University of Minnesota Athletics
GOLFERS TAKE A BREAK BEFORE THE PEGGY KIRK BELL INVITAITONAL
2/29/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Sophomore Cindy Cannon (Big Lake, Minn./Monticello) was Minnesota's second finisher, tying for 34th at 247. Sophomore Megan Stier (Belle Plaine, Minn./Belle Plaine) was right behind at 248, with newcomer Karyn Stordahl (Owatonna, Minn./Owatonna) at 252. Newcomer Kirstin Whalen (Elk River, Minn./Elk River) was 61st at 256.
Texas Christian won the team title with a score of 936, and the school also earned the top individual finish: Angela Stanford at 226.
Michigan State was the highest Big Ten Conference team, placing third at 945.
STORDAHL LEADS THE TEAM IN THE FALL SEASON - Karyn Stordahl competed in all five fall tournaments for Minnesota, leading the team with a 77.77 stroke average in 13 rounds. That mark is the 17th-best fall average in Minnesota history. Stordahl had four finishes in the top seven, including a low three-round score of 227, Minnesota's second-best 54-hole total of the season.
STIER STARTS STRONG - Sophomore Megan Stier (Belle Plaine, Minn./Belle Plaine) started the season on a high note, tying for first at the Minnesota Invitational. She pushed Eastern Michigan's Stephanie Smoot to six playoff holes before falling. Stier finished the fall season second on the team in stroke average (79.00).
THREE PLAY ALL FIVE - Karyn Stordahl, Megan Stier and sophomore Cindy Cannon (Big Lake, Minn./Monticello) each competed in all five fall tournaments for Minnesota. Cannon averaged 81.54 in 13 rounds.
LOW ROUNDS - The Gophers recorded a low 54-hole score of 940 in the final fall meet, the Shootout at the Legends. Minnesota's low score for a round was 305 in the second round at the Shootout.
Sophomore Beth Hollatz (Redwood Falls, Minn./ Redwood Valley) had Minnesota's low individual score for a round, scoring an even-par 72 in the third round at the Minnesota Invitational. Jenny Bruun recorded a one- over-par 73 in the second round at the Shootout, while Megan Stier had a one-over-par 73 in the first round of the Minnesota Invitational.
STARTING OUT RIGHT - The Gophers won the Minnesota Invitational on Sept. 13 at the Les Bolstad Golf Course, outlasting Eastern Michigan in one playoff hole. Minnesota rebounded from a seven-shot deficit in the final round to force the playoff.
UP NEXT - Minnesota competes at the University of Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Invitational in Oahu, Hawaii, March 28- 30.
