Sept. 24, 2006

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Results

UNLV women's golf finished 16th in its first appearance at the Fall Preview, shooting a team score of 923 (+59) on Sunday afternoon at LPGA International's Legends Course.

The 16th-ranked Rebels shot a final-round score of 304, matching their round from Saturday and they were led by Da Sol Chung, who came in tied for 40th with a three-round score of 227 (+11).

In a field that featured nine of the top 10 teams from last year and 17 of the top 20, No. 2 Georgia led from start to finish, winning the tournament with a team score of 869 (+5). The Bulldogs were nine shots ahead of No. 1 Duke (878, +14) while No. 3 UCLA (885, +21) rounded out the top three. Nicole Smith of Tennessee won medalist honors with a five-under par 211.

Chung shot a final-round 75 and the sophomore finished out of the top 20 in a tournament for the first time in her career, a streak of 12 starts for the All-American. Natasha Krishna (76-74-80--230, +14) finished Seema Sadekar (86-77-73--236, +20) finished tied for 71st. Sadekar's final-round 73 was the best round by a Rebel golfer at the tournament.

Kristin Ingram (85-77-76--238, +22) finished tied for 79th while Kasi Lee (78-86-84--248, +32) wrapped up tied for 86th to round out the Rebel scorecard.

UNLV's next tournament will be the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational, held at the Sahalee Golf Club in Seattle, Wash., on Oct. 9-11.

TEAM RESULTS

TEAM                 R1   R2   R3   Total  To Par1. Georgia           289  295  285  869    +52. Duke              306  288  284  878    +143. UCLA              304  298  283  885    +214. Auburn            298  290  300  888    +245. Vanderbilt        302  297  291  890    +266. Arizona State     300  298  293  891    +277. Wake Forest       307  291  295  893    +29T8. Florida          305  300  290  895    +31T8. Tennessee        299  302  294  895    +3110. Virginia         303  295  298  896    +32T11. Southern Cal    304  301  297  902    +38T11. Oklahoma State  305  303  294  902    +3813. Arkansas         307  297  301  905    +4114. Purdue           311  304  293  908    +4415. Texas A&M        314  298  309  921    +5716. UNLV             315  304  304  923    +5917. California       320  302  307  929    +6518. UCF              331  326  307  964    +100

TOP FIVE INDIVIDUALS/UNLV

1.   Nicole Smith, Tennessee           67-75-69--211, -5T2.  Mallory Hetzel, Georgia           73-72-70--215, -1T2.  Leah Wigger, Virginia             71-73-71--215, -1T4.  Jacqui Concolino, Vanderbilt      70-75-71--216, ET4.  Taylor Leon, Georgia              72-73-71--216, ET4.  Anna Nordqvist, Arizona State     73-74-69--216, ET40. Da Sol Chung, UNLV                76-76-75--227, +11T52. Natasha Krishna, UNLV             76-74-80--230, +14T71. Seema Sadekar, UNLV               86-77-73--236, +20T79. Kristin Ingram, UNLV              85-77-76--238, +22T86. Kasi Lee, UNLV                    78-86-84--248, +32