Tough Close To Successful Season

RAPID CITY, S.D. (May 28, 2010) – The Lubbock Christian University Lady Chaparrals were unfortunately the only top-ten finisher that saved its worst round for last, as they fell over the final two rounds from a share of third place to eighth place to conclude play in the 2010 NAIA National Championship at Meadowbrook Golf Course.

The Lady Chaps were hoping to rebound from their 324 on Thursday, but they stumbled to put together a 328 on Friday.  Rachael Dansby had the lowest round for the Lady Chaps in the final round with an 80, placing her tied for 36^th overall with a 320.  The result was third on the club behind Anna Schopp and Sinae Montoya.  Schopp, who co-led the event through two rounds, concluded play with a final round of 83 for a four-round total of 316, placing her tied for 20^th place.  Montoya finished in 33^rd with an 81 in the final round leading to a 318 overall score.  Macalee Lane closed out her tournament with a 91 to finish with a 336 for a share of 77^th place, while Kiersten Pack carded an 84 to finish a stroke behind Lane with a 337 and 79^th place. 

There were 126 competitors in the field competing on the 6000-yard par 72 layout.  Coming away with the individual title was Nathalie Silva of California Baptist, who shot a 301.  The team title went to University of British Columbia.  They finished seven strokes better than Oklahoma City University with a team score of 1224.  LCU finished with a team score of 1280.  The eighth place finish for the Lady Chaps was their second-best finish in program history behind their sixth place finish in 2008.

The NAIA also announced their Daktronics-NAIA Scholar Athlete recipients and two Lady Chaps received honors for their hard work in the class room.  Ashley Turnbow and Rachael Dansby each received scholar-athlete accolades for the Lady Chaps.  Turnbow is a senior from Muleshoe, Texas majoring in Business Management.  Dansby is a junior majoring in Psychology from Lubbock, Texas.  Nominated by each institution's head coach, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and have achieved junior academic status to qualify.