Wake Forest Athletics
Women's Golf Finishes Ninth at NCAA East Regional
6/21/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
May 8, 1999
BLYTHEWOOD, S.C.- The Wake Forest women's golf team shot a 19-over 307 in the third and final round of play to finish tied for ninth out of 19 teams at the NCAA East Regional tournament, held at The University Club in Blythewood, S.C. With a 54-hole total of 914, or 50-over par, the Demon Deacons finished just two strokes behind the cut of eight teams which advanced to the NCAA Championships in Tulsa, Okla., in two weeks.
It marked the second straight year that the Deacs missed the NCAA cut by just one place after having advanced in each of the previous five years; last season the team also finished ninth, missing the cut by three strokes.
Georgia rallied with a 2-over 290 in the final round to win the East Regional by one stroke over Furman, who held the team lead through the first two rounds. The Bulldogs finished with a 54-hole total of 884, or 20-over par. LSU, Duke, Florida State, Ohio State, host South Carolina and Auburn rounded out the top eight teams who advanced to the NCAAs.
South Florida's Kelly Lagedrost, Duke's Beth Bauer, and Furman's Jennifer Perri finished in a three-way tie for first place in the event, each recording a 1-under 215 on the weekend. Lagedrost and Vanderbilt's Mallory Crosland, who placed seventh overall, received the two NCAA individual bids.
Sophomore All-ACC golfer Marta Prieto and junior Kelly Kirwin were the Deacons' highest individual finishers, both tying for 33rd place at 12-over par. Prieto shot a 79 in the final round, while Kirwin carded a 77. Freshman Katie Brenny shot a 76 today to finish tied for 41st at 13-over, while senior Kristen Wagner recorded a 75 to place 47th at 14-over. Freshman Nicole Faniola rounded out the Wake Forest contingent in 85th place, shooting an 83 in the third round to complete the event at 25-over par.
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
1 Georgia* 300 294 290 884 +20
2 Furman* 290 293 302 885 +21
3 Louisiana State* 299 292 302 893 +29
4 Duke* 297 300 297 894 +30
5 Florida State* 296 304 301 901 +37
6 Ohio State* 301 299 304 904 +40
7 South Carolina* 299 302 307 908 +44
8 Auburn* 306 298 308 912 +48
9 WAKE FOREST 307 300 307 914 +50
North Carolina 308 299 307 914 +50
11 Michigan State 304 304 307 915 +51
12 Indiana 310 306 303 919 +55
13 South Florida 299 307 314 920 +56
Tennessee 312 296 312 920 +56
15 Memphis 301 310 312 923 +59
16 Mississippi 312 306 308 926 +62
17 Purdue 316 303 309 928 +64
18 Penn State 307 309 317 933 +69
19 Campbell 311 312 319 942 +78
TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS
1 Kelly Lagedrost, So Florida* 72 73 70 215 -1
Beth Bauer, Duke 74 70 71 215 -1
Jennifer Perri, Furman 71 71 73 215 -1
4 Tina Howard, LSU 72 74 71 217 +1
Stacey Burnett, Furman 72 70 75 217 +1
6 Shauna Estes, Georgia 73 75 70 218 +2
7 Mallory Crosland, Vanderbilt* 74 72 73 219 +3
Natalie Tucker, Memphis 71 74 74 219 +3
Lisette Lee, LSU 71 71 77 219 +3
10 Summerset Lovett, Ohio St. 76 71 73 220 +4
WAKE FOREST COMPETITORS
33 Marta Prieto, Wk. Forest 78 71 79 228 +12
Kelly Kirwin, Wk. Forest 74 77 77 228 +12
41 Kathryn Brenny, Wk. Forest 76 77 76 229 +13
47 Kristen Wagner, Wk. Forest 79 76 75 230 +14
85 Nicole Faniola, Wk. Forest 82 76 83 241 +25
* advance to NCAA Championships
