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Betsy Rawls Invitational
No. 20 Women’s Golf finishes third at Betsy Rawls
10.18.2016 | Women's Golf
Freshmen Greta Volker and Emilee Hoffman carded 68s on the final day to finish in the top-10.
AUSTIN, Texas – No. 20 Texas Women's Golf concluded the Betsy Rawls Invitational with a third-place finish on Tuesday after firing at final-round 282.
The Longhorns finished three rounds with 180 total pars, the most of any team in the field. Their 282 was the lowest round of the day.
Freshmen Greta Volker and Emilee Hoffman both shot 68s on the final day to complete the tournament in the top 10.
Volker made five birdies and only one bogey to finish in a tie for fifth. She began the front nine with a birdie and immediately followed with a bogey, but answered with another birdie on three. She made pars on the rest of the front nine to make the turn at 1-under. She made birdies on 10, 14 and 16 to finish the round 4-under par.
Hoffman's 68 was highlighted by a bogey-free round and four birdies. She made four pars to start the front nine and made back-to-back birdies on holes five and six. She made another birdie on eight to close the front nine at 3-under par. On the back nine, she made one birdie on 14's par-5 to finish 4-under and in a tie for ninth.
Senior Julia Beck finished right behind Hoffman with a third-round 72 in a tie for 11th. She made three birdies and three bogeys to end the tournament 2-over par.
Junior Sophia Schubert and freshman Dominique Galloway rounded out the top-25 for the Longhorns, Schubert carding a third-round 74 to tie for 16th and Galloway tying for 25th.
Senior Haley Mills tied for 13th with a 71-74-74 as an individual for Texas, while sophomore Maddie Luitwieler tied for 58th and senior Anne Hakula finished 74th, also as individuals.
Kent State topped the leaderboard to finish 2-under, while Miami's Dewi Weber took home medalist honors with her 64-65-72.
The Longhorns will close their fall season with the Las Vegas Collegiate from October 23-25 at Boulder Creek Golf Club.
Post-Tournament Comments
Head Coach Ryan Murphy
On how the tournament went for the team: I thought it went pretty well for us. Today certainly was a great round of golf. We came out and did what we had to do to try to get back. We kind of dug ourselves a hole in round two, but the effort today was spectacular, spearheaded by two freshman shooting 68s, so I was very proud of that. And then just shooting 6-under today was a fantastic round.
On what the freshmen bring to the team: They bring a lot. They've brought great play certainly. Each of them has played well, the three that have played for me thus far. Greta and Emily are simply not afraid to go low and shoot low scores. There's a lot of offensive ability there. They make a lot of birdies. More importantly, they've brought a great energy to our team. They've really sparked our team. They bring great enthusiasm, great desire to be competitive and they have meshed well with the rest of the team and I couldn't be happier about that.
On what it's like play at home: It's a double-edged sword. You know the golf course really well because you play it on a regular basis so you have a built-in advantage. But you also assume a little more pressure, because you want to play well in front of your people. If you can manage the expectations and desire and pressure to play well here, and you are left with just the home course advantage, you'll play well. But it's certainly nice playing at your home golf course.
Freshman Emilee Hoffman
On how the week went: It was a good week. Another top-three finish for our team, which was great. We have a lot of momentum going into our last event and it has just been a great season so far.
On the fall season and how the team has progressed: As a freshman, the team has been so welcoming and Coach Murphy and Coach Golden have been great. Our team this year has had a really great season and we've definitely taken our game to the next level and we're ready to compete.
On playing at home for the first time: We had a lot of support this week and this is the first time that my parents could come watch me play, so it was really nice to have them there. It was just awesome to play our first home tournament.
Freshman Greta Volker
On playing at home for the first time: It was great. It felt good. There were a lot of people who came out to support us. I wanted to do better yesterday, but it was alright. Today was a good day and it was fun.
On the fall season: It's going really well. We're getting better and better. I'm excited to see what we will do in the spring season.
Junior Sophia Schubert
On how the tournament went: It went really well for the team. As a whole, we played really well. Two of the freshman shot 4-under today and that helped us tremendously. So it was pretty good.
On how the season is going so far: The fall is going great. We've won a tournament already. We're close to winning a couple more. I think it has really helped us grow for the spring season.
On the role the upperclassman are playing to help the freshman: It's a big role with four freshmen. They don't really know their way around quite yet, so we're there to show them and hopefully be good examples.
Senior Julia Beck
On playing in her last Betsy as a senior: I just wanted to enjoy it out there playing my last Betsy. Kate (Golden) was walking with me, so we just had fun and I tried to play as best as I could.
On advice she would give to freshmen: I think the atmosphere is perfect to thrive in and have fun and improve your golf game. They're playing great. They're just great players in general so I think they're off to a good start for freshmen.
On playing in front of her family: Awesome. I love having my family around. My grandparents came in, my great aunt and uncle, my uncle from Tennessee came- so it was just great to have everyone there supporting. It was pretty special to have so much support out there. I ended up finishing on 18 and I left my putt just barely short and I tapped it in and everybody clapped for me. I felt really special and I put my horns up and I got a little emotional there, but that was really cool.
Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational
Par: 72 Yards: 6,278
FINAL
Team Leaderboard
1. Kent State 282-296-284=862 (-2)
2. Miami 285-185-293=863 (-1)
3. TEXAS 288-296-282=866 (+2)
4. Baylor 299-292-286=877 (+13)
5. Texas Tech 300-296-285=881 (+17)
6. SMU 304-289-292=885 (+21)
7. UNLV 300-290-286=886 (+22)
8. Minnesota 299-307-291=897 (+33)
9. Notre Dame 312-307-280=899 (+35)
10. Texas State 300-306-294=900 (+36)
11. Tulane 303-299-303=905 (+41)
12. Tulsa 310-300-300=910 (+46)
13. New Mexico 310-309-301=920 (+56)
14. North Florida 314-306-305=925 (+61)
Player Leaderboard
1. Dewi Weber, Miami 64-65-72=201 (-15)
2. Michaela Finn, Kent State 68-71-70=209 (-7)
3. Pimnipa Panthong, Kent State 67-75-68=210 (-6)
4. Kenzie Wright, SMU 75-67-71=213 (-3)
T5. GRETA VOLKER, TEXAS 72-74-68=214 (-2)
T5. Amy Lee, Baylor 74-73-67=214 (-2)
T5. Sophia Garcia, Texas Tech 70-73-71=214 (-2)
8. Lindsey McCurdy, SMU 73-69-73=215 (-1)
T9. EMILEE HOFFMAN, TEXAS 72-77-68=217 (+1)
T9. Evelyn Arguelles, Baylor 75-73-69=217 (+1)
Additional Texas Players
T11. Julia Beck 74-72-72=218 (+2)
T13. *Haley Mills 71-74-74=219 (+3)
T16. Sophia Schubert 72-74-74=220 (+4)
T25. Dominique Galloway 72-76-77=225 (+9)
T58. *Maddie Luitwieler 81-75-75=231 (+15)
74. *Anne Hakula 89-80-91=260 (+44)
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