University of Minnesota Athletics
WOMEN'S GOLF WINS MINNESOTA INVITATIONAL
9/12/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Minnesota erased a seven-shot deficit in the final round, forcing a playoff with Eastern Michigan. The two teams were tied after the first round of 18 holes on Saturday before Eastern Michigan recorded a 310 in the second round to Minnesota's 317. But Minnesota rebounded with a round of 316 on Sunday, while Eastern Michigan shot 323, tying the team race at 948. The Golden Gophers won the team title on a one-hole playoff.
In the individual race, Smoot and Stier, who competed as an individual, were tied at 149 going into the final round of competition. Both shot 77 on Sunday to end the tournament at 226 and force a playoff. The two battled through six sudden-death playoff holes before Smoot birdied the par-5 No. 18 to earn the individual title.
Minnesota's Beth Hollatz, competing as an individual, was the only player to score par in a round during the tournament. Hollatz scored a 72 in Sunday's final round and finished at 228. Northern Iowa's Karla Schuldt was three behind at 231, while Ashley Wilkerson of Oral Roberts placed fifth at 234.
Minnesota freshman Karyn Stordahl was the top team finisher for the Gophers, placing sixth at 235. Junior Katie Bakken tied for ninth at 239, while sophomore Kristin Dooley was 15th (242) and Cindy Cannon tied for 16th (243).
Eastern Michigan's scorers all placed in the top 25. Smoot led the way with her first-place finish at 226, followed by Devon Beveridge, seventh at 236. Rounding out the scoring for Eastern Michigan were Jasreen Nirmal (19th, 244) and Kristee Wright (23rd, 245).
Two Idaho golfers scored eagles on Sunday. Trisha Einsphar scored a 3 on the par-5 18th, while Nicole Keller scored a 3 on the par-5 13th.
Oral Roberts placed third in the team standings at 950, while Idaho was right behind at 951. Northern Iowa placed fifth at 967.
Team Scores
1. E. Michigan 315-310-323-- 948 Minnesota 315-317-316-- 948 3. Oral Roberts 321-315-314-- 950 4. Idaho 320-316-315-- 951 5. Northern Iowa 319-325-323-- 967 6. Creighton 335-330-333-- 998 7. Grand Valley 334-341-333--1008 8. Missouri-Kansas City 342-327-347--1016 9. Eastern Washington 340-333-347--1020 10. Loyola 348-339-353--1040 11. Truman State 359-355-369--1083 -Minnesota wins one-hole playoff
Individual Scores
1. Stephanie Smoot E. Michigan 75-74-77--226 *Megan Stier Minnesota 73-76-77--226 3. *Beth Hollatz Minnesota 81-75-72--228 4. Karla Schuldt N. Iowa 76-76-79--231 5. Ashley Wilkerson Oral Roberts 79-76-79--234 6. Karyn Stordahl Minnesota 77-80-78--235 7. Devon Beveridge E. Michigan 75-79-82--236 8. Julie Wells Idaho 81-77-79--237 9. Megan Incheliff Oral Roberts 81-80-78--239 Katie Bakken Minnesota 77-82-79--239 11. Linzee Frei Idaho 81-76-83--240 Heidi Brown Oral Roberts 83-82-75--240 Nicole Keller Idaho 82-80-78--240 14. Trina Dirks N. Iowa 79-80-82--241 15. Kristin Dooley Minnesota 77-80-85--242 16. Katie Collins Grand Valley 79-87-77--243 Cindy Cannon Minnesota 84-79-80--243 Maria Valente Idaho 80-84-79--243 19. Laurie Engelking Oral Roberts 80-79-85--244 Kirstin Whalen Minnesota 84-82-78--244 Jasreen Nirmal E. Michigan 83-77-84--244 *Jenny Bruun Minnesota 84-78-82--244 23. Jennifer Martens Creighton 84-80-81--245 Teresa Kleffner UMKC 82-80-83--245 Kristee Wright E. Michigan 84-80-81--245 Kendra Palmer Loyola 82-80-83--245 Trisha Einsphar Idaho 83-83-79--245 28. Jennie Bickel N. Iowa 83-85-78--246 Noelle Hamilton Idaho 78-83-85--246 30. Paola Alverez Oral Roberts 86-80-82--248 31. Kylie Smith E. Washington 88-80-81--249 32. Jen Lackey Grand Valley 83-86-81--250 33. *Arminda Yutuc Minnesota 82-84-85--251 34. Andrea Schaffer E. Michigan 82-87-83--252 35. Julie Finken Creighton 86-83-84--253 Emily Allred Oral Roberts 81-86-86--253 *Marilee Dahlman Minnesota 86-82-85--253 38. Julie Skavanger Minnesota 92-78-84--254 *Monica Haag Minnesota 77-88-89--254 40. Karen Beulke Creighton 87-87-81--255 Julie Hary N. Iowa 82-89-84--255 Jennifer Dolph E. Washington 85-84-86--255 43. Betsy Hoffman N. Iowa 82-88-86--256 Debbie Behlman Creighton 83-86-87--256 Kate Johnson N. Iowa 85-84-87--256 46. Jessica Bennett UMKC 84-86-87--257 Sara Northcutt E. Washington 83-85-89--257 Shannon Shank Creighton 86-84-87--257 Jenny Bishop Creighton 82-83-92--257 *Abby Oglesby N. Iowa 85-87-85--257 51. Jaclyn Laboi UMKC 88-79-91--258 52. Jessica Nelson Loyola 89-84-86--259 Suzie Bright Grand Valley 83-87-89--259 54. Jess Lackey Grand Valley 91-83-87--261 Maria Larsen UMKC 88-85-88--261 56. Lauren Laskowski Grand Valley 89-85-88--262 57. Emily Hassen E. Michigan 90-81-92--263 *Laura Krumenauer Minnesota 88-83-92--263 59. Mindy Merrifield UMKC 93-83-89--265 60. Nicole Ross UMKC 88-89-89--266 61. Betsy Driskill Truman State 87-83-97--267 Amanda Deutscher Loyola 88-84-95--267 63. Sandy Hughes E. Washington 84-93-91--268 *Nina Chow UMKC 94-86-88--268 65. Debbie Haakstad E. Washington 90-84-95--269 66. Kristine Kading Grand Valley 89-88-95--272 67. Debbie Skopek Loyola 89-91-93--273 Tali Best Loyola 90-92-91--273 69. Jill Schulte Truman State 91-97-88--276 70. Chrissy Glover Truman State 88-97-92--277 71. Amy Franzen Truman State 95-87-96--278 *Melissa Ihle UMKC 91-95-92--278 73. Carrie Catlett Truman State 98-89-94--281 74. Sara Mitchell Truman State 93-96-95--284 75. *Tina Olson Wis.-Superior103-120-117--367 - Smoot wins after six sudden-death playoff holes
* Competed as an individual