May 8, 1999

HOUSTON, Texas - The 42nd-ranked Texas Tech women's golf team finished its season by coming in 18th place at the 1999 NCAA Golf Championship West Regional after shooting a third round score of 317, giving it a total score of 953.

The tournament was held at the 6119 yard, par 72 Pine Forest Country Club. Texas A&M was the host school.

Individually, senior Brooke Lowrance and junior Jamie Vannoy led Texas Tech and tied for 59th place overall at 238. Senior Beth Covington and freshman Jennifer Newhouse tied for 84th, both shot 244 for the event. After shooting rounds of 88 and 85, Newhouse came back with a third round score of one-under-par 71. That was lowest round of the tournament for the Red Raiders. Junior Heather Wrede came in 97th with a 252.

USC won the tournament with a total score of 879. Arizona was second at 890 and Arizona State third at 893.

Arizona's Jenna Daniels was the individual champion, shooting a five-under-par 211. Grace Park of Arizona St. and Angie Yoon of Nevada tied for second at 215.

The top 10 teams and two individuals advance to the NCAA Championships on May 19-22 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, joining the top nine squads and two individuals from the NCAA East Regional.

Results:
Texas Tech		312-324-317=953	18th		
Brooke Lowrance		78-77-83=238	t59th
Jamie Vannoy		77-82-79=238	t59th
Beth Covington		79-80-85=244	t84th			
Jennifer Newhouse	88-85-71=244	t84th
Heather Wrede		78-90-84=252	97th

Team Standings:
1	USC			299-294-286=879
2	Arizona			300-288-302=890
3	Arizona St.		299-295-299=893
4	TCU			308-296-300=904
5	Stanford		292-299-318=909
6	Pepperdine		310-299-301=910
7	Tulsa			312-298-304=914
8	New Mexico St.		300-311-305=916
9	Texas			308-306-303=917
10	Oklahoma St.		307-306-311=924
11	San Jose St.		311-301-318=930
12	Oregon			302-316-314=932
	Washington		315-310-307=932
14	Oregon St.		318-304-311=933
15	Texas A&M		131-316-312=941
16	Missouri		320-312-319=951
17	New Mexico		326-316-310=952
18	Texas Tech		312-324-317=953
19	San Diego St.		316-321-319=956
20	UCLA			321-321-319=961

Individual Top 10
1	Jenna Daniels		Arizona			70-67-74=211
2	Angie Yoon		Nevada			71-73-71=215
	Grace Park		Arizona St.		74-70-71=215
4	Jennifer Rosales	USC			77-71-69=217
5	Nicole Dalkas		USC			71-74-74=219
	Leila Chartrand		USC			77-71-71=219
7	Brenda Anderson		TCU			76-72-72=220
	Maria Boden		Oklahoma St.		73-75-72=220
9	Julie Dunn		Stanford		72-70-79=221
10	Gwladys Nocera		New Mexico St.		76-72-74=222
	Lisa Chang		Pepperdine		74-73-75=222