NEWS

San Jose Women's golf ties for 10th
at Mercedes-Benz Championships

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -Boosted by its best team scoring round of the 54-hole tournament Sunday, the San Jose State University women's golf team finished tied for tenth place at the Mercedes-Benz Women's Championships held at the Gettysvue Golf Course.

The Spartans shot a 310 team score in the final round on the par 72, 5,958 yard course, the fifth best team score of the day, to tie the University of North Carolina with a 943 total in the 18-team field. The University of Georgia completed a start-to-finish team victory with a 906 total. Defending NCAA team champion Duke was second at 908 and Wake Forest was third at 910. South Carolina at 911 and Purdue at 919 was fifth.

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Junior Jessica Krantz was the top Spartan individual with a 227 total tying for ninth place. Junior Georgina Simpson was next for San Jose State at 232 and in 23rd place.

Georgia's Shauna Estes of Georgia won a playoff over Nuria Clau of Wake Forest to claim individual honors. Both players finished regulation play tied at one-over par 217.

San Jose State returns to action October 22 playing in the Stanford Invitational at the Stanford University Golf Course.

Final 54-hole results from the Mercedes-Benz Women's Golf Championships

Gettysvue Golf & Country Club, Knoxville, Tenn.
Par 72, 5,958 yards

Team Scores
1. Georgia       906
2. Duke   908
3. Wake Forest   910
4. South Carolina       911
5. Purdue        919
6. Louisiana State      921
7. Auburn        922
8. Tennessee     927
9. Swedish Nat. Team 938
10. San Jose State      943
    North Carolina   943
12. Ohio State   953
13. Vanderbilt   962
14. Furman       963
15. Mississippi  965
16. Florida      975
17. Alabama      981
18. Memphis      988

Individual Leaders
1. Shauna Estes, Georgia        70-71-76-217
2. Nuria Clau, Wake Forest      74-71-72-217
3. Celeste Troche, Auburn       75-72-74-221
4. Maria Beautell, Wake Forest  72-72-78-222
   Lisette Lee, LSU  72-78-72-222
   Candy Hannemann, Duke 73-75-74-222

San Jose State Finishers
9. Jessica Krantz       77-74-76-227
23. Georgina Simpson    79-75-78-232
35. Marcela Leon        79-77-78-234
76. Rebecka Heinmert    86-86-78-250
88. Caroline Cole       91-87-94-272