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Women golfers hole another season
Oregon State women's golf finish season with accolades and promising start to next season
Taryn Luna
Issue date: 5/23/08 Section: Sports
The women's golf team ended the season with a disappointing 10th place finish at the Pac-10 Championships with a team score of 90-over-par, 942. The three-day event began April 21 in Palos Verdes, Calif., and ended with the Beavers trailing the USC tournament champions by 82 strokes.
Junior Martha Burkard's three-day total of 18-over 233 earned her an Oregon State-best 29th place finish in the tournament. Senior Julianna Uhrik tied for 32nd place with a three-round total of 20-over 233. Sophomore Lauren Archer tied for 43rd place with a score of 30-over 243, while senior Jessi Gebhardt finished in 45th place at 31-over 244.
Despite the last-place finish, coach Rise Lakowske sees promise for the future.
"The golf course and the hole locations were difficult throughout the tournament; however, I think we have a great group of players to work with and a terrific base to build successful teams in the future," Lakowske said. "We will use this result to motivate us as we go forward."
During the regular season the Beavers were led by junior Jess Gebhardt with a 76.65 season stroke average, the fifth-best single season average in OSU women's golf history. Gebhardt earned a 2008 All-Pac-10 Conference honorable mention, becoming the first Beaver to earn a All-Pac-10 honors since 1999. Gebhardt earned Pac-10 Conference All-Academic first team honors, and Uhrik earned honorable mention status for the 2008 season as well.
Beyond the usual Pac-10 tournaments, the Oregon State women's golf team entered tournaments in Colorado, Hawaii, North Carolina and New Mexico. The Beavers' best finish of the season happened on their home turf at the Trysting Tree Golf Club in the Giustina Memorial Classic, where they played alongside their Beaver counterparts, the men's golf team. Schools were paired up with one man and one woman from each team playing in a foursome with another pair from a competing school.
The Beavers won the tournament with a combined men's and women's score of 1743, beating the Washington State Cougars by three strokes. Individually, the women's team came in second to the Cougars by 14 strokes with a score of 900.
Taryn Luna, sports writer
sports@dailybarometer.com
Junior Martha Burkard's three-day total of 18-over 233 earned her an Oregon State-best 29th place finish in the tournament. Senior Julianna Uhrik tied for 32nd place with a three-round total of 20-over 233. Sophomore Lauren Archer tied for 43rd place with a score of 30-over 243, while senior Jessi Gebhardt finished in 45th place at 31-over 244.
Despite the last-place finish, coach Rise Lakowske sees promise for the future.
"The golf course and the hole locations were difficult throughout the tournament; however, I think we have a great group of players to work with and a terrific base to build successful teams in the future," Lakowske said. "We will use this result to motivate us as we go forward."
During the regular season the Beavers were led by junior Jess Gebhardt with a 76.65 season stroke average, the fifth-best single season average in OSU women's golf history. Gebhardt earned a 2008 All-Pac-10 Conference honorable mention, becoming the first Beaver to earn a All-Pac-10 honors since 1999. Gebhardt earned Pac-10 Conference All-Academic first team honors, and Uhrik earned honorable mention status for the 2008 season as well.
Beyond the usual Pac-10 tournaments, the Oregon State women's golf team entered tournaments in Colorado, Hawaii, North Carolina and New Mexico. The Beavers' best finish of the season happened on their home turf at the Trysting Tree Golf Club in the Giustina Memorial Classic, where they played alongside their Beaver counterparts, the men's golf team. Schools were paired up with one man and one woman from each team playing in a foursome with another pair from a competing school.
The Beavers won the tournament with a combined men's and women's score of 1743, beating the Washington State Cougars by three strokes. Individually, the women's team came in second to the Cougars by 14 strokes with a score of 900.
Taryn Luna, sports writer
sports@dailybarometer.com
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