Women's Golf Ranked Fifth and Sixth in Latest Polls
3/4/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
March 4, 2009
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The Alabama women's golf team is ranked fifth in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index and sixth in the first Golf World/NGCA Coaches' Poll of the spring.
Mic Potter's Crimson Tide have been a mainstay in the top 10 throughout the season, earning top five finishes in four of their five tournaments. UA's top finish came at the Cougar Classic where the Tide finished second with a 1-under-par 863, the second-lowest 54-hole score in school history.
Arizona State, UCLA and Southern California were the consensus top three in both the Golfweek and the Golf World polls. The Golfweek/Sagarin Performance Index ranks Virginia fourth with the Tide fifth followed by Oklahoma State at No. 6. The coaches' poll has Virginia and OSU tied for fourth with Alabama sixth.
ASU received 659 points and 13 first-place votes to take over the top spot in the Golf World/NGCA Coaches' Poll. UCLA slipped to second place with 657 points and 13 first-place points. USC garnered 620 points at No. 3 with Oklahoma State and Virginia getting 522 points each.
Alabama earned 508 points at No. 6 followed by Auburn (466) in seventh, Duke (457) at No. 8, Wake Forest (436) at No. 9 and Georgia (430) 10th.
Alabama Sophomore Camilla Lennarth led the team in scoring during the fall with a 73.08 stroke average. Senior Kathleen Ekey and newcomer Brooke Pancake each had two top 10 finishes, tied for the team lead.
Alabama opens up the spring season at the UCF Challenge in Sorrento, Fla. The tournament is slated to run March 8-10.
