Arizona State wins NCAA women's golf title

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05/22/2009 - Owings Mills, MD (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Led by senior Azahara Munoz, the Arizona State women's golf team combined to shoot a three-over 291 on Friday to win the NCAA Women's Golf Championship.

Munoz and teammates Juliana Murcia and Carlota Ciganda each posted even-par 72s in the final round at Caves Valley to lead the Sun Devils to their seventh women's golf championship.

Jennifer Osborn and Jaclyn Sweeney both shot three-over 75s to round out the scoring for Arizona State, which completed the four-day championship at a combined 30-over par.

Only the four best scores from every five-player team count towards the day's scoring totals.

The top-ranked Sun Devils scored an eight-shot win over second-ranked UCLA, which posted a nine-over 297 in the final round.

Southern California, which held the third-round lead, dropped into third place after posting a 13-over 301 team score Friday. The Trojans finished a stroke behind city rivals UCLA at 39-over 301.

Purdue senior Maria Hernandez shot a one-under 71 and claimed the individual championship at one-over 289, a stroke in front of Southern California freshman Jennifer Song.

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Six other horses have run in the Derby without benefit of 2-year-old races and with three or fewer starts. The best any of them managed was a sixth-place finish by Showing Up last year.
   
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