California - 2009-10 PSAC women's golf champions
California, Rothermel Claim PSAC Women's Golf Championships
Final Individual Results
Final Team Results
Hershey, Pa. - California's Jenna Rothermel shot a final round of four-under 68, the only subpar round of the tournament and her efforts helped lead California to its second straight PSAC women's golf championship. The Vulcans won the title by 48 strokes over second place Kutztown. West Chester finished third while Gannon was fourth.
Rothermel's 68 helped her win the individual title by six strokes with a combined socre of one-under 143, six shots in front of her teammate Maria Lopez, who shot a 74 in the final round. East Stroudsburg's Karen Cash, the leader after yesterday's first round, shot a 78 on Sunday and finished tied for third with California's Dianne Luke at seven-over 151. California's Lorena Aranda finished fifth.
Rounding out the All-PSAC honorees, which are the top 10 individual finishers in the tournament, were Minday Glatfelter of Kutztown in sixth, Chelsea Corbo of Kutztown and Karina Palmberg of California in a tie for seventh, Evann Parker of Mercyhurst in ninth and West Chester's Ann Bamnick in 10th. Rothermel was also named the MVP of the championships.
As a team, the Vulcans shot a final round of 292, just four strokes over par as a team. That left them with a tournament score of 19-over 595. Second place Kutztown shot a 317 on Sunday to finish at 643.
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Team Results
Individual Results
Hershey, Pa. - East Strousburg's Karen Cash shot a one-over 73 to take a two-stroke lead in the race for the PSAC individual champion on the first day of the PSAC women's golf championships being held at the Hershey Links golf course.
Cash leads by two strokes over a trio of golfers from California - Jenna Rothermel, Maria Lopez and Lorena Aranda, who each shot three-over 75. That trio helped California take the lead in the team standings with a 15-over 303. The Vulcans lead by 23 shots over Kutztown and Clarion, who are tied for second after each shot a 38-over 326. West Chester is in fourth place, four shots behind Kutztown and Clarion. Gannon is in fifth, six shots behind West Chester, while Mercyhurst is in sixth and East Stroudsburg is in seventh. Millersville, which is in its first year as a varsity program, has two golfers competing as individuals in the tournament, as the Marauders were two golfers shy of the minimum needed to enter the tournament as a team.
Mercyhurst's Evann Parker is in fifth place after shooting a 77. California's Dianne Luke is in sixth with a 78 while four golfers round out the top 10 tied for seventh.
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Hershey, Pa. - After being postponed until the spring after weather forced the cancellation of the championship last fall, the PSAC Women's Golf Championships will be contested this weekend at Hershey Links. Eight women's teams will compete for the PSAC women's golf championship in this, just the second year of the women conducting the championships alone. Prior to last year, both the men and women competed together in a single championship event.
The women will play 18 holes on each day, Saturday and Sunday. Saturday's tee times are scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. with the last group teeing off at 11:30 a.m. Tee times will be the same on Sunday. All golfers will go off hole No. 1 on both days.
California is the defending women's team champions. Two of the the five members of the Vulcans' starting lineup from last year's championship team return, led by 2008 individual runner-up Jenna Rothermel, who shot a score of five-over par last year to finish three strokes off the lead. Also returning is Dianne Luke, who finished in third place, three strokes behind Rothermel. The Vulcans finished 35 strokes in front of second place Kutztown last year. Also competing for the women's team title in addition to Cal and Kutztown will be Gannon, Mercyhurst, West Chester, Clarion, East Stroudsburg and Millersville, which is sponsoring women's golf for the first time this year.