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For
Immediate Release: February 7, 2001
Contact: Derek Smolik, UTPA Director of Athletic Media Relations
Southern
Methodist Takes Title at Lady Bronc Women’s Golf Classic Wednesday
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Newman-Gillespie takes Medallist Honors
Photos
from the Tournament - Day 1
Photos from the Tournament - Day 2
MISSION,
TEXAS – Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Melissa Newman-Gillespie shot
her third consecutive sub-80 round in windy conditions to come from
behind and win medallist honors, while Southern Methodist overcame a
sluggish final round to win the team title, as play wrapped up at the
Lady Bronc Classic on Wednesday at The Club at Cimarron.
Newman
Gillespie, a sophomore from Kamloops, British Columbia, found herself in
second place after the first day of competition, four shots back of
leader Danielle Netschi of SMU. But
Netschi shot a final round 83, opening the door for Newman-Gillespie,
who shot a 78 after rounds of 77 and 77 on Tuesday.
Her three-round total was 232.
She edged out both Netschi and Linda Chen of UTEP, who shot the
low round of the day, a 76 to finish at 233.
“I just
tried to play the best I could,” said Newman-Gillespie.
“I didn’t worry about my place, I just let the scores take
care of itself. I’m happy
with my performance and my consistency.
I managed to keep my head together.”
In the
team competition, the Mustangs had their worst round of the tournament,
but the 16-stroke advantage they built up on day one held up as they won
by 15 strokes over McLennan Junior College.
MCC shot the low team round of the day, a 321 to improve to
second place. Lamar dropped
to third place, Oral Roberts finished in fourth, UTEP took fifth, Texas
A&M-Corpus Christi was sixth and UTPA finished seventh.
“The
wind really affected us today,” said SMU Head Coach Todd Selders.
“We were worried about holding the lead, so the pressure and
the wind helped balloon our scores highest than I want.
We just need to do a better job of keeping the ball out of the
wind. I’m glad we came
down for the tournament. It
was a great win and I’m grateful that we were invited.”
The Lady
Broncs finished the tournament with their best round, a 330, but were a
disappointing seventh place after winning the tournament in 2000.
The highlight of the day was freshman Melissa Head, who shot a
78, tying her for the second best round of the day.
Tootie Lauzon was the top individual for the Lady Broncs with a
16th place finish. Crystal
Frazier took 23rd as an individual, Itziar Unanue was 27th,
Jeannie Lane and Head tied for 32nd and Adraina Espinoza was
33rd.
“Today,
considering how tough the win was, we played decent,” said UTPA Head
Coach Barb Odale. We did
improve, which is what we wanted to do.
Our putting killed us the whole tournament and that’s what
we’ll be working on.”
The Lady
Broncs will return to action on February 19-20 when they travel to
Corpus Christi to participate in the Islander Spring Invitational.
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Lady Bronc Classic
The Club at Cimarron Mission, TX
FINAL RESULTS
Tournament Dates: 02/06 - 02/07
Par: 72
Yardage: 6134
Fin Team Scores
1 Southern Methodist 319 309 330 958 +94
2 McLennan C.C. 328 324 321 973 +109
3 Lamar University 341 306 329 976 +112
4 Oral Roberts Univ. 337 316 324 977 +113
5 Texas El Paso, U. of 335 325 321 981 +117
6 TX A&M CorpusChristi 326 327 329 982 +118
7 Texas-Pan American 336 343 330 1009 +145
* Individual
Par: 72
Yardage: 6134
Fin Name School Scores
1 M. Newman-Gillespie CorpusChrs 77 77 78 232 +16
2 Linda Chen UTEP 81 76 76 233 +17
Danielle Netschi SMU 77 73 83 233 +17
4 O. Maria Jonsdottir Lamar 80 76 78 234 +18
5 Brooke Fincher O. Roberts 84 74 78 236 +20
6 Alessandra Perez CorpusChrs 79 79 79 237 +21
7 Kelli McKandless McLennan 79 78 82 239 +23
8 Missy Ryan SMU 83 77 80 240 +24
9 Ashlie Simmons McLennan 81 82 78 241 +25
10 Heidi Brown O. Roberts 82 82 78 242 +26
11 Kandace Burnette McLennan 82 81 80 243 +27
12 Julie Crooks SMU 78 81 85 244 +28
Kelle King SMU 84 78 82 244 +28
14 Catrin Joyce Lamar 85 78 84 247 +31
Jacque Bennight Lamar 87 76 84 247 +31
16 Tootie Lauzon Tx-Pan Am 82 84 83 249 +33
Ashley Mitchell SMU 81 83 85 249 +33
18 Kayla Duhr McLennan 86 83 81 250 +34
Amy Wilmon UTEP 83 82 85 250 +34
20 Helen Sharp Lamar 89 79 83 251 +35
Paola Alverez O. Roberts 84 81 86 251 +35
22 Krystal Mehaffey UTEP 87 86 79 252 +36
23 Tonia Niblette Lamar 91 76 86 253 +37
*Crystal Frazier Tx-Pan Am 86 77 90 253 +37
25 Lindsay Jones O. Roberts 87 79 88 254 +38
Jodi Gleed UTEP 84 81 89 254 +38
27 Itziar Unanue Tx-Pan Am 85 82 89 256 +40
28 Ashley Wilkerson O. Roberts 88 87 82 257 +41
Jessica Kinsey CorpusChrs 86 84 87 257 +41
30 Cecilia Bergkvist McLennan 87 87 84 258 +42
31 Jeannie Lane Tx-Pan Am 84 90 85 259 +43
Melissa Head Tx-Pan Am 85 96 78 259 +43
33 Adriana Espinoza Tx-Pan Am 89 87 84 260 +44
34 Amelie Tremblay UTEP 92 88 81 261 +45
Liza Mucheru CorpusChrs 84 87 90 261 +45
36 Christina Pelchar CorpusChrs 97 93 85 275 +59
Lady Bronc Classic
The Club at Cimarron Mission, TX
FINAL RESULTS
Tournament Dates: 02/06 - 02/07
Par: 72
Yardage: 6134
Fin Team/Players Scores
1 Southern Methodist 319 309 330 958
T 2 Danielle Netschi 77 73 83 233
8 Missy Ryan 83 77 80 240
T 12 Julie Crooks 78 81 85 244
T 12 Kelle King 84 78 82 244
T 16 Ashley Mitchell 81 83 85 249
2 McLennan C.C. 328 324 321 973
7 Kelli McKandless 79 78 82 239
9 Ashlie Simmons 81 82 78 241
11 Kandace Burnette 82 81 80 243
T 18 Kayla Duhr 86 83 81 250
30 Cecilia Bergkvist 87 87 84 258
3 Lamar University 341 306 329 976
4 O. Maria Jonsdottir 80 76 78 234
T 14 Catrin Joyce 85 78 84 247
T 14 Jacque Bennight 87 76 84 247
T 20 Helen Sharp 89 79 83 251
T 23 Tonia Niblette 91 76 86 253
4 Oral Roberts Univ. 337 316 324 977
5 Brooke Fincher 84 74 78 236
10 Heidi Brown 82 82 78 242
T 20 Paola Alverez 84 81 86 251
T 25 Lindsay Jones 87 79 88 254
T 28 Ashley Wilkerson 88 87 82 257
5 Texas El Paso, U. of 335 325 321 981
T 2 Linda Chen 81 76 76 233
T 18 Amy Wilmon 83 82 85 250
22 Krystal Mehaffey 87 86 79 252
T 25 Jodi Gleed 84 81 89 254
T 34 Amelie Tremblay 92 88 81 261
6 TX A&M CorpusChristi 326 327 329 982
1 M. Newman-Gillespie 77 77 78 232
6 Alessandra Perez 79 79 79 237
T 28 Jessica Kinsey 86 84 87 257
T 34 Liza Mucheru 84 87 90 261
36 Christina Pelchar 97 93 85 275
7 Texas-Pan American 336 343 330 1009
T 16 Tootie Lauzon 82 84 83 249
27 Itziar Unanue 85 82 89 256
T 31 Jeannie Lane 84 90 85 259
T 31 Melissa Head 85 96 78 259
33 Adriana Espinoza 89 87 84 260