Duck Women in 10th Place in Pac-10 Golf First Day - University of Oregon Athletics

TUCSON, Ariz. ? After the first round of the 20^th annual Pacific-10 Conference Women’s Golf Championships Monday, the No. 43-ranked University of Oregon stood in 10^th place in the three-round event hosted by the University of Arizona at Oro Valley Country Club.

The Ducks shot a four-player, +26-over score of 314 Monday, while No. 3 Arizona State topped the field by four strokes with its 1-under 287.

No. 2 UCLA trailed in second place (291), followed by No. 6 USC (third, 293), No. 12 California (fourth, 296), No. 21 Stanford (fifth, 299), No. 42 Washington State (sixth, 300), No. 19 Arizona (seventh, 301), No. 49 Oregon State (eighth, 307) and No. 27 Washington (ninth, 308).

Senior Erin Andrews and sophomore Victoria Wenslow led UO Monday and were tied for 24^th with a 4-over 76. Oregon’s scoring was rounded out by senior Michelle Timpani and freshman Cathryn Bristow who were tied at 43^rd (81), and UO’s contingent also included redshirt junior Therese Wenslow (48^th-tie, 85).

Overall in the individual standings, Washington State’s Ana Kostina and Arizona State’s Azahara Munoz were tied for first place with a 2-under 70. Five players followed in a tie for third at 71, and another player followed in eighth place at even-par 72.

A link to live scoring is available at the www.GolfStat.com website, and day-end results will also be posted to the www.ArizonaAthletics.com and www.Pac-10.org websites.

Heading into the tourney, Duck freshman Cathryn Bristow stood 101^st nationally with a 74.39 rating in the Sagarin individual national rankings, and had climbed 41 spots in the previous two weekends.

A link to current national women’s golf GolfWeek / Sagarin team and individual rankings is available at the http://www.golfweek.com/college/around_campus/index.php URL address.

The Haupai, New Zealand native Bristow won her second tourney title of the season two weeks ago in the Illini Spring Classic with a tourney low, even par final round 72 to finish at 2-over (146, 74-72) on the 5,909-yard course.

Bristow won the title by one stroke, and UO had two other players in the top-20 overall - Therese Wenslow and Timpani, who tied for 17^th at 155 after final rounds of 76 and 77, respectively. The Duck women also won the team crown with a two-round, four-player score of 610 ? five strokes better than Michigan (second, 615, 313-302) in a 16-team field that also included three other Big Ten teams - Iowa (third, 618, 308-310), Illinois (fourth, 619, 314-305) and Indiana (fifth, 620, 314-306).

In her collegiate debut last September, Bristow also posted an individual victory by one stroke in the OSU Invitational (70-74-73-217) at Trysting Tree Golf Course. In the same event, UO took second with a score of 894 (298-301-295) for their previous team-high placing of 2005-06.

In last year’s Pac-10 Championships hosted by Cal, the Ducks finished eighth on the Ruby Hill Golf Course (922, 308-308-306). Four current Ducks played the event ? Andrews (28^th-tie, 231, 79-74-78), Victoria Wenslow (31^st-tie, 232, 76-77-79), Kim McCready (37^th-tie, 234, 78-82-74) and Timpani (47^th-tie, 246, 83-80-73).

This year’s Duck roster has also combined for nine other appearances in recent Pac-10 Championships, courtesy of Andrews (2003, 40^th-tie, 238; 2004, 43^rd-tie, 246; 2005, 28^th-tie, 231), Timpani (2003, 54^th, 248; 2004, 34^th-tie, 239; 2005, 47^th, 246), Therese Wenslow (2003, 36^th-tie, 236; 2004, 48^th, 251) and McCready (2004 ? 21^st-tie, 235).

Going back into the Pac-10 record books, UCLA won the conference team crown last year by four strokes (874, 289-290-295) over Arizona State (second, 878, 297-292-289) and USC (third, 880, 291-295-294). ASU’s Louisa Stahle won the individual title by two strokes (207, 69-71-67) over UCLA’s Susie Mathews (second, 209, 68-71-70) and Arizona’s Cassandra Kirkland (third-tie, 211, 72-67-72) and Washington State’s Kim Welch (third-tie, 211, 70-66-65).

Oregon’s highest finish in the league finale came in 1991 and 1993 when they tied for fourth in the events held in Eugene and Walla Walla, Wash., respectively. In that same time period, the Ducks added fifth-place finishes in 1992, ’94, ’95 and ’97 to go along with a sixth-place finish in ’96.

UO head coach Shannon Rouillard is in her sixth season at the helm and guided Oregon to 11th place in the 2000 NCAA Championships, and top-12 West Regional finishes in 2001 (ninth), ?04 (eighth-tie) and ’05 (10th). As a player, she was a 1995 Pac-10 honorable mention all-conference honoree for UO, and in 1993 took seventh and 29th in the Pac-10 and NCAA Championships, respectively. After her collegiate career, she was a 1999 Women's U.S. Open qualifier after she claimed medalist honors in the Lake Merced (Calif.) qualifying tournament.

Looking ahead, the Ducks will return for single round action both Tue.-Wed., April 25-26 in the league finale. More tournament information will be available soon at the www.Pac-10.org and www.ArizonaAthletics.com websites.

FINAL RESULTS

Pacific-10 Conference Championships

Oro Valley Country Club

Tucson, Ariz.

Monday, April 24, 2006

Team Results - 1, Arizona State, 287. 2, UCLA, 291. 3, USC, 293. 4, California, 296. 5, Stanford, 299. 6, Washington State, 300. 7, Arizona, 301. 8, Oregon State, 307. 9, Washington, 308. 10, Oregon, 314.

Individual Results ? 1t, Ana Kostina, Washington State, 70. 1t, Azahara Munoz, Arizona State, 70. 3t, Irene Cho, USC, 71. 3t, Veronica Felibert, USC, 71. 3t, Tiffany Joh, UCLA, 71. 3t, Alissa Kuczka, Arizona State, 71. 3t, Paige Mackenzie, Washingotn, 71. 8, Mika Takayama, California, 72. 9t, Mari Chun, Stanford, 73. 9t, Amie Cochran, UCLA, 73. 9t, Susie Mathews, UCLA, 73. 9t, Paola Moreno, USC, 73. 9t, Jennifer Osborn, Arizona State, 73. 9t, Sophia Sheridan, California, 73. 9t, Tiffany Tavee, Arizona State, 73. 9t, Adriana Zwanck, Arizona, 73.

Oregon Individual Results ? 24t, Erin Andrews, 76. 24t, Victoria Wenslow, 76. 43t, Michelle Timpani, 81. 43t, Cathryn Bristow, 81. 48t, Therese Wenslow, Oregon, 85.

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