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NCAA East Regional Championship
Women's Golf advances to NCAA Championship with strong finish at East Regional
05.12.2012 | Women's Golf
May 12, 2012
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- The Texas Women's Golf team fired a field-low 6-under-par 282 in Saturday's final round of the NCAA East Regional to advance to the NCAA Championship for the fourth time in the last five years. UT made a late charge as juniors Katelyn Sepmoree and Haley Stephens and freshman Bertine Strauss played their final nine holes - the front nine of host Penn State's Blue Course - at 5-under.
The Longhorns (296-300-282) finished tied for second place in the 24-team field at 14-over 878 and earned one of the top-eight regional berths to the national championship at Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tenn., from May 22-25.
Sepmoree (74-74-69=217, +1) carded a season-low 69 and matched her career-best single round to climb from a 24th-place tie after 36 holes into a season-best tie for seventh. After back-to-back rounds of 74, Sepmoree sank a team-high five birdies - including three over her final nine holes - to overcome an opening double bogey on the par-4 10th hole in Saturday's finale.
Strauss (73-78-70) finished tied for 19th place at 5-over 221 in her NCAA postseason debut. She began and finished her round with birdies on 10 and nine while adding a third birdie on the third hole and a lone bogey on five.
Senior Nicole Vandermade (72-75-75=222, +6) finished tied for 29th after a final-round 75. Stephens was one stroke back at 7-over 223 (77-75-71) to tie for 35th place and junior Desiree Dubreuil (79-76-72=227) completed the Texas squad in a tie for 59th place.
South Carolina (288-294-291=873, +9) led wire-to-wire and finished five strokes ahead of runners-up Texas and Texas A&M (296-296-286). Alabama (879), Florida (879), Arizona State (887), Michigan State (887) and Duke (887) rounded out the eight advancing teams.
Final NCAA East Regional Championship standings - Top eight teams advancing to NCAA Championship
1. South Carolina - 288-294-291=873 (+9)
T2. TEXAS - 296-300-282=878 (+14)
T2. Texas A&M - 296-296-286=878 (+14)
T4. Alabama - 292-297-290=879 (+15)
T4. Florida - 294-297-288=879 (+15)
T6. Arizona State - 303-298-286=887 (+23)
T6. Michigan State - 300-304-283=887 (+23)
T6. Duke - 302-293-292=887 (+23)
9. Arizona - 302-296-293=891 (+27)
10. Campbell - 313-290-290=893 (+29)
11. Oklahoma State - 299-308-289=896 (+32)
12. Tulane - 298-305-300=903 (+39)
13. Washington - 296-303-305=904 (+40)
T14. UCF - 301-307-299=907 (+43)
T14. Wake Forest - 304-304-299=907 (+43)
16. Kent State - 306-301-301=908 (+44)
17. Maryland - 303-307-304=914 (+50)
18. Northwestern - 305-308-303=916 (+52)
19. Chattanooga - 311-306-302=919 (+55)
T20. Augusta State - 311-296-316=923 (+59)
T20. San Diego State - 311-299-313=923 (+59)
T20. Jacksonville State - 314-304-309=927 (+63)
23. Oral Roberts - 327-315-310=952 (+88)
24. Long Island - 324-321-333=978 (+114)
Final Top-11 player standings
1. Katerina Ruzickova, Texas A&M - 67-73-73=213 (-3)
2. Jennifer Kirby, Alabama - 71-74-70=215 (-1)
T3. Katie Burnett, South Carolina - 72-71-73=216 (E)
T3. Lindy Duncan, Duke - 73-72-71=216 (E)
T3. Justine Lee, Arizona State - 74-73-69=216 (E)
T3. Lindsey Solberg, Michigan State - 74-75-67=216 (E)
T7. Evan Jensen, Florida - 72-74-71=217 (+1)
T7. Katelyn Sepmoree, TEXAS - 74-74-69=217 (+1)
T7. Kelsey Vines, Oklahoma State - 73-75-69=217 (+1)
T10. Michelle Koh, Campbell - 78-69-71=218 (+2)
T10. Margarita Ramos, Arizona - 75-73-70=218 (+2)
Final Texas players
T19. Bertine Strauss - 73-78-70=221 (+5)
T29. Nicole Vandermade - 72-75-75=222 (+6)
T35. Haley Stephens - 77-75-71=223 (+7)
T59. Desiree Dubreuil - 79-76-72=227 (+11)
