Tar Heel Women's Golf Team Heads To ACC Championship

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April 11, 2007

TAR HEEL GOLF NOTES

•CAROLINA IN THE ACC TOURNAMENT: Carolina has captured the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship once in the tournament's 18 years of existence. The Tar Heels won the title in 1992 at Bermuda Run Country Club in Advance, N.C., when the Heels posted a 921 total and defeated Florida State by two strokes. Carolina has been the runner-up on four occasions -- in 1984, 1985, 1993 and 1994. Two Tar Heels have captured the ACC Individual Championship as Meaghan Francella won the title in 2003 and Debbie Doniger captured the championship in 1992 when she led Carolina to the team title as well. In 2003, Francella carded a two-over-par 215 total posting a one-stroke victory over Duke's Elizabeth Janangelo and Wake Forest's Nuria Clau while in `92 Doniger carded a 220 total to post a three-stroke victory over Florida State's Mary-Lee Cobick. Rachel Poston tied for runner-up honors in the 1995 ACC Tournament. An ACC champion has been crowned in women's golf in each of the following years: 1984, 1985, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006. Duke has won the most titles, taking home 14 championships. Teams participating in this year's conference championship are Boston College, Duke, Florida State, Maryland, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, Virginia and Wake Forest.

•THIS YEAR'S ACC TOURNAMENT: This year's ACC Championship will be played at Carmel Country Club in Charlotte, N.C, which features a par 72, 6,293-yard layout. This is the second time the conference championship has been played in Charlotte. The 2005 ACC Championship was also played at Carmel Country Club. This marks the 16th time in 19 years that the ACC Championship will be played in North Carolina. The tournament has taken place in Florida twice (Tallahassee and Lake Buena Vista) and Georgia once (Stockbridge). Tee times begin at 8:30 a.m. each day. On Friday, the first wave of teams will be North Carolina, Miami and Boston College. The second wave of teams, which will begin teeing off at 9:20, will be Maryland, Florida State and NC State; and the third wave, teeing off at 10:10, will consist of Duke, Virginia and Wake Forest.

•CAROLINA'S SPRING CAMPAIGN: Carolina's top finish this spring was a runner-up finish at the Chrysler Challenge played in Destin, Fla. Katie Miller led the Tar Heels, finishing in third place with a 10-over-par 223 total. Colette Lowe, in her first start of the year, carded a ninth-place showing with a 230 total. Lauren Hunt tied for 16th place at 234 and Sydney Crane placed 18th at 235. The Tar Heels finished third at the Bryan National Collegiate as Hunt tied for fourth place after firing a three-under-par 69 in the final round and Kate Thomas tied for 20th. Carolina finished in sixth place at the LSU/Cleveland Golf Classic where Miller and Crane led the Tar Heels as each tied for 14th place with 222 totals. Carolina tallied a seventh-place finish at the SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational as Thomas led the Tar Heels by tying for sixth place with a 220 total.

•CAROLINA'S FALL CAMPAIGN: Carolina was the runner-up at the Cougar Classic, the Tar Heels' first event of the year as sophomore Lauren Hunt captured the individual title for her first collegiate win. Hunt fired a six-under-par 210 total with rounds of 69-71-70. Sydney Crane tied for 14th place with a 220 total. Carolina carded fourth-place finishes in two tournaments, the Lady Tar Heel Invitational and The Derby Invitational. Katie Miller tied for ninth place at the Lady Tar Heel while Ann Laney tied for 11th and Hunt tied for 16th. At the rain-shortened Derby Invitational, Hunt tied for second place with a 146 total while Miller tied for seventh at 149.

•CARLYLE CUP POINT ON THE LINE: One Carlyle Cup point will be awarded to either Carolina or Duke, whichever finishes higher, in the ACC Championship. The Carlyle Cup is a competition between the two schools. The score is tied at 8.5 going into the men's tennis match on April 11th. The results and point breakdown can be found on TarHeelBlue.com.

Players Mentioned

Sydney Crane

Meaghan Francella

Lauren Hunt

Ann Laney

Collette Lowe

Katie Miller

Kate Thomas

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