Wolverines Finish Tied for 14th at Central District Classic

Tuesday, February 21

Parrish, Fla.

8:00 AM

Michigan

Central District Invitational

Wolverines Finish Tied for 14th at Central District Classic

2/21/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf

Feb. 21, 2012

Site: Parrish, Fla.
Course: River Wilderness Country Club (par 72, 6,218 yards)
Tournament: Central District Invitational
U-M Standing: Tie-14th Place of 15 Teams (319-309-301/929)
Top U-M Individual: Yugene Lee, tie-38th (80-77-72/229)
Next Event: Mon-Tue., March 5-6 -- at Hurricane Invitational (Miami Lakes, Fla.)

PARRISH, Fla. -- An even-par 72 from sophomore Yugene Lee (Athens, Ga./Oconee County HS) on the final day helped the University of Michigan women's golf team close with a 301 today (Tuesday, Feb. 21) to tie for 14th at the Central District Classic with a 929 total at the River Wilderness Country Club.

With 11 top-50 teams in the 15-member field, Michigan opened with a 319 in yesterday's (Monday, Feb. 20) first round. The Wolverines dropped 10 shots in the day's second 18 to close 15th with a 628 total after 36 holes. Using Lee's 72 and 76s from senior Meagan Bauer (Grand Blanc, Mich./Grand Blanc HS) and freshman Linda Luo (Bradenton, Fla./Lakewood Ranch HS), the Wolverines dropped another nine shots to post their best team score of the event (301) and tie with Indiana.

Lee led U-M for the second time this season as she tied for 38th at 229 (80-77-72). After leading the Wolverines after the first day, sophomore Alyssa Shimel (Pemberville, Ohio/Eastwood HS) tied for 47th at 231 (78-76-77), while Luo tied for 57th at 233 (80-77-76).

Other Wolverine finishes included Bauer finishing 69th at 237 (82-79-76) and freshman Lauren Grogan (Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Watterson HS) closing 73rd at 242 (81-80-81).

The Wolverines will take a 12-day break, including their spring break training trip, before heading back down to Miami Lakes, Fla., Monday and Tuesday (March 5-6) for the 2012 Hurricane Invitational. The 54-hole tournament will be played at Deering Bay Yacht & Country Club.

Final Team Standings

 1. TCU                297-289-296 = 882 (+18) 2. Oklahoma           291-293-299 = 883 3. Vanderbilt         293-294-297 = 884 4. LSU                291-301-293 = 885 5. Michigan State     295-294-298 = 887 6. Ohio State         303-294-296 = 893 7. Iowa State         299-297-298 = 894 8. North Carolina     294-302-300 = 896 9. Central Florida    301-298-300 = 89910. Coastal Carolina   297-307-302 = 90611. Kent State         310-293-305 = 90812. Minnesota          311-311-294 = 91613. Northwestern       314-303-305 = 92214. MICHIGAN           319-309-301 = 929    Indiana            314-310-305 = 929

Top Individuals

 1. Chirapat Jao-Javanil, Oklahoma         68-70-74 = 212 (-4) 2. Tessa Teachman, LSU                    69-75-70 = 214 3. Sasikarn On-Iam, Iowa State            75-72-69 = 216 4. Mercedes Germino, Kent State           76-68-73 = 217    Amy Meier, Ohio State                  73-71-73 = 217 6. Marina Alex, Vanderbilt                71-72-75 = 218    Brittany Henderson, Coastal Carolina   73-73-72 = 218    Christine Meier, Michigan State        72-73-73 = 218    Katie Mitchell, Central Florida        74-71-73 = 218    Sanna Nuutinen, TCU                    71-72-75 = 218    Kendall Prince, Ohio State             73-74-71 = 218

Michigan Individuals

T38. Yugene Lee      80-77-72 = 229T47. Alyssa Shimel   78-76-77 = 231T57. Linda Luo       80-77-76 = 233 69. Meagan Bauer    82-79-76 = 237 73. Lauren Grogan   81-80-81 = 242

N O T E S

• Yugene Lee's tie for 38th individually continued her streak of finishing among the top 40 in all seven events this season.

• Meagan Bauer, Yugene Lee and Alyssa Shimel have started all seven events this season. In fact, Bauer has started her last 29 and Shimel her last 19.

Q U O T E S

Michigan Head Coach Cheryl Stacy
On the Central District Classic ... "It was a rough weekend for us. We are going to come back and regroup. We are really looking at this event as kind of a fluke. We are just trying to get the kinks out from being inside all winter. We have spring break coming up so we are looking forward to a week of playing and practicing before heading to the Miami tournament. Yugene (Lee) really played well today and it was great to see her close with an even-par 72. I walked with Meagan (Bauer) most the day. She played a lot better. She was just struggling with her swing a little, but she was able to bring it back around in the final round. We just got off to a rough start on our first four or five holes yesterday, however, today we saw improvement, which really helped us get better. We still need to finish a little stronger, but you can see the improvements coming. These are all things we will continue to work on over the next few weeks before we get back to tournament play."

Contact: Tom Wywrot (734) 763-4423