The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
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C-USA Championship
Blazer Freshmen Earn C-USA Women's Golf Honors
4/21/2002 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
April 21, 2002
HATTIESBURG, Miss. -- UAB Freshmen Marika Pluta and Brooke Mangan saved their best for last.
Pluta duplicated her Saturday score firing an even-par 72 on Sunday's final round of the Conference USA Championship, putting her in a tie for fifth spot and earning her All-Tournament honors. The Melbourne, Australia product opened up the championship with a 77, but grinded it out on the weekend to finish with 221.
Earning All-Freshman honors, Mangan shot 75 to start the tournament, followed it up with another 75 on Saturday and rounded it out with a 1-over par 73 during final round action. A native of Victoria, Australia, Mangan finished tied for eighth with 223.
The Blazers finished fifth out of nine C-USA teams at the 5,935-yard par-72 Hattiesburg Country Club shooting 309 Sunday for a 913 total.
Making its Conference USA debut, TCU won the championship after shooting a league record team score of 886. Tulane finished three shots back of the Horned Frogs with 889, followed by South Florida (898) and Memphis (909).
C-USA Player of the Year, Brooke Tull garnered individual honors taking the one stroke win over South Florida's Kelly Martin. Tull shot a 54-hole championship record of 215, while Martin finished with 216. Louisville's Cindy Pasechnik notched third with 217.
Also for the Blazers, junior Christina Gushanas (74-76-80/230) finished tied for 21st, senior Heather Lourie (79-76-86/241) placed 40th and junior Jenni Elmore (80-79-84/243) rounded out the Blazer squad with a 41st place finish.
Tulane picked up a few honors as head coach Sue Bowers earned Coach of the Year and Alexis Wooster was named Freshman of the Year.
Coach of the Year
Sue Bower, Tulane
Player of the Year
Brooke Tull, TCU
Freshman of the Year
Alexis Wooster, Tulane
All-Freshman Team
D'Rae Ward, TCU
Brooke Mangan, UAB
Lindsay Hulwick, TUL
Adrienne Millican, ECU
Alexis Wooster, TUL
Second-Team All-Conference
Alexis Wooster, TUL
Jessica Krasny, ECU
Jennifer Jaszek, MEM
Shannon Barr, TCU
Fany Schaeffer, USF
First-Team All-Conference
Kathy Schafer, TUL
Cindy Pasechnik, LOU
Meaghan Francella, MEM
Carolin Landmann, TUL
Brooke Tull, TCU
All-Tournament
Brooke Tull, TCU
Kelly Martin, USF
Cindy Pasechnik, LOU
Alexis Wooster, TUL
Carolin Landmann, TUL
Marika Pluta, UAB
* Landmann and Pluta tied for fifth in the championship
