Terps Head to Sedgefield for ACC Championship
4/11/2012 8:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
April 11, 2012
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COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The Maryland women's golf team travels to Greensboro, N.C., this weekend for the ACC Championships at the par-71, 6,163-yard Sedgefield Country Club. The 54-hole tournament begins Friday, April 13 at 8:30 a.m., and concludes Sunday, April 15. The Terps best-ever ACC tournament finish came in 2006 when the squad finished fourth.
The Terps
Maryland enters the tournament following the most successful regular season in school history. The Terps won a school record three tournament titles and have placed in the top 2 in 6 of 8 tournaments this year.
With a 73.58 18-hole scoring average, freshman Juliet Vongphoumy is ranked third in the ACC and is tops among freshmen. The Providence, R.I., native has five top-10 finishes this year including three second place finishes most recently at the Palmetto Intercollegiate in October to end the fall season.
Senior Jessica Hollandsworth and junior Christine Shimel both rank in the top 15 in scoring in the conference. In four spring events, Shimel is averaging 73.75 strokes per round which ranks ninth in the league and has two top-10 finishes this season.
Hollandsworth is peaking at the right time for the Terps. The Floyd, Va., native finished sixth at the John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate leading Maryland to the team title and recorded her low round of the season at the Rebel Intercollegiate with a 71.
Since the end of the fall season, sophomore Emily Gimpel has lowered her 18-hole scoring average by 4.17 strokes. Gimpel has two eighth place finishes this season most recently at the John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate.
Junior Hayley Brown played in three spring events with her best finish coming at the John Kirk Panther Intercollegiate. Freshman Jessica Uem made her collegiate debut at the Rebel Intercollegiate last weekend.
Maryland at the ACC Championships
The Terps best finish at the ACC tournament came in 2006 on Pinehurst No. 8. Maryland carded a 917 (308-304-305) to finish fourth. Two Terrapin golfers placed in the top 10. Katie Trotter fired an 8-over 224 (72-77-75) to place fifth, which is the highest position on the leaderboard for a Maryland golfer all-time, and Kate Stepanek tied for sixth with a 9-over 225 (75-74-76).
Kelly Calkin holds the Maryland record for the lowest 54-hole round at the tournament. Calkin carded a 6-over 222 (77-71-74) on the Legends Course at LPGA International in Daytona Beach, Fla., in 2008.
Calkin, Marie Harper and Jessica Reno are tied for the lowest round in tournament history with a 71. Calkin fired a 71 in the second round in 2008. Harper and Reno carded their record lows in the final round of the 2004 ACC tournament at the Salem Glen Country Club in Clemmons, N.C.
Live Coverage
Live scoring, daily results, and complete championship information will be available at TheACC.com. Live web-streaming will be available for free on Saturday (1:30 p.m. to conclusion of play) and Sunday (1:30 p.m. to conclusion of play).
Noteworthy
Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C., will be the host for the fourth straight time for this year's ACC Championship...North Carolina captured their second team title at the 2011 championship....Duke won the championship from 1996 through 2008; Duke boasts the most league titles with sixteen, followed by Wake Forest
with five and North Carolina with two...Wake Forest won back-to-back championships in 2009-10 and 1994-95...Virginia's second place finish in 2010 marked the third time since 2006 the Cavaliers have placed second at the championship... Maryland placed fourth in 2006, its highest finish ever in the ACC tournament...Florida State has placed second three times... Florida State's second-year coach Amy Bond was a four-year letterwinner (1996-99) and an assistant coach for the Seminoles (2003-06)....NC State's head coach Page Marsh finished third as a player for North Carolina in the first ACC Championship in 1984...Patti Rizzo, Miami's second-year coach was an All-American in 1981 for the Hurricanes....Miami placed fifth in 2005, its highest finish ever in the ACC Championship...In 2009, Boston College claimed its low individual scorer at the ACC Championship with Eunice Yim (T29th).
Schedule of Events
First Round Pairings
First Group:
Boston College, Miami, NC State
Tee Times: 8:30 a.m., 8:40 a.m., 8:50 a.m., 9 a.m., 9:10 a.m.
Second Group:
Maryland, Florida State, Wake Forest
Tee Times: 9:20 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 9:40 a.m., 9:50 a.m., 10 a.m.
Third Group:
Virginia, Duke, North Carolina
Tee Times: 10:10 a.m., 10:20 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 10:40 a.m., 10:50 a.m.
Second round action on Saturday begins at 8:30 a.m. The final round starts at 8 a.m. on Sunday.
2011 Team Results
1. North Carolina 289-286-300=875
2. Duke 297-302-300=899
3. Virginia 295-304-304=903
4. Wake Forest 296-310-298=904
5. Florida State 295-307-309=911
6. Maryland 298-309-323=930
7. NC State 311-303-323=937
8. Miami 302-327-309=938
9. Boston College 314-322-331=967
2011 Top 10 Individuals
Cheyenne Woods, Wake Forest 70-70-68=208
Allie White, North Carolina 66-74-75=215
Catherine O'Donnell, N.Carolina 75-67-75=217
Lindy Duncan, Duke 73-76-70=219
Jessica Hollandsworth, Maryland 71-71-78=220
Katherine Perry, North Carolina 71-73-77=221
Brittany Altomare, Virginia 73-77-72=222
Casey Grice, North Carolina 77-72-73=222
Macarena Silva, Florida State 73-75-74=222
Nicole Agnello, Virginia 72-76-76=224
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