U-M Places 10th at Rainy Lady Northern Invitational

Monday, September 28

Madison, Wis.

7:30 AM CT

Michigan

Lady Northern Invitational

9/28/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf

Sept. 28, 2009

Site: Madison, Wis.
Course: University Ridge Golf Course (par 72, 6,246 yards)
Tournament: Lady Northern Invitational (Day 2 of 2)
U-M Standing: 10th Place of 15 Teams (308-300-312/920)
Top U-M Individual: Ashley Bauer, T-11th (73-74-75/222)
Next Event: Mon-Tue., Oct. 5-6 -- at Windy City Collegiate (Chicago, Ill.)

MADISON, Wis. -- Playing through wind, rain and a day-one suspension of the second round, the University of Michigan women's golf team played 27 holes today (Monday, Sept. 28) and closed 10th with a 920 team total at the Lady Northern Invitational at the University Ridge Golf Course.

With rains in the forecast for yesterday's 36-hole day one, the 15-team field motored through the first round as the Wolverines carded an opening 308 tally, which was paced by senior captain Ashley Bauer's (Grand Blanc, Mich./Grand Blanc HS) one-over 73. As gray clouds started to well up, the field was called off the course in the second round with some teams having as many as nine holes remaining. With no clearing in site, the Lady Northern was then called for the day.

The Wolverines got off to an early start in today's second round continuation and used the extra rest to rally for a 300, as Ashley Bauer, senior Andrea Ratigan (Tucson, Ariz./Sabino HS) and junior Min Yean Tan (Queensland, Australia/Hills International College) each fired two-over 74s. As winds picked up in the final round, scores elevated as U-M finished with a 312 team total to finish with a 54-hole tally of 920.

For the seventh straight tournament, Ashley Bauer finished as the top Wolverine, closing in a tie for 11th at 222. An additional three Wolverines gave U-M four among the top 50 individually in the 89-player field as Tan tied for 37th at 232 (79-74-79), sophomore Meagan Bauer (Grand Blanc, Mich./Grand Blanc HS) tied for 42nd at 233 (77-78-78) and Ratigan tied for 46th at 236 (79-74-83).

Junior Katelin Davis (Dexter, Mich./Dexter HS) and freshman Caramia Sitompul (Jakarta, Indonesia/Bradenton Prep Academy [Fla.]) rounded out the Wolverine starters as Davis tied for 66th at 240 and Sitompul tied for 87th at 252 in her first collegiate event.

The Wolverines have little time to rest as they will head out to Chicago, Ill., on Sunday to play in Northwestern's Windy City Collegiate. The 54-hole event will be held Monday and Tuesday (Oct. 5-6) at the Glen Club.

Team Standings

 1. Purdue                  291-285-289 = 865 (+1) 2. Ohio State              283-291-304 = 878    Michigan State          292-280-306 = 878 4. Northwestern            297-289-303 = 889 5. Iowa State              296-290-305 = 891 6. Wisconsin               300-298-310 = 908 7. Indiana                 303-296-311 = 910 8. Minnesota               304-302-308 = 914 9. Illinois                300-306-310 = 91610. MICHIGAN                308-300-312 = 92011. Georgetown              310-307-319 = 93612. Iowa                    314-311-314 = 93913. college of Charleston   311-310-323 = 94414. Penn State              314-316-321 = 95115. Southern Methodist      318-309-325 = 952

Top Individuals

 1. Maude-Aimee LeBlanc, Purdue       68-72-70 = 210 (-6) 2. Junthima Gulyanamitta, Purdue     74-69-70 = 213 3. Allie White, Ohio State           68-71-76 = 215 4. Rachel Rohanna, Ohio State        70-72-76 = 218 5. Laura Kueny, Michigan State       72-70-77 = 219    Caroline Powers, Michigan State   71-71-77 = 219 7. Laurence Herman, Iowa State       72-75-73 = 220    Aimee Neff, Michigan State        77-68-75 = 220 9. Laura Gonzalez Esca, Purdue       77-71-73 = 221    Pennapa Pulsawath, Iowa State     70-70-81 = 221

Michigan Individuals

T11. Ashley Bauer       73-74-75 = 222T37. Min Yean Tan       79-74-79 = 232T42. Meagan Bauer       77-78-78 = 233T46. Andrea Ratigan     79-74-83 = 236T66. Katelin Davis      80-80-80 = 240T87. Caramia Sitompul   84-82-86 = 252

N O T E S

• Ashley Bauer has now finished as the top Wolverine in 21 of her 38 career events and has seven career top-five finishes. Today also marked her seventh straight event finishing as the top Wolverine.

• With her start at this weekend's Lady Northern Invitational, Ashley Bauer has yet to miss a tournament in her career, playing in 38 straight events. Bauer is one of two Wolverines with consecutive-event streaks along with Min Yean Tan, who has played in 26 straight events in her three seasons.

• With her second start of the season, Katelin Davis set a new career best for starts in a single campaign. She had two starts in seven events prior to this season with one as a freshman and one as a sophomore.

• Caramia Sitompul played and started her first collegiate event at the Lady Northern Invitational.

Contact: Tom Wywrot (734) 763-4423