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Colorado
Round Three
Women's Golf Takes 14th In Final Fall Event
October 28, 2009 | Women's Golf
Boulder Creek, Nev. - The University of Colorado women's golf team stayed put in a tie for 14th place in its final tournament of the fall season here Wednesday, after shooting a 309 in the third round of the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown.
Arizona won the event with a combined tournament score of 878, despite carding a tournament-high 299 in the final cycle of play. Arizona was followed by Florida (883), Louisville (886), UC Davis (889) and Arkansas (896).
Senior Christine Kim was CU's top finisher in the tournament and turned in a 70-75-80-225 three-day scorecard. Kim took 22nd place individually, which marked her second top-25 finish of the season.
Sophomore Emily Talley carded a 4-over 76 on the final day and her three-round total of 228 put her in a tie for 36th individually.
Senior Julie Kim emerged as CU's strongest golfer in the final round of play after carding a team-low 73 in the third round. Kim played 11 holes to par and was 1-under with two holes remaining before a pair of bogeys landed her at 1-over on the day. Kim finished in a tie for 43rd overall.
Senior Dominique Pytlewski and junior Stephanie Simich rounded out the scoring for the Buffs, individually taking 69th and 80th, respectively.
Sherlyn Popelka of Arizona shot the best individual score out of the tournament's 93 golfers, with a combined score of 209 (7-under).
The Buffs will now break for the semester before returning to the course on February 8-10 when they re-commence play in the Northrop Grumman Regional in Palos Verdes, Calif.
COLORADO INDIVIDUALST22 Christine Kim 70-75-80-225 T36 Emily Talley 71-81-76-228 T43 Julie Kim 74-82-73-229 T69 Dominique Pytlewski 77-78-80-235 T80 Stephanie Simich 76-82-80-238TEAM LEADERBOARD1 Arizona 284-294-299-8782 Florida 289-297-297-883 3 Louisville 283-304-299-8864 UC Davis 284-298-307-889 5 Arkansas 291-302-303-896 6 Washington 287-292-320-899 7 TCU 293-303-304-900 T8 Idaho 293-308-300-901 T8 Kent State 285-305-311-901 10 UNLV 296-310-305-911 T11 Colorado State 288-310-314-912 T11 Texas Tech 300-307-305-912 13 Northwestern 299-304-310-913 T14 Colorado 291-316-309-916 T14 Minnesota 299-310-307-916 16 Missouri 296-314-315-925 17 Brigham Young 303-314-311-92818 UNLV (B) 306-315-335-956 TOP-THREE INDIVIDUALS1 Sherlyn Popelka, Arizona 69-69-71-209 2 Sara-Maude Juneau, Louisville 71-67-73-211 3 Kelli Shean, Arkansas 67-74-72-213
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