May 8, 2004
The top-ranked and top-seeded Duke women's golf team completed the first step in obtaining its season-long goal of winning its third NCAA Championship, as the Blue Devils carded a final round 291 to win by 22 strokes at the NCAA East Regional. Duke finished with a three-day total of 869 at the Par 72, 6,165-yard El Campeon Course in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.
"It was nice to finish with a large margin of victory and we didn't even have the individual winner," said Duke head coach Dan Brooks. "In most cases, if a team wins by a lot of strokes then they have an individual going very low. We were firing on all cylinders for most of the weekend, but the thing is we can get better. The focus has been all season to get better each day and we don't talk about winning."
The victory for the Blue Devils was the 10th of the season, which was a new school record.
Duke finished the tournament with three golfers in the top five of the individual standings led by sophomore Liz Janangelo, who carded a team-best round of 69 in the final round. Janangelo, the top-ranked golfer in the nation, finished the tournament tied for third with a three-day total of 217. A native of West Hartford, Conn., collected three birdies on the morning without any bogies. It marked the ninth top-five finish in nine tournaments played on the year for Janangelo.
Brittany Lang, a freshman from McKinney, Texas, also finished tied for third with a 217. She posted a final round 74 with only one birdie on the day. The top-five finish was her seventh of the season out of 10 tournaments.
Senior Leigh Anne Hardin finished off a stellar tournament with three-day total of 218 and was tied for fifth. Hardin, a product of Martinsville, Ind., notched a final round 75 with no birdies after posting six birdies over the first two days.
"I am probably most pleased with Leigh Anne's play as she has put so much work in on her swing since she arrived at Duke," said Brooks. "Now, it's at the end of her career and her swing looks like it has been that way since she arrived. It is like second nature now."
One of Duke's best final round golfers, freshman Anna Grzebien carded a 73 in the final round to finish tied for 15th with a total of 224. A Narragansett, R.I., native, Grzebien registered a tied for team best three birdies on the morning. She finished with seven birdies in three days.
"This team plays with a lot of heart and grit," added Brooks. "They will be ready for the championship and they will be ready to see a team play their best golf of the season, which is what usually happens. We saw what kind of numbers UCLA was scoring out at the West Regional so it should be exciting."
May 8, 1999
With rounds of 74, 70 and 71, Duke freshman Beth Bauer tied for first at the NCAA East Regional in Blythewood, S.C. She tied along with South Florida's Kelly Lagedrost and Jennifer Perri of Furman at The University Club Golf Club. Bauer collected a three-day ledger of 215 to collect her second victory of her collegiate career.
Bauer became the first Blue Devil in school history to win a NCAA regional individual title.
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