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Wentworth Notches Top 10 At Banister Classic
10/11/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Oct. 11, 2005
JACKSONVILLE, Ala. - Freshman Christina Wentworth's rounds of 77-80 in the second and third rounds helped the Macon, Ga., product record her first career top-10 finish at the Chris Banister Classic hosted by Jacksonville State. Wentworth, who shot a career-low 75 in Monday's first round, finished with a 232, 16-over-par, and tied for 10th on the individual leaderboard. UAB jumped two spots from their first round position to finish seventh out of 12 teams in the event.
UAB junior Martha Hudson shot a career-low 75 on Tuesday to finished tied for 16th overall with rounds of 79-82-75. Janey Deimling recovered from a first round 88 Monday to shoot 82-76 for a 244 and tie for 29th place. Freshman Krista Tressler got progressively better with scores of 89-85-84 in her first collegiate tournament. Ashlee Claydon shot 84-84-92 for UAB as well.
"We got better," UAB head coach Kim Wilcox said. "It was good to see the team respond and improve each round. Christina got going early, Martha played well in the third round and we got a solid effort from everyone. We've got a long way to go, but we're showing signs of putting some things together. It will be nice to see how we respond to turning around and playing again Sunday in San Diego. Maybe the quick turnaround will allow us to keep some momentum."
The 964 team score put the Blazers three strokes behind Western Kentucky, which finished sixth. UAB shot team rounds of 326-323-315. Jacksonville State shot a 306 and placed three players in the Top 15 to rally from five shots back to win the tournament, played at the par-72, 6,012 yard Silver Lakes Golf Course on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail.
The host Gamecocks finished with a tournament record 54-hole total score of 923 to edge past first round leader South Alabama by two shots after the Jags finished with a total of 925. Mercer finished third with a 939, followed by Lamar (943) and New Orleans (945). It was the fourth straight win for the Gamecocks in the Chris Banister Gamecock Fall Golf Classic.
JSU's Mercedes Huarte shot a 2-under 70 and finished with a 54-hole score of 1-under 215 to win medalist honors.
UAB gets no rest as the Blazers travel to Chula Vista, Calif., to participate in San Diego State's Lady Aztec Invitational Sunday through Tuesday, Oct. 16-18.
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