Cavalier Golfers Place 14th at Arizona Invitational

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Feb. 27, 2007

Tucson, AZ – Despite turning in their best single-round score of the event, the eighth-ranked Virginia women’s golf team moved up just one spot to place 14th at the Arizona Invitational. The Cavaliers shot 305 Tuesday after posting scores of 314 and 316 during Monday’s opening two rounds of play. UVa finished at 83-over 935. The tournament was Virginia’s first of the spring.

Arizona State, ranked second in the latest Golfweek standings, won the 15-team event with a score of 16-over 868. Third-ranked Duke was second at 876 and 11th-ranked USC was third at 881. The field featured 12 teams ranked in Golfweek’s current top-25.

Sophomore Jennie Arseneault managed Virginia’s best score she finished 34th at 15-over 228. She shot 78 during Tuesday’s final round. Leah Wigger was 45th overall at 232 while Rachel Smith was 58th along with teammate Kristen Simpson at 238. Freshman Whitney Neuhauser was 66th at 244. Smith carded the Cavaliers best score Tuesday with a 4-over 75. Wigger and Simpson both shot 76 and Neuhauser fired a 79.

Duke’s Amanda Blumenherst took medalist honors with a 3-under 210. She was the only player in the field to finish under par. Arizona State’s Anna Nordqvist and USC’s Dewi Schreefel tied for second at 1-over 214.

The Cavaliers are off until March 16-18 when they compete at the LSU/Cleveland Classic Invitational in Baton Rouge.

Arizona Invitational
Arizona National Golf ClubPar 71, 6,238 yards
Tucson, AZ

Team Results 1. Arizona State        300-277-291-868 2. Duke                 296-292-288-876 3. Southern California  296-294-291-881 4. Brigham Young        296-311-288-895 5. New Mexico           299-297-301-897 5. Pepperdine           295-302-300-897 7. Tennessee            307-304-292-903 8. Arizona              305-301-301-907 9. UCLA                 296-316-300-91210. Vanderbilt           303-297-314-91410. Stanford             299-309-306-91412. UNLV                 300-311-320-93113. California           313-306-315-93414. Virginia             314-316-305-93515. Washington           301-319-317-937

Top Individuals1. Amanda Blumenherst, Duke 70-69-71-2102. Anna Nordqvist, Arizona State 77-67-70-2142. Dewi Schreefel, Southern California 72-72-70-2144. Azahara Munoz, Arizona State 74-69-73-2164. Angela Oh, Tennessee 71-74-71-2164. Jennifer Osborn, Arizona State 74-67-75-2164. Kristen Svicarovich, Vanderbilt 73-70-73-2164. Jennifer Tangtiphaiboontana, Stanford 74-70-72-2169. Hannah Jun, UCLA 73-71-73-2179. Rachel Newren, BYU 72-77-68-217

Virginia Results34. Jennie Arseneault 73-77-78-22845. Leah Wigger 80-76-76-23258. Rachel Smith 81-82-75-23858. Kristen Simpson 81-81-76-23866. Whitney Neuhauser 80-85-79-244