Nov. 14, 2004
HOWEY IN THE HILLS, Florida -
The 15th-ranked and eighth-seeded Furman women's golf team defeated 16th ranked and ninth seeded Texas 4-1-0 Sunday in the opening round of the 2004 Hooter's Collegiate Match Play Championships in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. With the victory, Furman advanced to round two, where they led top seeded Duke 3-2 when play was called for darkness Saturday evening.
Furman's Monique Gesualdi picked up a 1-up decision over The University of Texas' Devan Andersen, winning the final hole to prevent the tie.
At the number two spot, senior Connor Atkinson defeated the Longhorns' Brittany Givilancz 6 and 4, needing just 14 holes to secure the win.
Sophomore Jenny Suh took a 5 and 3 win over UT's Jordan Craig, winning her 14th and 15th hole (no. 16 and 17) to put the match out of reach.
Theresa Paik continued the Lady Paladin win streak with a 5 and 4 victory over Julia Best. After an early Texas lead, Paik squared the match on her fifth hole (No. 7), then took the lead on the next hole and increased it on her eighth, 10th, 12th, and 13th holes. Like Atkinson, Paik needed just 14 holes to put the match out of the reach of her Longhorn opponent.
Texas' lone victory versus the Lady Paladins was a tight 1 up affair in which Perry Swenson defeated Haley Gildea. Furman jumped out 1 up on the first hole, but Texas sqaured in on the next and took the lead on the third. Furman rebounded to square the match on the fourth hole of competition (No. 5), then took the lead on the next hole and held it until No. 9. In all, the lead switched six times and the match ended with Swenson 1 up on Gildea and no holes left to play.
With 11 holes completed in the second round, Furman's Gesualdi is 3 up on Duke's Elizabeth Janangelo, Suh is 3 up on Anna Grzebien, and Paik is 1 up on Niloufar Aazam-Zanganeh. Duke's Brittany Lang is 2 up on Connor Atkinson and Jenifer Pandolfi is 1 up on Gildea.
Furman's second round match against Duke will be completed Monday morning at the Mission Inn Golf and Tennis Resort's Las Colinas course.
