Maryland
NCAA Central Regional
Terps Finish 18th at NCAA Women's Regional
5/12/2007 8:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
May 12, 2007
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Kelly Calkin fired a 76 on Saturday to lead University of Maryland players in the final round of the 2007 NCAA Central Regional Women's Golf Championship hosted by the University of Michigan.
As a team, Maryland shot a 320 in the final round to post a 940 total and finished in 18th place in the team standings. The top eight teams, plus two individuals not on the eight qualifying teams advanced to the NCAA Championships, to be held in three weeks in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Calkin had two birdies in the first four holes on Saturday, as the Terrapins teed off on the 10th hole. She turned the back nine in 1-over-par 36 and finished with Maryland's best round of the day with a 5-over 76.
The field had a difficult time with both the cool weather and the course setup on the final day, as the average score for Saturday's final round was nearly three strokes tougher than the previous two rounds.
Katie Trotter finished with a 79 on Saturday, going 2-over-par on the front nine, to match teammate Kate Stepanek for the top overall finish by Maryland players. Trotter and Stepanek each tied for 63rd individually with three-round totals of 234.
Kelly MacWhinnie tied for 73rd at 237, Calkin finished at 238 for a tie for 77th and Jessica Reno tied for 97th at 249.
USC finished off its wire-to-wire victory in the team standings, posting an 869 total. The Trojans set a course record for the final team score by 12 stokes. Georgia was second at 880 with the Bulldogs' 292 being the low team score of Saturday's round. TCU was third at 883. Michigan State earned the crucial eighth spot in the team standings, which was the last qualifying position for the nationals.
Individually, Jacqui Concolino of Vanderbilt earned the victory with a course-record total of 5-under-par 208. She won by four strokes over Paola Moreno of USC. Belen Mozo of USC and Stacy Lewis of Arkansas tied for third at even-par 213, as only two players in the field finished the 54 holes under par.
Lewis and Pamela Ontiveros of Oral Roberts were the two individual qualifiers for the NCAA Nationals. Ontiveros tied for ninth at 218. Indiana, Arizona, Vanderbilt and Tennessee were the other team qualifiers for the nationals.
TEAM STANDINGS
1 Southern California 283 288 298 869 +17 2 Georgia 292 296 292 880 +28 3 TCU 289 291 303 883 +31 4 Indiana University 289 295 300 884 +32 5 Arizona 297 295 293 885 +33 6 Vanderbilt 290 295 301 886 +34 7 Tennessee 294 293 306 893 +41 8 Michigan State 295 295 311 901 +49 9 Arkansas, U. of 291 301 314 906 +54 10 Kent State 297 298 313 908 +56 11 Ohio State 300 307 305 912 +60 12 Northwestern Univ. 308 305 306 919 +67 13 Michigan 311 305 310 926 +74 14 Baylor 312 306 315 933 +81 15 Southern Methodist 303 308 323 934 +82 16 N. Car. Wilmington 309 309 318 936 +84 17 Missouri, U. of 310 304 325 939 +87 18 Maryland, U. of 313 307 320 940 +88 19 Oral Roberts Univ. 311 309 329 949 +97 20 Southern Illinois U. 314 318 324 956 +104 21 St. Francis Univ.-PA 342 338 356 1036 +184
MARYLAND SCORES
T63. Katie Trotter 77-78-79--234; T63. Kate Stepanek 81-71-82--234; T73. Kelly MacWhinnie 76-78-83--237; T77. Kelly Calkin 79-83-76--238; T97. Jessica Reno 84-80-85--249.
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