Women's Golf Finishes Seventh At C-USA Championship

Friday, April 20

Birmingham, Ala.

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C-USA Tournament

Heather Lourie paced the Blazers at the C-USA Championships and was named to the All-Conference Team.

Women's Golf Finishes Seventh At C-USA Championship

4/22/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf

April 22, 2001

BIRMINGHAM - The UAB women's golf team finished the final round of play at the Conference USA Women's Golf Championships with 320 for a 965 total. The Blazers finished the event in seventh place at the par 72, 5979-yard Inverness Country Club.

Memphis came back from a two-round, six-shot deficit to claim the title over South Florida by two strokes. The Tigers duplicated their score of 296 from Saturday, shooting a 904 total. The Bulls shot a final round 304 to finish the Championship with 906.

Meaghan Francella (79-71-71/221) of Memphis captured the Individual title by a stroke after firing a final round one-under par 71 for a 221 total. The freshman jumped past second-round leader, Kelly Martin (74-73-75/222) of South Florida who shot a final round 75 to take second place.

As well as winning the individual title, Francella earned Freshman of the Year honors and was named to the All-Tournament and All-Conference Teams.

Junior Heather Lourie led the way for the Blazers at the championship (78-81-80/239) finishing tied for 21st and was named to the All-Conference Team. Sophomore Christina Gushanas (82-80-78/240) fired the low round of the day for the Blazers with a 78, placing her 23rd. Freshman Emily Hendricks (79-84-81/244) finished the event in 25th place as sophomore teammate Jenni Elmore (81-80-89/250) finished in 32nd place. Katie Kane (87-90-81/258) rounded out the scores for the Blazers finishing in 34th place.

This is the last event for the Blazers this season.

Conference USA Tournament Inverness CC Birmingham, AL FINAL RESULTS Tournament Dates: 04/20 - 04/22 Date Printed: 04-22-2001

Par: 72 Yardage: 5979 Fin Top 20 Teams Scores 1 Memphis Univ of 312 296 296 904 2 So. Florida, U. of 299 303 304 906 3 Louisville, Univ. of 305 312 306 923 4 Tulane University 314 314 306 934 5 Southern Mississippi 310 316 325 951 6 Cincinnati, U. of 323 322 317 962 7 UAB 320 325 320 965

Fin Top 20 Players School Scores 1 Meaghan Francella Memphis 79 71 71 221 2 Kelly Martin So Florida 74 73 75 222 3 Marianne Ruud Memphis 76 74 73 223 4 Katherine Mowat Louisville 73 76 75 224 5 Jessica Hayes So Florida 73 78 74 225 Jennifer Jaszek Memphis 77 75 73 225 7 Kelly Lagedrost So Florida 75 77 76 228 Carolin Landmann Tulane 76 76 76 228 9 Morgan Hapney Louisville 78 77 76 231 10 Ofelia Lopez So. Miss. 74 74 84 232 Fany Schaeffer So Florida 77 75 80 232 12 Marella Canepa So. Miss. 75 81 77 233 13 Bonnie Hanlin Tulane 78 78 79 235 Sandra Hellsvik Memphis 80 76 79 235 15 Cindy Pasechnik Louisville 78 82 76 236 16 Katie Rakel Cincinnati 81 76 80 237 Marcela Gonzalez Tulane 81 82 74 237 Alison Wright Louisville 81 77 79 237 19 Andrea Williams Cincinnati 75 78 85 238 Mary Jan Fernandez Tulane 79 80 79 238

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Conference USA Tournament Inverness CC Birmingham, AL Tournament Dates: 04/20 - 04/22 FINAL RESULTS

Par: 72 Yardage: 5979 Fin Name School Scores 1 Meaghan Francella Memphis 79 71 71 221 +5

2 Kelly Martin So Florida 74 73 75 222 +6

3 Marianne Ruud Memphis 76 74 73 223 +7

4 Katherine Mowat Louisville 73 76 75 224 +8

5 Jessica Hayes So Florida 73 78 74 225 +9 Jennifer Jaszek Memphis 77 75 73 225 +9

7 Kelly Lagedrost So Florida 75 77 76 228 +12 Carolin Landmann Tulane 76 76 76 228 +12

9 Morgan Hapney Louisville 78 77 76 231 +15

10 Ofelia Lopez So. Miss. 74 74 84 232 +16 Fany Schaeffer So Florida 77 75 80 232 +16

12 Marella Canepa So. Miss. 75 81 77 233 +17

13 Bonnie Hanlin Tulane 78 78 79 235 +19 Sandra Hellsvik Memphis 80 76 79 235 +19

15 Cindy Pasechnik Louisville 78 82 76 236 +20

16 Katie Rakel Cincinnati 81 76 80 237 +21 Marcela Gonzalez Tulane 81 82 74 237 +21 Alison Wright Louisville 81 77 79 237 +21

19 Andrea Williams Cincinnati 75 78 85 238 +22 Mary Jan Fernandez Tulane 79 80 79 238 +22

21 Heather Lourie UAB 78 81 80 239 +23 Jessica Kell Louisville 76 84 79 239 +23

23 Christina Guschanas UAB 82 80 78 240 +24

24 Brena Quaranto So. Miss. 83 77 83 243 +27

25 Emily Hendricks UAB 79 84 81 244 +28

26 Alicea Brown Cincinnati 84 84 77 245 +29 Jameica Duncombe So Florida 82 84 79 245 +29 Abby More Memphis 81 82 82 245 +29

29 Jamie Sims So. Miss. 78 84 84 246 +30 Mandy Puckett Cincinnati 87 84 75 246 +30

31 Kathy Schafer Tulane 91 80 77 248 +32

32 Jenni Elmore UAB 81 80 89 250 +34

33 Emily Black So. Miss. 86 85 81 252 +36

34 Katie Kane UAB 87 90 81 258 +42

WD Karen Hodapp Cincinnati 83 WD 86

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Conference USA Tournament Inverness CC Birmingham, AL FINAL RESULTS Tournament Dates: 04/20 - 04/22

Par: 72 Yardage: 5979 Fin Team/Players Scores 1 Memphis Univ of 312 296 296 904 1 Meaghan Francella 79 71 71 221 3 Marianne Ruud 76 74 73 223 T 5 Jennifer Jaszek 77 75 73 225 T 13 Sandra Hellsvik 80 76 79 235 T 26 Abby More 81 82 82 245

2 So. Florida, U. of 299 303 304 906 2 Kelly Martin 74 73 75 222 T 5 Jessica Hayes 73 78 74 225 T 7 Kelly Lagedrost 75 77 76 228 T 10 Fany Schaeffer 77 75 80 232 T 26 Jameica Duncombe 82 84 79 245

3 Louisville, Univ. of 305 312 306 923 4 Katherine Mowat 73 76 75 224 9 Morgan Hapney 78 77 76 231 15 Cindy Pasechnik 78 82 76 236 T 16 Alison Wright 81 77 79 237 T 21 Jessica Kell 76 84 79 239

4 Tulane University 314 314 306 934 T 7 Carolin Landmann 76 76 76 228 T 13 Bonnie Hanlin 78 78 79 235 T 16 Marcela Gonzalez 81 82 74 237 T 19 Mary Jan Fernandez 79 80 79 238 31 Kathy Schafer 91 80 77 248

5 Southern Mississippi 310 316 325 951 T 10 Ofelia Lopez 74 74 84 232 12 Marella Canepa 75 81 77 233 24 Brena Quaranto 83 77 83 243 T 29 Jamie Sims 78 84 84 246 33 Emily Black 86 85 81 252

6 Cincinnati, U. of 323 322 317 962 T 16 Katie Rakel 81 76 80 237 T 19 Andrea Williams 75 78 85 238 T 26 Alicea Brown 84 84 77 245 T 29 Mandy Puckett 87 84 75 246 WD Karen Hodapp 83 WD 86

7 UAB 320 325 320 965 T 21 Heather Lourie 78 81 80 239 23 Christina Guschanas 82 80 78 240 25 Emily Hendricks 79 84 81 244 32 Jenni Elmore 81 80 89 250 34 Katie Kane 87 90 81 258