April 15, 2003

(Fresno) - USF women's golf continued to play well, firing a 291 in the final round to secure a runner-up finish in the 2003 West Coast Conference Championships, held at the Riverbend Golf Club in Fresno. The Lady Dons shot a three-day total of 879 (299, 289, 291), establishing a new program record for 54-holes in the process. USF finished just 10 strokes back of #2 Pepperdine, who fired a 869 (290, 290, 289) on the par-73 course.

Senior Susie Laing (78, 69, 72) and sophomore Mariko Shimozaki (72, 75, 72) each fired a 219, good for a share of third place and each earned All-WCC First Team honors. With the selection, Laing becomes the first four-time all-league pick in program history and third overall, while Shimozaki earned all-conference accolades for the second consecutive year.

Senior Lisa Chen placed sixth, firing a 221 (75, 71, 75) to earn runner-up honors, while junior Jordan Auten shot 223 (75, 74, 74) to share eighth place. Senior Lyndsey Devenish placed 10th with a 225 (77, 75, 73). All three earned honorable mention league honors. No Lady Don shot a round in the 80's during the two-day event.

USF has won a pair of championships (1997 & 2001) and has five runner-up appearances.

Head coach Sara Range is thrilled with her team's performance.

"I am so happy with the way this team competed. They were focused and continued to improve with each round. They have really shown me something these last two weeks. We've played three events in the last two weeks and they have just gotten better. I am very proud of their performance," Range stated.

FINAL RESULTS           West Coast Conference Champ.
                         Riverbend Golf club      Madera, CA
                         Dates: 04/14 - 04/15     (Today:04-15-2003)
                                   Par:        73
                                   Yardage:  5873








      Fin.   School                   Scores
         1   Pepperdine Univ.         290  290  289    869        -7
         2   San Francisco, U. of     299  289  291    879        +3
         3   Gonzaga University       308  305  316    929       +53
         4   Portland, U. of          310  314  315    939       +63
         5   Santa Clara Univ.        317  317  326    960       +84



   Fin.   Name                   School       Scores
      1   Carolina Llano         Pepperdine    70   72   69    211   -8
      2   Lindsey Wright         Pepperdine    74   72   72    218   -1
      3   Susannah Laing         USF           78   69   72    219    E
          Katherine Hull         Pepperdine    71   72   76    219    E
          Joan M. Shimozaki      USF           72   75   72    219    E
      6   Lisa Chen              USF           75   71   75    221   +2
      7   Megan Radonich         Portland      75   72   75    222   +3
      8   Jordan Auten           USF           75   74   74    223   +4
          Courtney Clark         Pepperdine    75   74   74    223   +4
     10   Lyndsey Devenish       USF           77   75   73    225   +6
     11   Kate Siddell           Gonzaga       72   75   79    226   +7
     12   Rachel Kyono           Pepperdine    78   77   74    229  +10
     13   Carrie DeGree          Gonzaga       81   76   75    232  +13
          Kelsey Posedel         Gonzaga       75   77   80    232  +13
     15   Cecily Quinajon        Portland      78   82   75    235  +16
     16   Rie Ganir              Portland      77   79   81    237  +18
     17   Jessica Lamberty       SantaClara    80   78   81    239  +20
          Courtney Dimpel        SantaClara    75   83   81    239  +20
     19   Nikki Mack             SantaClara    80   80   81    241  +22
          Erin Picht             Gonzaga       82   77   82    241  +22
     21   Marissa Crnkovich      Portland      80   81   84    245  +26
     22   Meggie Fagundes        SantaClara    82   81   83    246  +27
     23   Libby Campbell         Gonzaga       80   85   86    251  +32
     24   Candice Palmer         SantaClara    94   78   83    255  +36
     25   Catherin Chamberlain   Portland      87   88   96    271  +52