Wake Forest University
NCAA Championships
Women's Golf Finishes In 22nd Place In NCAA Championships
5/24/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
May 24, 2002
NCAA Championship Final Results
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Auburn, Wash. ?V The Wake Forest women??s golf team saw its season come to an end with the final round of the NCAA Championships. The Deacons shot a four-day score of 1206 to finish in 22nd place in their seventh trip to the championships.
Duke took both team and individual honors. The Blue Devils shot a 12-over par to become the 2002 national champions. Virada Nirapathpongporn of Duke earned medalist honors, shooting nine-under par to secure the top spot.
Head coach Dianne Dailey expressed the teams?? disappointment of their score yet excitement to be back in the NCAAs.
??We??re disappointed in how we played. We just couldn??t get anything going,?? said Dailey. ??We couldn??t make the shots we needed to make to shoot the low scores. There was tough competition and the scores were low, but I think the students learned a lot. It??s good to be back in the NCAAs. I was real happy how we played all year long, especially in the regional and am looking forward to next year. ??
Junior Nuria Clau finished in a 10-way tie for 31st place, shooting eight-over par for the tournament. Clau ends the season with a 73.88 stroke average. Junior Maria Beautell shot five-over par in the final round to finish in a five-way tie for 50th place. Beautell put together her lowest rounds in a tournament this season.
Freshman Ashley Hoagland posted a five-way tie for 88th place in her first career NCAA Championships. Hoagland shot her lowest score of the championships in the final round of 75 to turn out a 306 four-day score. Sophomore Deborah Means ended up in a four-way tie for 95th place after shooting a 75 in the final round. Means saw action in all but one tournament this season.
Demon Deacon senior Katie Brenny played in her final round of her collegiate career, finishing in 113th place. Brenny will graduate from Wake after competing in 39 career tournaments and compiling a 76.89 career stroke average. She posted her best tournament score of 220 this spring at the NCAA East Regionals in Baton Rouge, La.
The Deacons will also lose Camille Lee and Veronica Prado-Lacoste to graduation as well. Lee played in eight career tournaments, including as an individual at this years Bryan National Collegiate. Prado-Lacoste participated in four career tournaments of her own. Wake signed three recruits for the 2002-03 season: Julie McKenna of Newbury Park, Calif.; Tarah Schloss of Bloomsburg, Pa. and Joy Juskowich of Morgantown, WV.
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NCAA Championships ?V Final RoundWashington National Golf Club, Auburn, Wash.Par 72 / 6,273 yards
22nd Wake Forest 298-305-302-301=1206 +54t31st Nuria Clau 71-75-76-74=296 +8t50th Maria Beautell 75-73-74-77=299 +11t88th Ashley Hoagland 76-79-76-75=306 +18t95th Deborah Means 76-81-76-75=308 +20113th Katie Brenny 81-78-77-79=315 +27
