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AJGA MCDONALD'S BETSY RAWLS GIRLS
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
The DuPont Country Club
Wilmington, Del.
July 30 - August 2
JANANGELO GRABS GIRLS MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP
IN PLAYOFF
Lang takes tournament to three extra holes
WILMINGTON, Del.-Elizabeth Janangelo of West
Hartford, Conn., fired a final-round 74 Thursday but
needed three extra playoff holes to take the championship
at The DuPont Country Club. Brittany Lang of McKinney,
Texas, fought to the end to finish second.
The 54-hole major event, conducted by the American
Junior Golf Association, featured 67 girls representing
22 states and Canada. The field included 21 Polo Golf
Junior All-Americans. Past champions in the tournament's
13-year history include Kellee Booth, Grace Park, Beth
Bauer and Leigh Ann Hardin.
The 17-year-old Janangelo held a 2-stroke lead entering
hole No. 14 but made a double-bogey to go to even-par
for the tournament and fall into a tie with Lang. The
two players kept pace with each other until No. 16 when
Lang bogeyed and Janangelo made another double-bogey.
"I made a mental mistake on 14 when I hit the
ball over the green," Janangelo said. "Any
other day the ball probably would have stayed in the
rough on the back of the green but today it went all
the way down into the hazard."
Down one stroke on the 18th tee, Janangelo stood up
and hit a drive that hooked around the corner of the
dogleg and through the fairway. After taking relief
from the leaderboard area, she pitched out to the fairway
and made a bogey. Lang hit her shot from the middle
of the fairway into the front, right greenside bunker.
Failing to get on the green from the bunker, Lang ended
up with a double-bogey on the hole to force a playoff.
"I hit my drive perfect on 18," Janangelo
said. "I really had to hit a snap hook off the
tee to stay in the fairway and just hit it too good."
Both players bogeyed No. 10, the first playoff hole,
after hitting their approach shots in the rough to the
back, left of the green but made routine pars on No.
18 to take it to a third hole. Lang hit her tee shot
on No. 10 down the middle and Janangelo hit it 15 yards
longer down the middle. After Lang hit her approach
shot into the left greenside bunker, Janangelo hit her
shot to the middle of the green, 20 feet below the hole.
Lang hit a bunker shot to the back of the green and
Janangelo lagged her ball to inside a foot. Janangelo
then made her par putt to win the championship after
Lang missed her run at par.
"I just kept telling myself that I could make
the putts," Janangelo said. "I'm so excited
to win this tournament because of the history."
This tournament caps a solid season for Lang, who won
the AJGA Lucent Technologies Girls Junior Championship
earlier this year.
"I wanted to finish the season on a good note,"
Lang said. "I'm happy with the way I played this
week in a major tournament."
Janangelo will represent the East team at Canon Cup
next week in Asheville, N.C., and attempt to win her
fifth consecutive state amateur championship in Connecticut
in two weeks.
Perry Swenson of Charlotte, N.C., carded a final-round
73 to finish one stroke behind in third place at 4-over-par.
Jane Lee of Torrance, Calif., Alice Kim of Los Angeles,
and Paula Creamer of Pleasanton, Calif., finished in
a tie for fourth place at 6-over-par.
For more information regarding the AJGA McDonald's
Betsy Rawls Girls National Championship or other AJGA
events, please contact our National Headquarters at
(770) 868-4200.
##AJGA##
WILMINGTON, Del. -- Final results from the
AJGA MCDONALD'S BETSY RAWLS GIRLS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
conducted by the American Junior Golf Association at
The DuPont Country Club. Par: 35-36--71 Yardage: 6,017
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Pos.
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Name
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Class
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City
|
State
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Rd1
|
Rd2
|
Rd3
|
Total
|
|
1
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#Elizabeth
Janangelo
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(2002)
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West
Hartford
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Conn.
|
69
|
73
|
74
|
216
|
|
2
|
Brittany
Lang
|
(2003)
|
McKinney
|
Texas
|
72
|
70
|
74
|
216
|
|
3
|
Perry
Swenson
|
(2001)
|
Charlotte
|
N.C.
|
70
|
74
|
73
|
217
|
|
T4
|
Jane
Lee
|
(2004)
|
Torrance
|
Calif.
|
70
|
73
|
76
|
219
|
|
Alice
Kim
|
(2003)
|
Los
Angeles
|
Calif.
|
71
|
73
|
75
|
219
|
|
Paula
Creamer
|
(2005)
|
Pleasanton
|
Calif.
|
72
|
71
|
76
|
219
|
|
T7
|
Ashley
Knoll
|
(2003)
|
The
Woodlands
|
Texas
|
77
|
72
|
74
|
223
|
| |
Nicole
Melton
|
(2001)
|
San
Antonio
|
Texas
|
75
|
71
|
77
|
223
|
|
T9
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Jennifer
Pandolfi
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(2004)
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Navarre
|
Fla.
|
77
|
79
|
68
|
224
|
|
Kristen
White
|
(2001)
|
Doylestown
|
Pa.
|
76
|
74
|
74
|
224
|
|
Lorraine
Ballerano
|
(2002)
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Myrtle
Beach
|
S.C.
|
76
|
74
|
74
|
224
|
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Christine
Fernandez
|
(2002)
|
Henderson
|
Nev.
|
74
|
73
|
77
|
224
|
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Allison
Martin
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(2003)
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Bakersfield
|
Calif.
|
73
|
73
|
78
|
224
|
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Stella
Lee
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(2001)
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Irvine
|
Calif.
|
75
|
72
|
77
|
224
|
|
T15
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Sunny
Oh
|
(2002)
|
Torrance
|
Calif.
|
76
|
75
|
74
|
225
|
| |
Jackie
Beers
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(2002)
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Midlothian
|
Va.
|
76
|
75
|
74
|
225
|
| |
Julieta
Granada
|
(2005)
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Bradenton
|
Fla.
|
76
|
74
|
75
|
225
|
| |
Kelly
Husted
|
(2002)
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Sarasota
|
Fla.
|
75
|
74
|
76
|
225
|
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T19
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Dayna
Burleigh
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(2002)
|
Horsham
|
Pa.
|
79
|
71
|
76
|
226
|
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Aimee
Cho
|
(2002)
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Orlando
|
Fla.
|
71
|
80
|
75
|
226
|
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Jane
Park
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(2005)
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La
Crescenta
|
Calif.
|
74
|
76
|
76
|
226
|
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Cindy
Shin
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(2003)
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Coppell
|
Texas
|
77
|
72
|
77
|
226
|
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T23
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Morgan
Pressel
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(2006)
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Boca
Raton
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Fla.
|
78
|
78
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72
|
228
|
| |
Mallory
Hetzel
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(2005)
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Summerville
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S.C.
|
83
|
73
|
72
|
228
|
| |
Erin
Long
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(2001)
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Napa
|
Calif.
|
78
|
77
|
73
|
228
|
| |
Eom
Ji Park
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(2003)
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Vancouver
|
British
Columbia
|
74
|
77
|
77
|
228
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|
27
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Laura
Olin
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(2001)
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Eden
Prairie
|
Minn.
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76
|
78
|
75
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229
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|
T28
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Chris
Brady
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(2003)
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Apex
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N.C.
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78
|
79
|
73
|
230
|
| |
Jennifer
Karr
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(2001)
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Scottsdale
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Ariz.
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81
|
76
|
73
|
230
|
| |
Beth
Marushak
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(2002)
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Northampton
|
Pa.
|
77
|
74
|
79
|
230
|
| |
Ashley
Rollins
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(2003)
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Austin
|
Texas
|
78
|
74
|
78
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230
|
|
T32
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Becky
Berzonski
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(2001)
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North
East
|
Pa.
|
81
|
78
|
73
|
232
|
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Lisa
Tyler
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(2002)
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Lighthouse
Point
|
Fla.
|
79
|
76
|
77
|
232
|
|
Courtney
Jones
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(2002)
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Lake
Quivira
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Kan.
|
78
|
78
|
76
|
232
|
|
Jennifer
Bley
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(2001)
|
Ft.
Worth
|
Texas
|
79
|
76
|
77
|
232
|
|
Irene
Cho
|
(2002)
|
La
Habra
|
Calif.
|
79
|
76
|
77
|
232
|
|
Nikki
Hadd
|
(2001)
|
Crestview
|
Fla.
|
75
|
79
|
78
|
232
|
|
T38
|
Erin
Andrews
|
(2002)
|
Las
Vegas
|
Nev.
|
80
|
79
|
74
|
233
|
| |
Kelly
Robb
|
(2003)
|
Concord
|
Mass.
|
78
|
80
|
75
|
233
|
| |
Marci
Turner
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(2004)
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Tompkinsville
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Ky.
|
74
|
82
|
77
|
233
|
| |
Hannah
Jun
|
(2003)
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San
Diego
|
Calif.
|
78
|
77
|
78
|
233
|
|
T42
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Andrea
Vander Lende
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(2001)
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Longwood
|
Fla.
|
80
|
78
|
76
|
234
|
|
Elena
Kurokawa
|
(2002)
|
Redondo
Beach
|
Calif.
|
73
|
76
|
85
|
234
|
|
Kelley
Louth
|
(2004)
|
Victoria
|
Texas
|
74
|
74
|
86
|
234
|
|
T45
|
Ali
Kicklighter
|
(2002)
|
Deland
|
Fla.
|
83
|
74
|
78
|
235
|
| |
Tiffany
Catafygiotu
|
(2001)
|
Greer
|
S.C.
|
78
|
77
|
80
|
235
|
| |
Taylor
Leon
|
(2005)
|
Dallas
|
Texas
|
74
|
80
|
81
|
235
|
|
T48
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Shannon
Johnson
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(2001)
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Sioux
Falls
|
S.D.
|
80
|
77
|
79
|
236
|
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Michaela
Cavener
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(2004)
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Ponca
City
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Okla.
|
76
|
79
|
81
|
236
|
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Darby
Sligh
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(2001)
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North
Augusta
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S.C.
|
76
|
79
|
81
|
236
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|
51
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Erin
Borowiec
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(2001)
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South
Lyon
|
Mich.
|
78
|
80
|
79
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237
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|
T52
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Jennifer
Tangtiphaiboontana
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(2003)
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Long
Beach
|
Calif.
|
79
|
79
|
80
|
238
|
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Brooke
Shelton
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(2001)
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Dallas
|
Texas
|
80
|
78
|
80
|
238
|
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Christy
Larrimore
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(2002)
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Severna
Park
|
Md.
|
77
|
81
|
80
|
238
|
|
55
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Seiko
Onoue
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(2002)
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La
Habra
|
Calif.
|
79
|
77
|
83
|
239
|
|
56
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Priscilla
Park
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(2002)
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Santa
Ana
|
Calif.
|
80
|
82
|
79
|
241
|
|
57
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January
Romero
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(2002)
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Albuquerque
|
N.M.
|
85
|
77
|
80
|
242
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T58
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Caney
Hines
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(2005)
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San
Antonio
|
Texas
|
87
|
81
|
75
|
243
|
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Alissa
Kuczka
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(2002)
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Phoenix
|
Ariz.
|
83
|
81
|
79
|
243
|
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Emma
Stachowicz
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(2002)
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Pacific
Palisades
|
Calif.
|
78
|
81
|
84
|
243
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|
61
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Brenda
Norris
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(2002)
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Spring
Branch
|
Texas
|
85
|
83
|
77
|
245
|
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T62
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Laura
Caniff
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(2004)
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Russell
|
Ky.
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83
|
85
|
78
|
246
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Clare
Lucey
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(2002)
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Winnetka
|
Ill.
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88
|
78
|
80
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246
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Mandi
McConnell
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(2003)
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Grand
Blanc
|
Mich.
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83
|
85
|
78
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246
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T65
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Jeannine
Mondesando
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(2002)
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Mahwah
|
N.J.
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86
|
83
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78
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247
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Tracy
Bolger
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(2002)
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Haddonfield
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N.J.
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83
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78
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86
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247
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Rachel
Overstreet
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(2002)
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Pace
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Fla.
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91
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WD
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# winner in sudden-death playoff
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