Tulsa Women's Golfers Finish 12th At Betsy Rawls Invitational

Engzelius finished in 17th place

March 22, 2009

Austin, Texas - The Tulsa women's golf team shot a 312 in the final round for a three-day 929 total, finishing in 12th place at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational at the University of Texas Golf Club in Austin, Texas.

Purdue won the team championship with a three-round 872 total, six strokes ahead of second place Arizona State (878). Arkansas carded an 880 for third place, while New Mexico (891) and Duke (897) rounded out the top-five teams.

Marita Engzelius turned in Tulsa's best performance each day and finished with a three-day 223 total for 17th place. Woori Shin had a 232 total for 41st place and Kelly Fuchik had a 237 total to finish 60th. Shu-Yin Liu placed 79th with a 245 total and Sarah Elliot was 83rd with a 247 total.

Purdue's Maria Hernandez won the individual title with a 210 total, three strokes ahead of Arkansas' Lucy Nunn who finished second.

Tulsa will return to action on April 3-5 at the Ping/ASU Invitational in Tempe, Arizona.

Team Results
1. Purdue - 291-287-294=872
2. Arizona State - 287-291-300=878
3. Arkansas - 288-294-298=880
4. New Mexico - 292-298-301=891
5. Duke - 299-302-296=897
6. Notre Dame - 296-308-311=915
T7. Furman - 302-310-306=918
T7. Texas A&M - 311-301-306=918
9. Texas - 307-308-304=919
T10. Vanderbilt - 291-312-319=922
T10. Oklahoma - 302-309-311=922
T12. South Carolina - 310-311-308=929
T12. Tulsa - 308-309-312=929
14. UT-Chattanooga - 304-311-315=930
15. Arizona - 306-317-309=932
16. Florida State - 317-313-303=933
17. UCF - 303-327-320=950
Top-Five Individuals
1. Maria Hernandez, Purdue - 70-69-71=210
2. Lucy Nunn, Arkansas - 70-70-73=213
3. Jodi Ewart, New Mexico - 70-72-73=215
4. Maude-Aimee LeBlanc, Purdue - 70-71-75=216
T5. Ashley Freeman, Texas A&M - 78-70-70=218
T5. Azahara Munoz, Arizona State - 72-70-76=218
T5. Blair Lamb, Furman - 73-74-71=218
T5. Carlota Ciganda, Arizona State - 73-72-73=218
Tulsa Results
T17. Marita Engzelius - 73-75-75=223
T41. Woori Shin - 79-77-76=232
T60. Kelly Fuchik - 81-76-80=237
T79. Shu-Yin Liu - 75-81-89=245
T83. Sarah Elliot - 83-83-81=247