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NCAA Championships
Cowgirl Golf Finishes Fifth At NCAA Championships
May 25, 2001 | Cowgirl Golf
Howey-In-The-Hills, Fla. -Oklahoma State's 10th-ranked Cowgirl Golf team finished tied for fifth at the NCAA Championships here Friday afternoon, cardind a 302 on the final day and tying UCLA for fifth place. Georgia won the team title with a 1176 score, followed by Duke with a 1179 and Texas with a 1191. Auburn finished with a 1193, while OSU and UCLA finished one stroke back at 1194.
Cowgirl senior Maria Boden finished her collegiate career with a 292, tying for the lowest 72-hole total ever in OSU history. Robin Hood, a retired LPGA player, set the low total at the 1987 NCAA Championships, where she finished fifth.
Cowgirl sophomore Christi Cano shot a two-over-par 74 and finished with a 298, the second-best tournament for OSU. Sophomore Linda Wessberg finished with a 302, while junior Emma Zackrisson carded a 304 for the four-day tournament.
With sophomore Linda Wessberg hampered by the heat, the Cowgirls' No. 5 player Julie Jacques stepped up to the challenge, carding a 77, her best round of the tournament. That score was 10 strokes better than her first day.
Complete results will be available later this evening, as several teams are still on the course.
