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Cameron women take 5th at LSC finale
THACKERVILLE, Oklahoma (April 22) – Today at the WinStar Golf Club in Thackerville, Oklahoma, the Aggie women's golf team's bid for a second straight Lone Star Conference Championship was cut just short. Cameron was in 4th place overall after Monday's first round, but finished the two-round event in 5th place out of eight total teams. Although they were unable to repeat as conference champions, the Aggies put in a great tournament.
“It’s a learning process,” Head Coach Rick Goodwin said. “We were defending LSC champions and then lose five players from last year’s team. We turned it around and now have something to build off of. Finishing no higher than 5th place was our goal and we finished in the middle of the pack. I was pleased with how we played this week.”
CU's overall team score was 652 (327-325). Cameron took home the championship at this same event last year in only their third season as an official women's golf squad. This year the Tarleton State TexAnns won the event with an overall team score of 602 (302-300). Courtney Epps of Northeastern State University won the individual title with a two-round score of 144 (75-69).
“We are so young and we’ve come a long way,” Coach Goodwin said. “We’re still not anywhere near where we want or need to be, but our improvement gives us something to work on over the summer.”
Cameron’s top finisher was junior Renee Breeze who took home a 7th place finish. Breeze shot a 152 (77-75) in the two-round event for a +8.
Sophomore Marrik Wooten also finished close to the top with a 158 (81-77) overall stroke total. She cut off four strokes between the two rounds and came in a tie for 13th place overall. Wooten recorded a +14 for the event.
“Renee was so close to making All-Tournament team and Marrik came through in the end,” Coach Goodwin said. “The younger ones still have a lot to learn and a lot of work to do. They all need to get more competitive and have things to work on. It was a learning process this year with a young squad.”
The final three Aggies in competition all finished very close to each other. Sophomore Anna Hataway and freshmen Tori McCollum and Blaze Petty finished in 29th, 27th, and 34th place, respectively.
McCollom was the only member of the aforementioned threesome to reduce her stroke total between the rounds with a 169 (86-83). Hataway finished the event after turning in a 173 (83-90), while Petty shot a 180 (88-92).
“We played our best rounds at this tournament,” Coach Goodwin said. “The first day we shot our lowest of the semester and then beat that again on the second day. From that standpoint it has to be a success for us. It was also the first tournament all spring that we got some decent weather.”
Cameron's 2007-2008 women's golf season is now officially over, as CU was not ranked regionally and will not advance further in the postseason. The only ranking Cameron received this year was halfway through the season when GolfWeek magazine had CU ranked #30 in the nation.
“It’s going to be tougher next year; I’m going to be a bit more demanding of the team,” Coach Goodwin said. “Academically we are doing well but this was a rebuilding year for us coming off the conference championship. We didn’t get the job done this year; we need to be better and we need to work harder next year.”
The Aggies now enter the offseason training portion of their season. The 2008-2009 women’s golf season will begin next September.
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