No. 15 Women?s Golf Finishes Sixth, Shaves 14 Strokes Off Round Two Score at Bryan National Collegia

Sunday, April 2

Browns Summitt, NC

12:00 AM

Florida Gators

Bryan National

No. 15 Women?s Golf Finishes Sixth, Shaves 14 Strokes Off Round Two Score at Bryan National Collegia

Sunday, April 2, 2006 | Women's Golf

The 15^th-ranked University of Florida women's golf team improved on their second round score by 14 strokes with a third day 293 to move up two spots on the leaderboard Sunday at the final round of the Bryan National Collegiate. The Gators finished sixth at the 17-team event with a three-day score of 36-over-par, 900, which was only one stroke behind fifth-place and 11^th-ranked Wake Forest, which carded an 899 over the course of 54 holes at the par 72, 6,210-yard Champions Course in Browns Summitt, N.C.

Sophomore Sandra Gal (Leichlingen, Germany) was the team's highest finisher in the individual field with a 13^th-place tie after firing a 2-under, 70, on Sunday to finish with a three-day score of 222. Freshman Mallory Blackwelder (Versailles, Ky.) also finished below par for the round with a 1-under, 71, to move her 54-hole score to 224.

“We played well today, and I'm proud of our team,” UF head coach Jill Briles-Hinton said. “If we didn't have to count our fourth score, we could have easily finished at par as a team. This was a good stepping stone heading into SEC's. We got a confidence boost at this event by playing nine teams that were ranked ahead of us. Fortunately, we finished ahead of a couple of them to help our confidence.”

No. 6 Georgia secured the tournament victory with a third round score of 284 to finish with a collective 11-over, 875, which was five strokes ahead of top-ranked Duke (287-880). Individually, Georgia's Taylor Leon took home medalist honors to make it a clean sweep for the Bulldogs after carding a 3-under, 69, in the final round.

For the Gators, sophomore Whitney Myers (East Berlin, Pa.) had a three-day grand total of 230 after an 80 in the final round to finish in a tie for 41^st, while redshirt freshman Ornella Jouven (La Ciotat, France) was one stroke off Myers' pace as she carded a three-round score of 231 after a 79 over the final 18 holes. Freshman Brittany Nelson (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) improved on her second-round score by six strokes with a 1-over, 73, Sunday to finish with a 54^th-place 233.

The Orange and Blue return to action in two weeks at the Southeastern Conference Championships, held at the Legends Club of Tennessee in Nashville. The first round is set for Friday, April 14.

Bryan National Collegiate Round Three Results

Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total	Place	Rel. To Par
Sandra Gal	75	77	70	222	T13	+6
Mallory Blackwelder	77	76	71	224	T21	+8
Whitney Myers	72	78	80	230	T41	+14
Ornella Jouven	76	76	79	231	T44	+15
Brittany Nelson	81	79	73	233	T54	+17

Team Standings Following Round One

Name	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Total	Rel. To Par
1 Georgia	300	291	284	875	+11
2 Duke	298	295	287	880	+16
3 Purdue	295	299	281	885	+21
4 Tennessee	306	294	290	890	+26
5 Wake Forest	303	303	293	899	+35
6 Florida	300	307	293	900	+36
7 South Carolina	309	295	301	905	+41
8 Oklahoma State	306	300	300	906	+42
9 California	310	300	299	909	+45
10 Vanderbilt	316	308	289	913	+49
11 North Carolina State	299	311	304	914	+50
12 University of Virginia	312	304	301	917	+53
13 Charleston, College of	311	316	300	927	+63
14 North Carolina	323	305	301	929	+65
15 N. Car. Wilmington	312	315	303	930	+66
16 Louisiana State	314	324	300	938	+74
17 N. Car. – Greensboro	323	322	319	964	+100