CofC Women?s Golf Finishes 19th at Cougar Classic
9/11/2012 10:22:00 PM | Women's Golf
CHARLESTON, S.C. - The College of Charleston women's golf team hosted a successful event as 10 of the top 15 teams from the 2012 NCAA Championship competed in the 10th anniversary of the Cougar Classic and the Cougars finished 19th in what will be one of the most competitive tournaments of the collegiate golf season.
The Cougars, led by senior Vanessa Koechli (Greer, S.C.) shot 42-over for the tournament and finished ahead of Miami, Maryland, UNCG, Furman and Charleston Southern.
"We weren't quite as crisp as we should have been and it costs you when you're playing the best teams in the country," CofC head coach Jamie Futrell said. "We still beat some of the teams we needed to beat, but this is not how I planned things going today."
"We can hit the ball with the best teams but we need to be able to clip and putt with them as well, that is where the difference is," Futrell added. "For a freshman that's an eye opener when they get here, they see it and understand it, now they will have to work on it."
Florida won the team title with a six-shot victory over runner-up Duke. The Gators shot the third best score in tournament history an 12-under 852 and their golfer Camilla Hedberg took individual medalist honors with a 13-under 203, which tied the lowest individual round of the tournament in its 10 year history.
Southern Cal (-1), Vanderbilt (E) and Georgia (+3) rounded out the top-five in the team race.
Koechli shot a career best 69 in the second round and followed that up with a 5-over 77 and finished tied for 48th in the tournament with a 6-over 222.
"We did a lot of great things this week," Futrell said. "I wish today we would have been a little better, but we are still a young team and I think we will be fine."
Up next the Cougars travel to State College, Pa., Sept. 28-30 for the Nittany Lion Invitational.
TEAM SCORES
T2 1 1 Florida 286 279 287 852 -12
T2 T6 2 Duke 286 291 281 858 -6
1 2 3 Southern Cal 285 283 295 863 -1
T7 3 4 Vanderbilt 289 285 290 864 E
5 T6 5 Georgia 287 290 290 867 +3
6 T4 6 Auburn 288 288 294 870 +6
9 8 7 NC State 290 291 290 871 +7
T7 9 8 Alabama 289 294 294 877 +13
T15 11 T9 North Carolina 299 287 292 878 +14
13 10 T9 Tennessee 296 288 294 878 +14
T2 T4 11 Virginia 286 290 304 880 +16
10 17 12 Wisconsin 292 305 285 882 +18
11 13 13 Penn State 293 296 296 885 +21
T15 14 T14 Mississippi 299 293 300 892 +28
12 12 T14 UCF 294 294 304 892 +28
22 22 16 South Carolina 306 299 294 899 +35
14 18 17 Wake Forest 297 301 302 900 +36
21 15 18 LSU 303 292 307 902 +38
T18 16 T19 College of Charleston 300 296 310 906 +42
T18 T19 T19 Miami 300 301 305 906 +42
24 21 21 Maryland 309 295 308 912 +48
T18 T19 22 UNCG 300 301 312 913 +49
23 23 23 Furman 307 300 312 919 +55
T15 24 24 Charleston Southern 299 313 322 934 +70
COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON SCORES
T19 College of Charleston 300 296 310 906
T48 Vanessa Koechli (1) 76 69 77 222
T83 Kathy Boehm (2) 74 77 78 229
T83 Julia Neumann (3) 78 74 77 229
T83 Stacey Tomlinson (5) 73 77 79 229
T93 Morgan Webber (4) 77 76 78 231
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