University of Memphis Athletics
University of Memphis
NCAA Regional
Lady Tigers Finish NCAA in 14th Place
May 12, 2001 | Women's Golf
May 12, 2001
Corvallis, OR - The University of Memphis Lady Tiger golf team saw their chances of reaching the NCAA Finals slip away as they turned in a final round team score of 320 and dropped to 14th place at the NCAA West Regional in Corvallis, Oregon. Memphis ended the three day event with a team score of 937, 71 strokes behind West Region champion Arizona..
Arizona increased its 15 stroke lead after the second round to a final margin of 20 strokes, 868, over second place Stanford, 888. Michigan State placed third at 901, with UCLA (903) and Ohio State (906) rounding out the top five. Arizona State, Washington and Southern California also earned a trip to the NCAA Finals in DeLand, Florida.
Natalie Gulbis of Arizona won medalist honors after leading from wire-to-wire. Gulbis carded a one-under par round of 71 on Saturday and completed the tournament with a score of nine under par 207. Memphis's Meaghan Francella shot 77 for the final round and tied for 11th at 222. She was the only Lady Tiger in the top twenty.
MEMPHIS INDIVIDUAL SCORES: T11 Meaghan Francella 222 T41 Marianne Ruud 233 T63 Jennifer Jaszek 240 T80 Sandra Hellsvik 244 97 Abby More 257
TEAM SCORES: 1. Arizona 868 2. Stanford 888 3. Michigan State 901 4. UCLA 903 5. Ohio State 906 6. Arizona State 910 7. Washington 914 8. Southern Cal 916 9. Oregon 923 10. Oregon State 924 11. Tennessee 926 12. Missouri 933 13. Nevada 934 14. Memphis 937 15. Colorado State 942 16. Furman 943 17. Indiana 950 18. BYU 967 19. SW Missouri State 1006 20. Weber State 1010 21. Central Conn. State 1068
