Ohio's Golf Magazine June 2009 : Page 11College Central Ohio State Women Finish 24th at NCAA Championship The Ohio State women’s golf team finished in 24th place at the NCAA Division I Women’s Championship, May 19-22 at Caves Valley Golf Club in Baltimore, Md. The Buckeyes (323-311-314-310—1,258) closed with their lowest round of the event and finished in 24th place on the par- 72, 6,443-yard course. Top-seeded Arizona State made a final charge to the top of the leader board, taking the NCAA team championship with a 72-hole stroke-play score of 1,182. The Sun Devils defeated Pac-10 foes UCLA (1,190) and Southern California (1,191). Purdue’s Maria Hernandez held off USC’s Jennifer Song by a stroke for the individual crown with a score of 1-over 289. Leading Ohio State was junior co-captain Emma Jandel. The Dayton native shot a season low 1-over 73 in her final round to finish in a tie for 57th (75-78-82-73—+20). Senior co-captain and two-time Second Team All-Big Ten honoree Gemma Webster had a disappointing start to the tournament but closed out her career with a final-round 1-under 71, the lowest round for a Buckeye in the tournament. Webster (87-87-77-71—+34) finished tied for 109th place. Vicky Villanueva ended her Big Ten Freshman of the Year season by tying Jandel for 57th (78-75-73-82—+20). Senior Jessica Hauser Men’s Regionals Ohio State secured a berth in the NCAA tournament with a T-3 finish at the NCAA Central Regional Championship, May 14-16 at The Club at Olde Stone in Bowling Green, Ky. The Buckeyes (300-289-291—880), seeded ninth in the 14-team regional, road the hot hand of Bo Hoag, who finished T-7 with a final score of even par (71-73-72—216). Cleveland State, the Horizon League champion, finished 12th (308-305-307—920). The top five teams and top individual received an invitation to Inverness for the NCAA tournament. Kent State (312-289-305—906) finished eighth in the NCAA Northeast Regional Championship, May 14-16 at Galloway National Golf Club in Galloway, N.J. Adding to the Flashes’ disappointment, Kent State sophomore and Hudson native Josh Hahn just missed a shot at advancing to the NCAA championship as an individual when he lost on the second playoff hole to Clemson’s Kyle Stanley. The two-time Mid-American Conference Golfer of the Year, Hahn took advantage of three-straight bogeys by Stanley to help erase a three- stroke deficit with five holes left. Tied for third overall in the tournament with 54-hole totals of 4-over par, Hahn and Stanley headed to extra holes to stake claim to the lone individual spot, which goes to the top finisher not on one of the top five teams. Courtesy of OSU finished T-125 (93-81-82-84—+52), and sophomore In Hong Lim, a First Team All-Big Ten selection withdrew six holes into her third round because of injury. Hahn (75-67-75—217) lost on the second playoff hole, the par-5 16th, after his drive found a water hazard. He stripped down to his bare feet and blasted out of the water, but Hahn was not able to match Stanley’s birdie on the hole. Hahn’s T-3 finish was the best by a KSU golfer at a NCAA regional since Donnie Darr took second in 1995. Women’s Regionals Ohio State earned its first berth in the NCAA championship since 2005 with a seventh-place finish in the NCAA Central Regional, May 7-9 in Columbus. The Buckeyes (306-293-318—917) were led by In Hong Lim, who finished T-20 (78-73-78—229) on the par-72, 6,246 Scarlet Course. Kent State, playing in its ninth straight regional tournament, failed to finish in the top eight and secure a spot in the NCAA tournament. The Flashes (305-304-325—934) finished 12th and were paced by sophomore Martina Gavier (74-76-80—230), who finished T-27. Winning the Columbus regional by 19 strokes with a score of 877 was top-seeded UCLA. The Bruins also had the medalist in Maria Jose Uribe, who concluded the tournament at 4-under 212. OG WWW.OHIOSGOLF.COM • JUNE 2009 11 Publication List |
