Maryland Opens First Traditional Spring Season
2/21/2000 7:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Feb. 21, 2000
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- Under the direction of first-year head coach Jason Rodenhaver (Maryland, 1994) the Maryland women's golf team begins its first traditional spring season this weekend as it participates in the Edwin Watts/Carolina's Collegiate Invitational at the Pinehurst Golf and Country Club in Pinehurst, N.C. The Terps begin competition at the two-round event on Feb. 28.
Gibson Leads Terps Through Fall 1999 Season
Freshman Jen Gibson was the Terps' top golfer with an 80.60 stroke average in 10 rounds during the fall season. She was the most consistent Terp during the fall as all of her scores were between 77 and 84. In addition, she carded three rounds of scores in the 70's which tied for the team lead. Gibson's best individual finish came at the Northern Arizona Lady Lumberjack Invitational as she finished in a tie for 17th place. Her two-round total of 161 (+17) at the Lady Lumberjack Invitational was the third-best two-round performance for the Terps during the fall.
Terps Close Out Fall 1999 In Strong Fashion
Freshman Carter Crowther finished tied for seventh and freshman Erin Clasper (N. Potomac, Md.) finished tied for 10th to lead the Maryland women's golf team to a fourth-place finish at the Great Smokies Championship at the Waynesville Country Club in the Terps' final event of the fall 1999 season. The Terps finished in a three-way tie for fourth, marking the highest team finish in the short two-month history of the program. Maryland finished tied for fourth place with Elon College and East Tennessee State with a two-round score of 647. Maryland's score of 647 was its best team score in a two-round tournament this fall.
Quoting Coach Rodenhaver
"I am very excited to begin our first spring season," said head coach Jason Rodenhaver. "We hope to build a solid foundation and are very fortunate to have a talented group of golfers on our first roster. Though the majority of our players are freshmen, I feel that the experience and playing time that they will earn this season will be extremely beneficial to our maturation process. We definitely have our work cut out for us. The ACC is loaded with superpowers including Duke, which is the defending national champion. Our schedule is very competitive and will allow us to be successful if we play well. In scheduling for our first season, I wanted to put our players in position where they could be successful. If we are able to put ourselves in position to be successful, we will be able to call our first season a successful one."
Four Named to Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll
Freshmen Carter Crowther (Kilmarnock, Va.), Jennifer Gibson (Havertown, Pa.), Lori Koch (Baltimore, Md.) and Holly Thornton (Delran, N.J.) were all named to the University of Maryland Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll for their academic performances during the fall semester in 1999. The achieve scholar-athlete status, a student-athlete must achieve a 3.0 GPA or better during during the two previous academic semesters.
1999 Fall Statistics
| Name | Avg. | Strokes | Tourn. | Rounds | Top 10 | -Par | Par | 75+ | Best Round |
| Jennifer Gibson | 80.60 | 806 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 77 |
| Erin Clasper | 81.70 | 817 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 71 |
| Brooke Bendler | 82.20 | 822 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 75 |
| Carter Crowther | 83.50 | 835 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 75 |
| Holly Thornton | 87.20 | 436 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 78 |
| Sarah Bedford | 87.80 | 439 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 83 |
| Lori Koch | 89.00 | 267 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 85 |
Terps At a Glance
Carolina's Collegiate
Date: Feb. 28-29, 2000
Time: All Day
Site: Pinehurst Golf and Country Club, Pinehurst, N.C.
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