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Big 12 Championship
Women's Golf fires field-best 288 to finish second at Big 12 Championship
04.29.2012 | Women's Golf
April 29, 2012
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- The Texas Women's Golf team fired a field-best 8-over-par 288 in Sunday's final round of the Big 12 Championship to improve from sixth place after 36 holes to a second-place finish overall. Senior Nicole Vandermade and freshman Bertine Strauss led the Longhorns with top-10 individual finishes to earn All-Big 12 Team honors.
Junior Haley Stephens paced UT at Lawrence Country Club through two lengthy weather delays on Sunday with an even-par 70 to mark her best round of the championship. Stephens offset bogeys on 10 and 15 with birdies on five and 14. She finished in 13th place at 18-over 228 (84-74-70).
Vandermade - one of just two players to card a below-par round 69 throughout the 54-hole championship - finished the day at 4-over for a final score of 14-over 224 (81-69-74).
Strauss (77-78-71=226, +16) saved the best round of her Big 12 Championship debut for Sunday with a 1-over 71, as did juniors Desiree Dubreuil (83-77-73=233) and Katelyn Sepmoree (88-79-78=245). Dubreuil and Sepmoree rounded out the Texas squad in ties for 23rd and 44th places.
Oklahoma (316-292-296=904) maintained it's 36-hole lead to win by seven strokes. Baylor (313-302-297) finished in third place at 72-over 912.
Texas played the conference tournament without 2011 Big 12 Championship medalist Madison Pressel who is out for the remainder of the season due to a right-shoulder injury.
The Longhorns will now await Monday's announcement of the NCAA Championship Regional selections at 8 p.m. Central on NCAA.com. This year's regional sites include Penn State (State College, Pa.), Ohio State (Columbus, Ohio) and Colorado (Erie, Colo.).
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
1. Oklahoma - 316-292-296=904 (+64)
2. TEXAS - 325-298-288=911 (+71)
3. Baylor - 313-302-297=912 (+72)
T4. Oklahoma State - 315-301-297=913 (+73)
T4. Iowa State - 311-302-300=913 (+73)
6. Texas A&M - 318-304-299=921 (+81)
7. Texas Tech - 326-303-295=924 (+84)
8. Kansas State - 323-309-300=932 (+92)
9. Missouri - 322-316-311=949 (+109)
10. Kansas - 338-307-306=951 (+111)
FINAL TOP-11 INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS
1. Mary Michael Maggio, Texas A&M - 77-73-69=219 (+9)
T2. Hayley Davis, Baylor - 75-72-73=220 (+10)
T2. Chirapat Jao-Javanil, Oklahoma - 75-70-75=220 (+10)
4. Anne Tanguay, Oklahoma - 76-72-74=222 (+12)
5. Jayde Panos, Oklahoma State - 80-70-73=223 (+13)
6. Nicole Vandermade, TEXAS - 81-69-74=224 (+14)
7. Chelsey Cothran, Baylor - 78-72-75=225 (+15)
T8. Punpaka Phuntumabamrung, Iowa State - 78-75-73=226 (+16)
T8. Katerina Ruzickova, Texas A&M - 76-78-72=226 (+16)
T8. Bertine Strauss, TEXAS - 77-78-71=226 (+16)
T8. Kelsey Vines, Oklahoma State - 76-78-72=226 (+16)
TEXAS PLAYERS
13. Haley Stephens - 84-74-70=228 (+18)
T23. Desiree Dubreuil - 83-77-73=233 (+23)
T44. Katelyn Sepmoree - 88-79-78=245 (+35)
