induction into the International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame, the five- … tied for 55th at the NCAA West Regional (237) … finished in a tie time national coach of the year led ASU to six NCAAchampionships in for 13th at the Pac-10 Championships (222), her third top-20 appear- the 1990s, twice as many as any other women’s golf program in the ance of the year … tied for 22nd at the PING/ASU Invitational at nine- nation.