Columbus, Ohio - Senior Stephanie Ruiz fired an even-par-72 to sit in a tie for seventh place to lead the Nebraska women's golf team at the NCAA Championships Tuesday.
Ruiz, a native of Edmond, Okla., was the top Husker performer in the first round of the four-day, 72-hole NCAA Championships on the 6,203-yard Scarlet Course. Ruiz helped the Huskers finish the first day in a tie for 21st place in the 24-team field hosted by Ohio State University.
Ruiz is four strokes behind individual leader Eileen Vargas of Pepperdine, who shot the best round of the day with a four-under-par 68. Florida's Tiffany Chudy sits in second with a three-under-par 69.
As a team, the Huskers finished with a 23-over-par 311 to match Oklahoma State in 21st place. The Huskers finished the first 18 holes ahead of Kent State (312) and UNLV (313).
Nebraska is just six strokes out of 15th place and are well within striking distance of the best NCAA Championships finish in school history. Nebraska's previous best finish in two trips to the NCAA Championships came with a 19th-place showing at the 2000 tournament.
Sophomore Elli Brown added a solid opening-round effort in her first NCAA Championships appearance by shooting a four-over-par 76 to end the day in a tie for 46th. Senior Sara Sackett added an 81 to close the day in 115th, while junior Chrissie McArdle added an 82 to head into the second round in a tie for 116th. Sophomore Allison Stewart closed her first day at the NCAA Championships with an 87.
NCAA Central Region champion USC closed the first day of the tournament in first place with a three-over-par 291. Fellow Pac-10 Conference school Arizona State sits just one stroke back of the Women of Troy with a four-over par 292. Florida sits just two strokes out of the lead at 293, while Arizona managed a 296 to give the Pac-10 three of the top four teams at the end of day one.
Texas A&M had the best showing of the three Big 12 Conference schools in the field, as the Aggies managed a 302 to close the day in 13th place.
Nebraska begins the second round on Wednesday with a 1:10 p.m. tee time.
25th NCAA Championships - Team Leader Board Course:Scarlet Course - The Ohio State University: Championship Tees Par 72 - 6203 yardscurrent
position team scoring rounds total
score to par thru today 1 1 Southern California +3 F +3 291 291 2 Arizona State +4 F +4 292 292 3 Florida +5 F +5 293 293 4 Arizona +8 F +8 296 296 T5 Wake Forest +9 F +9 297 297 T5 Duke +9 F +9 297 297 7 Louisiana State +10 F +10 298 298 8 Arkansas, U. of +11 F +11 299 299 T9 Purdue +13 F +13 301 301 T9 UCLA +13 F +13 301 301 T9 Auburn +13 F +13 301 301 T9 Pepperdine +13 F +13 301 301 13 Texas A&M University +14 F +14 302 302 14 Tennessee +15 F +15 303 303 T15 Washington +17 F +17 305 305 T15 California +17 F +17 305 305 T15 Florida State Univ. +17 F +17 305 305 18 Georgia +18 F +18 306 306 T19 Stanford +19 F +19 307 307 T19 Alabama, U. of +19 F +19 307 307 T21 Oklahoma State +23 F +23 311 311 T21 Nebraska, U. of +23 F +23 311 311 23 Kent State +24 F +24 312 312 24 UNLV +25 F +25 313 313
Player Leader Board * player is participating as an individual rather than as a team member. Course:Scarlet Course - The Ohio State University: Championship Tees Par 72 - 6203 yards
position player team scoring rounds total
score current start to par thru today 1
1 - Eileen Vargas (10) Pepperdine -4 F -4 68 68 2 - Tiffany Chudy (10) Florida -3 F -3 69 69 3 - Jennifer Osborn Arizona State -2 F -2 70 70 T4 - Tiffany Joh UCLA -1 F -1 71 71 T4 - Catalina Marin Southern California -1 F -1 71 71 T4 - Sommer Scholl (10) Arizona -1 F -1 71 71 T7 - Mandy Goins (10) Wake Forest E F E 72 72 T7 - Caroline Larsson (10) Florida State Univ. E F E 72 72 T7 - Stephanie Ruiz (10) Nebraska, U. of E F E 72 72 T10 - Irene Cho Southern California +1 F +1 73 73 T10 - Jean Chua (10) Wake Forest +1 F +1 73 73 T10 - Cassandra Kirkland (10) Arizona +1 F +1 73 73 T10 - Ashley Knoll Texas A&M University +1 F +1 73 73 T10 - Rebecca Kuhn Louisiana State +1 F +1 73 73 T10 - Jennie Lee Duke +1 F +1 73 73 T10 - Maria Martinez Auburn +1 F +1 73 73 T10 - Azahara Munoz Arizona State +1 F +1 73 73 T10 - Jennifer Pandolfi Duke +1 F +1 73 73 T10 - Dewi Schreefel Southern California +1 F +1 73 73 T10 - Tiffany Tavee Arizona State +1 F +1 73 73 T21 - Julia Best (10) * Texas +2 F +2 74 74 T21 - Veronica Felibert Southern California +2 F +2 74 74 T21 - Sandra Gal (10) Florida +2 F +2 74 74 T21 - Ornella Jouven (10) Florida +2 F +2 74 74 T21 - Courtney Mahon (10) Arkansas, U. of +2 F +2 74 74 T21 - Ashley Medders (10) Arkansas, U. of +2 F +2 74 74 T21 - Kira Meixner (10) Kent State +2 F +2 74 74 T21 - Onnarin Sattayabanphot Purdue +2 F +2 74 74 T21 - Abigale Schepperle Auburn +2 F +2 74 74 T21 - Carina Sorensen (10) Alabama, U. of +2 F +2 74 74 T21 - Jennifer Tangtiphaiboontana (10) Stanford +2 F +2 74 74 T21 - Adriana Zwanck (10) Arizona +2 F +2 74 74 T33 - Sofie Andersson (10) California +3 F +3 75 75 T33 - Christel Boeljon Purdue +3 F +3 75 75 T33 - Melissa Eaton Louisiana State +3 F +3 75 75 T33 - Anna Grzebien Duke +3 F +3 75 75 T33 - Golda Johansson Tennessee +3 F +3 75 75 T33 - Sung Ea Lee (10) Washington +3 F +3 75 75 T33 - Taylor Leon Georgia +3 F +3 75 75 T33 - Caroline Martens Louisiana State +3 F +3 75 75 T33 - Amanda McCurdy (10) Arkansas, U. of +3 F +3 75 75 T33 - Kimberly Meck Louisiana State +3 F +3 75 75 T33 - Kate Meyer Texas A&M University +3 F +3 75 75 T33 - Violeta Retamoza Tennessee +3 F +3 75 75 T33 - Sophia Sheridan (10) California +3 F +3 75 75 T46 - Mallory Blackwelder (10) Florida +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Amanda Blumenherst Duke +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Elli Brown (10) Nebraska, U. of +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Whitney Brummett (10) Florida State Univ. +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Da Sol Chung UNLV +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Laura Crawford (10) Wake Forest +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Tara Delaney (10) Kent State +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Myrte Eikenaar Purdue +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Audrey Gale (10) Alabama, U. of +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Maria Hernandez Purdue +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Mallory Hetzel Georgia +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Nannette Hill (10) Wake Forest +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Lindsey Hinshaw (10) Arkansas, U. of +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Hannah Jun UCLA +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Joanna Klatten (10) * Georgia State Univ. +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Alissa Kuczka Arizona State +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Stacy Lewis (10) Arkansas, U. of +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Carolina Llano (10) Pepperdine +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Paige Mackenzie (10) Washington +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Paola Moreno Southern California +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Kim Shin (10) Washington +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Maggie Simons (10) Wake Forest +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Marci Turner Tennessee +4 F +4 76 76 T46 - Leah Wigger (10) * Virginia +4 F +4 76 76 T70 - Laura Goodwin (10) Alabama, U. of +5 F +5 77 77 T70 - Nicole Hage Auburn +5 F +5 77 77 T70 - Kelly Husted (10) Stanford +5 F +5 77 77 T70 - Elizabeth Janangelo Duke +5 F +5 77 77 T70 - Lauren Johnson Texas A&M University +5 F +5 77 77 T70 - Karin Kinnerud Oklahoma State +5 F +5 77 77 T70 - Alina Lee Georgia +5 F +5 77 77 T70 - Pernilla Lindberg Oklahoma State +5 F +5 77 77 T70 - Susie Mathews UCLA +5 F +5 77 77 T70 - Brenda Norris Texas A&M University +5 F +5 77 77 T70 - Jane Park UCLA +5 F +5 77 77 T70 - Margaret Shirley Auburn +5 F +5 77 77 T70 - Nicole Smith Tennessee +5 F +5 77 77 T70 - Lauren Todd (10) Stanford +5 F +5 77 77 T70 - Becky Wood (10) Kent State +5 F +5 77 77 T70 - Shannon Yocum (10) California +5 F +5 77 77 T86 - Jackie Beers Georgia +6 F +6 78 78 T86 - Marina Choi (10) Pepperdine +6 F +6 78 78 T86 - Amie Cochran UCLA +6 F +6 78 78 T86 - Whitney Frykman Purdue +6 F +6 78 78 T86 - Allison Goodman (10) California +6 F +6 78 78 T86 - Candie Herrera Oklahoma State +6 F +6 78 78 T86 - Courtney McCracken (10) Washington +6 F +6 78 78 T86 - Rachel Newren * Brigham Young Univ. +6 F +6 78 78 T86 - Amber Prange (10) Washington +6 F +6 78 78 T86 - Alexis Rather Louisiana State +6 F +6 78 78 T86 - Seema Sadekar UNLV +6 F +6 78 78 T86 - Whitney Wade Georgia +6 F +6 78 78 T86 - Caroline Westrup (10) Florida State Univ. +6 F +6 78 78 T86 - Amanda Wilson (10) Arizona +6 F +6 78 78 T100 - Leanne Bowditch (10) Pepperdine +7 F +7 79 79 T100 - Jaclyn Burch (10) Florida State Univ. +7 F +7 79 79 T100 - Ki-Shui Liao (10) Stanford +7 F +7 79 79 T100 - Young Pak UNLV +7 F +7 79 79 T100 - Danelle Perata Arizona State +7 F +7 79 79 T100 - Christa Spedding Texas A&M University +7 F +7 79 79 T100 - Mallorie Underwood Oklahoma State +7 F +7 79 79 T107 - Holly Cantwell Tennessee +8 F +8 80 80 T107 - Mari Chun (10) Stanford +8 F +8 80 80 T107 - Amanda Johnson Oklahoma State +8 F +8 80 80 T107 - Elena Kurokawa UNLV +8 F +8 80 80 T107 - Jessica Lovell Auburn +8 F +8 80 80 T107 - Kayla Shaul (10) Florida State Univ. +8 F +8 80 80 T107 - Jenny Suh (10) Alabama, U. of +8 F +8 80 80 T107 - Mika Takayama (10) California +8 F +8 80 80 115 - Sara Sackett (10) Nebraska, U. of +9 F +9 81 81 T116 - Devan Andersen * Texas +10 F +10 82 82 T116 - Chrissie McArdle (10) Nebraska, U. of +10 F +10 82 82 T116 - Whitney Myers (10) Florida +10 F +10 82 82 T116 - Lauren Smith * Augusta State +10 F +10 82 82 T116 - Grace Woo UNLV +10 F +10 82 82 T121 - Jayvie Agojo (10) Pepperdine +11 F +11 83 83 T121 - Sarah Sturm (10) Alabama, U. of +11 F +11 83 83 123 - Rachel Gavin (10) Arizona +12 F +12 84 84 T124 - Karen Delaney (10) Kent State +13 F +13 85 85 T124 - Kirby Dreher (10) Kent State +13 F +13 85 85 126 - Allison Stewart (10) Nebraska, U. of +15 F +15 87 87