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Betsy Rawls Invitational
Women’s Golf finishes fourth at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational
10.20.2015 | Women's Golf
Junior Julia Beck finished a career-best fourth place to lead Texas.
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Women's Golf finished in fourth place after shooting a third-round 292 (+4) on Tuesday to cap off the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational at the University of Texas Golf Club.
Junior Julia Beck led the Longhorns with a tournament day-low 67 (-5) in the final round to claim fourth place, marking her career-best finish as a Longhorn. Her third round included six birdies and one bogey.
Sophomore Sophia Schubert also finished in the top 10 after a final round 70 (-2), placing her in a tie for tenth place.
Senior Tezira Abe finished in 18th place, while freshman Maddie Luitwieler finished tied for 35th place. Rounding out the Longhorns with a tie for 65th place finish was junior Haley Mills.
Junior Anne Hakula and Senior Natalie Karcher competed as individuals for Texas, finishing tied for 68th place and tied for 42nd place, respectively.
Kent State won the tournament at 5-under-par, and Texas Tech's Gabby Barker took individual honors, also finishing 5-under-par.
Texas will round out its fall schedule on Sunday, Oct. 25 through Tuesday, Oct. 27 to compete in the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown at Boulder Creek Golf Club in Las Vegas, Nev.
Post-Tournament Comments
Head Coach Ryan Murphy
On the Longhorn's strong finish: I was pleased with our result today. A couple great rounds, Julia Beck with 67 on the final day. With the locations that we had out there today, that was a big round of golf, and the best round of golf I've been a part of in women's golf. Sophia Schubert's 70 today was great with the hole locations. We slipped back into third place, so I'm happy with that.
On playing well on Texas's home course: It's good; it's always nice to play well in front of the home crowd. People think a lot of times that it's easier to play your home course. You know the golf course, but there is added pressure to perform well so it's a double-edged sword. We got beat by a couple great teams, Texas Tech is a great team and Kent State picked up their third win on the season. They're a top five team in the country right now, and it was going to be hard to beat either one of those teams. We're just going to keep working hard through the year, and hopefully by the end of the year we will be ready to beat those two teams.
On how he plans to build on this heading into Las Vegas: I think individually each player did some good things. Obviously, Julia Beck can take from today's 67. Sophia is really close to playing great; her 70 today could have easily been 67 or 68. I think individually every player did some good stuff, and then they just simply have to identify what they have to work on the next three days. So a lot of positives this week.
Junior Julia Beck
On her third and final round: It started off pretty solid. One bogey, six birdies total. I was just hitting it well, trusted it, and hit some really good cuts. It was all coming together.
On the advantage of playing on her home course: Yes, oh my gosh. I just felt like I have a lot more confidence and better course management. I know where I need to hit it, where I play best from, and that's it.
On moving forward to Las Vegas: Well, obviously it felt pretty good to end with [this result] going into Las Vegas. So now I just know I need to stay in the moment and have patience and it will work out.
Sophomore Sophia Schubert
On being pleased with today's round: I was happy with the result. I was playing pretty well, hitting close shots, wasn't making as many putts as I wanted to, but it was pretty good.
On leaving something on the course: I did, I did. On the front nine I left a bunch out there. My last two holes, I had two short birdie putts and I missed them both.
On moving forward to Las Vegas: Well, it gives me confidence. I'm just going to keep working hard until then, and I know my game is where it needs to be right now.
On the whole team going forward: We played great. I mean, we did really well as a team. I know Julia played really solid today. It's really given us a big confidence boost.
Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational
The University of Texas Golf Club (Par 72, 6298 yards)
Team Leaderboard
1. Kent State 283-292-284=895 (-5)
2. Texas Tech 284-292-291=867 (+3)
3. UNLV 287-289-297=873 (+9)
4. TEXAS 296-287-292=875 (+11)
5. New Mexico 298-289-295-882 (+18)
6. Miami 291-300-293=884 (+20)
7. SMU 293-297-296=886 (+22)
8. Texas State 290-298-302=890 (+26)
9. Oklahoma 305-296-294=895 (+31)
10. Houston 301-295-301=897 (+33)
11. Kansas State 306-294-301=901 (+37)
12. UTSA 304-293-305=902 (+38)
13. North Florida 303-301-313=917 (+53)
14. Tulsa 309-315-313=937 (+73)
Player Leaderboard
1. Gabby Parker, Texas Tech 70-72-69=211 (-5)
T2. Elizabeth Prior, UNLV 70-71-71=212 (-4)
T2. Taylor Kim, Kent State 68-73-71=212 (-4)
4. JULIA BECK, TEXAS 75-71-67=213 (-3)
5. Josee Doyon, Kent State 72-72-71=215 (-1)
T6. Daniela Darquea, Miami 72-76-68=216 (E)
T6. Manon Molle, New Mexico 72-72-72=216 (E)
T6. Dewi Weber, Miami 71-75-70=216 (E)
T6. Ingrid Gutierrez, New Mexico 72-73-71=216 (E)
T10. Lauren Mason, Texas Tech 75-72-71=218 (+2)
T10. Mami Yamamoto, Texas Tech 69-75-74=218 (+2)
T10. SOPHIA SCHUBERT, TEXAS 76-72-70=218 (+2)
T10. Kaylee Benton, UNLV 76-69-73=218 (+2)
T10. Jenny Haglund, SMU 71-73-74=218 (+2)
T10. Lindsey McCurdy, SMU 71-74-73=218 (+2)
T10. Juile Houston, UTSA 71-70-77=218 (+2)
Additional Texas Leaderboard
18. Tezira Abe 73-70-77=220 (+4)
T35. Maddie Luitwieler 72-74-79=225 (+9)
*T42. Natalie Karcher 72-77-78=227 (+11)
T65. Haley Mills 78-80-78=236 (+20)
*T68. Anne Hakula 80-79-79=238 (+22)
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