March 22, 2011
SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Texas carded a 17-over-par 305 in the final round of The Battle at Rancho Bernardo to tie for eighth in the 17-team field Tuesday at the Championship Course at Rancho Bernardo Inn Golf Resort & Spa. Junior Nicole Vandermade (74-77-72) led the Longhorns on the individual leaderboard with a tie for 13th-place finish at 7-over 221.
Vandermade’s final-round scorecard was her cleanest of the season with 16 pars, one birdie and a lone bogey. After making her fifth birdie of the three-round affair on the par-5, 505-yard 12th hole, Vandermade played at 1-under until bogeying the 395-yard, par-4 16th hole. She made pars on the remaining two holes for her fifth par-or-better round of the season. The Battle at Rancho Bernardo marks Vandermade’s fifth tournament of the season to record three-straight rounds in the 70s.
Freshman Rebecca Lee-Bentham (77-73-77) finished in a tie for 25th place at 11-over 227. Lee-Bentham was playing in UT’s No. 1 position on the heels of a season-best and team-best tie for fourth place at the Bruin Wave Invitational (Feb. 28 – March 2).
Sophomore Haley Stephens (75-77-78=230) tied for 38th place at 14-over, and sophomore Madison Pressel (77-79-78=234) finished four strokes back to tie for 55th. Sophomore Katelyn Sepmoree (79-85-82=246) rounded out the squad in 85th place.
The Longhorns (303-306-305=914, +50) finished at 50-over 914 in the 54-hole event. Purdue (295-292-292) won team honors at 15-over 879, while Southern California (299-295-292=886, +22) and UCLA (293-304-290=887, +23) finished second and third, respectively.
Purdue’s Laura Gonzalez (70-71-68=209) was the individual medalist at 7-under.
Final Team Standings
1. Purdue – 295-292-292=879 (+15)
2. Southern California – 299-295-292=886 (+22)
3. UCLA – 293-304-290=887 (+23)
4. Georgia – 310-314-289=903 (+39)
5. Auburn – 305-307-293=905 (+41)
6. UC Davis – 294-307-308=909 (+45)
7. Arizona – 303-302-307=912 (+48)
T8. TEXAS – 303-306-305=914 (+50)
T8. Pepperdine – 311-308-295=914 (+50)
10. UNLV – 304-303-308=915 (+51)
11. Arizona State – 297-316-304=917 (+53)
12. Denver – 314-305-304=923 (+59)
13. California – 306-314-304=924 (+60)
14. Oregon – 309-318-307=934 (+70)
15. TCU – 322-309-306=937 (+73)
16. New Mexico – 312-317-311=940 (+76)
17. San Diego State – 309-321-311=941 (+77)
Final Top 10 Individuals
1. Laura Gonzalez, Purdue – 70-71-68=209 (-7)
T2. Lizette Salas, Southern California – 73-71-71=215 (-1)
T2. Therese Koelbaek, UNLV – 72-70-73=215 (-1)
T4. Cydney Clanton, Auburn – 71-76-71=218 (+2)
T4. Giulia Molinaro, Arizona State – 69-76-73=218 (+2)
T6. Numa Gulyanamitta, Purdue – 73-75-71=219 (+3)
T6. Sophia Popov, Southern California – 74-73-72=219 (+3)
T8. Marta Silva Zamora, Georgia – 77-72-71=220 (+4)
T8. * - Thea Hoffmeister, Purdue – 73-74-73=220 (+4)
T8. Stephanie Kono, UCLA – 71-78-71=220 (+4)
* - denotes competing as an individual
Final Texas Individuals
T13. Nicole Vandermade – 74-77-72=221 (+7)
T25. Rebecca Lee-Bentham – 77-73-77=227 (+11)
T38. Haley Stephens – 75-77-78=230 (+14)
T55. Madison Pressel – 77-79-78=234 (+18)
85. Katelyn Sepmoree – 79-85-82=246 (+30)
T38. * - Megan Rosenfeld – 72-78=150 (+6)
