TCU Posts Its Third Straight National Top-20 Finish
5/22/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
May 22, 2009
OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Valentine Derrey's final-round 73 Friday led TCU as the Horned Frogs finished 18th at the NCAA Women's Golf National Championship.
It was the third straight national top-20 finish for TCU.
The Horned Frogs had a final-round 307. TCU's top-two days of the tournament came in the final two rounds.
Derrey recorded a team-high four birdies en route to her best round of the tournament.
Freshman Rachel Raastad was TCU's top finisher as she tied for 30th with a 301. The Asker, Norway, native had a final-round 78.
Allyson Ferguson carded her second-straight 77, including three birdies, for the Horned Frogs. Brooke Beeler and Prisela Campbell both shot a 79.
With an 1182, Arizona State captured the team championship. UCLA was second at 1190 with USC third at 1191.
TCU was the highest finisher from the Mountain West Conference and the state of Texas. The Horned Frogs edged New Mexico by four strokes and Texas by 14.
Purdue's Maria Hernandez took medalist honors with a 1-over-par 289, one shot ahead of USC's Jennifer Song.
Team Scores
1. Arizona State - 302-298-291-291=1182
2. UCLA - 296-293-304-297=1190
3. USC - 301-295-294-301=1191
4. Oklahoma State - 303-297-309-290=1199
5. Denver - 294-304-309-299=1206
6. Duke - 308-301-302-296=1207
7. North Carolina - 299-301-306-304=1210
8. Virginia - 305-302-301-304=1212
9. Pepperdine - 312-298-302-301=1213
10. Purdue - 306-301-311-298=1216
11. Alabama - 305-302-311-299=1217
12. LSU - 302-304-309-304=1219
T13. Michigan State - 307-303-315-300=1225
T13. Wake Forest - 303-300-318-304=1225
15. Georgia - 316-307-301-310=1234
16. Arizona - 310-305-314-306=1235
17. Tennessee - 307-313-306-311=1237
18. TCU - 314-316-301-307=1238
19. New Mexico - 311-314-307-310=1242
20. Tulane - 312-305-317-312=1246
21. Chattanooga - 316-307-305-320=1248
22. UC Irvine - 320-316-312-301=1249
23. Texas - 314-311-313-314=1252
24. Ohio State - 323-311-314-310=1258
TCU Scores
T30. Rachel Raastad - 77-74-72-78=301
T66. Valentine Derrey - 78-83-76-73=310
T90. Allyson Ferguson - 80-81-77-77-315
T96. Brooke Beeler - 79-79-79-79=316
T107. Prisela Campbell - 83-82-76-79=320
