Texas A&M Wins Big 12 Title

Lincoln, Neb. - Texas A&M fired a final-round 304 to come from behind in windy conditions to claim the Big 12 Conference Women's Golf Championship with an 899 team total at the Country Club of Lincoln on Wednesday. The Aggies' Ashley Knoll added an individual crown to A&M's hardware haul after firing a 215 over 54 holes.

The Aggies came in to the day one stroke behind Oklahoma State, but Texas A&M finished 11 strokes ahead of the Cowgirls, who shot 318, to finish the tournament at 910.

Aggie Head Coach Jeanne Sutherland said she was excited about the performance of her team.

"We decided that we need to focus on every shot and block everything else out.  Just take it one shot at a time," Sutherland said. "I am really happy with the win.  I knew coming into today the conditions would be an advantage for us because we have a strong short game, so it was really good for our chances."

Knoll, a junior, shot rounds of 69 and 71, clinching the title with a final-round 75 to finish with a one-under par 215.  Knoll said the team title was her primary focus coming into the tournament.

"We went out there just trying to play the best we could," Knoll said. "Winning is just such a special thing, especially because we've made it our goal all year and it is what we came here for.  The wind was a little bit of a factor, but we were used to it from our course at home, so we adjusted well."

The Cowgirls, who came into the final round at 592 (301-291) and led at the end of the first two rounds, slipped into second after firing a 318 to finish at 910.

Head Coach Laura Matthews said her team was disappointed, but understood the conditions were tough with the wind.

"No one is very happy with the way we played today," Matthews said. "Texas A&M played really well and beat us, so our hats go off to them for how good they played today."

Missouri's Stephanie Wavro earned a runner-up individual finish, climbing from fourth to second by matching Knoll with a 75 on Wednesday to finish with a five-over par 221.

"I am really excited right now.  This is just awesome,"Wavro said. "Ashley Knoll is one of the best players in the country and the wind made it really tough today.  I'm really happy to have finished the way I did today."

The Tigers (313-287-327) tied tournament-host Nebraska (307-297-323) for fourth place at 927, while Colorado took third at 922.

Baylor (931) finished sixth, while Texas settled for seventh. Iowa State managed an eighth-place showing at 937, while Kansas State finished ninth at 938. Oklahoma rounded out the top 10 with a three-round total of 940.  Kansas (955) and Texas Tech (966) wrapped up the 12-team field. 

Big 12 Women's Golf Championships
April 17-19, 2006
Country Club of Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb.
Par 72, 6,167 Yards

Team Totals

current
position start team scoring all rounds total
scoreto par thru today 1 2 31 2 Texas A&M University +35 F +16 302 293 304 8992 1 Oklahoma State +46 F +30 301 291 318 9103 7 Colorado, U. of +58 F +23 315 296 311 922T4 4 Nebraska, U. of +63 F +35 307 297 323 927T4 3 Missouri, U. of +63 F +39 313 287 327 9276 8 Baylor +67 F +27 307 309 315 9317 T9 Texas +69 F +27 314 304 315 9338 6 Iowa State Univ. +73 F +39 309 301 327 9379 5 Kansas State Univ. +74 F +41 312 297 329 93810 T9 Oklahoma +76 F +34 317 301 322 94011 12 Kansas, U. of +91 F +33 316 318 321 95512 11 Texas Tech Univ +102 F +50 309 319 338 966

Individual Results

position player team scoring all rounds total
scorecurrent start to par thru today 1 2 3

  1 1 Ashley Knoll Texas A&M University -1 F +3 69 71 75 2152 4 Stephanie Wavro Missouri, U. of +5 F +3 76 70 75 2213 T5 Anna Rehnholm Baylor +7 F +4 75 72 76 2234 T10 Brenda Norris Texas A&M University +8 F +3 77 72 75 224T5 T10 Maria Perrson-Gulda Colorado, U. of +9 F +4 78 71 76 225T5 T5 Candie Herrera Oklahoma State +9 F +6 75 72 78 2257 T2 Pernilla Lindberg Oklahoma State +11 F +10 76 69 82 2278 T8 Julia Best Texas +12 F +8 75 73 80 228T9 T17 Lindsay Caljouw Colorado, U. of +13 F +5 79 73 77 229T9 T2 Jessica Shin Iowa State Univ. +13 F +12 75 70 84 229T9 T20 Lauren Johnson Texas A&M University +13 F +4 77 76 76 229T9 T10 Jennifer Karr Oklahoma State +13 F +8 73 76 80 22913 T8 Stephanie Ruiz Nebraska, U. of +14 F +10 77 71 82 230T14 T20 Meredith Jones Baylor +15 F +6 77 76 78 231T14 T35 Amanda Costner Kansas, U. of +15 F +2 79 78 74 231T16 T30 Karly Pinder Iowa State Univ. +16 F +5 77 78 77 232T16 T20 Karin Kinnerud Oklahoma State +16 F +7 77 76 79 232T16 T47 Devan Andersen Texas +16 F E 79 81 72 232T19 T32 Kelly Jacques Oklahoma +17 F +5 81 75 77 233T19 T20 Kendall Dye Oklahoma +17 F +8 77 76 80 233T19 T10 Katy Heffel Kansas State Univ. +17 F +12 76 73 84 233T19 T17 Mallorie Underwood Oklahoma State +17 F +9 78 74 81 233T23 T20 Hannah Hoch Colorado, U. of +18 F +9 79 74 81 234T23 T20 Allison Stewart Nebraska, U. of +18 F +9 77 76 81 234T23 T20 Megan Dowdy Texas Tech Univ +18 F +9 76 77 81 234T26 T17 Christi Athas Iowa State Univ. +19 F +11 77 75 83 235T26 29 Heather Wright Oklahoma +19 F +9 82 72 81 235T26 T5 Elli Brown Nebraska, U. of +19 F +16 74 73 88 235T26 T14 Ellen Hoeper Missouri, U. of +19 F +13 76 74 85 235T30 T41 Kelley Louth Texas +20 F +5 83 76 77 236T30 T14 Kelli Strubinger Missouri, U. of +20 F +14 79 71 86 236T30 T32 Chelsey Pryor Kansas, U. of +20 F +8 79 77 80 236T33 T51 Chrissie McArdle Nebraska, U. of +21 F +4 81 80 76 237T33 T30 Michelle Regan Kansas State Univ. +21 F +10 78 77 82 237T33 16 Helene Robert Kansas State Univ. +21 F +14 77 74 86 237T33 T38 Kate Meyer Texas A&M University +21 F +7 79 79 79 237T37 T41 Hailey Mireles Kansas State Univ. +22 F +7 86 73 79 238T37 T41 Lindsay Koth Colorado, U. of +22 F +7 79 80 79 238T37 T47 Christa Spedding Texas A&M University +22 F +6 86 74 78 238T40 T47 Lindsay Senger Colorado, U. of +23 F +7 82 78 79 239T40 T20 Gloriana Soto Texas Tech Univ +23 F +14 72 81 86 239T40 T20 Brittany Givilancz Texas +23 F +14 77 76 86 23943 T32 Sara Sackett Nebraska, U. of +24 F +12 79 77 84 240T44 T38 Kendra Hanson Iowa State Univ. +25 F +11 80 78 83 241T44 T35 Sherry Summers Baylor +25 F +12 80 77 84 241T46 T35 Jaclyn Stelzer Oklahoma +26 F +13 78 79 85 242T46 T47 Annie Giangrosso Kansas, U. of +26 F +10 82 78 82 242T48 T41 Amparo Gala Oklahoma +27 F +12 81 78 84 243T48 T41 Kali Quick Kansas State Univ. +27 F +12 81 78 84 243T48 T38 Ashley Slavich Texas Tech Univ +27 F +13 78 80 85 24351 T53 Chelsea Schriewer Missouri, U. of +28 F +10 90 72 82 24452 T51 Maddie Augustsson Missouri, U. of +30 F +13 82 79 85 246T53 60 Josefin Svenningsson Baylor +36 F +5 89 86 77 252T53 57 Meredith Winkelmann Kansas, U. of +36 F +13 82 85 85 252T53 55 Urika van Nieker Texas Tech Univ +36 F +16 83 81 88 25256 T58 Marla Troester Texas Tech Univ +39 F +14 84 85 86 25557 T53 Caney Hines Texas +40 F +22 83 79 94 25658 56 Sarah Kierl Kansas, U. of +41 F +19 76 90 91 25759 T58 Melissa DeRoos Iowa State Univ. +45 F +20 87 82 92 26160 T41 Allison Martin Baylor +15 F E 75 84 W W