University of North Carolina Athletics
Carolina Women's Golf Team To Play In ACC Championship
April 16, 2008 | Women's Golf
April 16, 2008
•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, and 1992 through 2007. Duke has won the most titles, taking home 15 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 the LPGA International Legends Course, which features a par 72, 6,315-yard layout. This is the third time the conference championship has been played in Florida. The 1995 ACC Championship was played at Killearn Country Club in Talahassee while the 2001 championship took place at Disney's Palm Course in Lake Buena Vista. The conference championship has been played in North Carolina 16 times and was played in Georgia once (1997, Stockbridge).
Tee times begin at 8:00 a.m. on Friday and Saturday and at 7:30 on Sunday. On Friday, the first wave of teams will be NC State, Miami and Boston College. The second wave of teams, which will begin teeing off at 8:50, will be North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland; and the third wave, teeing off at 9:40, will consist of Florida State, Wake Forest and Duke.
•CAROLINA'S SPRING CAMPAIGN: Carolina's top finish this spring was a fifth-place finish at the SunTrust Lady Gator Invitational. Lauren Hunt led the Tar Heels with a sixth-place finish while Sydney Crane tied for 21st. Carolina finished sixth at the SJSU Spartan Invitational in San Jose, Calif., as Crane tied for fifth place, Kate Thomas tied for ninth and Ann Laney tied for 12th. In their last two tournaments, the Tar Heels tied for eighth place at the LSU/Cleveland Golf Classic in Baton Rouge and placed ninth at the Bryan National Collegiate in Browns Summit, N.C. At LSU, Laney tied for eighth place while Hunt tied for 22nd. At the Bryan Collegiate, Crane was the low Tar Heel, tying for fifth place.
•CAROLINA'S FALL CAMPAIGN: Carolina top finish in the fall was a tie for sixth place at the Cougar Classic in Hanahan, S.C., the first event of the year. Lauren Hunt tied for 20th place while Kate Thomas tied for 22nd. In the last event of the fall, Carolina finished eighth at The Landfall Tradition in Wilmington, N.C., as both Hunt and Ann Laney tied for 22nd place. Carolina finished 11th in its own Tar Heel Invitational and placed 13th at the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship in Knoxville, Tenn. Kate Thomas led Carolina in the Tar Heel, tying for 10th place while Hunt tied for 19th. At the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate, Hunt tied for 21st and Laura Caniff tied for 34th.
•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. Carolina currently leads Duke 16-5 going into this weekend's compeition (men's and women's golf, men's and women's track and women's rowing). Carolina has already clinched a win in this year's competition. The results and point breakdown can be found on TarHeelBlue.com.
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