Michigan
Big Ten Championships
Wolverines Finish Seventh at Big Ten Championships
4/29/2001 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. -- The University of Michigan women's golf team battled windy conditions for the second straight day and shot 318 in the final round of the Big Ten Conference Championships on Sunday (April 29) to finish seventh at the University of Minnesota's Les Bolstad Golf Course. The Wolverines finished with a 1,248 championship total after rounds of 309-303-318-318 in the 72-hole event.
Michigan State held on to its two-day lead to win the conference title by 11 strokes. The Spartans (302-300-309-308/1219) finished ahead of Indiana (303-301-318-308/1230) and Northwestern (304-303-314-309/1230), which tied for second. Ohio State's Mollie Fankhauser took home individual medalist honors as she finished with a 13-over-par 301 total after rounds of 70-77-78-76. Purdue's Kari Damron (74-75-80-74/303) and Michigan State's Allison Fouch (78-70-76-79/303) tied for runner-up honors.
Wolverine junior Bess Bowers (Bloomington, Ind./North HS) continued her strong championship as she finished with a career-best tie for eighth after a final round of 78. She finished with a 307 total after carding rounds of 75, 76 and 78 during the first two days.
Sophomore Kim Benedict (Rochester Hills, Mich./Rochester Adams HS) tied for 23rd after finishing with a final round of 82. Benedict fired rounds of 76-74-82 for a 314 championship total. Junior LeAnna Wicks (Brighton, Mich./Brighton HS) finished just behind Benedict as she tied for 25th after carding a 78 in her final round. Wicks tallied rounds of 79-78-80 for a 315 championship total.
Junior Misia Lemanski (Grosse Ile, Mich./Grosse Ile HS) tied for 37th (79-80-79-83/321), junior Cortney Reno (Grosse Ile, Mich./Grosse Ile HS) tied for 46th (79-85-81-80/325) and freshman Sarah Kruer (La Jolla, Calif./La Jolla Country Day) finished 51st (82-75-89-83/329).
The Wolverines have completed the main portion of their 2000-01 schedule and now await selection to compete in the school's first-ever NCAA Regional. This year team's from across the country will be sent to three Regional sites -- Chapel Hill, N.C. (East), West Lafayette, Ind. (Central) or Corvallis, Ore. (West) -- to compete Thursday through Saturday, May 10-12.
Final Team Standings
1. Michigan State 302-300-309-308 = 1219
2. Indiana 303-301-318-308 = 1230
Northwestern 304-303-314-309 = 1230
4. Purdue 298-313-319-305 = 1235
Minnesota 302-304-315-314 = 1235
6. Ohio State 303-305-310-321 = 1239
7. MICHIGAN 309-303-318-318 = 1248
8. Wisconsin 307-323-327-314 = 1271
9. Penn State 310-323-331-320 = 1284
10. Iowa 324-324-325-314 = 1287
11. Illinois 319-328-335-318 = 1300
Top Individuals
1. Mollie Fankhauser, Ohio State 70-77-78-76 = 301
2. Kari Damron, Purdue 74-75-80-74 = 303
Allison Fouch, Michigan State 78-70-76-79 = 303
4. Stacy Snider, Michigan State 74-75-80-75 = 304
5. Tiffany Fisher, Indiana 74-76-78-77 = 305
6. Allie Blomquist, Wisconsin 72-75-82-77 = 306
Karyn Stordahl, Minnesota 75-73-80-78 = 306
8. Bess Bowers, U-M 75-76-78-78 = 307
Hana Kim, Northwestern 71-81-80-75 = 307
10. Natalie Tucker, Indiana 79-72-83-74 = 308
Ashley Lowery, Ohio State 77-74-77-80 = 308
Emily Bastel, Michigan State 76-75-79-78 = 308
Andrea Makauskas, Purdue 73-81-80-74 = 308
Other Michigan Scores
T23. Kim Benedict 76-74-82-82 = 314 T25. LeAnna Wicks 79-78-80-78 = 315 T37. Misia Lemanski 79-80-79-83 = 321 T46. Cortney Reno 79-85-81-80 = 325 51. Sarah Kruer 82-75-89-83 = 329
N O T E S
• Bess Bowers was one of just seven players who shot in the 70s in all four rounds.
• Michigan's 1,248 Big Ten Championships total is the second best in school history. In the 18 Big Ten Championships, the Wolverines have broken the 1,300 barrier four times, with the all-time mark of 1,216 being set in the 2000 tournament.
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