No. 29 Golfers Return Home for Duck Invite
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EUGENE ? The No. 29 UO women's golfers look forward to their lone home event of the 2008-09 schedule, the 15th Annual Duck Invitational, next Monday-Tuesday, March 23-24 at Shadow Hills Country Club north of Eugene.
After a practice round Sunday, the 12 teams on hand will play two rounds Monday and a final round Tuesday on the par 72 course, with a shotgun start each day at 8:30 a.m.
Results will be posted at the end of each day to the www.GoDucks.com website.
SIZING UP THE FIELD
This week, the Ducks again rank top 40 in the GolfStat and Golfweek national rankings (29/37), and the other similarly ranked team is San Francisco (30/28). Rankings for the other teams in the field follow: UC Davis (57/60), Oregon State (62/62), Missouri (66/68), Washington State (69/71), Wisconsin (75/80), Illinois (103/111), UC Riverside (106/100), Portland State (139/143), Portland (/-156) and Montana (/164).
DUCK INVITE REWIND
In last year’s event at the Eugene Country Club, UO claimed its first pair of same-season wins in the team and individual categories thanks to its 900 tally (297-309-294) and Kendra Little’s 214 (70-73-71). In the event’s last trip to the same Shadow Hills course in March 2007, San Francisco won the team title (299-316-304-919) by three strokes over Washington State, while the Cougars’ Amy Eneroth won in a 1-hole playoff (73-77-72-222) over Jessica Potter of USF (second, 71-77-74-222).
RECENT DUCK ACTION
In its second and most recent tourney of the ’09 spring campaign, then-No. 29 UO tied for fourth (311-301-283-895) in the UNLV Spring Rebel Invitational (3/9-11) after a 283 final round ? the second-lowest of the tourney. Senior Cathryn Bristow staked her eighth top-five career finish (fifth, 75-75-68-218), and her 4-under final round 68 tied the fourth-best score in school history. Sophomore Monika Graf shot a two-shot collegiate best in the final round (70) and tied for 20th place overall (79-75-70-224). Freshman Ashley Edwards led UO in the second round (80-74-73-227) and tied for 29th overall in the final standings with sophomore Kendra Little (77-77-73-227). Junior Felicia Eastick (46th, 82-77-72-231) carded a three-shot season best in the final round and ended tied in the final standings with junior Kate Hildahl (46th-t, 78-82-71-231) who carded the second-lowest round of her career in the third round (78-82-71-231).
FURTHER UP DOWN THE ROAD
After the Duck Invitational, the Ducks cap the regular season in the Ping / ASU Invitational, Friday-Saturday, April 3-5 in Tempe, Ariz. Afterwards, the Pacific-10 Conference Championships will be hosted by Stanford, April 24-26, and is followed by the NCAA Regionals, May 7-9, and the NCAA Championships, May 19-22 at Caves Valley Country Club in Owings Mills, Md.
OREGON TEAM PREVIEW
The Ducks’ eight person roster is arguably one of its most balanced ever as three different players have led the squad in their six tourneys so far in 2008-09 (returning All-Pac-10 Second Team picks senior Cathryn Bristow (three times) and sophomore Kendra Little (twice), and fellow sophomore Monika Graf), and four others have registered top-three overall finishes on the squad (juniors Felicia Eastick and Kate Hildahl, sophomore Erica Omlid and freshman Ashley Edwards).
In ’08, the squad combined on one of its lowest fall scoring averages ever (298.6) that included a pair of runner-up finishes in the Giustina Memorial Classic (906) and Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational (921). UO followed with a 12th?place finish in the all-star Stanford Intercollegiate with its lowest score ever in the tourney (877, par 71), then added fourth in the Kent Youel Invitational with its season best for par 72 courses (879). Rankings-wise, UO was tabbed 26th in the preseason Golfweek (GW) edition, and spent the whole fall campaign ranked top 35 or better in both the GW and GolfStat editions with season highs of 26th and 27th, respectively.
DUCKS TO WATCH
- Senior Cathryn Bristow has led UO in the final standings of both of its spring events ? the UNLV Spring Rebel Invitational (fifth, 75-75-68-218) and Kiawah Island Classic (24th, 77-77-73-227), and also ranked top three for UO in all three of her fall stops. The Huapai, New Zealand native also led her three-person World Amateur Team Championship contingent last October in Adelaide, Australia (33rd, 10-300, 74-76-74-76), and competed on her own in the New Zealand Open in February (22nd, 7-over 223, 77-76-70). She celebrated her third career victory in the 2008 UNLV Spring Rebel Invitational with a school tourney record 208 (69-69-70), after she won twice by one stroke as a freshman in the fall’s OSU Invitational (70-74-73-217), and the spring’s Illinois Invitational (74-72-146). Her recent Las Vegas return (fifth, 75-75-68-218) was her eighth top-five overall finish in 36 collegiate tournaments for UO. Altogether, she has led UO in 39 times in 102 career rounds, and March's stop in Vegas was the 15th time that she has paced UO in the final standings of a collegiate tourney. This week, she stood 88th in the GolfStat national rankings (74.13).
- Sophomore Kendra Little is the top Duck in this week’s Golfweek rankings (100th, 73.89), and she also stood 87th in the GolfStat edition (74.53). In the fall, she led UO in two of its four events, including her second collegiate win that came in the Giustina Memorial Classic (69-73-73-215) in September in Corvallis. She paced UO in seven of her 12 rounds in the fall, including a season best 69 in her fall opener in the Giustina event. The Eugene native has led UO seven times in 18 rounds this season and 20 times altogether in 54 career rounds, including a then-school record and collegiate best 67 in the 2008 UNLV Spring Rebel Invitational last spring.
- Junior Felicia Eastick tied for 18th place in her first action of the fall in the Edean Ihlanfeldt (77-76-80-233) last October ? her sixth career top-20 finish. She is one of three Ducks with collegiate titles to her credit after her sophomore win in the Giustina Memorial Classic (74-69-74-217) to open the fall of 2007. At the end of the 2008 spring slate, the Queensland, Australia native was the third-highest Duck in the GolfStat national rankings (247th / 239th) after she led UO in nine of her 33 season rounds that included a career best 69. In spring action in '09, she shot a season low par 72 round in the final round of the UNLV Spring Rebel Invitational in early March.
- Last fall, freshman Ashley Edwards stood top 30 in the first two rounds in the Stanford Intercollegiate in her collegiate debut (57th-tie, (72-73-78-223)), and her first- and second-round scores (72-73) each tied for the team lead. The Oakley, Calif., native played the last two tournaments of the fall, and posted scores of 73 or better in four of her six rounds (71, 72x2, 73) and led UO with two of those scores. In March's UNLV Spring Rebel Invitational, she led UO in the second round (74) and posted her second top-30 overall career finish in three appearances.
- Sophomore Monika Graf has paced UO in six of her last 15 rounds? the first such honors of her collegiate career. She led UO in the final standings for the first time in October’s Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational (third-tie, 226) with UO’s best scores of the first and final rounds. The East Wenatchee, Wash., product entered the fall season with a collegiate low of 76, and has topped that mark eight times (70, 72x2, 73x2, 74, 75x4) and tied it another round, with her collegiate best in the UNLV Spring Rebel Invitational final round in early March.
- Junior Kate Hildahl also posted a top-three finish in the Giustina Memorial Classic last September, and her four-stroke tourney best (third, 71-70-79-220) included her collegiate best in the second round (2-under 70). The Tualatin, Ore., native shined last summer in many of the area’s finest events, and won the 2008 Oregon Amateur and PNGA Public Links titles, and her third-place U.S. Women’s Amateur qualifier finish netted an invite to the national event last August at the Eugene Country Club.
- Sophomore Erica Omlid made her 2008-09 season debut in the Edean Ihlanfeldt last October, and tied her career best round (3-over 75) en route to a career-best overall placing (28th, 78-75-83-236). Overall last fall, the Springfield, Ore., native equaled or topped her preseason round best (75) in five of her nine rounds (75x2, 74x2), and led UO for the first time in the Ihlanfeldt stop with her second-round 75 in wet, blustery conditions. She opened the spring with another Duck daily low in the Kiawah Island Classic second round and ranked third among Duck finishers in the final standings (57th-t, 80-77-76-233).
- Senior Blair Ressler saw her most extensive action as a collegian as a junior in 2007-08, and played seven events and 21 rounds. She notched her first top-30 finish last March in the 2008 Duck Invitational (30th, 77-75-82-234), and nearly duplicated the placing in the San Francisco Invitational in the fall of ’07 (33rd, 239). The Bellingham, Wash., native played one event for UO in the fall of 2008 ? the Giustina Memorial Classic.
DUCK INVITATIONAL HISTORY
Going back in Duck Invitational history to the first event in 1989, Oregon won its first home tourney in 2008 (900), finished second four times prior (1990, ’99, 2004 and ’05) and had placed top five three other times - 1989 (fifth, 971),’ 92 (fourth, 945) and ’07 (fifth, 943).
2008 DUCK INVITATIONAL RECAP
EUGENE (3/24-25/08) ? In the 14th annual Duck Invitational last spring, freshman Kendra Little and the then-No. 43 UO women’s golf team held onto their individual and team leads in final round action. Little added three strokes to her lead with a 1-under 71 final round on the par-72, 6,052-yard course to claim her first collegiate title by four strokes (70-73-71-214). In the team standings, the Ducks won their first-ever home tourney title and extended its first-day lead by three strokes (297-309-294-900) with the tourney’s low round to win by four strokes over UC Davis (second, 302-305-297-904), while then-No. 15 California followed in third place (314-301-297-912).
2008 DUCK INVITATIONAL RESULTS
Eugene Country Club, Par 72, 6,052 yards
University of Oregon - Eugene, Ore., Monday-Tuesday, March 24-25, 2008
Team Results ? 1, Oregon, 297-309-294-900. 2, UC Davis, 302-305-297-904. 3, California, 314-301-297-912. 4, Washington, 309-306-308-923. 5, Idaho, 310-309-306-925. 6, Washington State, 304-309-313-926. 7, Colorado, 308-311-308-927. 8, Oregon State, 316-306-306-928. 9, Wyoming, 308-325-308-941. 10, Minnesota, 323-314-308-944. 11, Portland State, 318-321-312-951. 12t, Texas-San Antonio, 315-322-324-961. 12t, Montana, 316-323-322-961. 14, Long Beach State, 327-330-305-962. 15, Oregon, 326-317-325-968.
Individual Results ? 1, Kendra Little, Oregon, 70-73-71-214. 2, Amy Eneroth, Washington State, 72-72-74-218. 3, Shannon Yocum, California, 77-72-70-219. 4t, Katie Sisler, UC Davis, 72-78-73-223. 4t, Chelsea Stelzmiller, UC Davis, 77-74-72-223. 6t, Cathryn Bristow, Oregon, 75-77-72-224. 6t, Jessica Black, Washington State, 75-73-76-224. 8, Dominique Pytlewski, Colorado, 75-74-76-225. 9t, Lauren Archer, Oregon State (Individual), 78-74-74-226. 9t, Bryanna Gregory, UC Davis, 76-76-74-226. 9t, Julianna Uhrik, Oregon State, 77-71-78-226.
Oregon Results ? 1, Kendra Little, 70-73-71-214. 6t, Cathryn Bristow, 75-77-72-224. 15, Felicia Eastick, 75-78-75-228. 35t, Erica Omlid, 77-83-76-236. 39t, Kate Hildahl, 79-81-77-237. ?B’ Team Results ? 30t, Blair Ressler, 77-75-82-234. 49, Victoria Wenslow, 80-77-84-241. 61t, Monika Graf, 80-85-81-246. 64t, Tiffany Schoning, 89-80-79-248.
PAST DUCK INVITATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONS
2008 (spring) - Oregon, 900 (297-309-294)
2007 (spring) - San Francisco, 919 (299-316-304)
2006 (spring) - San Jose State, 918 (307-305-306)
2005 (spring) - California, 908 (310-296-302)
2004 (spring) - Washington State, 913 (303-309-296)
2003 (spring) - Washington State, 896
2002 (spring) - Washington, 882
1999 (fall) - California, 615 (306-309)
1992 (fall) - UCLA, 902
1991 (fall) - UCLA (308-314-306) / San Jose State (322-308-298), 928
1990 (fall) - Arizona, 904 (302-294-308)
1990 (spring) - NA
1989 (fall) - San Jose State, 901
1989 (spring) - Washington, 931
PAST DUCK INVITATIONAL INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
2008 (spring) - Kendra Little, Oregon, 70-73-71-214
2007 (spring) - Amy Eneroth, Washington State, 73-77-72-222 (playoff)
2006 (spring) - Jessica Potter, San Francisco, 78-72-71-221
2005 (spring) - Kay Hoey, Long Beach, 75-70-73-218
2004 (spring) - Kim Welch, Washington State, 73-74-71-218
2003 (spring) - Kim Welch, Washington State, 209
2002 (spring) - Kim Welch, Washington State, 216
1999 (fall) - Vicki Laing, California, 73-77-150
1992 (fall) - NA
1991 (fall) - Jenny Park, UCLA, 71-80-73-224
1990 (fall) - Debbie Parks, Arizona, 72-76-74-222
1990 (spring) - NA
1989 (fall) - NA
1989 (spring) - Beth Manczak, Oregon, 75-73-75-223
PAST DUCK INVITATIONAL HOSTS (par-yards)
2008 - Eugene Country Club, Eugene, Ore. (72, 6,052)
2007 - Shadow Hills Country Club, Junction City, Ore. (72, 6,096)
2006 - Emerald Valley Golf Club, Creswell, Ore. (72, 6,191)
2005 - Shadow Hills Country Club, Junction City, Ore. (72, 6,103)
2004 - Eugene Country Club, Eugene, Ore. (72, 5,968)
2003 - Shadow Hills Country Club, Junction City, Ore. (72)
2002 - Mallard Creek Golf Course, Lebanon, Ore. (72)
1999 (fall) - Emerald Valley, Creswell, Ore., (73, 5970)
1992 (fall) - Seventh Mountain Golf Village, Bend, Ore. (72, 5,900)
1991 (fall) - Royal Oaks Country Club, Vancouver, Wash. (74, 5,900)
1990 (fall) - Royal Oaks Country Club, Vancouver, Wash. (74)
1990 (spring) - NA
1989 (fall) - Royal Oaks Country Club, Vancouver, Wash. (72)
1989 (spring) - Emerald Valley Golf Club, Creswell, Ore. (72)
TOP-10 UO DUCK INVITATIONAL FINISHERS
2008 (spring) - 1, Kendra Little, 70-73-71-214; 6t, Cathryn Bristow, 75-77-72-224
2007 (spring) - 10t, Cathryn Bristow, 79-77-77-233; 10t, Victoria Wenslow (individual), 76-78-79-233
2006 (spring) - 9t, Cathryn Bristow, 82-74-72-228
2005 (spring) - 3t, Kim McCready, 75-69-76-220; 7, Johnna Nealy, 77-71-76-226
2004 (spring) - 2t, Therese Wenslow, 77-72-74-223; 7t, Johnna Nealy, 77-77-76-230; 7t, Erin Andrews,80-75-75-230
2003 (spring) - 10t, Therese Wenslow, 75-81-74-230
2002 (spring) - DNP
1999 (fall) - 5t, Pam Sowden, 74-80-154; 5t, Claire Hunter (ind.), 78-76-154; 5t, Anika Heuser (ind.), 74-80-154; 9t, Angie Rizzo, 78-77-155; 9t, Kylie Wilson, 74-81-1992 (fall) - 6t, Shannon Maier, 76-72-83-231
1991 (fall) - DNP
1990 (fall) - DNP
1990 (spring) - NA
1989 (fall) - 10t, Starla Yamada, 78-78-77-233
1989 (spring) - 1, Beth Manczak, 75-73-75-223; 4, Diana Lewton, 80-78-77-235
OTHER SPRING SEASON RECAPS
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. (2/22-24) ? In their spring season opener, the No. 25 Ducks closed action in the Kiawah Island Classic tied for seventh place thanks to a final round 296 ? the second-lowest score of the tourney. UO’s overall score of 917 (310-311-296) tied it with No. 48 Kentucky (312-302-303-917), only 13 strokes behind the team champions Miami and Central Arkansas (tie, 904). Individually, all four of Oregon’s final round scorers shot their best rounds of the tourney and carded scores of 76 or better on the par-72 Cougar Point course. Senior Cathryn Bristow led UO (24th, 77-77-73-227) for the second time in four appearances this year, and also carded its low score in the second round with sophomore Erica Omlid (57th-t, 80-77-76-233). Fellow sophomore Monika Graf (37th-t, 75-83-72-23) paced the team in the first and third rounds ? the fifth and sixth rounds that she’s paced UO in her career. Other Duck finishers included junior Felicia Eastick (103rd-t, 87-78-75-240) and sophomore Kendra Little (115th-t, 78-79-84-241). Overall on the individual leaderboard, Central Arkansas’ Nicole Forshner and East Tennessee State’s Sinead O’Sullivan shot identical scores all three rounds and tied for the win (74-73-71-218), and their final round 71’s were one off the 2009 tourney’s low.
FALL SEASON RECAPS
In the season-opening Giustina Memorial Classic in Corvallis, Ore., (9/22-23), sophomore Kendra Little posted her second collegiate title and UO’s seventh overall the past four years. The Eugene native shot a 73 final round? the day’s best women’s score on the par 72, 6,282-yard Trysting Tree Golf Course ? to win by four strokes (69-73-73-215) over Oregon State’s Cara Freeman (second place, 75-70-74-219) and Duck junior Kate Hildahl (third, 71-70-79-229). Little’s win continued a string of individual success at the fall Corvallis event dating back to senior Cathryn Bristow who won the event by one stroke in 2005 in her second freshman appearance, and was duplicated in 2007 when junior Felicia Eastick added a two-stroke victory. Hildahl’s effort also stood out since her opening rounds of 71-70 gave her the lead for the first time in her collegiate career heading into a final round. That latter score also tied her collegiate best from 2008, and the pair of 18-hole scores stood as the fourth and fifth of her career of par 72 or better (not to mention the first pair in the same tourney). Bristow added her 11th career top-10 finish (eighth-tie, 76-74-78-228), and other UO entries included senior Blair Ressler (82-DQ-82) and sophomore Monika Graf (37th overall, 75-86-83-244). Then-No. 26 Oregon scored a runner-up team finish (291-303-312) and trailed host Oregon State by only two strokes.
In earlier October’s Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational in Sammamish, Wash. (10/6-8), the then-No. 31 Ducks led the opening round at the Sahalee Golf Club, then held onto the runner-up slot in the second and third rounds against a talented field. Sophomore Monika Graf shot a final round 75 to move back into third place overall (73-78-75-226) and led UO in the first and third rounds. Her 1-over 73 tourney opener was a two-stroke collegiate best and her 75 finale tied her pre-tournament best. Coming into the season she owned a collegiate best of 76 from the 2007-08 campaign, and has bettered that score in three of the fall's first six rounds. Fellow sophomore Kendra Little followed in a tie for 10th place (73-80-75-228), while Felicia Eastick added a top-20 finish in her first action of the fall (18th-tie, 77-76-80-233). Oregon’s other entries included sophomore Erica Omlid (28th-tie, 78-75-83-236) and junior Kate Hildahl (46th-tie, 76-86-83-245). As a team, then-No. 31 UO posted its second straight runner-up finish of the fall (299-309-313-921), and trailed only then-No. 37 Stanford (303-303-299-905) in the final standings. Washington followed in third place (310-310-302-922), ahead of then-No. 40 San Francisco (fourth-tie, 321-298-308-927), then-No. 16 California (fourth-tie, 310-308-309-927), then-No. 46 Long Beach State (sixth, 316-303-318-937) and then-No. 30 Oregon State (seventh, 306-312-322-940).
Two weeks later in the prestigious 45th Stanford Intercollegiate in mid-October, then-No. 27 UO eclipsed 300 all three rounds on the par 71, 6,092-yard Stanford Course (291-291-295-877) and took 12th thanks to its all-time lowest score on ?The Farm’. Individually, senior Cathryn Bristow (72-73-71-216) and sophomore Kendra Little (76-69-71-216) tied for 21st overall after a par final round 71 to climb nine spots in the overall standings. In her first collegiate tournament, freshman Ashley Edwards followed in a tie for 57th overall (72-73-78-223), while sophomore Monika Graf (64th-tie, 72-76-77-225) and junior Felicia Eastick (74th-tie, 75-79-76-230) counted their scores toward UO’s third-round tally. Sophomore Erica Omlid also played in the event as an individual and tied for 66th overall (75-74-78-227). Overall in the team results, No. 3 UCLA held onto to its lead to win by three strokes (277-285-282-844) over No. 1 USC (second, 279-285-282-847).
In UO’s last stop of the fall - the Kent Youel Invitational (10/28-29) near Honolulu - sophomore Kendra Little and freshman Ashley Edwards came away with top-12 finishes overall to help the No. 27 Oregon maintain a fourth-place finish in the final round. The Ducks (291-297-291-879) matched their team season low round in the finale (291) for the fifth time in the fall, and second time in the three rounds on the par 72, 6,208-yard Kapolei Golf Course on Oahu. UO’s finish was a program best in the event, improving on sixth-place finishes in 2003 (914) and 2000 (928). Little also held on to her first-day placing for her third top-10 finish of the fall (ninth-tie, 71-75-72-218), and Edwards added UO’s third-round best (71) and a one-stroke collegiate best to move into a tie for 12th place (72-77-71-220). Two other Ducks placed top 30 ? senior Cathryn Bristow (21st-tie, 74-75-74-223) and sophomore Monika Graf (29th-tie, 74-73-79-226). Sophomore Erica Omlid ended another stroke back in a tie for 31st place (79-74-74-227), and her final two round scores of 74 stood as her collegiate best. Overall in the event, No. 39 San Francisco won the team championship by 11 strokes (285-286-296-867), while second place featured a tie between No. 26 UC Irvine (296-292-290-878) and No. 29 San Jose State (289-297-292-878).
TOP DUCK
Interim head coach Meredith Jones is in her second year with the Duck program after serving as an assistant coach in 2007-08. The Eugene native was one of Baylor’s top players from 2003-06, and an All-Big 12 Tournament selection and a top-15 conference finisher all three seasons. She enjoyed a seventh-place Big 12 placing as a sophomore, followed by 12th- and 14th-place efforts as a junior and senior, and also played on Baylor’s first-ever NCAA tournament qualifiers. As a prep, the three-time state champion helped Marist High School to five championships. Off the course, she was selected as an Academic All-American, Academic All-Big-12, Commissioners Honor Roll and NCGA Scholar selection. Her family enjoys strong ties to the Duck athletic department. Her father Dr. Donald Jones is a UO team doctor, and her brother-in-law Peter Sirmon was an All-Pac-10 linebacker for the Duck football team.
SUMMER FUN
Junior Kate Hildahl got a head start on the fall slate with a successful summer campaign that featured wins in the Oregon Amateur (6 and 5 score over former Duck Karly Mills) at the Bend Country Club and PNGA Public Links (72-73-145) by four strokes at Hangman Valley near Spokane, Wash. She also took third in her U.S. Women’s Amateur qualifier with a 2-over 74 and earned an invite to the national event in August at the Eugene Country Club. Against many of the nation’s top players, she ranked 110th in stroke play (78-80-158) and was only six strokes shy of the final qualifying spot for match play.
In August, sophomore Kendra Little won the Oregon Women's Stroke Play tournament at the Arrowhead Golf Club near Portland, thanks to her 8-under 134 (67-67), and won by eight strokes over former Duck Lara Tennant. A month later, she tied for first in the Safeway Classic Amateur Open 18-hole event.
Sophomore Monika Graf also played in the Oregon Amateur qualifying round and stood third overall in qualifying (75-78-153) only three strokes behind Hildahl (74-76-150). In match play, Graf was eliminated in the opening round to event runner-up Karly Mills (3 and 2).
TOP OF THE LEADERBOARD
Sophomore Kendra Little opened the fall campaign with a four-stroke victory in the Giustina Memorial Classic (69-73-73-215) and UO’s sixth tournament title from its current roster. Last spring, she added UO’s first-ever victory in its Duck Invitational by a similar four-stroke margin (70-73-71-214). Two weeks before, senior Cathryn Bristow claimed the UNLV Spring Rebel Invitational (69-69-70) last March with UO’s first-ever tourney with all-under par scores on the par-72 course. Earlier in the campaign, junior Felicia Eastick kicked off the 2007 fall campaign with a two-stroke win in the Giustina event (74-69-74-217). Bristow also added a one-stroke win in the same event as a freshman in the fall of 2005 (70-74-73-217), then took the Illini Spring Classic later that spring (74-72-146) by one stroke. Going back to the 2007 spring opener, former Duck Kim McCready added UO’s seventh title the last four seasons with her five-stroke win in the Baja Classic (70-75-145) in Baja, California.
CONFERENCE OF CHAMPIONS
The above moniker is indeed appropriate for the Pacific-10 Conference - year-in and year-out the nation’s top golf league. This year’s league clash at Stanford, April 24-26, should again feature many of the nation’s top collegiate golfers with the final 2008 fall GolfStat rankings featuring Pac-10 teams in the top three slots (No. 1 UCLA, No. 2 USC, No. 3 Arizona State), and four others ranked top 30 (No. 16 California, No. 21 Stanford, No. 22 Arizona, No. 26 Oregon). Nine of the Pac-10’s 11 All-Americans from 2008 return in ’09, and sophomore Kendra Little was one of 12 league individuals that ranked 31st or higher in the fall Golfstat rankings. In the 2008 NCAA Championships, the Pac-10 featured three, top-five NCAA team finishers and nine individuals in the top 20 in the final standings (including four of the top five). Going back to the first NCAA championship in 1982, Pac-10 teams has won 12 of the last 18 NCAA titles along with seven runner-up finishes, while league individuals have won 13 titles (including 12 of the last 19).
2008 DUCK INDIVIDUAL HIGHLIGHTS
Last spring, Cathryn Bristow and Kendra Little became the first pair of same-season Duck All-Pac-10 Second Team honorees after they took turns breaking the single UO round record with scores of 65 and 67, respectively, in the Indiana and UNLV Spring Rebel Invitationals. Bristow also reset the Ducks’ tournament record at Las Vegas with its first-ever tourney with all under-par rounds (69-69-70-208).
Kate Hildahl led the team in the 2008 Pac-10 Championships (16th, 75-70-81-226), and finished one stroke ahead of Little (20th, 71-76-80-227). In the spring, the Tualatin, Ore., native Hildahl carded five of the then-seven lowest low rounds of her career (70, 72, 73, 74 (x2)), and the other two came her freshman season in 2006-07 (73 (x2)). In the Pac-10 Championships, she shot her first college under-par round (2-under 70) and led UO for the second time in her career in an event’s overall standings (16th, 75-70-81-226) after a likewise effort in the Lady Gator Invitational in the spring opener (27th-tie, 77-73-74-224).
Ranked top three for UO in the final standings in her nine of her 10 sophomore appearances, Felicia Eastick shot a career low three-under 69 en route to a win in the 2007 fall opener, the Giustina Memorial Classic in Corvallis, Ore., (74-69-74-217). In March 2008, she scored a 15th-place finish in the Duck Invitational (75-78-75-228) and added top-25 placings in the NCAA West Regional (21st-tie, 73-74-78-225) and Indiana Invitational (24th-t, 74-76-77-227).
Blair Ressler played a career-high seven events the 2007-08 season, and enjoyed top-30 placings in the 2007 Giustina Memorial Classic (24th-t, 79-76-76-231) and Duck Invitational (30th, 77-75-82-234). Among her eight freshman appearances, Erica Omlid placed top 40 in the Giustina Memorial Classic (31st-tie, 82-80-75) and Duck Invitational (35th, 77-83-76-236), and shot a season-low 75 in three different contests. Fellow frosh Monka Graf also played four events as a frosh, with a high placing of 44th as an individual in the USF Invitational, while her low round came in the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational finale (4-over 76).
2008 SEASON REWIND
UO enjoyed one of its most successful seasons ever in 2007-08 and ended the fall and spring campaigns with a 301.8 stroke average in its 36 rounds. In Oregon’s 12 events, it savored a win in the Duck Invitational, a runner-up West Regional Preview finish and three more third-place finishes. The Ducks rewrote their all-time tournament scoring record by nine strokes with a 5-over 869 at UNLV in March (292-291-286), and their final round (286) was a season best and one of 15 scores of 300 or better in 36 combined from the spring and fall campaigns.
In May, then-No. 44 Oregon claimed its fourth top-13 NCAA West Regional finish (13th, 303-297-301-901) in as many trips since 2001. UO finished only nine strokes shy of eighth place ? the final qualifying slot for the NCAA Championships ? and had one top-20 finisher in Little (17th-tie, 71-75-74-220). Two weeks before, No. 46 UO’s seventh-place Pac-10 Championships finish (298-302-316-916) was its best since 2000, and featured two, top-20 placers in Hildahl (16th-tie, 75-70-81-226) and Little (20th-tie, 71-76-80-227). In early March, No. 49 UO celebrated a school-best five-over 869 final score (third, 292-291-286) in the UNLV Spring Rebel Invitational (3/10-12). In the desert stop, Bristow posted her third collegiate title (69-69-70-208) and was followed by Little (72-74-67-213) who celebrated a then-school record 5-under 67 final round. Two weeks later, No. 43 UO swept the Duck Invitational (3/24-25) team and individual titles for the first time in school history. UO won by four strokes (297-309-294-900) and featured three top-15 finishers in Little (first, 70-73-71-214), Bristow (sixth-tie, 75-77-72-224) and Eastick (15th, 75-78-75-228). The next stop, the NCAA West Regional Preview (3/31-4/1), No. 44 UO added a runner-up finish and tied its second-lowest overall season score (300-292-308-900) at Sacramento, and was led by Bristow (second, 75-70-72-217). In the regular season finale, the Indiana Invitational (4/7-8), No. 44 UO placed sixth overall (306-304-295-905) and had three top-25 finishers in Bristow (fourth, 76-74-65-215), Little (24th-tie, 80-73-74-227) and Eastick (24th-tie, 74-76-77-227), while Bristow improved on Little’s single-round record by another strokes with her 7-under 65 opener. In February, the No. 44 Ducks opened the spring with a ninth-place finish in the Lady Gator Invitational (2/22-24) in Gainesville, Fla., and were led by Hildahl (27th, 77-73-74-224).
In the fall, UO opened the campaign with third-place finishes in two of its first three tourneys ? the Giustina Memorial (299-304-300) and Edean Ihlandfeldt Invitational (307-290-303) in Corvallis, Ore., and Sammamish, Wash., respectively. Oregon also competed in the Heather Fall Memorial (sixth, 038-298-295-901), Stanford Invitational (16th, 310-319-303-932) and USF Invitational (fourth, 308-307-303-918). Sophomore Felicia Eastick won the season opener Giustina Memorial Classic (74-69-74-217), and UO celebrated another pair of top-10 efforts by Kendra Little (fourth-tie, 76-69-75-220) and Cathryn Bristow (eighth-tie, 77-73-71-221) in the Edean Ihlanfelt Invitational.
2009 SPRING RESULTS
UNLV SPRING REBEL INVITATIONAL
Boulder Creek Golf Club, Boulder Creek, Nev., Monday-Wednesday, March 10-12, 2009, Par 72, 6,234 yards
Team Results ? 1, UNLV, 312-283-289-884. 2, Texas Tech, 306-291-289-886. 3, Georgia, 312-292-290-894. 4t, Oregon, 311-301-283-895. 4t, Washington, 325-288-282-895. 6, Kent State, 319-294-288-901. 7, Tulsa, 306-302-294-902. 8, Oregon State, 317-296-296-909. 9, Campbell, 323-294-293-910. 10, Nebraska, 330-288-299-917. 11, BYU, 321-303-297-921. 12, Missouri, 324-298-302-924. 13, Fresno State, 323-304-299-926. 14, Coastal Carolina, 330-304-296-930. 15, Washington State, 337-300-294-931. 16, Idaho, 334-301-299-934. 17, SMU, 325-314-297-936. 18, UNLV ?B’, 326-315-309-950.
Top Individual Results ? 1t, Mallory Hetzel, Georgia, 75-71-68-214. 1t, Marta Silva, Georgia, 70-74-70-214. 3, Anya Alvarez, Washington, 79-69-67-215. 4, Natsha Krishna, UNLV, 77-69-70-216. 5, Cathryn Bristow, Oregon, 75-75-68-218. 6t, Ulrika van Niekerk, Texas Tech, 74-70-75-219. 6t, Natalie Gleadall, Nebraska, 77-67-75-219. 8t, Kayla Mortellaro, Idaho, 77-72-71-220. 8t, Maggie Yuan, BYU, 78-71-71-220.
Oregon Results ? 5, Cathryn Bristow, 75-75-68-218. 20t, Monika Graf, 79-75-70-224. 29t, Kendra Little, 77-77-73-227. 29t, Ashley Edwards, 80-74-73-227. 46t, Felicia Eastick, 82-77-72-231. Oregon Individual ? 46t, Kate Hildahl, 78-82-71-231.
KIAWAH ISLAND CLASSIC
Cougar Point / Oak Point (College of Charleston), Kiawah Island, S.C., Sunday-Tuesday, February 22-24, 2009, Par 72
Team Results - 1t, Miami, 300-305-299-904. 1t, Central Arkansas, 310-300-294-904. 3, East Tennessee St., 300-306-302-908 . 4, Florida, 309-303-300-912. 5, Mississippi, 305-306-302-913. 6, Charleston, 307-310-298-915. 7t, Oregon, 310-311-296-917 . 7t, Kentucky, 312-302-303-917. 9, Central Florida, 306-307-305-918. 10t, Oregon State, 319-309-296-924. 10t, South Florida, 314-304-306-924. 12t, Western Carolina, 306-311-308-925. 12t, Augusta State, 315-307-303-925. 14t, Illinois State, 320-305-301-926. 14t, Oral Roberts, 303-318-305-926. 16, Toledo, 319-300-308-927. 17, Nebraska, 309-314-305-928. 18, Wm. & Mary, 318-310-301-929. 19, Middle Tennessee State, 311-312-308-931. 20, Elon, 328-302-307-937. 21, UNC Wilmington-311-317-313-941. 22t, Mississippi St., 311-319-316-946. 22t, Texas State, 320-313-313-946 23, SMU, 33-309-309-951. 24, Longwood, 316-324-317-957. 25, Jacksonville State, 314-318-327-959. 26t, Winthrop, 329-309-325-963. 26t, Charleston Southern, 322-317-324-963. 28, Richmond. 330-310-328-968. 29t, Maryland, 313-339-320-972. 29t, Cincinnati, 334-319-319-972. 29t, Kennesaw State, 331-318-323-972. 32, Ball State, 326-321-328-975. 33, Missouri State, 334-318-326-978. 34t, South Carolina-Upstate, 334-325-322-981. 34t, Wofford, 347-314-320-981. 36, Old Dominion, 328-336-325-989. 37, Southern Illinois, 341-326-323-990. 38, Bucknell, 325-332-336-993. 39, Bradley, 344-319-331-994. 40, Mercer University-350-330-316-996. 41, Marshall, 339-338-330-1007. 42, The Citadel, 352-354-337-1043
Individual Results ? 1t, Sinead O'Sullivan, East Tennessee St., 74-73-71-218. 1t, Nicole Forshner, Central Arkansas, 74-73-71-218. 3t, Jessica Yadloczky, Florida, 73-73-74-220. 3t, Sara Grantham, Mississippi, 74-76-70-220. 3t, Steffi Kirchmayr, Charleston, 73-76-71-220. 6t, Christina Hirano, Miami, 75-74-72-221. 6t, Stephanie Connelly, UCF, 70-77-74-221. 8t, Mary Kate Bird, Nebraska, 72-74-76-222. 8t, Emilie Geury, Augusta State, 75-72-75-222. 8t, Elisa Aoki, UCF, 73-73-76-222.
Oregon Individual Results - 24, Cathryn Bristow, 77-77-73-227. 37t, Monika Graf, 75-83-72-230. 57t, Erica Omlid, 80-77-76-233. 103t, Felicia Eastick, 87-78-75-240. 115t, Kendra Little, 78-79-84-241
2008 FALL RESULTS
KENT YOUEL INVITATIONAL
Kapolei Golf Course (University of Hawai’i), Oahu, Hawai’I, Tuesday-Wednesday, October 28-29, Par 72, 6,208 yards
Team Results ? 1, San Francisco, 285-286-296-867. 2t, UC Irvine, 296-29-290-878. 2t, San Jose State, 289-297-292-878. 4, Oregon, 291-297-291-879. 5, New Mexico, 291-291-299-881. 6, Stanford, 293-297-296-886. 7, Oregon State, 304-295-300-899. 8, San Diego State, 310-291-306-907. 9, UC Riverside, 300-305-304-909. 10, Fresno State, 304-301-305-910. 11, Hawai’I, 305-306-305-916. 12, Oklahoma, 303-306-315-924. 13, Cal Poly, 306-307-318-931. 14, Southern Illinois, 324-309-317-950. 15, Cal State Northridge, 319-307-324-950.
Individual Results ? 1, Jane Chin, UC Irvine, 68-66-69-203. 2, Christina Stockton, San Francisco, 68-69-75-212. 3, Erica Moston, San Jose State, 71-72-70-213. 4, Malin Enarsson, San Diego State, 74-72-69-215. 5t, Jodi Ewart, New Mexico, 71-71-74-216. 5t, Mari Chun, Stanford, 75-71-70-216. 7t, Danielle Cvitanov, San Francisco, 72-74-71-217. 7t, Natasha Podmore, San Francisco, 70-69-78-217. 9t, Kendra Little, Oregon, 71-75-72-218. 9t, Martha Burkard, Oregon State, 74-72-72-218. 9t, Katrin Delen Briones, San Jose State, 73-72-73-218.
Oregon Individual Results ? 9t, Kendra Little, 71-75-72-218. 12t, Ashley Edwards, 72-77-71-220. 21t, Cathryn Bristow, 74-75-74-223. 29t, Monika Graf, 74-73-79-226. 31t, Erica Omlid, 79-74-74-227.
STANFORD INTERCOLLEGIATE
Stanford Golf Course (Stanford University), Stanford, Calif., Friday-Sunday, October 17-19, Par 71, 6,092 yards
Team Results ? 1, UCLA, 277-285-282-844. 2, USC, 279-286-282-847. 3, Stanford, 279-292-286-857. 4, Oklahoma State, 278-289-292-859. 5, Duke, 285-291-285-861. 6, Vanderbilt, 289-285-291-865. 7, Arizona, 282-289-295-866. 7, Arizona, 282-289-295-866. 8t, California, 284-292-296-872. 8t, Arkansas, 282-299-291-872. 10t, Pepperdine, 287-290-298-875. 10t, Texas, 295-288-292-875. 12, Oregon, 291-291-295-877. 13, New Mexico, 282-304-292-878. 14, UNLV, 287-298-297-882. 15, Washington, 296-300-297-893. 16, Oregon State, 312-307-304-923.
Individual Results ? 1, Lizette Salas, USC, 66-72-68-206. 2, Carolien Masson, Oklahoma State, 65-70-73-208. 3, Belen Mozo, USC, 68-71-70-209. 4, Sydnee Michaels, UCLA, 71-72-67-210. 5t, Jennie Lee, Duke, 72-72-67-211. 5t, Mina Harlgae, Duke, 71-70-70-211. 5t, Kristin Ingram, Arkansas, 70-70-71-211. 5t, Ryann O’Toole, UCLA, 72-66-73-211. 9t, Rebecca Durham, Stanfor,d 70-72-70-212. 9t, Stephanie Kono, UCLA, 69-71-72-212.
Oregon Individual Results ? 21t, Cathryn Bristow, 72-73-71-216. 21t, Kendra Little, 76-69-71-216. 57t, Ashley Edwards, 72-73-78-223. 64t, Monika Graf, 72-76-77-225. 74t, Felicia Eastick, 75-79-76-230. 66t, Erica Omlid, 75-74-78-227 (Individual entry).
EDEAN IHLANFELDT INVITATIONAL
Sahalee Golf Course (University of Washington), Sammamish, Wash., Monday-Wednesday, October 6-8, 2008, Par 72, 6,130 yards
Team Results ? 1, Stanford, 303-303-299-905. 2, Oregon, 299-309-313-921. 3, Wsahington, 310-310-302-922. 4t, San Francisco, 321-298-308-927. 4t, California, 310-308-309-927. 6, Long Beach State, 316-303-318-937. 7, Oregon State, 306-312-322-940. 8, BYU, 318-313-312-943. 9, Washington State, 324-304-316-944. 10, New Mexico State, 317-326-310-953. 11, Idaho, 315-317-331-963. 12, New Mexico, 319-322-326-967. 13, Eastern Eashington, 330-309-331.
Individual Results ? 1, Mari Chun, Stanford, 75-71-72-218. 2, Kayla Mortellaro, Idaho, 74-73-75-222. 3t, Monika Graf, Oregon, 73-78-75-226. 3t, Karinn Dickinson, Washington, 74-79-73-226. 3t, Kay Hoey, Long Beach State, 74-71-81-226. 3t, Danielle Cvitanov, San Francisco, 79-73-74-226. 7t, Lee Lopez,Long Beach State, 77-73-77-227. 7t, Lauren Archer, Oregon State, 75-73-79-227. 7t, Amy Eneroth, Washington State, 76-76-75-227. 10t, Three players tied, 228.
Oregon Individual Results ? 3, Monika Graf, 73-78-75-226. 10t, Kendra Little, 73-80-75-228. 18t, Felicia Eastick, 77-76-80-233. 28t, Erica Omlid, 78-75-83-236. 46t, Kate Hildahl, 76-86-83-245.
GIUSTINA MEMORIAL CLASSIC
Trysting Tree Golf Course (Oregon State University), Corvallis, Ore., Monday-Tuesday, September 22-23, 2008, Par 72, 6,282 yards
Team Results ? 1, Oregon State, 303-298-303-904. 2, Oregon, 291-303-312-906. 3, San Francisco, 301-304-3069-911. 4, Fresno State, 311-306-312-929. 5, Washington State, 312-293-330-935. 6, Nevada, 306-312-322-940. 7, Sacramento State, 302-324-327-953. 8, Boise State, 314-31-328-957. 9, Portland, 316-319-327-962. 10, Idaho, 312-317-337-966.
Individual Results ? 1, Kendra Little, Oregon, 69-73-73-215. 2, Cara Freeman, Oregon State, 75-70-74-219. 3, Kate Hildahl, Oregon, 71-70-79-220. 4, Kayla Mortellaro, Idaho, 72-74-76-222. 4t, Martha Burkard, Oregon State, 73-73-76-222. 6t, Melanie DeLeon, Nevada, 74-75-77-226. 6t, Danielle Cvitanov, San Francisco, 75-78-75-228. 8t, Cathryn Bristow, Oregon, 76-74-78-228. 8t, Christina Stockton, San Francisco, 75-7875-228. 8t, Diana Hong, San Francisco, 74-76-78-228.
Oregon Individual Results ? 1, Kendra Little, 69-73-73-215. 3, Kate Hildahl, 71-70-79-220. 8t, Cathryn Bristow, 76-74-78-228. 37t, Monika Graf, 75-86-83-244. NP - Blair Ressler, 82-DQ-82.
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