April 16, 2006

Pinehurst, N.C. (hurricanesports.com) – University of Miami sophomore Jessica Steward (Mystic, Conn.) fired a final round 73 to finish tied for sixth at the ACC Women’s Golf Championship in Pinehurst, N.C.

Steward posted a three-day total of 225 (74-78-73) to finish 13 strokes back of Duke’s Amanda Blumenherst who ran away with the individual title after a final round 72 on Sunday. Blumenherst, who finished 4-under-par for the tournament (69-71-72–212), was seven strokes better than her next closest competitor.

As a team the Hurricanes recorded a 307 on Sunday and finished in eighth-place with a three-day total of 933. No. 1 ranked Duke won its 11th consecutive ACC Championships recording a three-day score of 885. Virginia was a distant second (904).

ACC Women's Golf ChampionshipTeam Standings1 Duke 294-297-294	8852 Virginia 308-300-296	9043 Wake Forest 314-302-298	9144 Maryland, U. of 308-304-305	9175 Florida State Univ. 302-307-309	9186 North Carolina State 302-312-306	9207 North Carolina, U of 315-306-307	9288 Miami, U. of 316-310-307	9339 Boston College 330-323-314	967

Miami Scores:T6 Jessica Steward 74-78-73 225T19 Josie Shinn 80-75-77 232T34 Tiffany Prats 82-78-78 238T34 Hagen Weintraub 80-79-79 238- Anabelle Paulino 87-WD-WD WD