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Women's Golf: Carrie Riordan wins singles title
Senior becomes first golfer to win title in program history
Dan Cusack / Staff Reporter
Issue date: 4/27/09 Section: Sports
Senior golfer Carrie Riordan finished in first place of the three-day Ohio Valley Conference Tournament at The Crooked Tree Golf Course in London, Ky.
Riordan was in first place after day one with a 74 (plus-2) but fell to second on day two by shooting a 79 (plus-7).
She cut two strokes off on Saturday shooting a final round of 77 (plus-5) to finish the tournament with a 230 (plus-14), three strokes ahead of Tennessee Tech senior Megan Bradford.
She said after losing the lead the second day, she was upset because she knew she could have played better.
"I blew up on the back nine, and I knew I had to go low again Saturday if I wanted to win," Riordan said. "I knew I had to play positive and play my game."
Riordan will have to wait until Monday to hear from the NCAA committee on regional selection to see if she will compete at the NCAA Regionals.
Riordan said she did not know she had won until the final group came in Saturday.
She thought she had blown the tournament with her performance in the last four holes.
"The last time I talked to (Eastern head coach Mike Moncel) was at the 15th hole, and he said 'Finish strong,'" Riordan said. "I didn't do that."
She shot a bogey, a double bogey then par on her last three holes.
She said her teammates waited by the 18th green after she finished her round.
Bradford, whom Riordan had played with on day one, hit a shot out of play on the 17th green and knocked herself out of contention.
"It did not set into me until I saw her dad and her husband with her holding up the No. 2," Riordan said.
Riordan is the first Eastern individual champion in the OVC era.
The team finished in fifth place of the three-round tournament with a combined score of 104-over-par, one shot behind Morehead State and Tennessee Tech, which tied for third with a 103-over-par.
Murray State won the event by eight strokes against Jacksonville State with an 88-over-par combined score.
Junior Katie Imburgia finished in a tie for 19th place with a score of 244, while freshman Kathryn Koester was three stokes behind with a 247, putting her in 22nd place.
Dan Cusack can be reached at 581-7944 or at dscusack@eiu.edu.
Riordan was in first place after day one with a 74 (plus-2) but fell to second on day two by shooting a 79 (plus-7).
She cut two strokes off on Saturday shooting a final round of 77 (plus-5) to finish the tournament with a 230 (plus-14), three strokes ahead of Tennessee Tech senior Megan Bradford.
She said after losing the lead the second day, she was upset because she knew she could have played better.
"I blew up on the back nine, and I knew I had to go low again Saturday if I wanted to win," Riordan said. "I knew I had to play positive and play my game."
Riordan will have to wait until Monday to hear from the NCAA committee on regional selection to see if she will compete at the NCAA Regionals.
Riordan said she did not know she had won until the final group came in Saturday.
She thought she had blown the tournament with her performance in the last four holes.
"The last time I talked to (Eastern head coach Mike Moncel) was at the 15th hole, and he said 'Finish strong,'" Riordan said. "I didn't do that."
She shot a bogey, a double bogey then par on her last three holes.
She said her teammates waited by the 18th green after she finished her round.
Bradford, whom Riordan had played with on day one, hit a shot out of play on the 17th green and knocked herself out of contention.
"It did not set into me until I saw her dad and her husband with her holding up the No. 2," Riordan said.
Riordan is the first Eastern individual champion in the OVC era.
The team finished in fifth place of the three-round tournament with a combined score of 104-over-par, one shot behind Morehead State and Tennessee Tech, which tied for third with a 103-over-par.
Murray State won the event by eight strokes against Jacksonville State with an 88-over-par combined score.
Junior Katie Imburgia finished in a tie for 19th place with a score of 244, while freshman Kathryn Koester was three stokes behind with a 247, putting her in 22nd place.
Dan Cusack can be reached at 581-7944 or at dscusack@eiu.edu.
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