April 24, 2006
DADE CITY, Fla. – The Notre Dame women’s golf team finds itself in fourth-place after the first day of play at the BIG EAST Championship at the par 72, 5,968-yard Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club. The Fighting Irish posted a 304 (+16) in Monday morning’s first round and followed that up with a 316 (+28) in the afternoon for a 620 total. Junior Noriko Nakazaki (Hanover Park, Ill./Hoffman Estates) carded a team-best five-over par 149 (71-78) on the day for the Irish and is tied for fourth overall. Louisville leads the seven-team field with a 590 (+14).
Nakazaki was in first place following the first round after carding a one-under par 71, the second-lowest round of the day for any golfer. Louisville’s Adrienne White shot a three-under par 69 during the afternoon and leads the 35-golfer field with a one-under par 143. She is joined in the top-three by her Cardinal teammates Cindy LaCrosse (146) and Cristina Gonzalez (148).
Georgetown is 13-shots behind Louisville with a 603 and in second-place after storming back with a 295 during the second round. South Florida, the host for the tournament, is third with a 616 followed by Notre Dame’s 620 total.
Fighting Irish senior Lauren Gebauer (Columbus, Ohio/Upper Arlington) is tied for 11th with a nine-over par 153 (74-79) and her classmate Katie Brophy (Spokane, Wash./Gonzaga Prep) is tied for 15th with a 156 (77-79). Gebauer was tied for fourth following the first round and Brophy was tied for 12th.
Senior Suzie Hayes (Dublin, Ireland/Loreto College) registered a 162 (82-80) on the day and is tied for 28th, while freshman Lisa Maunu (St. Thomas, Ontario/Parkside Collegiate Institute) is tied for 33rd with a 169 (82-87). Today marked Notre Dame’s first competitive action in over a month as the Irish had to withdraw from its last scheduled tournament due to travel problems.
Nakazaki will be looking for her third straight All-BIG EAST honor as she and the rest of the Irish tee it up on Tuesday for the third and final round.
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BIG EAST Championship (Lake Jovita Golf and Country Club – Dade City, Fla., Par 72, 5,968-yards)
Team Scores (36-hole totals): 1. Louisville 590 (296-294), 2. Georgetown 603 (308-295), 3. South Florida 616 (303, 313), 4. Notre Dame 620 (304-316), 5. Cincinnati 625 (312-313), 6. Rutgers 634 (316-318), 7. St. John’s 640 (320-320).
Top-5 Golfers (out of 35) (36-hole totals): 1. Adrienne White (Louisville) 143 (74-69), 2. Cindy LaCrosse (Louisville) 146 (72-74), 3. Cristina Gonzalez (Louisville) 148 (73-75), 4t. Christy Larrimore (Georgetown) 149 (76-73), 4t. Noriko Nakazaki (Notre Dame) 149 (71-78).
Notre Dame Scores (36-hole totals): 4t. Noriko Nakazaki 149 (71-78), 11t. Lauren Gebauer 153 (74-79), 15t. Katie Brophy 156 (77-79), 28t. Suzie Hayes 162 (82-80), 33t. Lisa Maunu 169 (82-87).
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