Maryland
ACC Tournament
Women's Golf Concludes ACC Championship In Fifth Place
4/22/2001 8:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
April 22, 2001
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Maryland women's golf team concluded the 13th Annual Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Golf Championship with a fifth place overall finish on Sunday, April 22 at the Disney's Palm Course. The Terrapins closed the three-day tournament with a total of 952 strokes (+88), 53 strokes behind tournament winner Duke University and seven strokes behind fourth-place finisher North Carolina.
Impressive performances from Terps' freshmen carried Maryland throughout the tournament. First-time participants Marie Harper (West Point, Va.) and Katie Redeker (Pepper Pikes, Ohio) both finished the tournament with a three-day total of 234 strokes, and were tied in 11th place individually. Harper fired 77-78-79 for the three rounds and has led the Terps in individual scoring in the past four consecutive events. Redeker regained her stroke from her disappointing second round performance and finished the tournament with 76-80-78 for the three rounds.
Sophomore Erin Clasper (Potomac, Md.) finished the tournament with Terps' best final round finish. Clasper fired a 76 (+4) third round to close out the event with a total of 240 strokes. She finished third on the team and tied-17th individually. Sophomore Carter Crowther (Kilmarnock, Va.) shot a consistent 81-82-82 for the three rounds and finished the tournament with a total of 245 strokes. Freshman Kara Gropler (Franklin, N.J.) carded 87-83-85 for the three rounds and finished the tournament with 255 strokes.
Duke freshman Virada Nirapathpongporn won the individual title with an even-par 216 score and the Blue Devils won the team championship with an 899 team score. It marked the third consecutive year a Duke player had won the individual championship and the conference-record sixth consecutive team victory for the Blue Devils.
Nirapathpongporn won the individual championship despite shooting a four-over par 76 in the final round. It marked her first over-par round during the three-round event. Nirapathpongporn held off a late charge by Kathryn Brenny of Wake Forest. Brenny shot a personal tournament-best two-under par 70 in Sunday's final round and finished behind Nirapathpongporn by five strokes. Brenny was tied for fourth to begin the third round and made up six strokes over the final 18 holes.
Duke has now won a record nine ACC women's golf championships.
Maryland has concluded its spring 2001 regular-season schedule.
ACC Women's Golf Championship Disney's Palm Course, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. FINAL RESULTS
Par: 72 Yardage: 6183
Fin Team Scores 1 Duke University 293-299-307 899 (+35) 2 Wake Forest Univ. 312-301-289 902 (+38) 3 Florida State Univ. 319-309-308 936 (+72) 4 North Carolina, U of 312-313-320 945 (+81) 5 Maryland, U. of 314-323-315 952 (+88) 6 North Carolina State 335-345-344 1024 (+160 )
Fin Top 20 Players School Scores 1 V. Nirapathpongporn Duke 69 71 76 216 2 Kathryn Brenny Wk. Forest 77 74 70 221 3 Marta Prieto Wk. Forest 79 73 71 223 Kristin Tamulis Florida St 74 74 75 223 5 Candy Hannemann Duke 73 76 76 225 6 Nuria Clau Wk. Forest 77 76 75 228 Kalen Anderson Duke 76 76 76 228 8 Ashley Prange N Carolina 79 76 74 229 9 Leigh Anne Hardin Duke 75 76 79 230 10 Deborah Means Wk. Forest 82 78 73 233 11 Marie Harper Maryland 77 78 79 234 Katie Redeker Maryland 76 80 78 234 Kristina Engstrom Duke 76 79 79 234 14 Maria Beautell Wk. Forest 79 82 76 237 15 Louise Wright Florida St 81 79 78 238 16 Beth Lever N Carolina 76 78 85 239 17 Shelley McKevitt N Carolina 77 82 81 240 Erin Clasper Maryland 80 84 76 240 19 Heather Angell N Carolina 80 79 82 241 20 Alison Curdt Florida St 83 81 78 242
5 Maryland, U. of 314 323 315 952 T 11 Marie Harper 77 78 79 234 T 11 Katie Redeker 76 80 78 234 T 17 Erin Clasper 80 84 76 240 T 23 Carter Crowther 81 82 82 245 26 Kara Gropler 87 83 85 255
