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TCU cracks the top 10 at NCAA Championship
Matranga tied for fourth individually

	Catherine Matranga

May 24, 2007

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- TCU shot a 12-over-par 300 to move into ninth place, while Horned Frog senior Catherine Matranga is tied for fourth individually, after Thursday's third round of the NCAA Women's Golf National Championship in Daytona Beach, Fla.

The Frogs tied for the sixth-best score on the day and are only four shots out of the top four. TCU is at 906 with Georgia fourth at 902. Duke leads with an 880, eight strokes ahead of Purdue and 16 in front of TCU.

Matranga shot a 2-over-par 74 and is at 1-over 217 after 54 holes. She was even over the final 11 holes Thursday. The senior from Fort Worth is seven strokes behind leader Christel Boeljon of Purdue. Matranga's two birdies on the day came on holes one and 18.

Fellow TCU senior Camille Blackerby also shot a 74, including three birdies. Blackerby was 2-under through the first 12 holes.

Elin Emanuelsson and Valentine Derrey carded a 75 and 77, respectively.

Friday's final round will begin at 12:20 CT for TCU. The Frogs will be paired with Pepperdine and USC. Live scoring is available at www.golfstat.com.

Team Scores
1. Duke - 300-287-293=880
2. Purdue - 303-294-291=888
3. UCLA - 303-291-299=893
4. Georgia - 303-299-300=902
T5. Vanderbilt - 303-302-298=903
T5. Stanford - 299-300-304=903
T7. Pepperdine - 306-299-300=905
T7. USC - 295-306-304=905
9. TCU - 307-299-300=906
10. Louisville - 297-306-307=910
11. Wake Forest - 306-300-306=912
12. Auburn - 309-304-300=913
T13. Arizona - 304-314-298=916
T13. Arizona State - 307-298-311=916
15. Oklahoma State - 312-299-310=921
T16. North Carolina - 297-321-311-929
T16. Michigan State - 310-307-312=929
18. BYU - 309-306-315=930
19. Tennessee - 311-313-308=932
20. UC Irvine - 303-314-316=933
21. Denver - 302-324-311=937
22. New Mexico - 305-314-320=939
23. Alabama - 314-319-319=952
24. Indiana - 320-318-323=961