Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowgirl Golfers Advance to NCAA Championships
May 08, 2005 | Cowgirl Golf
Cowgirl junior Karin Sjödin carded a one-over-par 73 during Saturday's round and finished tied for sixth place individually. It was the Swedish native's best finish of the spring season after winning two tournaments and finishing runnerup in the third of the fall semester.
UCLA and Tennessee tied for team honors with a three-day total of 889. California finished third with an 891, and USC finished fourth with an 892. Oklahoma State finished with an 898, while UC-Irvine and BYU tied for sixth with identical 906s. Stanford, which carded a 908, finished eighth for the final spot to advance to nationals. Fifth-ranked Georgia, which recorded a 309 during the final round, finished ninth and will not advance.
Cowgirl sophomore Mallorie Underwood continued her consistent play and tied for 11th individually. She scored a one-over 73 during Saturday's round and finished at 223. Senior Annie Thurman-Young, the two-time Big 12 individual champion, moved up a total of 39 spots from her first round and finished 32nd with a 11-over 227.
Sophomore Candie Herrera recorded a 74 during the final round, and moved up 15 spots to 40th place. Ali Griffin, an Edmond, Okla., product, finished with a solid 78, ending the tournament with a 235.
The top-eight teams and top-two individuals not affiliated with those teams from each of three regionals advance to the NCAA Championships, May 17-20, at the Meadows Course in Sunriver, Ore. Oklahoma State will be making its fifth-consecutive appearance as a team, and finished second at last year's championships.
NCAA West Regional
New Mexico State University Golf Course • Las Cruces, N.M.
May 5-7, 2005 • par 72 • 6,319 yards
Team Results
1. UCLA 304-299-286--889 Tennessee 291-310-288--889 3. California 296-307-288--891 4. USC 293-302-297--892 5. Oklahoma State 304-301-293--898 6. UC-Irvine 308-300-298--906 BYU 298-305-303--906 8. Stanford 306-301-301--908 9. Georgia 296-306-309--911 10. Oregon 301-304-308--913 11. UNLV 301-312-304--917 Washington State 302-305-310--917 13. Northwestern 311-306-306--923 14. Arizona 303-314-305--922 Colorado State 308-305-312--925 16. San Francisco 318-306-302--926 17. Georgia State 317-302-313--932 18. Illinois State 312-309-317--938 19. Oral Roberts 318-311-313--942 20. Denver 317-314-313--944 21. Portland State 320-326-306--952
Individual Results
1. Sophia Sheridan, Cal 69-73-70--212 2. Violeta Retamoza, Tenn 72-74-71--217 3. Dewi Schreefel, USC 73-71-74--218 Rachel Newren, BYU 69-78-71--218 5. Kay Hoey, Long Beach State 74-71-74--219 6. Karin Sjodin, OSU 73-74-73--220 Sofie Andersson, Cal 72-76-72--220 Johnna Nealy, Oregon 73-73-74--220 Laura Luethke, Fresno State 76-76-68--220 10. Amie Cochran, UCLA 76-73-73--222 11. Mallorie Underwood, OSU 74-76-73--223 Kimberly McCready, Oregon 74-74-75--223 Charlotte Mayorkas, UCLA 78-73-72--223
Other OSU Golfers
32. Annie Thurman-Young 79-75-73--227 40. Candie Herrera 79-76-74--229 73. Ali Griffin 78-79-78--235
