Sports brief
March 30, 2005
Huskies gain no ground despite best round
The No. 25 Washington men's golf team wrapped up play at the National Invitational Tournament in Tucson, Ariz., yesterday, finishing 13th out of 14 teams. In individual competition, freshman Zach Bixler and sophomore Alex Prugh finished tied in 12th place, shooting a five-under-par 211.
Overall, the Huskies had their best day of the three-day tournament yesterday with 281, but couldn't climb any higher than one spot up the leaderboard, ending the first day of play in last place.
Junior James Lepp finished the tournament dramatically different than he began. Yesterday, Lepp went for 5-under with 67 to finish in 41st place, which proved to be the high mark for any Husky in the tournament. Sunday, he shot a 76, the lowest of any Husky - tied with two others, and a 74 Monday. He has had at least one round in the 60s in each of his last five tournaments.
Texas Christian won the overall tournament by three strokes over the Arkansas Razorbacks. The individual competition was much tighter as Arkansas's Matt Bortis took home the title with a single stroke victory over Pepperdine's Michael Putnam and Matthew Rosenfeld from Texas.
Fellow Pac-10 conference member Arizona had an "A" team and a "B" team that finished in the top seven while Southern Cal and Arizona State finished in ninth place.
Next up for the UW is the U.S. Intercollegiate Tournament at the Stanford Golf Course in California April 16 and 17.
Kayla Burt honored for comeback year
Husky women's basketball player Kayla Burt won the V Foundation Comeback Award. Given by the V Foundation for Cancer Research, it is awarded to an individual who has accomplished personal success after extreme misfortune. Burt returned to the court for the 2004-05 season, after sitting out last year following a cardiac arrest on New Year's Eve 2002.
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