The Oregon women’s golf team couldn’t make up much ground Sunday and finished 12th at the Stanford Pepsi Intercollegiate women’s golf tournament.
The tournament featured eight of the top 25 teams in the country and was played at the 5,853-yard, par-70 Stanford golf course.
Senior Johnna Nealy recovered from a second round 77 and a tie for 41st to shoot a 3-over-par 73 and a tie for 31st with a 222.
Junior Erin Andrews and sophomore Kimberly McCready tied for 48th at 226.
No. 9 Arizona State won the
tournament by an impressive five strokes over No. 16 Pepperdine. No. 5 Washington, No. 3 UCLA,
Stanford and Washington State finished third through sixth, respectively.
The individual winner of the tournament was Washington State’s Anastasia Kostina. The
junior from Russia shot a final round 69 and finished five strokes under par.
Three players — Louise Stahle of Arizona State, Cassandra Kirkland of Arizona and Rachel Kyono of Pepperdine — finished tied for second at 3-under-par.
The second round offered a big improvement from the first for the Ducks. Oregon’s second round score was three strokes better than its first round total and the Ducks jumped three places ahead in the field and found themselves
in 13th place with a two-day score of 603.
Pacific-10 Conference foe Arizona State led the field going into
the third round after posting an
impressive two-day score of 564, which made for a comfortable
11-stroke lead over Pepperdine. Placing directly behind Pepperdine was a trio of Pac-10 teams including UCLA, Washington and Stanford. UCLA trailed Pepperdine by
one stroke with a score of
576. Washington’s previous 11-stroke lead over Stanford
was reduced to two after the second round as the Cardinal improved
its game and capitalized on
Washington’s mistakes.
The Cardinal enjoyed a two-stroke lead over No. 12 New Mexico and Washington State, who tied for sixth place with a 582 score. No. 22 Tulsa and Southern California trailed in seventh and eighth place respectively, followed by Texas and Arizona, who tied with a 596 score to round out the top 10 in the field.
McCready, a native of Placerville, Calif., shaved six
strokes off of her first round score and carded a 2-over 72
in the second round, placing her in a tie for 44th place. Nealy’s
41st place finish at the end
of two rounds was a dive
from her 19th place finish in the first round but was good enough to lead her teammates in standings. Nealy shot a 77 bringing her two-day total score to 149. As with the first round, Andrews
and Michelle Timpani recorded
identical scores in the
second round after shooting a pair of 77s to remain tied for 55th place.
The Ducks finished the tournament with a 902 combined team score, edging out San Jose State (904), and Vanderbilt (906).
The next tournament for Oregon will be the Hawaii Fall Classic in Oahu, Hawaii, Oct. 26. The two-day tournament marks the third October tournament for the Ducks, who have endured a busy fall schedule.

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Scott J. Adams is a freelance sports reporter for the Daily Emerald