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2007-08 Season Recap The University of Oklahoma women s golf team experienced a season of growth during the 2007-2008 season. The Sooners captured three tournament victories, Championship, the first time for the team to do so since 2004. OU started on the right foot at the Badger Invitaional in Madison, Wis., capturing for the top spot as the final round was cancelled due to heavy rain. Despite the damper of the weather, the team returned to Norman with the first championship trophy of the year and a feeling that this season would be special. Three weeks later, the Sooners stayed hot after their breakout performance. At the Heather Farr Memorial Invitational in Boulder, Colo., every individual placed within the top 50, which carried the Sooners to an impressive second-place finish. A week later at the Jeannine McHaney/Audrey Morehead Invitational in Lubbock, Texas, OU posted a fourth-place finish, its third consecutive top-four finish in as many fall tournaments. With the end of the fall season nearning, the Sooners closed with a dramatic vic- the final round in fifth place. District Invitational in Parrish, Fla., and the Lady Puerto Rico Classic in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico), OU travled south of the Red River to Austin, Texas, for the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational. remaining on the schedule, OU needed to make some noise down the stretch to solidfy its position for the NCAA Regional Championships. Oklahoma proved that the season still held a lot of promise as the team earned a third-place finish at the MountainView Collegiate in Tucson, Ariz. That tournament provided the Sooners with confidence heading into their home tournament, the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic. Putting together their best three-round score of the season and leading wireto-wire, the Sooners did it again, winning the Susie Maxwell for the first time since 2004. To add to the excitement, junior Kendall Dye captured the individual championship title as well. earned a bid to the NCAA West Regional in Lincoln, Calif. The team concluded its spectacular 2007-08 season with a 303 in the final round Reaching the regional championships for the first time since 2004 was a big goal coming into the season, and Ludvigson s squad made that goal a reality. In the process, the Sooners recorded one of the greatest seasons OU women s golf has ever seen. Senior Kelly Jacques had the best season of her Sooner career recording eight tops on the team. Jacques completed her OU career with a 76.93 career scoring average, ranking her fourth all-time in school history. She finished with 20 top- Senior Heather Wright closed her Oklahoma career with a couple of career bests during her senior campaign. In the first round of the MountainView Collegiate, place at the MountainView Collegiate, a career-best tournament finish. She com- fives. Her final career stroke average of 78.09 placed her in seventh place in OU history. Junior Kendall Dye captured her first career tournament championship at the equaling her best career tournament finish at the time. Dye finished the season Maxwell. Dye s career scoring average of 76.90 ranked her second all-time at OU. Freshman Ellen Mueller had one of, if not the best rookie seasons in Oklahoma women s golf history. She saved her best for last, finishing tied for 22nd place in the strongest field of the season, at the NCAA West Regional. Her three-round an individual. She had a scoring average of 76.90, third on the team. The 76.90 tournaments for the Sooners this season, recording seven top-25s, four top 20s, in her first-ever collegiate event, the Badger Invitational. Five Sooners battled throughout the year for the fifth spot in the lineup. In the last three tournaments, it was sophomore Ryanne Elmer who filled that spot. 54-hole tournament. Junior Staci Smoot recorded a career-best 36-hole tournament score at the Betsy Sophomore Andrea Sellmeyer fired her low round of the season at the Susie Senior Sydney Lee 73 in the final round. OU s season featured many great accomplishments, both on and off the course. and Mueller were named to the NGCA All-American Scholars team. The group was very well-rounded, a testament to the job Ludvigson has done and what she will be able to do in the future with such a young nucleus to work with. 30 OKLAHOMA WOMEN S GOLF

TEAM RESULTS FALL 2007 1st 2nd 3rd Total Place Teams Par SPRING 2008 1st 2nd 3rd Total Place Teams Par INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 2007 BADGER FARR MEMORIAL MCHANEY GIVE EM FIVE CENTRAL DISTRICT SPRING 2008 PUERTO RICO BETSY RAWLS MOUNTAINVIEW SUSIE MAXWELL BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP Chelsey Collins Kendall Dye Ryanne Elmer Kelly Jacques Sydney Lee Ellen Mueller Andrea Sellmeyer Staci Smoot Heather Wright NCAA West Regional Ellen Mueller Kendall Dye Kelly Jacques Heather Wright Ryanne Elmer INDIVIDUAL TOTALS Golfer Rounds Low Strokes Average Chelsey Collins......68...... 79.86 Kendall Dye......70...2,357... 76.03 Ryanne Elmer......72...... 80.94 Kelly Jacques.........2,352... 75.87 Sydney Lee...5......... 82.80 Ellen Mueller......72...2,384... 76.90 Andrea Sellmeyer...6...73... 475... Staci Smoot......76...... 79.36 Joyce Trus...3...78... 239... 79.67 Heather Wright...30...69...... 77.23 OKLAHOMA WOMEN S GOLF

2007-08 Tournament Results BADGER INVITATIONAL University Ridge Golf Course Madison, Wis. 6,204 yards, par 72 Sept. 9-10, 2007 CU HEATHER FARR MEMORIAL INVITATIONAL Omni Interlocken Golf Course Broomfield, Colo. 6,211 yards, par 72 Oct. 1-2, 2007 JEANNINE MCHANEY INVITATIONAL Rawls Course Lubbock, Texas 6,384 yards, par 72 Oct. 8-9, 2007 293-301=594 2. Iowa State... 3. Central Florida... 4. SMU... 5. Wisconsin... 6. Illinois State... 7. Minnesota... 8. Georgetown... T9. Xavier... T9. Northern Iowa......... OU IINDIVIDUAL RESULTS T2. Kendall Dye... T2. Ellen Mueller... T7. Kelly Jacques... T7. Heather Wright... T38. Ryanne Elmer... T53. Sydney Lee...... Kendra Hanson, Iowa State...... 289-299-301=889 3. Idaho... 4. Colorado State... 5. UC Davis... 6. Oregon... 7. Oregon State... 8. Hawaii... 9. Fresno State................................. 20. Weber State......... T20. Heather Wright... T24. Ellen Mueller... T49. Staci Smoot... Kayla Morinaga, Portland State...... 2. Georgia State... 3. Colorado... 312-311-304=927 5. Arkansas-Little Rock... 6. Oral Roberts... 7. Colorado State... 8. Redlands CC... 9. New Mexico State........................... T24. Heather Wright...... T34. Kendall Dye... T34. Staci Smoot... T54. Andrea Sellmeyer (Individual)... 85-80-80-245 Dominique Pytlewski, Colorado... The team accepting its first place trophies in Madison, Wis. 32 OKLAHOMA WOMEN S GOLF

PRICE S GIVE EM FIVE INTERCOLLEGIATE New Mexico State University Golf Course Las Cruces, N.M. 6,319 yards, par 72 Oct. 15-17, 2007 300-305-297=902 2. Idaho... 3. UC-Davis... T4. Kansas... T4. N.C. State... T4. Michigan... 7. Missouri... 8. Oral Roberts... T9. Texas State... T9. Baylor..................... T4. Kelly Jacques......... T38. Heather Wright... T54. Chelsey Collins... Chelsea Stelzmiller, UC Davis... CENTRAL DISTRICT INVITATIONAL River Wilderness Golf and Country Club Parrish, Fla. 6,089 yards, par 72 Feb. 18-19, 2008... 2. Texas A&M... 3. Kent State... 4. Ohio State... 5. Texas... 6. Missouri... 7. Indiana... 8. Michigan... 9. Nebraska......... 312-313-310=935............ T28. Heather Wright...... T50. Ellen Mueller... T64. Chelsey Collins... Sara Brown, Michigan State... LADY PUERTO RICO CLASSIC Coco Beach Resort Golf Course Rio Grande, Puerto Rico 6,000 yards, par 72 Feb. 24-26, 2008... 2. LSU... T3. Kent State... T3. TCU... T5. Arkansas... T5. Purdue... T7. Georgia... T7. South Carolina... 9. Tennessee...... 308-304-295=907........................... T66. Ellen Mueller... T74. Kendall Dye... T74. Ryanne Elmer... Stacy Lewis, Arkansas... OU posing with another championship trophy, the second win for the Sooners. OKLAHOMA WOMEN S GOLF

BETSY RAWLS INVITATIONAL University of Texas Golf Club Austin, Texas 6,344 yards, par 72 March 17-19, 2008 MOUNTAINVIEW COLLEGIATE MountainView Golf Course Tucson, Ariz. 6,178 yards, par 72 March 29-30, 2008 SUSIE MAXWELL BERNING CLASSIC Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club Norman, Okla. 6,013 yards, par 72 April 6-7, 2008... 2. Florida... 3. Texas... 4. Arkansas... T5. TCU... T5. Notre Dame... 7. Ohio State... 8. Iowa State... 320-331=651........................... T24. Kendall Dye... T47. Staci Smoot... T47. Heahter Wright...... T57. Ellen Mueller... Stacy Lewis, Arkansas...... 2. San Jose State... 287-302-302=891 T3. Texas Tech... 5. Missouri... T6. Nebraska... T6. Louisville... 8. East Carolina... 9. Iowa State........................... 3. Heather Wright...... T20. Kendall Dye...... T43. Ellen Mueller... T85. Staci Smoot... Lauren Harling, Indiana... 295-292-298=885 2. Arkansas-Little Rock... 3. Kansas... 4. Iowa State... 5. Wisconsin... 6. Missouri State... T7. Baylor... T7. Oklahoma City... 9. SMU........................... 7. Kelly Jacques...... T34. Ryanne Elmer... T43. Staci Smoot... T52. Chelsey Collins... T80. Sydney Lee... WD. Heather Wright... WD-77-79 S 70-71-73=214... The Sooners captured a home tournament win at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club. 34 OKLAHOMA WOMEN S GOLF

BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP Karsten Creek Stillwater, Okla. 6,210 yards, par 72 April 25-27, 2008... 2. Texas A&M... 3. Texas... 4. Missouri... 335-315-315=965 6. Nebraska... 7. Texas Tech... 8. Kansas State... 9. Iowa State............ 9. Kendall Dye......... T38. Heather Wright... T57. Ryanne Elmer... NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS WEST REGIONAL Orchard Course, Lincoln Hills Lincoln, Calif. 6,334 yards, par 72 May 8-10, 2008... 2. Arizona State... 3. UNLV... 4. Arizona... T5. Oklahoma State... T5. Arkansas... 7. Tulsa... T8. UC Davis... T8. Stanford............... 299-303-303=905............ 20. Portland State...... Jaclyn Sweeney, Oklahoma State... T22. Ellen Mueller... T35. Kendall Dye... T69. Kelly Jacques... T80. Heather Wright...... S...... OKLAHOMA WOMEN S GOLF

Seniors Staci Smoot and Kendall Dye At the Badger Invitational in Madison, Wis. At the University of Texas Golf Club for the 2008 Betsy Rawls Invitational 36 r OKLAHOMA WOMEN S GOLF