Terps To Play In First Ever ACC Championship Tournament
4/10/2000 8:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
April 10, 2000
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -- The Maryland women's golf team, fresh from its top finish of the spring season at the JMU Lady Duke Invitational, plays in its first ever ACC championship tournament April 14-16 at the Salem Glen Country Club in Clemmons, N.C. The Terps finished fifth at the JMU Lady Duke Invitational (April 8-9) as three players finished among the top 25 individual performers for the first time in school history.
The ACC Women's Golf Championship History
Maryland will participate in the 12th annual ACC women's golf championship tournament on April 14-16. The tournament has been held annually since 1992 and was also held in 1984, 1985 and 1986. Duke enters the 2000 tournament as the five-time defending champion, having won the championship each year since 1995. The Blue Devils have won seven of the previous 11 tournament championships while Wake Forest has won three championships. The Demon Deacons most recently won the team championship in 1995.
Terps Gain Highest Team Finish At JMU Invitational
Led by junior Sarah Bedford (Montgomery Village, Md.), who finished in a tie for seventh place, the Terps finished in fifth place at the James Madison University Lady Duke Invitational. It was the Terps' highest finish of the 2000 spring season and second-highest in school history. The highest finish in school history is fourth at the fall 1999 Great Smokies Invitational.
Bedford Enjoys Best Career Outing At JMU Invite
Junior Sarah Bedford finished in a career-best tie for seventh place with a career-low two-day score of 163 at the JMU Invitational. She shot her career-best round of 80 (+8) in the first round of the tournament and finished with an 83 on day two. Bedford's round of 80 was her best by five strokes and her +19 finish was her best by 12 strokes in four tournaments this spring. In addition, her seventh place finish was her best of the season eclipsing by 44 positions her 51st-place finish at the Campbell University Fighting Camel Invitational (April 3-4).
Crowther Maintains Consistency
Freshman Carter Crowther (Kilmarnock, Va.) continued her outstanding inaugural collegiate season with her best individual finish of the season as she placed tied for 17th-place at the JMU Invitational. She finished among Maryland's top three golfers in each of its four regular season tournaments this spring. Crowther shot an 81 (+9) on the first day of the JMU Invitational which ranks as her second best score of the spring and third time she has shot 81 or below during her Terp career.
Bendler Earns Top Finish At JMU Invitational
Sophomore Brooke Bendler (Salisbury, Md.) earned the top finish of her collegiate career as she placed tied for 28th at the JMU Invitational. Bendler tied her season low with an 82 (+10) in the first round of the Lady Duke Invitational and has shot four rounds of 84 or better this spring. Bendler's 169 (+25) was only one stroke off her season's best of 168 (+24) at the Carolina's Collegiate Classic (Feb. 28-29). She has now placed in the top 50 in the individual rankings in two consecutive tournaments.
Clasper Keeps Team Stroke Lead
Freshman Erin Clasper (N. Potomac, Md.) maintained her team average stroke lead (80.25) as she shot 167 (81-86) at the JMU Invitational. She has finished as the Terps' individual team leader in three of four tournaments this spring and has shot six of her eight rounds at 82 or better. Clasper shot a school-record low 72 (par) in the second round of the Snowbird Intercollegiate (March 17).
Maryland Women's Golf Statistics
| Name | Tourn. | Rounds | Par | -Par | 60s | Low | Strokes | Avg. |
| Erin Clasper | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 642 | 80.25 |
| Carter Crowther | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | 663 | 82.88 |
| Brooke Bendler | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 82 (2) | 683 | 85.38 |
| Jennifer Gibson | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 686 | 85.75 |
| Sarah Bedford | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 695 | 86.88 |
