Mowat Claims Individual Title At C-USA Women's Golf Championships
Cardinals finish second; Meyers named Coach of the Year.
 

April 17, 2000

SHALIMAR, Fla. - University of Louisville junior Katherine Mowat won a four-hole playoff to capture medalist honors at the 2000 Conference USA Women's Golf Championship Sunday at Shalimar Pointe Golf and Country Club.

The University of South Florida posted four rounds in the 70s to erase a second-round deficit to win the team title. Four South Florida golfers carded rounds in the 70s as the Bulls posted a final-round 304 to finish the tournament with a 914 total and win the Conference USA championship for the third consecutive season.

Louisville (912) finished as the tournament runner-up, two strokes behind, while Tulane finished third with a 921 total. USF entered Sunday's final round trailing Tulane by one shot.

Individually, Mowat defeated South Florida's Angie Connell with a birdie on the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff to take individual honors. Both players finished the 54-hole tournament with a three-round total of 220 (+4).

Freshman Marianne Ruud of Memphis, who posted the tournament's low round with a 68 on Sunday, finished third at 221. Tulane's Meghan Bolger (226) finished fourth, while Louisville's Cindy Pasechnik and South Florida's Kelly Lagedrost rounded out the top five tied at 228. All five players earned C-USA All-Tournament honors.

Louisville head coach Kelly Meyers earned league Coach of the Year honors after guiding the first-year program to runner-up honors. Tulane junior Pam Buff was named Conference USA Player of the Year in a vote by the league's head coaches.

The 54-hole tournament was contested at Shalimar Pointe Golf and Country Club, a par 72, 5,898-yard layout.

Conference USA Championships
Shalimar, Fla. 

TEAM SCORES
1.  South Florida     309-301-304 = 914 (+50)
2.  LOUISVILLE        298-312-309 = 919 (+55)
3.  Tulane            302-307-312 = 921 (+57)
4   Memphis           306-319-303 = 928 (+64)
5.  Southern Miss     310-323-317 = 950 (+86)
6.  UAB               333-320-321 = 974 (+110)
7.  Cincinnati        324-335-322 = 981 (+117)


TOP 15 INDIVIDUALS
*1. ^Katherine Mowat (LOU)    70-75-75 = 220 (+4)
 2. ^Angie Connell (USF)      75-72-73 = 220 (+4)
 3. ^Marianna Ruud (MEM)      73-80-68 = 221 (+5)
 4. ^Meghan Bolger (TUL)      75-76-74 = 226 (+10)
 5. ^Cindy Pasechnik (LOU)    77-78-73 = 228 (+12)
    ^Kelly Lagedrost (USF)    75-77-76-= 228 (+12)
 7.  Katie Rakel (CIN)        73-81-75 = 229 (+13)
     Jessica Hayes (USF)      81-72-76 = 229 (+13)
 9.  Sandra Hellsvik (MEM)    77-77-76 = 230 (+14)
     Kathy Schafer (TUL)      74-80-76 = 230 (+14)
 11. Marella Canepa (USM)     75-80-76 = 231 (+15)
 12. Heather Lourie (UAB)     80-77-75 = 232 (+16)
     Jamie Sims (USM)         76-80-76 = 232 (+16)
 14. Pam Buff (TUL)           77-73-83 = 233 (+17)
 15. Marcela Gonzalez (TUL)   76-80-79 = 235 (+19)
     Jessica Kell (LOU)       74-79-82 = 235 (+19)


*won in four-hole playoff
^All-Tournament Team


INDIVIDUAL HONORS
Player of the Year     Pam Buff, Jr., Tulane
Freshman of the Year   Marianne Ruud, Memphis
Coach of the Year      Kelly Meyers, Louisville


ALL-CONFERENCE USA
Pam Buff          Jr.  Tulane
Kelly Lagedrost   Jr.  South Florida
Angie Connell     Jr.  South Florida
Meghan Bolger     Sr.  Tulane
Marella Canepa    Jr.  Southern Miss
Katherine Mowat   Jr.  Louisville
Kathy Schafer     Fr.  Tulane
Erin Doyle        Sr.  Southern Miss
Valerie Luehrs    Sr.  Memphis
Jessica Hayes     Jr.  South Florida
Cindy Pasechnik   Fr.  Louisville

 

 

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