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Denver has slowly crept into the national spotlight the past couple years, and on Wednesay the Pioneers scored the biggest win in school history.

The Pioneers, No. 12 in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings, shot a final-round 288 to finish at 6-under 858 and win the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown at Angel Park Golf Club by 11 shots over No. 7 Arizona. Kent State, 18th in Golfweek’s rankings, was third at 10-over 874, five shots ahead of No. 13 Tennessee.

“Of all the wins in our program history, this was perhaps the most significant,” Denver head Sammie Chergo (pictured) said. “To grab the lead in the middle of the second round in this field with all of these top-25 teams and to not give it back was something special.”

Denver junior Katie Kempter won her first college title, shooting a final-round 72 to finish at 8-under 208. Kempter made nine birdies and just one bogey for the tournament. Kempter, No. 83 in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings, shot a first-roud 67 to match her school record.

“I’ve come a long way and I can’t thank coach enought for giving me the chance to come and play Division I golf," Kempter said. "A lot of coaches didn’t want to take the chance. I wasn’t a real good high school player. I wasn’t a real good junior player, but she saw something in me and took a chance on me.”

Kempter’s teammate, senior Chelsea Benton, shot a final-round 69 to finish T-2 at 5 under par with Arizona senior Alison Walshe (70), Golfweek’s fifth-ranked collegian. Benton transferred to Denver this year after three seasons at Colorado State.

Denver junior Dawn Shockley (69), Tennessee’s Marci Turner (75) and Arizona freshman Alejandera Llaneza (75) finished T-4 at 2-under 214.

This is Denver’s third victory of the year after capturing the Topy Cup of Japan and Ron Moore Women’s Intercollegiate.

Denver won all four of its starts last fall before finishing 20th at last year’s NCAA Championship.

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Final scores with relation to par from the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown, played Oct. 29-31 at the par-72, 6,050-yard Angel Park Golf Club (Mountain) in Las Vegas (Note: y-played as individual):

TEAMS
1. Denver	285-285-288--858		-6
2. Arizona	287-288-294--869	+	5
3. Kent St.	291-290-293--874	+	10
4. Tennessee	282-297-300--879	+	15
5. Oklahoma St.	292-298-296--886	+	22
5. New Mexico	298-300-288--886	+	22
7. Pepperdine	296-292-299--887	+	23
8. Texas A&M	296-299-298--893	+	29
9. Missouri	292-305-298--895	+	31
10. TCU	299-297-308--904	+	40
11. UNLV	305-306-295--906	+	42
12. BYU	301-306-306--913	+	49
12. Idaho	308-304-301--913	+	49
14. Washington	301-308-308--917	+	53
15. SMU	302-315-301--918	+	54
16. Eastern Washington	305-307-307--919	+	55
17. Colorado St.	308-312-300--920	+	56
18. Long Beach St.	323-309-311--943	+	79
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INDIVIDUALS
1. Katie Kempter, Denver	67-69-72--208		-8
2. Chelsea Benton, Denver	72-70-69--211		-5
2. Alison Walshe, Arizona	72-69-70--211		-5
4. Alejandra Llaneza, Arizona	69-70-75--214		-2
4. Dawn Shockley, Denver	72-73-69--214		-2
4. Marci Turner, Tennessee	67-72-75--214		-2
7. Tammy Clelland, Okla. St.	68-75-73--216		E
7. Valentine Derrey, TCU	74-69-73--216		E
9. Kirby Dreher, Kent St.	73-71-73--217	+	1
10. Mikaela Backstedt, UNM	76-71-71--218	+	2
11. Tara Delaney, Kent St.	74-71-74--219	+	3
11. Jodi Ewart, UNM	75-73-71--219	+	3
11. Martina Gavier, Kent St.	73-73-73--219	+	3
11. Taylore Karle, Pepperdine	72-73-74--219	+	3
11. Therese Koelbaek, UNLV	72-75-72--219	+	3
11. Alexandra Phelps, UNM	71-76-72--219	+	3
17. Lauren Johnson, Texas A&M	71-73-76--220	+	4
17. Danielle McVeigh, Texas A&M	74-73-73--220	+	4
17. Kira Meixner, Kent St.	72-75-73--220	+	4
17. Angela Oh, Tennessee	70-74-76--220	+	4
21. Kasey Claussen, Colo. St.	75-74-72--221	+	5
21. Pernilla Lindberg, Okla. St.	74-76-71--221	+	5
23. Julia Potter, Missouri	70-77-75--222	+	6
23. Chelsea Schriewer, Missouri	74-73-75--222	+	6
23. Adriana Zwanck, Arizona	72-75-75--222	+	6
26. Leanne Bowditch, Pepperdine	73-76-74--223	+	7
26. Natalia Jimenez, BYU	73-74-76--223	+	7
26. Karin Kinnerud, Okla. St.	75-74-74--223	+	7
26. Nicole Smith, Tennessee	75-75-73--223	+	7
26. Christina Yoon, Washington	73-77-73--223	+	7
31. Kristina Gargaro, E. Wash.	75-75-74--224	+	8
31. Stephanie Gelleni, Pepperdine	74-75-75--224	+	8
31. Mary Jacobs, Arizona	74-76-74--224	+	8
31. Beth Stonecypher, Idaho	74-73-77--224	+	8
35. Jayvie Agojo, Pepperdine	77-72-76--225	+	9
35. Madde Augustsson, Missouri	74-76-75--225	+	9
35. Diana Cantu, Tennessee	72-76-77--225	+	9
35. Alejandra Guacaneme, UNLV	75-76-74--225	+	9
35. Lacey Jones, SMU	71-81-73--225	+	9
35. Maddi Swaney, Kent St.	73-76-76--225	+	9
41. Amanda Johnson, Okla. St.	75-73-78--226	+	10
41. Michelle Morgan, Missouri	74-79-73--226	+	10
41. Kelly Nakashima, Idaho	81-72-73--226	+	10
41. Rebecca Watson, Tennessee	73-77-76--226	+	10
41. Sarah Zwartynski, Texas A&M	77-76-73--226	+	10
46. Ashley Childers, BYU	74-77-76--227	+	11
46. Sara Djos, Denver	76-73-78--227	+	11
46. Ashley Freeman, Texas A&M	74-77-76--227	+	11
46. Nicole Montgomery, Pepperdine	79-72-76--227	+	11
46. Amanda Wilson, Arizona	76-74-77--227	+	11
51. Molly Aronsson, Washington	74-76-78--228	+	12
51. Stefanie Ferguson, Colo. St.	73-78-77--228	+	12
51. Kayley Kempton, Colo. St.	78-76-74--228	+	12
51. Natasha Krishna, UNLV	79-76-73--228	+	12
51. Lindsey McAtee, LBSU	81-74-73--228	+	12
51. Carrie Morris, TCU	72-77-79--228	+	12
51. Stephanie Sherlock, Denver	74-75-79--228	+	12
58. Kate Ackerson, SMU	81-74-74--229	+	13
58. y-Jade Bollinger, BYU	76-76-77--229	+	13
58. y-Giselle Claux, UNM	78-79-72--229	+	13
61. Karinn Dickinson, Washington	78-73-79--230	+	14
61. Allyson Ferguson, TCU	78-74-78--230	+	14
61. Morgan Grantham, UNM	76-80-74--230	+	14
61. Chelsey Lollar, E. Wash.	78-78-74--230	+	14
65. Prisella Campbell, TCU	75-77-79--231	+	15
65. Amanda Jacobs, Idaho	76-78-77--231	+	15
67. Juli Erekson, BYU	77-79-76--232	+	16
67. y-Melissa Mabanta, UNLV	79-75-78--232	+	16
67. Paige Martin, SMU	77-78-77--232	+	16
67. Renee Skidmore, Idaho	77-81-74--232	+	16
71. Chloe Nelson, E. Wash.	75-79-79--233	+	17
71. Daphne Vines, BYU	77-78-78--233	+	17
73. Tia Gannon, SMU	75-82-77--234	+	18
73. Marli Mikulecky, E. Wash.	77-75-82--234	+	18
75. Nicole Ferrero, Washington	76-82-78--236	+	20
75. Melissa Loh, TCU	78-80-78--236	+	20
75. Reina Rogers, LBSU	83-76-77--236	+	20
78. y-Brittany Benvenuto, Arizona	78-78-81--237	+	21
78. Tonya Choate, UNLV	82-79-76--237	+	21
80. Kylie Kimura, LBSU	78-83-80--241	+	25
80. y-Nicole McGirr, UNLV	83-78-80--241	+	25
80. Hannah Summerhays, BYU	81-77-83--241	+	25
83. Kira Murashige, LBSU	82-79-81--242	+	26
84. Katy Barrett, LBSU	82-80-81--243	+	27
84. Sarah Dodson, SMU	79-85-79--243	+	27
84. Sara Hemingway, Texas A&M	79-84-80--243	+	27
87. Kellie Holmstedt, E. Wash.	82-84-80--246	+	30
88. Kasi Lee, UNLV	79-85-83--247	+	31
88. Natalie Stone, Colo. St.	84-86-77--247	+	31
90. Molly Boyle, Washington	81-85-82--248	+	32
90. Danielle Madden, Idaho	85-81-82--248	+	32
92. Py Bengtsson, UNM	79-84-86--249	+	33
93. Madison Marcolla, Missouri	91-84-78--253	+	37
94. Sarah Anast, Colo. St.	82-84-91--257	+	41
WD. Sarah Bradley, Okla. St.	78-WD
WD. y-Erin Cylke, LBSU	WD

Posted: 10/31/2007

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