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Stanford Intercollegiate
Women's Golf records season-best fourth-place finish at Stanford Intercollegiate
10.18.2009 | Women's Golf
Oct. 18, 2009
Stanford Intercollegiate Final Results
PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Freshman Haley Stephens (70-73-74=217, +4) and senior Shannon Fish (72-72-74=218, +5) carded final-round scores of 3-over-par 74 to pace Texas Women's Golf on the final day of the Stanford Intercollegiate. The Longhorns (279-285-300) recorded a season-best fourth place finish at 12-over 864, while four individuals earned top 30 finishes.
Two days after recording the school single-round record of 6-under 65, freshman Madison Pressel (65-73-77=215, +2) posted UT's top individual finish with a 17th place tie at 2-over 215. Stephens finished two strokes back at 4-over 217 and tied for 23rd place on the aid of a final round that included one birdie and four bogeys.
Fish's final round mirrored Stephens' in birdies and bogeys, resulting in a 5-over 218 to tie for 26th. Sophomore Nicole Vandermade's (72-71-75) three-round of 218 also tied her for 26th place. Freshman Katelyn Sepmoree (80-69-79=228, +15) rounded out the Longhorns with a 15-over 228 and tied for 54th place.
Arizona State (273-282-285) claimed a wire-to-wire victory with a 54-hole 12-under 840. UCLA (277-285-282) finished in second place at 8-under 844, and Vanderbilt (290-283-289=862, +10) snuck into third place on Sunday with a final-round 289.
USC's Jennifer Song (67-71-67) claimed medalist honors at 8-under 205. Arizona State's Carlota Ciganda (67-70-71) finished three strokes behind at 5-under 208 for second place, and three players tied for third place at 4-under 209.
UT will conclude its fall season in two weeks at the Texas State-hosted Challenge at Onion Creek in Austin, Texas, scheduled for Nov. 2-3.
Stanford Intercollegiate Results - Final
4. Texas, 279-285-300=864 (+12)
Texas Players
T17. Madison Pressel, 65-73-77=215 (+2)
T23. Haley Stephens, 70-73-74=217 (+4)
T26. Shannon Fish, 72-72-74=218 (+5)
T26. Nicole Vandermade, 72-71-75=218 (+5)
T54. Katelyn Sepmoree, 80-69-79=228 (+15)
POST-TOURNAMENT QUOTES
Head Coach Martha Richards
On the team's overall performance: I thought our first two days here were excellent. To be at 4-under after 36 holes was a display of really good golf. Today was a little more of a struggle for us, though. We just couldn't seem to get anything going. We had a few more mistakes today that caught up with us, and it always seems like mistakes on the last day are harder to recover from. We beat a lot of great teams, though, and I couldn't be more pleased with what we accomplished out here. The only thing separating us from being one of those great teams right now is consistency.
On playing with top-ranked teams in the last two events: Any time this team is allowed to play with the best and see how their games compare, they seem to just feed off of it and play that much better. We've had some good pairings the last two events, and we've stepped up and played well. Big picture, we're putting together some good tournaments. We'll learn from our mistakes today, and one of these days, we're going to pull one of these out.
