TCU Ties For Third At Dick McGuire Invitational
9/20/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Sept. 20, 2009
ALBUQUERQUE -- Rachel Raastad's final-round 71 Sunday led No. 22 TCU to a third-place finish out of 18 teams at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational in Albuquerque.
Raastad, who had five birdies Sunday en route to a 6-under-par 213, was fourth individually to equal a career-best result set last September at the Ron Moore Intercollegiate in Highlands Ranch, Colo. It was the third career top-10 finish for the sophomore from Asker, Norway.
Raastad was six strokes behind medalist Kendra Little of Oregon, who was at 12-under 207.
Three of the top-four teams in the final standings are from the Mountain West Conference.
No. 12 Pepperdine captured the title with an 859, seven strokes ahead of host and No. 21 New Mexico. TCU and No. 18 UNLV were third at 883.
TCU seniors Megan O'Donnell and Valentine Derrey tied for 17th and 29th, respectively.
O'Donnell's 2-over-par 221 enabled her to post the second-best finish of her TCU career, behind only a 16th-place result as a freshman at the 2007 Mountain West Conference Championships.
TCU returns to action Oct. 5-6 at the Windy City Classic in Chicago.
Team Scores
1. Pepperdine - 288-287-284=859
2. New Mexico - 294-286-286=866
T3. TCU - 291-291-301=883
T3. UNLV - 291-292-300=883
5. Oregon - 297-293-295=885
6. UC Davis - 302-295-290=887
7. Northwestern - 297-294-297=888
8. Indiana - 297-296-301=894
9. UC Irvine - 304-294-300=898
10. Colorado - 310-296-297=903
11. Texas A&M - 303-303-298=904
12. San Diego State - 300-301-304=905
13. Arkansas - 300-303-305=908
14. San Francisco - 295-311-304=910
15. Oklahoma - 306-303-305=914
16. Colorado State - 304-304-307=915
17. UTEP - 308-301-308=917
18. Wyoming - 306-312-316=934
TCU Scores
4. Rachel Raastad - 69-73-71=213
T17. Megan O'Donnell - 73-71-77=221
T29. Valentine Derrey - 79-71-75=225
T35. Brooke Beeler - 72-76-78=226
T76. Melissa Loh - 77-79-78=234
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