Women’s golf to face top teams
at PING/ASU Invitational today
The Ducks look to capture
their third tournament title
of the year in Arizona
by Brian Smith
Freelance Reporter
The time for the Oregon women's
golf team is now.
The Ducks will face what is easily the
toughest tournament field of the year
when they tee off today at the 2004
PING/ASU Invitational, held at the
par-72, 6,230-yard Karsten Golf Course
inTempe, Ariz.
13 of the 17 teams in the field are
ranked in the nation's top 35 according
to this week's Golfweek/Sagarin rank
ings. Six of the top-ten teams in the
country, including second-ranked
UCLA, defending champion at this
event and fifth-ranked California, No.
6 New Mexico, No. 9 USC and No. 10
Arizona, will give the Ducks all the tal
ent they can handle.
Considering that the Pac-10 champi
onships are two weeks away, the
PING/ASU will give the Ducks experi
ence playing an NCAA-type tourna
ment field, something that has passed
them by in the spring season so far. The
Ducks have finished second and first in
their two tournaments of the spring,
both coming against fields that lacked
the depth and talent of this week's
PING/ASU.
Nevertheless, the Ducks will be look
ing to capture their third team title of
the year for only the second time in
school history.
The Ducks won three out of the four
tournaments they entered in 1996, fin
ishing as high as No. 6 in the rankings,
and completed the season with an all
time high showing of seventh in the
NCAA Championships.
WOMEN’S
The Ducks
will also look to
secure their
third-straight
top-five finish of
the spring. Re
cent finishes at the PING/ASU do not
bode well for the Ducks, however, as
the last top-ten came in 1998 and the
Ducks finished last year in 15th place.
A number of Ducks will look to
continue their hot play this week.
Sophomores Erin Andrews and
Michelle Timpani have already taken
medalist honors in the 2003-2004
season.
Andrews opened with her win at
the Lady Vandal Invitational while
Timpani's victory came at last week's
Colby Invitational. Timpani is by far
playing the most surprising golf of
the year.
Prior to her consecutive top-ten fin
ishes in the past two tournaments,
Timpani's highest finish was a couple
of 42nds last year.
Andrews has snuggled in the spring,
not placing in the top-20 in either event.
In any case, she remains one of the
Duck's most consistent performers and
will look to regain her top form on a
course that is expected to yield low num
bers if the weather is good.
Fellow sophomore Therese
Wenslow is coming off another top
15 finish and will look to increase
that streak to four. Juniors Jess Carly
on and Johnna Nealy have top-15 fin
ishes under their belts, and freshman
Kimberly McCready, who rounds out
the contingent playing in Arizona,
looks to secure her second straight
top-15 finish as well.
Individually, the player to watch is
UCLA's Charlotte Mayorkas. The junior
All-American, who is ranked second na
tionally, is the defending champion and
leads the Bruins in scoring average at
71.9 strokes per round.
Mayorkas has two individual titles
so far this year, and, in addition, boasts
six consecutive top-10 finishes.
The rest of the tournament field in
cludes No. 12 Washington, No. 16 Tul
sa, No. 17 Texas, No. 24 Stanford, No.
28 Pepperdine, No. 33 TCU, No. 34
Arizona State, New Mexico State,
Northern Arizona, San Jose State.
The first round tees off today at 8
a.m. MST.
Brian Smith is a freelance writer for
the Emerald.
WOMEN
continued from page 7
the women's program behind a new
philosophy with more emphasis on
the field competition.
Five more Ducks are scheduled to
compete in other field events
throughout today. Kriz's sister, junior
Rachael Kriz, will participate in the
javelin after earning a regional quali
fying mark of 137-2 at the Stanford
Invitational.
Redshirt junior Bree Fuqua will
lead the Ducks at the discus, along
with senior Jill Hoxmeier. Fuqua
paced the women last week after plac
ing third in discus at 158-09.
The Oregon women are looking at
this meet as preparation for next
weekend's Pepsi Invitational at Hay
ward Field when Colorado, Minneso
ta and Washington visit Eugene.
In other events, host Texas enjoyed
success on the track. Texas senior Jodi
Jones won the 10,000-meter race in
her first time competing in the event.
She told TexasSports.com that prepa
ration from her coaches during the
week helped her win.
"When I took the lead I noticed the
pace was slowing down," Jones told
TexasSports.com. "I didn't feel com
fortable but I thought 1 could keep the
pace and it turns out I did."
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