October 10, 2004
The Texas A&M women's golf team struggled to a final round 320 on Sunday and finished eighth at the Franklin Street Partners Invitational at Finley Golf Course.
The Aggies played the entire tournament without top scorer Nicole Melton, who became ill prior to the opening round on Friday.
Duke won the event with a 54-hole total of 865, followed by Auburn (874), Texas (893), North Carolina State (900), Wake Forest (900), North Carolina (930), South Carolina (933), A&M (308-308-320=936) and Florida State (937).
Auburn's Maria Martinez captured the individual title with a four-under-par score of 72-69-71=212. Duke's Brittany Lang was second at 75-67-71=213.
Christa Spedding led the Aggies, tying for 14th with rounds of 75-76-75=226. Ashley Knoll finished 33rd (74-78-83=235), while Kyla Neal tied for 34th (79-77-80=236) and Brenda Norris placed 36th (80-77-82=239).
"Our players seemed to be trying and make up for their mistakes rather than just playing," A&M coach Jeanne Sutherland said. "This course was set up hard and woudn't allow them to make up for mistakes.I'm proud of the way Christa played. She was steady the whole tournament."
The Aggies return to action at the Lady Razorback Invitational Oct. 17-19 in Rogers, Ark.
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