March 23, 2008
The Texas A&M women's golf team closed with a 319 on Sunday and finished 15th at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic at the University of Georgia Golf Club.
No. 10-ranked Georgia (900) defeated No. 8 Purdue (900) on the second hole of a playoff to capture the title.
No. 17 Alabama (912) finished third, followed by No. 6 Arkansas (916), No. 12 Kent State (918), No. 1 Duke (918), No. 9 Auburn (922), No. 15 Wake Forest (927), LSU (928), No. 23 Virginia (931), No. 14 Tennessee (934), Florida State (940), South Carolina (942), Furman (944), No. 25 A&M (317-313-319=949), No. 19 Vanderbilt (956), Central Florida (957) and Kentucky (973).
Purdue's Christel Boeljon (74-75-69=218) and Maria Hernandez (76-74-68=218) tied for individual honors.
Freshman Sarah Zwartynski led A&M, tying for 24th (77-77-78=232), while sophomore Danielle McVeigh tied for 43rd (77-79-80=236), sophomore Ashley Freeman tied for 56th (80-78-80=238), junior Lauren Johnson tied for 77th (83-79-81=243) and junior Jodi Neal placed 94th (87-94-82=263).
The Aggies are back in action at the PING/Arizona State Invitational April 4-6 in Tempe, Ariz., the final tuneup for the Big 12 Championship set for April 25-27 in Stillwater, Okla.