Steward Wins GSU Invite
Oct. 17, 2006
Ft. Myers, Fla. (hurricanesports.com) – University of Miami junior Jessica Steward (Mystic, Conn.) fired a final round 72 to win the GSU/Pelican Preserve Invite in Ft. Myers, Fla.
Steward, who posted scores of 69 and 68 on Monday, finished with a seven-under-par total of 209 establishing a University of Miami 54-hole scoring record.
The old UM record of 212 was set by Penny Hammel in 1982 and later equaled by Tracy Kerdyk (1987), Julie Brand (1992) and Tina Miller (2005).
The win for Steward is the first of her collegiate career, and the first by a Hurricane since Miller won the Ryder Collegiate Championship in 2005.
Steward’s dominating performance saw lead wire-to-wire while increasing her lead after every round. She took a two stroke lead after the first round, extended it to six strokes after two rounds and ended the tournament with an eight stroke victory over Texas Tech’s Gloriana Soto and Iowa’s Karla Murra.
As a team the Hurricanes finished eighth with a score of 892. Texas Tech won the team total with a three-round score of 879, three-strokes better than Louisville (882) and five-strokes ahead of the College of Charleston (884).
Miami concludes the fall schedule at the Edwin Watts Intercollegiate, October 30-31, at Kiawah Island, S.C.
GSU/Pelican Preserve InviteFINAL RESULTS
Fin. Top 20 Teams Scores1 Texas Tech Univ 293 292 294 8792 Louisville, Univ. of 297 287 298 8823 Charleston, Coll. of 297 303 284 8844 USF 298 298 291 8875 Maryland, U. of 300 296 293 8896 Iowa, U. of 302 299 290 891 Fla. International 294 295 302 8918 Miami, U. of 305 293 294 8929 Middle Tennessee St. 296 305 295 89610 Mississippi, U. of 309 300 299 90811 Florida Atlantic U. 301 305 306 91212 Georgia State Univ. 307 306 304 91713 Minnesota, U. of 313 305 311 92914 Daytona Beach CC 318 308 308 93415 Jacksonville Univ. 323 314 313 950
Fin. Top 10 Players School Scores1 Jessica Steward Miami 69 68 72 2092 Gloriana Soto Texas Tech 72 71 74 217Karla Murra Iowa 73 75 69 2174 Jill Marcum Iowa 75 73 71 2195 Susan Nam Fla. Int. 74 71 75 220 P. Phol-uayporn FLA Atlan. 72 72 76 220 Kelly Calkin Maryland 77 74 69 220 Steffi Kirchmayr Charleston 75 72 73 220 Gennifer Mendez USF 76 70 74 220 Emily Rapp Charleston 72 77 71 220 Melissa Fahey Texas Tech 75 69 76 220
Miami Scores1 Jessica Steward 69 68 72 209T38 Hagen Weintraub 78 74 76 228T45 Tiffany Prats 82 75 72 229T48 Anabelle Paulino 76 76 78 230T67 Urd Pedersen 85 79 74 238
