Andrews Continues to Lead Women's Golfers in Pac-10 Second Day
TUCSON - The No. 43-ranked University of Oregon women's golf team remained in 10th place Tuesday in second round action in the Pacific-10 Conference Golf Championships, hosted by the University of Arizona at Oro Valley Country Club.
Oregon combined for a four-player, +31-over score of 319 Tuesday to give them a score of 633 after two rounds, while No. 2 UCLA moved into the lead by eight strokes with a tourney-low 287 second round and two-round, 2-over 578 tally.
First-day leader No. 3 Arizona State dropped a position to second place Tuesday with a second-round 299 and stood at 10-over with their 586.
No. 12 California trailed in third place (594, 296-298), followed by No. 6 USC (fourth, 595, 293-302), No. 49 Oregon State (fifth, 605, 307-298), No. 27 Washington (sixth, 608, 308-300), No. 19 Arizona (seventh, 609, 301-308), No. 21 Stanford (eighth, 610, 299-311) and No. 42 Washington State (ninth, 615, 300-315)
Senior Erin Andrews led the Ducks for the second straight day with a 76 Tuesday and is tied for 22nd overall with a 152. The Las Vegas native carded birdies on the par 5, sixth and 15th holes, and penciled in bogeys on the following holes ? 1, 2, 3, 9, 16 and 18.
Sophomore Victoria Wenslow followed in 39th place (158, 76-82), and other Ducks among Tuesday’s standings included senior Michelle Timpani (42nd-tie, 161, 81-80), freshman Cathryn Bristow (47th, 164, 81-83) and redshirt junior Therese Wenslow (49th, 166, 85-81).
"We did not play well today today," Oregon head coach Shannon Rouillard said, "and I think this is the highest team score we have had all year. There are no excuses, but our number one player (Bristow) is pretty sick. It's not that I believe the golf course is too difficult. If you hit good shots you are rewarded. If you hit a ball in the middle of the green it goes over so you have to adjust for that. The entire field is dealing with that, though."
Entering Tuesday’s second round, Wenslow had stood in a tie for 24th with Victoria Wenslow after a first-round 76, and were followed by Timpani and Bristow (43rd-tie, 81) and Therese Wenslow (48th-tie, 85).
Overall in the individual standings, UCLA’s Amie Cochran moved into the lead with a four-under 68 Tuesday and her two-round, 3-under score of 141 paced the field by one stroke.
Washington’s Paige Mackenzie climbed one spot Tuesday to second place (142, 71-71), and was followed by the third-place trio of UCLA’s Tiffany Joh (143, 71-72), Arizona State’s Azaha Munoz (143, 70-73) and Oregon State’s Leah Whiting (143, 75-68). Munoz entered the day in the lead with a 2-under 70 first round Monday that tied her with Washington State’s Ana Kostina who dropped into a three-way tie for seventh Tuesday (145, 70-75).
A link to live scoring with complete hole-by-hole player scores is available at the www.GolfStat.com website, and day-end results are also posted to the www.ArizonaAthletics.com and www.Pac-10.org websites.
Heading into the tourney, Bristow stood 101st nationally with a 74.39 rating in the Sagarin individual national rankings, and had climbed 41 spots the previous two weeks.
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.
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 (28th-tie, 231, 79-74-78), Victoria Wenslow (31st-tie, 232, 76-77-79), Kim McCready (37th-tie, 234, 78-82-74) and Timpani (47th-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, 40th-tie, 238; 2004, 43rd-tie, 246; 2005, 28th-tie, 231), Timpani (2003, 54th, 248; 2004, 34th-tie, 239; 2005, 47th, 246), Therese Wenslow (2003, 36th-tie, 236; 2004, 48th, 251) and McCready (2004 ? 21st-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 final round action Wed., April 26 in the league finale. More tournament information is available at the www.Pac-10.org and www.ArizonaAthletics.com websites.
SECOND ROUND FINAL RESULTS
Pacific-10 Conference Championships
Oro Valley Country Club
Tucson, Ariz.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Team Results ? 1, UCLA, 291-297-578. 2, Arizona State, 287-299-586. 3, California, 296-298-594. 4, USC, 293-302-595. 5, Oregon State, 307-298-605. 6, Washington, 308-300-608. 7, Arizona, 301-308-609. 8, Stanford, 299-311-610. 9, Washington State, 300-315-615. 10, Oregon, 314-319-633.
Individual Results ? 1, Amie Cochran, UCLA, 73-68-141. 2, Paige Mackenzie, Washington, 71-71-142. 3t, Tiffany joh, UCLA, 71-72-143. 3t, Azahara Munoz, Arizona State, 70-73-143. 3t, Leah Whiting, Oregon State, 75-68-143. 6, Alissa Kuczka, Arizona State, 71-73-144. 7t, Sofie Andersson, California, 74-71-145. 7t, Ana Kostina, Washington State, 70-75-145. 7t, Sophie Sheridan, California, 73-72-145. 10, Three players tied at 147.
Oregon Individual Results ? 22t, Erin Andrews, 76-76-152. 39, Victoria Wenslow, 76-82-158. 42t, Michelle Timpani, 81-80-161. 47, Cathryn Bristow, 81-80-161. 49, Therese Wenslow, 85-81-166.
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