GOLF-DUKE WINS WOMEN'S ACC TOURNAMENT

                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SUNDAY, April 18, 1993                   TAG: 9304180154
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: C10   EDITION: STATE 
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GOLF-DUKE WINS WOMEN'S ACC TOURNAMENT
Wake Forest's Stephanie Neill overcame windy conditions to shoot a 75 and edge Duke's Stephanie Sparks for individual honors, but Duke still won the team title at the Atlantic Coast Conference women's tournament in Greensboro, N.C.
Neill trailed Sparks by two strokes after Friday's second round. Neill finished at 219, and Sparks, who shot a final-round 79, was second at 221.
Duke, which led the tournament each day, had three players in the top eight as it took its third ACC title.
North Carolina's Kimberley Byham was third at 223, and teammate Jessica Wood was tied with Duke's Tonya Blosser at 228. Kelly Pittman of Florida State was next at 229, Justine Richards of North Carolina was at 231 and Duke's Kathi Poppmeier came in at 233.
North Carolina finished second at 923 followed by Wake Forest at 926 and Florida State at 941.
Duke's lead on the par-72, 6,030-yard Bryan Park course shrank from 11 strokes Thursday to seven Friday.
North Carolina put on a charge, and Neill holed a 35-foot putt for a birdie on the 18th hole to clinch the individual victory.

by Bhavesh Jinadra by CNB