April 14, 2009
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TULSA, Okla. - Senior Mayule Tomimbang (Kissimmee, Fla.) and junior Victoria Tomko (Lontzen, Belgium) both finished in the Top 10 to help the UCF women's golf team to a school-record second place finish at the Conference USA Championship. The Knights' previous best was finishing an outright third in the 2006 event.
After shooting a 317 today, the Knights ended up the 54-hole event with a 956, just a stroke ahead of third place East Carolina's 957. Tulane won the championship with a score of 933, securing an NCAA regionals berth in the process. The event was played at the par-72, 6,140-yard Tulsa Country Club.
Tomimbang's final round 77 on Tuesday topped all Knights and left her in ninth place overall, marking the best finish of her UCF career, eclipsing her 14th place finish at last year's Conference USA Championship in El Paso, Texas. Tomimbang's three round total was a 240 and just a stroke ahead of Tomko's final tally of 241 which tied her for 10th place overall. It is the first career Top 10 finish for the Belgian junior. It came on the heels of an opening round 73 which was the lowest score of the entire tournament by any golfer and matched her career low.
Freshman Elisa Aoki (Bradenton, Fla.) tied for 14th with a three-round score of 244. C-USA All-Academic Team member Katie Detlefsen placed in the Top 20 overall with a 246 that left her in a tie for 18th place. Senior Stephanie Connelly (Pasadena, Md.) fired a 78 in today's final round, second-best for UCF golfers, to leave her in the overall 25th position.
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CONFERENCE USA CHAMPIONSHIP
TULSA COUNTRY CLUB * TULSA, OKLA.
FINAL RESULTS * PAR 72 * 6,140 YARDS
TOP TEAM SCORES
1. Tulane 317-316-300=933 (+69)
2. UCF 318-321-317=956 (+92)
3. East Carolina 321-319-317=957 (+93)
4. Tulsa 328-322-319=969 (+105)
5. UTEP 339-317-334=990 (+126)
UCF SCORERS
9. Mayule Tomimbang 81-82-77=240 (+24)
T10. Victoria Tomko 73-88-80=2461 (+25)
T14. Elisa Aoki 78-78-88=244 (+28)
T18. Katie Detlefsen 88-76-82=246 (+30)
25. Stephanie Connelly 86-85-78=249 (+33)