Michigan
Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational
Michigan Places Sixth at Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invite
10/14/2003 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
MANHATTAN, Kan. -- The University of Michigan women's golf team used a final-round 320 to climb one spot into sixth place at the Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational, held Monday and Tuesday (Oct. 13-14) at Colbert Hills Golf Course.
Michigan opened the tournament with team score of 315 but, fighting rain and fierce winds, slipped in the second round, carding a 323 to hold seventh place through the first day of competition. The Maize and Blue improved to a 320 team tally in the third round, the fourth lowest team score of the final day, to leap-frog Illinois State into sixth place with a two-day total of 958.
Junior Laura Olin (Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden Prairie HS) and sophomore Amy Schmucker (Cold Spring, Minn./Rocori HS) guided the Wolverines late improvement, both posting their best scores of the tournament in the third round. Olin opened with rounds of 78 and 81, but shaved her score to a 77 to finish tied for 14th. Likewise, Schmucker carded disappointing rounds of 81 and 80 before rebounding with a four-over 76 on the final day to tie for 18th place.
Sophomore Brandi Zielinski (Sylvania, Ohio/St. Ursula Academy), who competed as an individual in the tournament, tied for 26th place with a three-round score of 240 (79-82-79/240). Other Michigan scores included freshman Ali Stinson (Penticton, B.C./Penticton Secondary) in 29th place (77-82-82/241), freshman Brianna Broderick (Richmond, Mo./Richmond HS), tied for 32nd (79-80-85/244) and senior/junior Courtney Goebel (Huntington Beach, Calif./Marina HS), in 55th place (85-87-89/261).
The Wolverines will wrap up the fall portion of their schedule when they travel to Greenville, S.C., next Friday through Sunday (Oct. 24-26) for the Lady Paladin Invitational. The 54-hole tournament will be played at Furman University Golf Course.
Team Standings
1. Kansas State 302-312-311 = 925 2. Nebraska 306-313-316 = 935 3. Southern Methodist 306-312-320 = 938 4. Kansas 305-323-316 = 944 5. Arkansas-Little Rock 311-314-323 = 948 6. MICHIGAN 315-323-320 = 958 7. Illinois State 317-319-328 = 964 8. Iowa 308-333-325 = 966 9. North Texas 323-322-345 = 990 10. Wichita State 353-328-359 = 1040 11. Missouri-Kansas City 345-342-359 = 1046 12. Creighton 343-366-360 = 1069
Top IndividualsÂ
1. Samantha Richdale, Illinois State 72-74-77 = 223
2. Linda Svensson, UALR 75-74-76 = 225
3. Christine Boucher, Kansas State 76-75-75 = 226
Merynn Ito, Nebraska 73-76-77 = 226
5. Laura Cross, SMU 73-78-80 = 231
6. Karen Quintelier, Kansas State 74-73-85 = 232
Laura Holmes, Iowa 77-79-76 = 232
8. Jill Womble, Kansas 79-79-76 = 234
9. Kristin Rothengatter, SMU 75-82-78 = 235
Liz Bennett, Iowa 73-82-80 = 235
Amanda Costner, Kansas 76-82-77 = 235
Stephanie Limoges, Kansas State* 79-74-82 = 235
Chrissie McArdle, Nebraska* 79-78-78 = 235
Michigan Individual Scores
T14. Laura Olin 78-81-77 = 236 T18. Amy Schmucker 81-80-76 = 237 29. Ali Stinson 77-82-82 = 241 T32. Brianna Broderick 79-80-85 = 244 55. Courtney Goebel 85-87-89 = 261 T26. Brandi Zielinski* 79-82-79 = 240
* played as an individual
N O T E S
• Weather conditions were so severe during the first day that temperatures dipped to 24 degrees with the wind chill.
Q U O T E S
U-M Head Coach Kathy Teichert
On Michigan's performance ... "It was not a great tournament for the Wolverines. We didn't putt well at all. We made a lot of mental errors. I think we let some of the elements get to us. We let the rain and the wind really effect us, and I think that hurt our confidence. Today, we posted two good rounds, but we didn't get a lot of support from the others. I saw some shots that were brillant, but I also saw a lot that were not. We haven't been able to control the consistency yet."
On preparing for next week ... "We need to mentally regroup. We need to find a way to start shooting lower scores. I don't know if we're waiting for some reason, but I know we can certainly play a lot better."
Junior Laura Olin
On the team's performance ... "The team is disappointed; we know we could have played a lot better. When we're all shooting in the 80s, that's not helping us to win. We really got ourselves in a hole after the first round and were never able to recover. Hopefully, we can learn something from this tournament about what we need to do to play better. We need to all come together, because we have proven to ourselves that we can play well."
Sophomore Amy Schmucker
On the team's performance ... "I think the team is pretty disappointed in our finish. We came in here with high expectations, and we just didn't do the things that we needed to do to finish well."
On her own performance ... "I was swinging really well; I came into this tournament feeling that my swing was intact. I wasn't making any putts though; I just couldn't get the ball in the hole."
Players Mentioned
