A&M WOMEN RANKED 18TH IN GOLF WORLD PRESEASON POLL

Aug. 28, 2008

A&M WOMEN RANKED 18TH IN GOLF WORLD PRESEASON POLL

COLLEGE STATION - The Texas A&M women's golf team is ranked No. 18 in Golf World's preseason coaches' poll.

The Aggies return three starters from last year's team that finished second in the Big 12 and tied for sixth at the NCAA Championship, their best finish since 1982. Sophomore Ashley Freeman earned All-America honors while Zwartynski and senior Lauren Johnson were All-Big 12 picks. Senior Jodi Neal, who played in four events last year, also returns.

Second-year Head Coach Crystal Reeves and Kaitlin Hovda, along with sophomore Alexa Porter, a transfer from Memphis. Reeves won the 2008 Oklahoma state high school championship while Porter was the runner-up at the Conference USA Championship last spring.

The Aggies open their fall schedule at the Duramed Fall Preview Sept. 7-8 in Owings Mills, Md., the site of the 2009 NCAA Championship.
GOLF WORLD/NGCA COACHES' POLL

Women's Division I - Preseason Edition

Rank	Team	Points	'08 NCAA
1.	Southern Cal. (14)	625	Won
2.	UCLA (8)	615	2nd
3.	Duke (3)	609	3rd
4.	Arizona St. (1)	586	5th
5.	Oklahoma St.	453	T-19
6.	Georgia	449	T-10
7.	Purdue	423	4th
8.	Florida	417	9th
9.	Auburn	407	T-12
10.	Alabama	400	T-12
11.	Denver	388	T-6
12.	Wake Forest	372	T-10
13.	Arizona	283	23rd
14.	Virginia	278	T-12
15.	Arkansas	270	8th
16.	LSU	264	15th
17.	Pepperdine	253	DNP
18.	A&M	231	T-6
19.	Kent St.	169	DNP
T-20.	California	132	DNP
T-20.	Stanford	132	DNP
22.	Texas	106	T-17
23.	New Mexico	102	DNP
24.	Michigan St.	81	DNP
25.	Tennessee	71	DNP

 

Others receiving votes: Notre Dame, 49; TCU, 44; Vanderbilt, 43; North Carolina, 31; Tulsa, 26; South Carolina, 22; Furman, 19; New Mexico St., 17; Louisville, 13; UNLV, 11; Florida St., 10; UC Irvine, 9; BYU, 8; Nebraska, 8; UC Davis, 8; UCF, 7; Kentucky, 3; Ohio St., 3; Oregon, 3.