March 20, 2004
BOERNE, Texas – The Notre Dame women’s golf team turned in its second 319 in as many rounds at the Baylor-Tapatio Springs Shootout on Saturday. The Irish find themselves in 12th place with their 36-hole score of 638, 47 strokes behind Indiana, which is in first place at the prestigious 54-hole event. The Hoosiers, with three golfers in the top five, own a 10-shot lead over second-place Texas Tech (296-305-601) after shooting impressive rounds of 297 and 294 for a 591 total. The 19-team tournament, including five top-50 teams (Golfweek/Sagarin), is being played on the par-72, 6,007-yard course at Tapatio Springs Golf Resort.
The Irish continue to be paced by freshman Noriko Nakazaki (Hanover Park, Ill./Hoffman Estates) who shot an 80 on day two after firing a one-under par 71 in the opening round, giving her a 36-hole mark of 151. Nakazaki fell from a first-place tie in the 113-player field to a tie for 13th, nine strokes behind tournament-leader Danah Ford of Indiana (72-70-142). Ford holds a two-shot advantage over Texas Tech’s Sheila Mendez (73-71-144) and a three-stroke lead on teammate Karen Dennison’s 145 (73-72).
Next for Notre Dame is sophomore Katie Brophy (Spokane, Wash./Gonzaga Prep) as she shot a five-over 77 on Saturday, the low round by an Irish player on the second day of the tourney. With her first-round 81, Brophy has a mark of 158 for 36 holes and is tied for 42nd.
After Brophy, junior Karen Lotta (Los Angeles, Calif./Marymount) is third among Notre Dame players with a two-round score of 162 after carding a pair of 18-hole totals of 81.
Rounding out the lineup are sophomores Lauren Gebauer (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington) and Sarah Bassett (Spokane, Wash./Lewis and Clark). Gebauer rebounded from a first-round 90 to shoot an 81 in round two, giving her a 171 for 36 holes. Bassett has total of 174 (86-88) after two rounds of play.
The final 18 holes of the fourth annual Baylor-Tapatio Springs Shootout will commence on Sunday, March 21, at 8:14 (EST) with split tee times. Results will be available on www.und.com following Sunday’s action.
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TEAM RESULTS (36-hole totals): 1. Indiana 591 (297-294); 2. Texas Tech 601 (296-305); 3. Missouri 606 (306-300); 4. Baylor 607 (303-304); 5.(tie) Rollins College 619 (315-304), Wisconsin 619 (317-302); 7. Iowa 625 (315-310); 8. Illinois 626 (314-312); 9. New Mexico State 627 (311-316); 10. UTEP 630 (316-314); 11. Nebraska 634 (319-315); 12. Notre Dame 638 (319-319); 13.(tie) Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 640 (328-312), Arkansas State 640 (323-317), Minnesota 640 (329-311); 16.(tie) North Texas 647 (319-328), Xavier 647 (328-319); 18. Texas-Pan American 664 (334-330); 19. McLennan Community College 704 (349-355).
TOP 12 INDIVIDUALS (of 113): 1. Danah Ford (Indiana) 142 (72-70); 2. Sheila Mendez (Texas Tech) 144 (73-71); 3. Karen Dennison (Indiana) 145 (73-72); 4. Malinda Johnson (Wisconsin) 146 (74-72); 5. Molly Redfearn (Indiana) 149 (74-75); 6.(tie) Kelli Strubinger (Missouri) 150 (74-76), Kelli McKandless (Baylor) 150 (74-76), Marla Cox (Illinois) 150 (74-76), Denise Knaebel (Missouri) 150 (78-72), Maria Ohlsson (Missouri) 150 (78-72), Liz Bennett (Iowa) 150 (79-71), Leslie Wall* (Texas Tech) 150 (77-73).
NOTRE DAME INDIVIDUALS (of 113): 13.(tie) Noriko Nakazaki 151 (71-80); 42.(tie) Katie Brophy 158 (81-77); 62.(tie) Karen Lotta 162 (81-81); 97.(tie) Lauren Gebauer 171 (90-81); 103. Sarah Bassett 174 (86-88).
* – Individual entrant