East Carolina University
Conference USA Championships
Lady Pirates Claim Second At Championships
April 16, 2008 | Women's Golf
April 16, 2008
EL PASO, Texas -The East Carolina women's golf team carded a final round 314 to finish in second place at the 2008 Texas Roadhouse Conference USA Women's Golf Championships. The tournament was played at the par-72, 6,294-yard Butterfield Trail Golf Club.
The University of Tulsa took home the tournament title after shooting the low round of the day, a 15-over par 3-3, to compile a 54-hole total of 904 (304-297-303) and edge out runner-up East Carolina (303-305-314=922).
Runner-up East Carolina was led by Abby Bools, who tied for fourth place (73-74-80=227). Amber Littman (tied for seventh, 75-78-77=230) and Emelie Lind (10th, 79-73-81=233) also garnered top-10 individual finishes for the Pirates.
SMU finished third (308-310-314=932), with UCF fourth (303-314-328=945), Memphis fifth (309-318-324=951), UTEP sixth (303-321-329=953), Southern Miss seventh (301-331-322=954), UAB eighth (306-321-334=961) and Marshall ninth (316-338-339=993).
Tulsa, which captured its first C-USA title, earned the league's automatic bid to NCAA Regionals. Three Golden Hurricane players landed in the top-10 of the individual standings including medalist Woori Shin, who carded a four-over-par 220 (76-71-73). Tulsa's Leisl Hasbrouck tied for second place (72-77-77=226), Michaela Cavener tied for fourth place (75-77-75=227), Tara Goedeken tied for 11th place (81-72-81=234) and Kelly Fuchik tied for 29th place (81-83-78=242).
Memphis' Alexa Porter tied for second place (73-78-75=226), SMU's Lacy Jones (74-78-77=229) took sixth place, and SMU's Paige Martin (78-79-73=230) and UAB's Jaime Brabb (72-76-82=230) tied for seventh place to round out the top-10 of the individual standings.
SMU's Martin matched Tulsa's Shin with Wednesday's low round of 73.
Host UTEP was led by Liz Sobczak, who tied for 19th place (76-79-83-238).
The All-TournamentTteam was Shin, Porter, Hasbrouck, Cavener and Bools.
The All-Conference first, second and third teams, along with specialty award-winners, will be announced on Thursday
