No. 20 Ohio State Concludes NCAA Championship in 22nd – Ohio State Buckeyes
5/25/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
May 25, 2012
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Notching its lowest round of the tournament by seven strokes, the No. 20 Ohio State women’s golf team carded a fourth round score of 296 to move up one slot and conclude the 2012 NCAA Championship in 22nd. Competing at the par 72, 6,377/6,264-yard Vanderbilt legends Golf Club in Franklin, Tenn., the Buckeye totaled 1,211 at the 72-hole event to close the 2011-12 season.
At 1,171, Alabama won the tournament by a stroke over second-place Southern California, while Chirapat Jao-Javanil of Oklahoma took medalist honors at 6-under 282.
Totaling 293, Rachel Rohanna fired a day four mark of 74 to break into the top 15 and tie for 14th. The junior from Waynesburg, Pa., opened the round with a birdie on No. 10 before carding her second a few holes later on No. 14.
With totals of 305, junior captain Amy Meier and freshman Claudia Lim concluded the tournament tied for 84th. Both Buckeyes carded two birdies throughout the day, with Meier firing a final round of 72 and Lim notching a 75.
Carding a score of 75, her lowest of the tournament, freshman Jan Chanpalangsri finished tied for 113th at 312.
A few strokes back at 315, junior Susana Benavides also tallied her low round of the tournament with a 76.
NCAA Championship – Day 4
Vanderbilt Legends Golf Club – Franklin, Tenn.
Par 72, 6,377/6,264
Team Results
1. Alabama 286-285-306-294—1171 (+19)
2. Southern Cal 297-288-294-293—1172 (+20)
3. LSU 293-294-297-289—1173 (+21)
4. Virginia 288-294-301-292—1175 (+23)
5. South Carolina 302-281-300-293—1176 (+24)
T6. Arizona State 292-291-304-292—117 9 (+27)
T6. Oklahoma 294-299-295-291—1179 (+27)
8. UCLA 292-290-306-293—1181 (+29)
9. Purdue 293-295-295-299—1182 (+30)
10. North Carolina 290-292-303-299—1184 (+32)
11. Vanderbilt 306-284-311-285—1186 (+34)
12. Florida 302-293-297-298—1190 (+38)
T13. Texas 297-295-313-286—1191 (+39)
T13. NC State 299-294-305-293—1191 (+39)
15. Duke 289-302-301-300—1192 (+40)
T16. Baylor 299-304-300-290—1193 (+41)
T16. Texas A&M 301-298-300-294—1193 (+41)
18. Colorado 297-298-305-296—1196 (+44)
19. Tennessee 300-307-307-286—1200 (+48)
20. Michigan State 296-311-294-300—1201 (+49)
21. Pepperdine 306-293-304-301—1204 (+52)
22. Ohio State 303-307-305-296—1211 (+59)
23. Arkansas 303-301-309-301—1214 (+62)
24. Stanford 309-304-307-296—1216 (+64)
Ohio State Results
T14. Rachel Rohanna 72-75-72-74—293 (+5)
T84. Amy Meier 73-79-81-72—305 (+17)
T84. Claudia Lim 78-75-77-75—305 (+17)
T113. Jan Chanpalangsri 80-81-76-75—31 2(+24)
T119. Susana Benavides 81-78-80-76—315 (+27)