Golf team to play in Georgia tournament

Friday, March 27, 2009

The women’s golf team will head to Athens, Ga., this weekend to play in the Liz Murphy Collegiate Classic hosted by the University of Georgia. The three-day tournament will feature teams and individuals from all over the country including No. 4 Oklahoma State.

Leading the Jayhawks is junior Meghan Gockel, who took the first place individual title at the Duramed Collegiate Invitational before spring break.

Gockel’s performance helped the women’s golf team take the first place team title at the Duramed Invitational as well and earned her Golf World’s player of the week. Gockel said she was surprised by the award and said she thought that it would help boost the confidence of the whole team.

“I just see this award as a bonus to our win in Arizona,” Gockel said. “We’re getting down to business now and I’m glad our hard work is paying off.”

Coach Erin O’Neil said that Gockel had worked really hard over the season and that she was glad to see her finish with this win and this award. O’Neil said Gockel led on the final day of the tournament and showed she was a strong player by keeping her composure and finishing strong.

“It was good to see it all come together for Meghan,” O’Neil said. “It was great to see her recognized on the national level like that.”

The women’s golf team was also honored with Team of the Week by Golfweek.com after its victory at the Duramed Invitational. O’Neil said this award got the team fired up and excited to keep competing.

“The girls were so excited,” O’Neil said. “It just makes us as a team that much stronger and that much more competitive.”

The golf team will take five players to Georgia: Gockel, junior Emily Powers, sophomores Meghna Bal and Sydney Wilson and freshman Kalynd Carson. All five of the golfers finished in the top 15 at the Duramed invitational. O’Neil said she thought the junior class had really stepped up to lead the team and that she was expecting another good performance from them.

“We’re taking it one day at a time and just looking to keep moving up in the rankings,” O’Neil said.

Kansas will face off against teams including Georgia, Auburn, Coastal Carolina and Florida State. Oklahoma State will be the only Big 12 team at the tournament. O’Neil and Gockel said that the level of competition at this tournament would be a good test for the team coming off of their recent win.

“It’s going to be a strong field in Georgia and it will be some good competition for us,” Gockel said.

The tournament will be held at the University of Georgia golf course on Friday March 27 through Sunday March 29.

— — Edited by Liz Schubauer

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