Oct. 14, 2011
The University of New Mexico women’s golf team plays its third tournament of the fall season, traveling to Norman, Okla., for the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic. The 54-hole tournament begins Sunday at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club. Oklahoma is the host.
The Lobos will be paired with Texas A&M and Kennesaw State for Sunday’s first round. UNM will tee off between 8 and 8:32 a.m. MDT.
The schedule is 18 holes Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Live scoring will be available at GolfStat.com.
The 17-team field includes UNM, host Oklahoma, Coastal Carolina, Florida International, Florida State, Kansas, Kansas State, Kennesaw State, Michigan, Middle Tennessee, Oral Roberts, Redlands Community College, Texas A&M, Texas State, Texas Tech, UT San Antonio and Wisconsin.
At No. 25 in the most recent Golf World/NGCA poll, Texas A&M is the highest-rated team in the field. UNM received enough votes to be positioned in the 43rd spot. Coastal Carolina, Florida State and Oklahoma also received votes.
Head coach Jill Trujillo will take senior Rebecca Hellbom, junior Beth Buchner and sophomores Manon De Roey, Sofia Hoglund and Sammi Stevens.
WINDY CITY COLLEGIATE REVIEW – Less than 24 hours after shooting one of the best rounds of the Windy City Collegiate Championship, the Lobos endured one of the worst as they ended in a tie for 12th place at the Glen View Club (par 72, 6,333 yards) in Glen View, Ill.
After firing a 6-over 294 in round two, New Mexico began the final round in a tie for fourth with host Northwestern. However, a 19-over 307 dropped the Lobos eight places in the standings. UNM (304-294-307) and Purdue tied for 12th in a 15-team field that featured six teams ranked in the top-25 of the latest Golf World/NGCA poll.
No. 19 Oklahoma State (882) edged 12th-ranked Arizona by one shot and Ohio State by two strokes to take the team title. The final standings were compact as the Lobos were just seven shots behind fourth-place finisher TCU.
UNM was hanging around the upper part of the team standings for the first half of the day. After losing seven shots on the first five holes, the Lobos played par golf the rest of the front nine and remained in a tie for fourth place at the turn.
The back nine was a different story, though as New Mexico gave back 12 strokes, including a pair of harmful double bogeys on 18.
UNM sophomore Sammi Stevens continued her steady play in the fall season. She shot 74 in the final round to finish in a tie for 11th at 5-over 221 (77-70-74).
Senior Rebecca Hellbom (77-75-75) and sophomore Manon De Roey tied for 31st at 227. De Roey (73-75-79) was stung by one of those double bogeys on the final hole. Sophomore Sofia Hoglund tied for 53rd at 231 (77-74-80). Three double bogeys on par 4s were costly. Junior Beth Buchner tied for 66th at 236 (80-77-79).
Arizona’s Isabelle Boineau and Kelsey Vines from Oklahoma State shared medalist honors at 2-under 214.
LOBOS IN THE NATIONAL STAT RANKINGS – Through Oct. 7.
Sofia Hoglund
Most subpar holes – 6 (T20th)
Sammi Stevens
Scoring – 73.17 (1st MWC and T35th nationally)
Score compared to par – .67 (T21st)
Par 3 scoring – 3.00 (T25th)
Par 4 scoring – 4.07 (19th)