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WHAT’S BRUIN: Women’s Golf News & Notes 10/28
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Record: 27-8 (Fall Finishes - 1st, 7th, 2nd, 2nd, 1st)
HIGHLIGHTS:
* Coming Up: Bruins to Take Conference Lead into Spring Season
* Recent Events: Bruins Rally to Defend NWC Fall Classic Title
* Nap Named Bruin Athletic Association Athlete of the Week
* NCAA Stats: Bruins Among NCAA Leaders in Latest Golfstat Rankings
* Polls: George Fox Slips to 13th in Latest D-III Coaches’ Poll
* Coming Up :
Spring Season - Schedule to be Announced
The George Fox Bruins will take a one-point lead in the Northwest Conference standings into the spring portion of their 2010-11 women’s golf season after rallying to win the NWC Fall Classic Oct. 23-24 at the Lost Tracks Golf Course in Bend, Ore. The Fall Classic counts as one quarter of the overall score toward determining the conference champion and the automatic bid to the NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament that goes with it. The NWC Spring Classic also counts one quarter, and the NWC Championship Tournament counts double, or one half the total.
Points totals for the NWC teams entering the spring: George Fox 8, Whitworth 7, Linfield 6, Whitman 5, Puget Sound 4, Pacific Lutheran 3, Willamette 2, Lewis & Clark 0, Pacific 0 (Lewis & Clark had only two players competing in the Fall Classic, and Pacific withdrew on the second day).
The Bruins’ spring schedule will be announced as soon as the team’s playing dates and sites have been confirmed.
* Recent Results:
Oct. 23-24 - 1st of 9 in Northwest Conference Fall Classic
Led by All-American Brianna Nap’s round of 80, the second-best score of the day, the George Fox Bruins rallied from eight strokes down after the first day to eight strokes ahead, successfully defending their Northwest Conference Women’s Golf Fall Classic championship at the Lost Tracks Golf Course in Bend, Ore. After a 328 on Saturday, George Fox trailed Whitworth by eight and was only one stroke ahead of third-place Linfield. The Bruins shot a 331 on the par 73, 5,890-yard course on Sunday to finish with a winning 659, eight shots ahead of Whitworth, but almost every team’s score went up on the second day, some dramatically, mainly due to adverse weather conditions of cold, rain, and strong winds throughout the day.
Nap led the Bruins with an 81-80=161, finishing third in the individual standings. Kelsey Morrison, the first-round leader by a stroke, ended with a 76-86=162 and slipped back to fourth. Jill Westendorf shot an 86-82=168 to tie for seventh, Sarah Askin had an 88-83=171 to tie for 11th, Abby Mann carded an 85-86=171 to tie for 11th, and Mandy Cameron finished with an 86-86=172 to place 14th.
The NWC Fall Classic was the final match of the fall season for all the conference teams.
BRUIN BITS ---
* Nap Named Bruin Athletic Association Athlete of the Week
By leading George Fox to the championship of the Northwest Conference Fall Classic for the second year in a row, Brianna Nap has been named the Bruin Athletic Association Women’s Athlete of the Week for Oct. 18-24. The senior All-American from Deer Park, Wash., carded an 80-81=161 on the par-73, 5,890-yard Lost Tracks Golf Course in Bend, Ore., to finish third in the individual standings, four shots off the pace of medalist Sarah Bicker of Puget Sound. Her efforts led the Bruins to a team score of 328-331=659, eight shots ahead of Whitworth. An All-Conference and All-West Region performer last year, Nap is the third Bruin golfer to win the Bruin Athletic Association award this fall, joining Kelsey Morrison, a two-time winner for Sept. 20-26 and Oct. 4-10, and Jill Westendorf, who won it for Oct. 11-17.
The Athlete of the Week Award for both men and women is presented throughout the Bruin sports seasons by the Bruin Athletic Association, whose mission is to provide George Fox student-athletes with an outstanding athletic and academic experience and to strengthen the overall competitiveness of the Bruin athletics program. For more information about the organization or to become a member, visit the Bruin Athletic Association website.
* 2010-11 Honors:
Brianna Nap ---
- Medalist - GFU Women’s Fall Invitational (Sept. 12)
- Bruin Athletic Association Women’s Athlete of the Week - (Oct. 18-24)
Kelsey Morrison ---
- Bruin Athletic Association Women’s Athlete of the Week - (Sept. 20-26; Oct. 4-10)
Jill Westendorf ---
- Bruin Athletic Association Women’s Athlete of the Week - (Oct. 11-17)
* NCAA Stats: Bruins Among NCAA Leaders in Latest Golfstat Rankings
In the latest Golfstat.com NCAA Division III national statistical rankings for 2010-11 (Oct. 12), George Fox is prominent in several categories ... In three tournaments and five total rounds, the Bruins have an average team score of 329.60 strokes, which is +41.60 vs. par, ranking them 13th in Division III and 1st in Region 5 (West Region teams). The national leader is Methodist (315.38 / +26.38 vs. par). ... The Bruins are ranked 11th in the nation and 1st in the region in adjusted score (+40.48), and are ranked 16th nationally and 5th in the region overall by Golftstat ...
Individually, Kelsey Morrison has an 80.40 average and +8.40 vs. par score, ranking 22nd nationally and 4th in the region ...
Brianna Nap has an 82.80 average and +10.80 vs. par score, ranking 14th in the region ...
Sarah Askin has an 83.40 average and +111.40 vs. par score, ranking 16th in the region ...
The next set of Golfstat statistics is due out soon.
* Polls: George Fox Slips to 13th in Latest D-III Coaches’ Poll
After second-place finishes in both the St. Martin’s Invitational on Oct. 4-5 and the Culturame Classic on Oct. 15-16, the George Fox Bruins slipped from 9th to 13th in NCAA Division III women’s golf national poll of Oct. 28 as compiled by Golf World magazine and the National Golf Coaches Association. (The poll was conducted before the Bruins captured the Northwest Conference Fall Classic on Oct. 23-24).
The Bruins received 270 points in the latest poll after garnering 320 in the previous one, and 373 with a No. 7 ranking in the pre-season poll. George Fox was the highest-ranked team from Region 5 (West Region). Other Region 5 teams in the top 25 included Texas-Tyler (16th, 176 points) and Schreiner (23rd, 81 points). Southwestern (Texas), Mary Hardin-Baylor, McMurry, and California State-East Bay were West Region teams mentioned among others “also receiving votes”. Defending champion Methodist, which has already won four tournaments this fall, remained No. 1 with 14 first-place votes and 540 points.
Complete rankings, including poll results for Divisions I and II, will come out in the November 1 issue of Golf World and can be viewed online at http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/blogs/campusinsider.
* Coach MaryJo McCloskey:
Head coach MaryJo McCloskey has a record of 171-74-1 to date in her fifth year at George Fox. She was named the 2009-10 NCAA Division III West Region Coach of the Year as chosen by the National Golf Coaches Association for leading the Bruins to a 65-9 record, eight wins in the 11 tournaments in which they competed, their first conference co-championship with Whitworth, and an eighth-place finish in their first-ever NCAA Division III National Championship Tournament in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla., capping a remarkable year for a program in only its fourth season of existence. Click here for the complete bio on Coach McCloskey.
