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By SEAN MARTIN
Assistant Editor

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – No need for USC to head to Disneyland after winning the NCAA Division I Women’s Championship Friday.

The Trojans went to the “Happiest Place on Earth” last week to relieve the stress of finals and the pressure that comes from being favored to win a national title.

USC will still do plenty of celebrating after shooting a final-round 289 at the University of New Mexico Championship Course. The Trojans finished at 16-over 1,168, six shots ahead of UCLA.

It was their fourth consecutive victory to close the season and second NCAA title.

“Back in December, we had a party for the team and I had a cake made that said, ‘Believe in the Dream,’” USC head coach Andrea Gaston said. “I told them throughout the season to believe in the dream. We talked about it all year long. And it came true. It’s incredible.”

The Trojans also won the 2003 NCAA Championship, making them the only team other than Duke to win multiple championships this decade.

The Blue Devils, which entered the week seeking their fourth consecutive national championship, shot a tournament-low 281 to finish third at 28 over par. Amanda Blumenherst shot 68 with an eagle 2 at No. 8, while Jennie Lee shot 69 with a birdie-birdie-ace start.

“Duke played golf today,” head coach Dan Brooks said. “I’m extremely proud of this team, the way they sustained belief in themselves. They didn’t play for any reason today but to win.”

Arizona State’s Azahara Munoz won the individual title after holing a 25-foot birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff with UCLA’s Tiffany Joh. The two finished regulation tied at 1-under 287. Georgia’s Garrett Phillips finished third at 1 over par; she had a 15-foot putt for eagle on the par-5 ninth, her final hole, but four-putted.

“I’m so happy right now,” Munoz said with tears streaming down her cheeks. “This year, I’ve finished second, one behind, like eight times. This time I finally won one.”

USC and UCLA started Friday tied for the lead as teams returned to play the last few holes of the third round. When the final round got underway, the Trojans had a three-shot lead over the Bruins. USC led by four shots as the final group made the turn, and played the final nine holes 2 under to hold off the Bruins.

USC freshman Lizette Salas closed with a bogey-free 34, while seniors Dewi Claire Schreefel, the 2006 NCAA individual champion, and Pac-10 champion Paola Moreno shot 35.

Salas reached the par-5 10th in two shots with a 5-wood, then two-putted for birdie; she made birdie on the final hole after sticking a 60-yard pitch shot to 3 feet. Schreefel holed a 40-foot birdie putt on No. 14 for her final birdie of the round. Moreno rebounded from bogeys on Nos. 8 and 9 with birdies on the 11th and 12th holes.

“We were all a little nervous and anxious at the start,” Schreefel said. “But we all played our game and tried to keep everything in front of us.”

Munoz and Joh began the final nine holes tied for the lead at 2 under par. Joh made a 15-foot par putt on No. 11, and Munoz made bogey on the next hole to give Joh a one-shot lead.

Both players matched pars until Joh three-putted the par-3 17th from about 60 feet. Munoz had a chance to take a one-shot lead into the final hole, but missed a 6-foot birdie putt on the same hole.

Both players made par on the final hole after Joh misread her 6-foot birdie putt. Joh left her birdie putt from a similar length short on the first playoff hole.

It was the first collegiate title for Munoz, the 2004 British Girls’ champion.

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Final scores with relation to par from the NCAA Women’s Championship, played May 20-23 at the par-72, 6,424-yard University of New Mexico Championship Golf Course in Albuquerque, N.M. (Note: x-won in playoff; y-playing as individual):

TEAMS
1. USC	284-300-295-289--1168		+	16
2. UCLA	289-295-298-292--1174		+	22
3. Duke	299-300-300-281--1180		+	28
4. Purdue	298-304-303-283--1188		+	36
5. Arizona St.	290-301-301-297--1189		+	37
6. Denver	293-294-308-296--1191		+	39
6. Texas A&M	295-299-299-298--1191		+	39
8. Arkansas	298-297-302-297--1194		+	42
9. Florida	301-299-297-299--1196		+	44
10. Georgia	297-303-303-294--1197		+	45
10. Wake Forest	293-306-306-292--1197		+	45
12. Auburn	289-315-309-302--1215		+	63
12. Virginia	296-317-301-301--1215		+	63
12. Alabama	296-311-306-302--1215		+	63
15. LSU	300-315-312-295--1222		+	70
16. UNLV	314-297-304-308--1223		+	71
17. TCU	298-310-312-307--1227		+	75
17. Texas	298-319-309-301--1227		+	75
19. Oklahoma St.	294-312-307-315--1228		+	76
19. Tulsa	297-317-310-304--1228		+	76
21. UC Davis	298-319-315-302--1234		+	82
22. South Carolina	306-316-310-303--1235		+	83
23. Arizona	307-309-314-310--1240		+	88
24. Furman	312-313-315-313--1253		+	101
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INDIVIDUALS
1. x-Azahara Munoz, Arizona St.	69-72-73-73--287			-1
2. Tiffany Joh, UCLA	74-69-72-72--287			-1
3. Garrett Phillips, Georgia	71-74-71-73--289		+	1
4. Belen Mozo, USC	69-71-75-75--290		+	2
5. Amanda Blumenherst, Duke	75-71-77-68--291		+	3
5. Anna Nordqvist, Arizona St.	75-73-72-71--291		+	3
5. Stephanie Sherlock, Denver	71-73-77-70--291		+	3
8. Ashley Freeman, Texas A&M	71-72-74-75--292		+	4
8. Stacy Lewis, Arkansas	73-72-75-72--292		+	4
8. Sydnee Michaels, UCLA	69-74-75-74--292		+	4
8. Dewi Claire Schreefel, USC	73-78-72-69--292		+	4
12. Christel Boeljon, Purdue	73-77-75-68--293		+	5
13. Nannette Hill, Wake Forest	67-78-76-73--294		+	6
13. y-Caroline Westrup, Florida St.	72-74-77-71--294		+	6
15. Maude-Aimee Leblanc, Purdue	72-79-75-69--295		+	7
15. Jennie Lee, Duke	74-79-73-69--295		+	7
15. Danielle McVeigh, Texas A&M	73-74-75-73--295		+	7
15. Lizette Salas, USC	73-77-73-72--295		+	7
15. Glory Yang, UCLA	73-75-75-72--295		+	7
20. Kathleen Ekey, Alabama	73-76-75-72--296		+	8
20. Paola Moreno, USC	70-77-75-74--296		+	8
20. y-Alexandra Phelps, New Mexico	69-76-76-75--296		+	8
23. Cydney Clanton, Auburn	74-75-77-71--297		+	9
23. Lucy Nunn, Arkansas	76-77-71-73--297		+	9
23. Ashley Rollins, Texas	73-77-77-70--297		+	9
23. Sarah Zwartynski, Texas A&M	72-78-73-74--297		+	9
27. Tiffany Chudy, Florida	76-77-75-70--298		+	10
28. Junthima Gulyanamitta, Purdue	79-75-75-70--299		+	11
28. Katie Kempter, Denver	73-72-79-75--299		+	11
28. Stefanie Kenoyer, Furman	76-74-75-74--299		+	11
28. Lene Krog, Virginia	70-82-74-73--299		+	11
28. Natalie Sheary, Wake Forest	74-76-76-73--299		+	11
28. Alison Walshe, Arizona	76-74-74-75--299		+	11
34. Jennie Arseneault, Virginia	71-79-76-74--300		+	12
34. Laura Crawford, Wake Forest	77-74-74-75--300		+	12
34. y-Lauren Doughtie, N.C. St.	76-80-74-70--300		+	12
34. Stefanie Endstrasser, USC	72-75-79-74--300		+	12
34. Ornella Jouven, Florida	77-72-74-77--300		+	12
34. Alice Kim, UC Davis	73-74-79-74--300		+	12
34. Therese Koelbaek, UNLV	75-76-74-75--300		+	12
41. Kimberly Donovan, Duke	77-74-79-71--301		+	13
41. Maria Hernandez, Purdue	74-73-78-76--301		+	13
41. Camila Mori, So. Carolina	78-73-76-74--301		+	13
41. Dawn Shockley, Denver	78-76-73-74--301		+	13
41. Maria Jose Uribe, UCLA	73-77-77-74--301		+	13
46. Krystle Caithness, Georgia	76-74-77-75--302		+	14
46. Michaela Cavener, Tulsa	73-76-76-77--302		+	14
48. Chelsea Benton, Denver	72-73-80-78--303		+	15
48. Valentine Derrey, TCU	77-80-72-74--303		+	15
48. y-Sara-Maude Juneau, Louisville	75-78-77-73--303		+	15
48. Kelli Shean, Arkansas	76-74-78-75--303		+	15
48. B. Toumpsin, So. Carolina	76-79-76-72--303		+	15
48. Jessica Yadloczky, Florida	75-74-74-80--303		+	15
54. Carolina Andrade, Georgia	77-78-78-71--304		+	16
54. Helena Blomberg, Alabama	74-75-79-76--304		+	16
54. Amanda Johnson, Oklahoma St.	73-80-75-76--304		+	16
54. Natasha Krishna, UNLV	80-74-72-78--304		+	16
54. Camilla Lennarth, Alabama	71-80-78-75--304		+	16
54. Megan McChrystal, LSU	73-78-83-70--304		+	16
54. Juliana Murcia, Arizona St.	73-79-75-77--304		+	16
54. Jennifer Pandolfi, Duke	73-79-74-78--304		+	16
54. Amalie Valle, LSU	74-79-75-76--304		+	16
63. Rebecca Kuhn, LSU	76-75-80-74--305		+	17
63. Margaret Shirley, Auburn	71-80-78-76--305		+	17
65. Tammy Clelland, Oklahoma St.	73-80-73-80--306		+	18
65. Melissa Loh, TCU	74-76-77-79--306		+	18
65. Hannah Yun, Florida	73-83-74-76--306		+	18
68. Prisela Campbell, TCU	72-77-81-77--307		+	19
68. Kelly Fuchik, Tulsa	76-81-74-76--307		+	19
68. Mallory Hetzel, Georgia	75-80-77-75--307		+	19
68. Kristin Ingram, Arkansas	73-79-78-77--307		+	19
68. Pernilla Lindberg, Oklahoma St.	76-72-79-80--307		+	19
68. Kristin Walla, Texas	74-82-75-76--307		+	19
68. Alison Whitaker, Duke	82-76-76-73--307		+	19
75. y-Angela King, Stanford	75-76-79-78--308		+	20
75. Candace Schepperle, Auburn	69-82-79-78--308		+	20
75. Chelsea Stelzmiller, UC Davis	72-83-80-73--308		+	20
75. Maiya Tanaka, UCLA	75-79-76-78--308		+	20
75. Sarah Thead, Auburn	75-78-75-80--308		+	20
80. Leisl Hasbrouck, Tulsa	76-77-81-75--309		+	21
80. Mary Jacobs, Arizona	78-77-79-75--309		+	21
80. Joy Kim, Virginia	79-79-74-77--309		+	21
80. y-Erica Moston, San Jose St.	81-73-78-77--309		+	21
84. Calle Nielson, Virginia	78-77-78-77--310		+	22
85. Tonya Choate, UNLV	81-74-78-78--311		+	23
85. Ellie Givens, Denver	77-78-79-77--311		+	23
85. Alejandra Guacaneme, UNLV	78-73-80-80--311		+	23
85. Courtney Harter, Alabama	78-80-74-79--311		+	23
89. Bryana Gregory, UC Davis	78-79-76-79--312		+	24
89. Caney Hines, Texas	76-79-78-79--312		+	24
89. Karin Kinnerud, Oklahoma St.	73-80-80-79--312		+	24
89. Jennifer Osborn, Arizona St.	73-77-86-76--312		+	24
93. Alejandra Llaneza, Arizona	77-80-82-75--314		+	26
93. Carrie Morris, TCU	75-77-82-80--314		+	26
93. Alexis Rather, LSU	77-83-79-75--314		+	26
96. Allie Bodemann, Wake Forest	75-78-83-79--315		+	27
96. Mariana Macias, Auburn	76-82-80-77--315		+	27
96. Alex Schulte, Arkansas	80-74-79-82--315		+	27
96. Bly Worley, So. Carolina	75-85-79-76--315		+	27
100. Jean Chua, Wake Forest	79-86-80-71--316		+	28
100. Shannon Fish, Texas	75-81-79-81--316		+	28
100. Sydney Roughton, UC Davis	77-83-80-76--316		+	28
100. Innapha Tantanavivat, Georgia	75-77-80-84--316		+	28
104. Whitney Neuhauser, Virginia	77-85-77-78--317		+	29
105. Julia Best, Texas	78-83-81-76--318		+	30
105. Corrine Carr, Furman	80-82-79-77--318		+	30
105. Lauren Johnson, Texas A&M	79-86-77-76--318		+	30
105. Amanda Wilson, Arizona	76-78-79-85--318		+	30
109. Allyson Ferguson, TCU	78-82-82-77--319		+	31
109. Nicole Schachner, Florida	82-76-85-76--319		+	31
109. Woori Shin, Tulsa	72-83-79-85--319		+	31
112. Ashley Baker, Furman	80-78-81-81--320		+	32
112. Liisa Kelo, Arizona St.	76-84-81-79--320		+	32
114. Stephanie Oukeo, Purdue	80-83-78-80--321		+	33
114. Whitney Simons, So. Carolina	77-83-79-82--321		+	33
116. Tara Goedeken, Tulsa	80-85-81-76--322		+	34
116. Blair Lamb, Furman	79-79-83-81--322		+	34
118. Caroline Martens, LSU	81-85-78-80--324		+	36
118. Miranda Orr, Texas A&M	85-75-83-81--324		+	36
118. Sarah Sturm, Alabama	80-81-82-81--324		+	36
121. Kasi Lee, UNLV	83-83-83-77--326		+	38
122. Taylor Barrett, So. Carolina	84-81-82-81--328		+	40
123. Jackie Hilea, Furman	77-88-80-84--329		+	41
124. Emily Mason, Arizona	81-82-86-85--334		+	46
WD. Katie Sisler, UC Davis	76-88-WD
WD. Jaclyn Sweeney, Oklahoma St.	75-WD

Posted: 5/23/2008

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