Sept. 14, 2009

HANAHAN, S.C. - Sophomore Jessica Hollandsworth shot a 2-under-par 70 Monday afternoon in the final round of the Cougar Classic at Yeamans Hall Golf Club to finish in a fifth-place tie in the individual standings and lead the University of Maryland women's golf team to a ninth-place team finish.

Hollandsworth finished only a stroke shy of third place, shooting 213 with rounds of 73, 70 and 70. The Terrapins shot 887 (300-292-295) as a team over three rounds.

Freshman Christine Shimel had a solid opening tournament for her collegiate debut, finishing with a 5-over-par 221 to place in the top 30.

Kerri Connolly shot a 226 and Carly Hunt finished at 231 to round out Maryland's counted scores. Lauren Varnas finished at 236.

Georgia finished first in the team standings, defeating runner-up Florida State by seven strokes.

Marta Silva Zamora finished eight under par over three rounds to edge Florida State's Lacey Agnew for individual medalist honors.

TEAM SCORES

   1 Georgia, U. of           280  283  287    850   -14
   2 Florida State Univ.      292  283  282    857    -7
   3 North Carolina, U of     288  290  291    869    +5
   4 Tennessee, U. of         294  289  289    872    +8
   5 Furman University        291  284  298    873    +9
   6 Wisconsin, U. of         288  295  295    878   +14
   7 Vanderbilt Univ.         286  293  302    881   +17
   8 Texas                    304  290  292    886   +22
   9 Maryland, U. of          300  292  295    887   +23
  10 Charleston, Coll. of     295  291  305    891   +27
  11 North Carolina State     297  299  297    893   +29
  12 South Florida            304  298  294    896   +32
  13 N. Car.- Greensboro      300  301  304    905   +41
  14 Mississippi, U. of       302  303  305    910   +46
  15 Mississippi St. U.       305  298  313    916   +52
  16 Miami, U. of             310  303  308    921   +57
  17 Richmond, U. of          311  305  319    935   +71
  18 Charleston Southern      309  318  326    953   +89

MARYLAND SCORES

9	Maryland, U. of	       300	292	295	887
T5	Jessica Hollandsworth(1)73	70	70	213
T30	Christine Shimel (3)	75	73	73	221
T49	Kerri Connolly (2)	78	73	75	226
T62	Carly Hunt (5)	        74	80	77	231
T76	Lauren Varnas (4)	80	76	80	236 

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