Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirl Golf finishes second at NCAA Women's Championships
May 24, 2004 | Cowgirl Golf
The finish was Oklahoma State's best finish in school history. Twice the Cowgirls had finished third at the NCAA Championships. The second-place finish by sophomore Karin Sjodin was also the best by a Cowgirl individual in school history.
Sjodin shot a 71 during the final round, including an eight-foot putt on No. 18 that would have tied her for the individual lead if she had made it. However, she fell one stroke shy of tying California's Sarah Huarte, who won the individual medal with a 10-under par 278. Sjodin finished at 279.
OSU finished three strokes behind UCLA and eight strokes ahead of top-ranked Duke. The Cowgirls, ranked 10th nationally, had three top-20 finishes.
Freshman Mallory Underwood finished her first NCAA Championship with a one-under 287, tying for sixth place and earning honorable mention All-America honors. Junior Annie Thurman, who was five over after two rounds, shot an even-par 72 on Thursday and shot a two under 70 in the final round thanks to a sand blast eagle on hole No. 12.
Freshman Candy Herrera tied for 28th individually after carding a six-over 294. Fellow freshman Ashley Knoll, who shot an 86 during the first round, shot 78-74-75 during the final three rounds.
The four-round total of 1151 blew away the previous school record of 1189, shot at the 2002 NCAA Championships. Sjodin, Underwood and Thurman all broke the previous OSU record of 292 at an NCAA event, set by Maria Boden in 2001.
NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships Grand National Lake Course, Opelika, Ala. par 72, 6,215 yards
Team Results
1. UCLA 289-283-286-290--1148
2. Oklahoma State 288-293-282-288--1151
3. Duke 289-284-292-294--1159
4. California 309-282-292-289--1172
5. Vanderbilt 298-284-302-296--1180
6. Texas 302-295-293-294--1184
Washington 305-298-297-284--1184
8. Ohio State 296-292-303-296--1187
9. Georgia 302-297-293-298--1190
10. Arizona State 310-291-291-299--1191
11. Tennessee 303-297-301-292--1193
12. USC 307-286-305-297--1195
Stanford 303-296-298-298--1195
14. Wake Forest 298-289-310-299--1196
15. New Mexico 304-292-304-297--1197
Arizona 302-300-298-297--1197
Furman 302-296-302-297--1197
North Carolina 304-300-300-293--1197
19. Baylor 299-308-295-296--1198
Florida State 301-301-295-301--1198
21. UNLV 308-299-302-295--1204
22. Purdue 307-294-308-296--1205
23. Texas A&M 306-302-302-301--1211
24. Michigan State 302-310-298-305--1215
Individual Results
1. Sarah Huarte, California 73-69-67-69--278
2. Karin Sjodin, Oklahoma State 71-69-68-71--279
3. Susie Mathews, UCLA 71-69-68-72--280
4. Charlotte Mayorkas, UCLA 74-69-71-70--284
5. Jessica Shepley, Tennessee 73-72-71-70--286
Other OSU Scores
6. Mallory Underwood 72-73-70-72--287
16. Annie Thurman 73-76-72-70--291
28. Candy Herrera 72-75-72-75--294
113. Ashley Knoll 86-78-74-75--313
