Tar Heels Close Fall Season With Tie At 11th
Oct. 25, 2009
WILMINGTON, N.C. - 
The University of North Carolina women's golf team shot 912 over the weekend to finish play at the NCAA Fall Preview. The Heels tied for 11th place alongside Georgia and LSU to end their fall season.
Senior Kate Thomas, of Murwillumbah, Australia, led the Carolina squad with a seven-over 223 for the tournament. Thomas tied for 23rd in the Preview, marking her first appearance in the one-spot for the Tar Heels this season.
Sophomore Catherine O'Donnell was right behind Thomas, firing four over for the final day of competition. The Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., native was nine over for the tournament placing her in a tie for 30th place. Freshman Courtney Gunter recovered on Sunday shooting even par to finish her scorecard at 77-77-72. Gunter, of Matthews, N.C., tied for 36th with a 10-over 226 for the tournament.
Junior Sarah Thead shot seven over for the final round, keeping her in a tie for 75th with a final score of 239. Junior Jordan Allyne fired a six-over 78 to move her final total to 247. Allyne tied at 84th.
Carolina's ACC rival Duke took charge of the Fall Preview, taking the tournament with a 17-over 881. One stroke behind and in second place was Auburn, followed by UCLA in third with an 883.
Auburn's Cydney Clanton captured the player leader board with a six-under 210 for the tournament. Brittany Altomare of Virginia took second at one-under 215. There was a three-way tie for third: Numa Gulyanamitta of Purdue, Camilla Lennarth of Alabama and Cheyenne Woods of Wake Forest. The third place finishers shot even-par 216's.
The NCAA Fall Preview was the end of Carolina's fall season. The tournament showcased the top finishers in last year's NCAA Championship. It was played at the site of the 2010 NCAA Championships, the Country Club of Landfall's Dye Course, which features a par-72, 6,325-yard layout. The women's team won't see action again until March 1st at the two-day Challenge at Kinderlou Forest, but perhaps they caught of glimpse of the field and course they could be a part of in May.
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