Michigan
NCAA Central Regional
Olin Closes Season with Tie for 17th at NCAA Regional
5/8/2004 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Site: Normal, Ill.
Course: University Golf Course (par 71, 6,108 yards)
Tournament: NCAA Central Regional
Top U-M Individual: Laura Olin, tie-17th (75-76-78/229)
Next U-M Event: Season Completed
NORMAL, Ill. -- Junior Laura Olin (Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie HS) of the University of Michigan women's golf team closed out her 2003-04 season with a seven-over-par 78 in the final round today (Saturday, May 8) at the NCAA Central Regional. Olin, who shot 75 and 76 during the first two rounds, finished in a tie for 17th with her 229 54-hole total at Illinois State's University Golf Course.
In her final round, Olin started on No. 10 and hit snags early as she bogeyed three of her first four holes. After three straight pars, she closed out her first nine with a pair of bogeys on No. 17 and 18 to sit five over par. After making the turn, Olin rattled off six straight pars before closing out her regional with bogeys on two of her last three holes to give her a seven-over 78.
Despite tallying a career-best postseason 54-hole tournament total of 229, Olin was just out of the qualifying as an individual for the NCAA Championships. Southern Methodist's Laura Cross (72-71-79/222) and Illinois State's Samantha Richdale (74-75-73/222) both tied for sixth individually and qualified for the national tournament. Wisconsin's Malinda Johnson, who tied for 10th (79-77-71/227), was the third individual of a non-qualifying team, while Olin was fourth.
Vanderbilt used a four-over 288 in the final round to take the Central Regional title with an 893 team tally (298-307-288). Arizona finished as the runner-up with a 902 total (299-313-290) and Michigan State was third at 906 (302-303-301). The other five qualifying schools were defending NCAA champion Southern Cal, Baylor, Purdue, New Mexico and Texas A&M.
Final Team Standings
1. Vanderbilt 298-307-288 = 893
2. Arizona 299-313-290 = 902
3. Michigan State 302-303-301 = 906
4. Southern Cal 300-311-299 = 910
5. Baylor 312-297-306 = 915
6. Purdue 305-309-303 = 917
7. New Mexico 298-320-300 = 918
8. Texas A&M 305-317-304 = 926
9. Southern Methodist 316-302-311 = 929
Illinois State 313-308-308 = 929
11. Northwestern 313-305-316 = 934
12. Texas Christian 308-319-308 = 935
13. Missouri 303-323-310 = 936
14. Oklahoma 311-321-314 = 946
15. Kansas State 326-311-312 = 949
16. Arkansas 308-325-317 = 950
17. Notre Dame 319-312-321 = 952
18. Indiana 311-320-324 = 955
19. Princeton 320-317-324 = 961
20. Kent State 325-318-321 = 965
21. Tulsa 319-321-326 = 966
Top Individuals
1. Erica Blasberg, Arizona 68-73-71 = 212 (-1)
2. May Wood, Vanderbilt 73-72-70 = 215
3. Josefin Svenningsson, Baylor 75-72-71 = 218
4. Myrte Eikenaar, Purdue 73-73-75 = 221
Allison Fouch, Michigan State 73-74-74 = 221
6. Laura Cross, Southern Methodist 72-71-79 = 222
Samantha Richdale, Illinois State 74-75-73 = 222
8. Courtney Wood, Vanderbilt 76-72-75 = 223
9. Kyla Neal, Texas A&M 68-79-75 = 226
10. Irene Cho, Southern Cal 74-77-76 = 227
Mar Garcia, Southern Cal 74-77-76 = 227
Malinda Johnson, Wisconsin* 79-77-71 = 227
Aleiandra Martin, Arizona 76-78-73 = 227
Kristen Syiczrovich, Vanderbilt 77-78-72 = 227
15. Sarah Jacobs, Vanderbilt 72-85-71 = 228
Amanda McCurdy, Arkansas 76-65-77 = 228
17. Laura Olin, U-M* 75-76-78 = 229
Rachel Bell, Southern Cal 74-80-75 = 229
Kailin Downs, New Mexico 73-81-75 = 229
Ina Kim, Northwestern 77-74-78 = 229
Sarah Martin, Michigan State 76-76-77 = 229
Nicole Melton, Texas A&M 76-80-73 = 229
Traci Robison, TCU 76-76-77 = 229
Ashley Rollins, New Mexico 73-82-74 = 229
Brooke Tull, TCU 74-80-75 = 229
* competed as an individual
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