University of Georgia Athletics
Weekly Release
May 06, 2002 | Women's Golf
May 6, 2002
Latest Rankings: No. 11 by Golf World, No. 9 by Golfweek
The Georgia women's golf team will begin defense of its 2001 national title at this weekend's NCAA East Regional in Baton Rouge, La. The Lady Bulldogs will be among 21 teams vying for eight slots into the NCAA Championships.
"We're excited about being in the East," head coach Todd McCorkle said. "We feel like the East Regional is the toughest in the nation. I think we're playing our best golf of the year at this time, and we're looking forward to the competition."
The Regional will be hosted by LSU on Thursday-Saturday (May 9-11) at University Club. The Lady Bulldogs, who captured their first-ever NCAA team title last spring, are the No. 3 seed in the East behind top-ranked Auburn and No. 2 Duke. Also included in the field in successive order of seeding are: Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Florida, South Carolina, Wake Forest, Furman, North Carolina, LSU, Tulane, Mississippi State, Memphis, Texas A&M, Central Florida, Alabama, South Florida, North Carolina State, Yale and Jackson State.
The top-eight teams from the East, Central (East Lansing, Mich.) and West (Stanford, Calif.) Regionals will advance to the NCAA Championships May 21-24 at the Washington National Golf Club in Auburn, Wash. In addition, the top two individuals from each Regional who are not members of advancing teams will earn spots in the NCAA Championships field.
The East appears to be the most competitive of the three regions. Six of the top-12 teams in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin Index are included, as is South Carolina, which is ranked No. 21 but captured the 2002 SEC Championship.
2001-02 Georgia Lady Bulldog Schedule Date Tournament (Course) Finish/Location 9/24-26 Fall Preview (Washington National Golf Club) 8th of 24 (603) 10/5-7 Tar Heel Invitational (Finley Golf Course) 5th of 14 (922) 10/12-14 Mercedes Benz Collegiate (Gettysvue Polo, Golf & CC) t-3rd of 14 (910) 11/9-11 Auburn-Derby Invitational (Auburn University Club) 1st of 12 (885) 2/11-13 TRW Regional Challenge (Palos Verdes Golf Club) 12th of 18 (924) 2/22-24 Lady Gator Invitational (UF Golf Course) 3rd of 15 (910) 3/22-24 Liz Murphey Collegiate (UGA Golf Course) 3rd of 18 (894) 4/5-7 Bryan National (Bryan Park Champions Golf Course) 2nd of 17 (882) 4/19-21 SEC Championships (UGA Golf Course) 5th of 12 (888) 5/9-11 NCAA East Regional (University Club) Baton Rouge, La. 5/21-24 NCAA Championships (Washington National Golf Club) Auburn, Wash.
2001-02 Georgia Lady Bulldog Stats Name Events Rounds Strokes Avg. Low (PoB) Top 10 (20) Angela Jerman 9 26 1900 73.08 67 (9) 7 (8) Summer Sirmons 9 26 1923 73.96 70 (7) 6 (8) Natalia Nicholls 9 26 1992 76.62 70 (2) 1 (4) Yunny Cho 3 8 626 78.25 73 (0) 0 (0) Whitney Christie 7 21 1648 78.48 73 (0) 0 (0) Abbi Francis 5 14 1120 80.00 71 (1) 0 (0) Sarah Trew 3 9 741 82.33 75 (0) 0 (0) Individual Totals 9 130 9950 76.54 67 (19) 14 (20) Scoring Totals 9 26 7818 300.69 288 (1) 8 (9) PoB=Par-or-Better Rounds.PoB=Par-or-Better Rounds.
2001-02 Georgia Roster Name Ht. Cl Hometown Whitney Christie 5-5 So. Perry, Ga. Abbi Francis 5-7 Fr. Conyers, Ga. Angela Jerman 5-5 Sr. Columbus, Ga. Natalia Nicholls 5-2 Fr. Cali, Colombia Summer Sirmons 5-9 Jr. Cuthbert, Ga. Sarah Trew 5-6 Fr. Acworth, Ga. Head Coach: Todd McCorkle Assistant Coach: Laura Henderson-Matthews
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