IUO plays it safe in Arizona
■ Oregon golfers are tied for
10th at the windy West
Regionals in Tempe, Ariz.
By Peter Hockaday
for the Emerald
Thirty mile-per-hour winds, 15
top-25 teams, and still the Oregon
women’s golf team managed to
finish in a tie for 10th place after
the first round of the NCAA West
Regionals in Tempe, Ariz., Thurs
day.
Oregon seniors Angie Rizzo
and Anika Heuser both shot three
over par 75s to help the No. 26
Ducks finish the first round with
a one-spot cushion in their bid for
the NCAA Championships. Ore
gon needs to finish 11th or better
to make that cut.
“We took a step in the right di
rection,” Oregon head coach Re
nee Baumgartner said. “We have
to play solid the next two days.”
The Ducks used consistent play
to finish the round in the top 10.
Only three strokes separate the
five team members, with Rizzo
and Heuser tied for 22nd.
Besides Rizzo and Heuser, sen
ior co-captain Kylie Wilson shot a
four-over par 76, junior Jerilyn
White shot a 77 and senior co
captain Pam Sowden turned in
the team’s highest score, a six
over par 78.
Like the Pacific-10 Conference
Championships at the Eugene
Country Club two weeks ago, the
wind was a factor at the Karsten
Golf Course in Tempe. The winds
got up to 30 miles per hour lead
ing to high scores from all the
teams at the regionals.
Baumgartner said the wind
won’t affect her team’s play over
the tournament’s final 36 holes.
“Our game plan is to aim for the
middle of the greens and don’t get
too fancy with it,” Baumgartner
said.
The coach believes her team’s
morning tee time today should
help, as the wind will probably be
more tame than the afternoon.
The Ducks tee off at 7:30 a.m.
The surprise of the tournament
is the leader, 17th-ranked Tulsa.
Of all the women’s golf heavy
weights at the tournament, the
west regionals are being led after
the first round by a team that has
won only two tournaments this
year, one of which was the West
ern Athletic Conference Champi
onships. Tulsa’s Stacy Prammana
sudh and Maiko Senda lead the
individual race with 2-under-par
70s.
No. 1 Arizona is a mere two
strokes behind the Golden Hurri
cane in second place. No. 7 Stan
ford holds down third, while No.
15 Texas and No. 27 Nebraska are
tied for fourth. The Ducks are
knotted with No. 11 San Jose State
in 10th. The wind, however, may
have had a hand in evening out
the scores because the top-10
teams are separated by only nine
strokes.
Almost as surprising as Tulsa’s
lead is the poor play of the top-10
teams at the tournament. No. 4
Arizona State (6th), No. 6 Pepper
dine (9th) and No. 10 New Mexi
co State (7th) are doing well, but
No. 3 Southern California (16th),
No. 9 Oklahoma State (Tl4th) and
No. 14 UCLA (Tl4th) all would
miss going to the NCAA Champi
onships if the tournament had
ended after the first round.
USC may be in the biggest trou
ble of all the ranked teams. Still
reeling from a disqualification at
the Pac-10 Championships that
dropped the team from second to
fifth, the third-ranked Trojans are
five strokes out of 11th place.
Some of the country’s top indi
viduals are struggling at the re
gionals. Top-ranked Jenna Daniels
of Arizona is in 13th while No. 3
Candie Kung of USC holds down
22nd.
The Ducks will play two more
18-hole rounds at the NCAA West
Regionals, and the tournament
will conclude Saturday.
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West Regional Team
Leaders
1. Tulsa (294)
2. Arizona (296)
3. Stanford (297)
4. Texas (298)
Nebraska (298)
T10. Oregon (303)
Individual Leaders
1. Stacy Prammanasudh, Tulsa (70)
MaikoSenda, Tulsa (70)
2. Miriam Nagl, Arizona State (71)
Angela Stanford, TCU (71)
T22. Angie Rizzo, Oregon (75)
Anika Heuser, Oregon (75)
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