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NCAA Women's Golf Championships
Alabama Ties for 14th at the NCAA Women's Golf Championships
5/22/2017 7:05:00 PM | Women's Golf
Crimson Tide cards only under-par round of the tournament on Monday
SUGAR GROVE, Ill. – The Alabama Crimson Tide closed out the 2017 season with an under par performance on the final day of stroke-play Monday at the NCAA Women's Golf Championships at the par-72, 6,343-yard Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill.
Alabama shot a one-under par 287 on Monday, the only round below par by any team in the tournament, to finish at 64-over par (328-313-287/928) and tie California for 14th place. Northwestern (301-298-298/897) finished first at 33-over par. Stanford (311-298-296/905) was second at 41-over par. Arizona State (311-309-289) finished third at 45-over par. Ohio State (311-299-303/913) was fourth at 49-over par. Florida (320-302-292/914) and USC (315-303-296/914) tied for fifth at 50-over par.
Those six teams along with seventh-place Baylor (311-300-306/917) and eighth-place Kent State (303-304-312/919) will advance to Tuesday's match-play quarterfinals with the national champion being determined in Wednesday's championship match.
Monica Vaughn of Arizona State (74-72-71/217) won individual medalist honors, finishing at one-over par, one shot ahead of Leona Maguire of Duke and Jennifer Kupcho of Wake Forest.
"The conditions were softer, not as windy early and the set-up was a lot better today so you could get a wedge in your hand instead of a hybrid going into some of these greens," head coach Mic Potter said. "I don't know if we hit the ball differently but we managed it better. The takeaway from this season has to be that at the end of the year we're going to have to play a golf course like this so we have to prepare for that. We've got to be able to stand out there and hit it exactly where we want to when we want to. Our goal is to win a championship and we didn't give ourselves a chance to do that."
Sophomore Cheyenne Knight (78-76-69/223) tied for 10th at seven-over par to finish as the Tide's low scorer at the NCAA Championships for the second year in a row. Her final round 69 was her team-leading 11th of the season. Freshman Kristen Gillman (78-78-70/226) tied for 17th at 10-over par after a two-under par final round. Knight and Gillman's finishes also marks the 10th consecutive year Alabama has had at least one golfer finish in the top-25 at the NCAA Championships.
Sophomore Lauren Stephenson (85-75-76/236) tied for 74th at 20-over par. Senior Mia Landegren (89-84-72/245) tied for 113th at 29-over par. Junior Lakareber Abe (87-84-76/247) tied for 119th place at 31-over par.
2017 NCAA Women's Golf Championships
Rich Harvest Farms
Sugar Grove, Ill. (Northern Illinois University)
Alabama Final Results
- 10t. Cheyenne Knight- 78-76-69/223 (+7)
- 17t. Kristen Gillman- 78-78-70/226 (+10)
- 74t. Lauren Stephenson- 85-75-76/236 (+20)
- 113t. Mia Landegren- 89-84-72/245 (+29)
- 119t. Lakareber Abe- 87-84-76/247 (+31)
Final Team Stoke-Play Standings
- 1. Northwestern- 301-298-298/897 (+33)
- 2. Stanford- 311-298-296/905 (+41)
- 3. Arizona State- 311-309-289/909 (+45)
- 4. Ohio State- 311-299-303/913 (+49)
- 5t. USC- 315-303-296/914 (+50)
- 5t. Florida- 320-302-292/914 (+50)
- 14t. Alabama- 328-313-287/928 (+64)
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