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Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge
No. 2 Women's Golf finishes fourth at Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge
02.05.2019 | Women's Golf
Sophomore Agathe Laisne places second individually.
PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. – Sophomore Agathe Laisne's second-place individual showing paced the No. 2 Texas women's golf team to a fourth-place finish at the highly competitive Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge on Tuesday at Palos Verdes Golf Club in Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.
Texas finished fourth with a 23-over-par 875 [298-288-289]. The Longhorns have placed in the top four in each of the five tournaments in which they have competed this season. Since the start of the 2017-18 season, Texas has posted 14 top-five finishes in the 17 events in which they have competed during that span.
No. 13 Stanford claimed the event with a 15-over-par 867 [295-279-293], while No. 12 UCLA [869, +17] placed second and No. 1 Southern California [871, +19] was third.
As a team, Texas led the tournament field with 175 pars on the week.
A LOOK AT THE LINEUP
- Laisne tied for second overall and was one stroke off the tournament's individual champion, Andrea Lee of Stanford. Laisne finished with a one-over-par 214 [69-74-71]. Her second-place finish is a collegiate best and marked her second top-five showing of the season.
- Freshman Sára Kousková earned her best collegiate finish, tying for eighth. She carded a four-over-par 217 [75-72-70]. Kousková's 41 pars on the week were second among all individuals.
- Sophomore Kaitlyn Papp [79-70-76] and freshman Hailee Cooper [77-72-76] each tied for 34th with 12-over-par 225s.
- Junior Emilee Hoffman tied for 51st with a 15-over-par 228 [77-79-72].
UP NEXT
Texas returns to action February 17-19 when it travels to New Orleans to compete in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship at English Turn Golf and Country Club. The three-day 54-hole event is scheduled for 18 holes each day on the par-72, 6,200-yard course.
HEAD COACH RYAN MURPHY
"This was a solid start to our spring semester. It was a challenging golf course under very challenging weather conditions. We had a chance to win today, but we'll need to be much cleaner if we want to beat a field like this. Agathe played great this week, as did Sára. I'm proud of both of them. Finishing T2 and top-10 are both terrific finishes in this field."
TEAM LEADERBOARD
1. Stanford [295+279+293=867, +15]
2. UCLA [291+289+289=869, +17]
3. Southern California [299+288+284=871, +19]
4. Texas [298+288+289=875, +23]
T5. Oklahoma State [305+289+290=884, +32]
T5. Arizona [302+297+285=884, +32]
7. Wake Forest [300+292+297=889, +37]
8. Furman [304+299+293=896, +44]
9. Washington [308+296+293=897, +45]
10. Ohio State [299+302+298=899, +47]
11. Baylor [304+301+296=901, +49]
12. Florida State [307+293+303=903, +51]
13. Florida [306+297+301=904, +52]
14. Arizona State [316+299+292=907, +55]
15. Alabama [307+301+305=913, +61]
16. Colorado [307+309+301=917, +65]
INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
1. Andrea Lee, Stanford [70+70+73=213, E]
T2. Yu-Sang Hou, Arizona [72+71+71=214, +1]
T2. Agathe Laisne, Texas [69+74+71=214, +1]
T4. Han-Hsuan Yu, Oklahoma State [73+72+71=216, +3]
T4. Clare Legaspi, UCLA [71+74+71=216, +3]
T4. Jennifer Chang, Southern California [75+73+68=216, +3]
T4. Patty Tavatanakit, UCLA [73+70+73=216, +3]
TEXAS GOLFERS
T2. Agathe Laisne [69+74+71=214, +1]
T8. Sára Kousková [75+72+70=217, +4]
T34. Kaitlyn Papp [79+70+76=225, +12]
T34. Hailee Cooper [77+72+76=225, +12]
T51. Emilee Hoffman [77+79+72=228, +15]
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