Deeg Leads Huskers in Arizona

Mesa, Ariz. - Cassie Deeg finished with a three-round total of 229 to lead the Nebraska women's golf team to a tie for 13th at the Clover Cup on Sunday.

Deeg, a true freshman from Hugo, Minn., managed a three-over-par 75 in the final round to close the 54-hole event at the Longbow Golf Club in a tie for 38th. Her 75 Sunday followed a second-round 75 Saturday after an opening-round 79.

Junior Katelyn Wright added a three-round total of 234 (77-77-80) to tie for 59th, while Cassidy Stelzmiller added NU's third-best individual finish in the first lineup appearance of her career. Stelzmiller, a redshirt freshman from Placerville, Calif., tied for 68th at 237 (80-78-79).

Junior Steffi Neisen settled for a three-round total of 240 (76-80-80) to tie for 77th, while redshirt freshman Morgan Smejkal rounded out the NU lineup in a tie for 86th at 246 (81-86-79). Fellow redshirt freshman Jackie O'Doherty tied Smejkal at 246 (81-82-83) while playing as an individual outside the Husker lineup.

Nebraska tied for 13th in the 16-team field with a three-round total of 937. Oklahoma won the tournament with a score of 862, while SMU finished a distant second at 880.

Tulsa's Kristina Merkle captured medalist honors with a 54-hole total of 210, including a final-round 66. Oklahoma's Chirapat Jao-Javanil finished second at 212.

Clover Cup
Host: Notre Dame
March 9-10, 2013
Par 72, 6,209 Yards

Final Team Standings

1	5 Oklahoma	-2	F	+4	281	289	292	862
2	34 SMU	+16	F	+9	299	284	297	880
3	16 Texas Tech	+18	F	+5	296	293	293	882
4	Tulsa	+27	F	+5	303	295	293	891
5	22 Notre Dame	+28	F	+8	298	298	296	892
6	27 Northwestern	+29	F	+17	285	303	305	893
7	Florida International	+32	F	+13	305	290	301	896
8	Minnesota	+40	F	+16	296	304	304	904
9	41 Mississippi	+42	F	+8	303	307	296	906
10	Colorado	+49	F	+16	301	308	304	913
11	Kansas	+53	F	+16	312	301	304	917
12	Michigan	+57	F	+23	303	307	311	921
T13	Nebraska	+73	F	+25	312	312	313	937
T13	Cincinnati	+73	F	+17	322	310	305	937
15	Georgetown	+76	F	+27	315	310	315	940
16	Illinois	+102	F	+36	321	321	324	966

Individual Results

1	T10	Kristina Merkle (6B)	Tulsa	-6	F	-6	72	72	66	210
2	4	35 Chirapat Jao-Javanil (1A)	Oklahoma	-4	F	-1	71	70	71	212
T3	T5	38 Emily Collins (9B) *	Oklahoma	-2	F	E	71	71	72	214
T3	1	78 Jenny Haglund (1B)	SMU	-2	F	+4	71	67	76	214
T5	9	3 Kimberly Kaufman (4)	Texas Tech	-1	F	E	74	69	72	215
T5	2	74 Hana Lee (1B)	Northwestern	-1	F	+4	66	73	76	215
T5	T5	Taylor Schmidt (2B)	Oklahoma	-1	F	+1	70	72	73	215
8	T10	Stani Schiavone (10B)	Mississippi	E	F	E	73	71	72	216
T9	T14	Olivia Dose (13B)	Cincinnati	+1	F	-2	74	73	70	217
T9	12	4 Lindsey Weaver (3B)	Notre Dame	+1	F	E	73	72	72	217

 

Nebraska Individuals

T38	Cassie Deeg (4)	79	75	75	229
T59	Katelyn Wright (2)	77	77	80	234
T68	Cassidy Stelzmiller (3)	80	78	79	237
T77	Steffi Neisen (1)	76	82	82	240
T86	Morgan Smejkal (5)	81	86	79	246

*T86

Jackie O'Doherty (Nebraska)

81

82

83

246

*played as an individual outside the Husker lineup