March 1, 2011
The Commodore women’s golf team ended the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate Golf Championship at the English Turn Golf & Country Club in New Orleans in 11th place after Tuesday’s final round. Vanderbilt posted a final total of 891 (294-297-300).
Senior Megan Grehan was the top Commodore finisher, ending the tournament in a tie for 11th with a final score of 216 (70-73-73). Junior Marina Alex finished in a tie for 22nd after carding a final total of 220 (75-72-73). Alex and Grehan posted the team’s best scores on Tuesday with a pair of 73’s.
Southern Cal won the three-day event with a score of 868 (297-289-282), four strokes better than second-place Alabama. The Crimson Tide’s Stephanie Meadow won medalist honors with a score of 211 (72-66-73).
11. Vanderbilt – 294-297-300=891
T-11. Megan Grehan – 70-73-73=216
T-22. Marina Alex – 75-72-73=220
T-49. Anna Leigh Keith – 73-76-78=227
T-63. Rene Sobolewski – 76-78-76=230
T-65. Lauren Stratton – 77-76-78=231
94. Gaby Balit – 83-85-91=259*
*Played as an individual
Vanderbilt head coach Greg Allen
“We’re done with this tournament and we’re moving on and putting it in our rear-view mirror. There were too many good things to take away from this week and too many positives to let the negative finish today get us down.”
“It was just great to get outside in some nice weather and see green grass.”
“We didn’t play the par 5’s very well…we made some mental mistakes. We went for some flags that we shouldn’t have been going for. That’s discipline that we’ll have down the road after we’ve played a few tournaments.”
“I saw a lot of good things, and we’ve got to continue playing. We’ll go to Hawaii in a couple of weeks and we’ll go at it again.”
“(Megan) Grehan is playing well. She made a couple of mental mistakes on some par 3’s, but she’s playing well and pushing Marina at the number one position. Competition is great, because to have the season we want we’re going to need great play from our one and two players, and probably three and four.”
