School-Record Team Round Propels Tribe to Third at CAA Championships

Erika Oldenkamp Shoots 71 (-1) to Finish Ninth

04/20/08 9:37PM

WILLIAMSBURG - Perpetual clouds and the occasional driving rain squall couldn’t put a damper on the William and Mary women’s golf team Sunday, as they used a school-record effort of 299 (+11) to lock down third place at the Colonial Athletic Association Championships, breaking the school record for best 54-hole score for the second time in less than two weeks (914, +50). UNC Wilmington won the conference title and automatic bid to the NCAA East Regional by two strokes over Georgia State, but the Panthers’ Cathrine Madsen won the individual medal and Most Outstanding Player award by one stroke over the Seahawks’ Ashley Tait.

Team Standings
Player Standings

Senior Erika Oldenkamp (Hinsdale, Ill.) carded a season-best round of 71 (-1) to shoot up the leader board and finish as the top Tribe golfer in ninth place at 226 (+13). Her tournament capped the greatest senior season in school history, lowering Oldenkamp’s average to 78.20 (third-best season ever) and supplanting two-time All-American Mary Wilkinson’s ’82 senior average of 78.43 as the best-ever at the College. Sophomore Morgan Stepanek (Guilford, Conn.) carded 75 (+3) in the round to improve to a tie for 10th at 16-over (229), where she was joined by freshman Sarah Whitney (Hingham, Mass.), who shot 76 in the final pairing with Tait and Madsen. Senior Marissa Sprick (Windermere, Fla.) closed out her Tribe career in a tie for 13th after a final-round 77 gave her a three-day total of 232. Freshman Katie Murphy (Chesapeake, Va.) shot 78 (+6) to finish the tournament with 235 strokes, tying for 18th.

The College’s third-round 299 is only the second time in school history that the team has broken 300 strokes in a round, tying the effort that won the 2005 Tribe Classic at Kiskiack. It was also only the sixth round in school history that every golfer shot 79 or better, with Oldenkamp, Sprick, and Stepanek being part of all six rounds. The team’s 54-hole total of 914 (+50) broke the school record set April 7-8 at the Lady Seahawk Invitational by a single stroke. The Tribe’s score of 914 would have won the conference title in three of the five previous years, and is the fifth-best tournament score in CAA history.

Sixth Annual Colonial Athletic Association Championships
Golden Horseshoe Golf Club – Green Course, Par 72, 6,150
Top Five Teams
1. UNC Wilmington 879 +15
2. Georgia State 881 +17
3. WILLIAM AND MARY 914 +50
4. James Madison 934 +70
5. Xavier 939 +75

Top Five Individuals
1. Cathrine Madsen (GSU) 211 -5
2. Ashley Tait (UNCW) 212 -4
3. Emily Klein (GSU) 218 +2
4. Carmen Perez-Narbon (UNCW) 222 +6
5. Sandra Maier (GSU) 223 +7

W&M Individuals
9. Erika Oldenkamp 226 (+10)
T10. Sarah Whitney 229 (+13)
T10. Morgan Stepanek 229 (+13)
T13. Marissa Sprick 232 (+16)
T18. Katie Murphy 235 (+19)