Lincoln, Neb. - The Nebraska women's golf team breezed to its second straight Chip-N Club Invitational title in windy conditions at Wilderness Ridge Golf Course on Monday.
The Nebraska White squad, consisting of the Huskers' sixth through 10th players in preseason qualifying, added a second-place effort 20 strokes behind NU's top squad.
The Red unit posted a third-round 325 after opening the two-day, 54-hole tournament with two rounds of 306 on Sunday to finish at 937. The White team managed a round of 329 on Monday after rounds of 320 and 308 on Sunday to finish at 957.
"Obviously I'm happy we won. I'm excited for the team coming in first and second," Coach Robin Krapfl said. "I wish we would have played a little bit better today, but I think the windy conditions had a little bit to do with that."
Southwest Missouri State finished a distant third with a three-round total of 965, which included Monday's best round of 322. North Texas slipped to fourth place with a three-round team score of 968 after shooting a 331 in the final round. UNT's Andra Lancaster did claim individual medalist honors by finishing at 225 (74-72-79). Lancaster held off a third-round charge from Sally Hinton of SMS, who produced Monday's top individual round of 74 to climb from eighth to second with a three-round score of 228 (75-79-74).
After that it was all Huskers, as Nebraska players claimed the third through eighth spots in the top 10, while adding two more players tied for 12th.
Allison Stewart, playing in the first tournament of her collegiate career, produced Nebraska's top finish playing in the No. 4 spot in the lineup with a 229. The redshirt freshman from Vermillion, S.D., added a third-round score of 81 to complement rounds of 75 and 73 on Sunday.
Senior Merynn Ito fired Nebraska's top round on Monday with a 79 to finish in fourth with a 232, seven strokes off the pace. Ito's third-round 79 was one of just three sub-80 rounds produced by the 42 golfers in the tournament on Monday.
True freshman Elli Brown, who qualified as the No. 10 golfer on the NU squad for the tournament, finished 10 strokes out of first in fifth place to lead a strong performance by the Nebraska White team. The Meridian, Idaho, native added a round of 82 on Monday to close a stellar effort in her Husker debut.
"We had two freshmen finishing in the top five, which is very impressive," Krapfl said. "Hopefully we can take the momentum of winning and learning to compete in some tough conditions and just keep getting better and better."
Junior Chelsea Gehring added a sixth-place individual effort for the NU Whites (79-73-84-236), while fellow junior Sara Sackett took seventh for the Reds (76-79-83-238). Sophomore Chrissie McArdle finished one shot back of Sackett (76-80-83-239) to round out the top four performances for the NU Red squad.
Junior Jackie Beste (86-76-82-244) and redshirt freshman Heather Gutschow (81-81-82-244) added solid efforts for the NU Whites by tying for 12th place.
The Huskers will return to action Friday, Sept. 24 through Sunday, Sept. 26, at the Jeannine McHaney Invitational in Lubbock, Texas, hosted by Texas Tech. The 18-team tournament will feature six other Big 12 Conference teams, including Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Missouri, Oklahoma and a pair of Texas Tech teams. The tournament tees off at 8 a.m . all three days.
Chip-N Club Invitational
Wilderness Ridge Lincoln, NE
FINAL RESULTS (Date Posted: 09-20-2004)
Par: 72
Yardage: 5933
Fin Team Scores
1 Nebraska, U. of 306 306 325 937 +73 2 Nebraska White 320 308 329 957 +93 3 SW Missouri St. U. 316 327 322 965 +101 4 North Texas, U. of 316 321 331 968 +104 5 Bradley University 322 338 333 993 +129 6 Wichita State Univ. 334 330 336 1000 +136 7 Creighton University 337 331 339 1007 +143 8 UMKC 339 353 357 1049 +185
Fin Name School Scores 1 Andra Lancaster N. Texas 74 72 79 225 +9 2 Sally Hinton SMS 75 79 74 228 +12 3 Allison Stewart Nebraska 75 73 81 229 +13 4 Merynn Ito Nebraska 79 74 79 232 +16 5 Elli Brown NU White 75 78 82 235 +19 6 Chelsea Gehring NU White 79 73 84 236 +20 7 Sara Sackett Nebraska 76 79 83 238 +22 8 Chrissie McArdle Nebraska 76 80 83 239 +23 9 Missy Linnens SMS 78 79 83 240 +24 10 Carly Sobel Bradley 77 84 82 243 +27 Tara Goedeken Wichita St 81 80 82 243 +27 12 Jackie Beste NU White 86 76 82 244 +28 Heather Gutschow NU White 81 81 82 244 +28 14 Melissa Reeves Wichita St 79 81 85 245 +29 15 Jaclyn Golden N. Texas 83 80 84 247 +31 Tara Lambright N. Texas 82 81 84 247 +31 17 Megan Hanson SMS 82 81 85 248 +32 Leigh Sutton Creighton 80 83 85 248 +32 Rachel Byleen Creighton 87 77 84 248 +32 20 Rikki Sobel Bradley 81 83 85 249 +33 21 Whitney Bauer Bradley 82 85 83 250 +34 22 Andrea Dunagan NU White 85 83 83 251 +35 Agnes Kim Bradley 82 86 83 251 +35 24 Lauren Cheves N. Texas 77 91 84 252 +36 25 Kristen Kosch SMS 81 91 81 253 +37 26 Nicole Lloyd Wichita St 85 82 87 254 +38 27 Maureen Gross Creighton 87 83 85 255 +39 Aubrey McCormick SMS 83 88 84 255 +39 29 Whitney McCuistion Wichita St 81 90 85 256 +40 30 Katie Houlehan UMKC 81 84 92 257 +41 31 Brittnay Hofer UMKC 84 87 87 258 +42 32 Audrey Butler Creighton 83 88 88 259 +43 Whitney Cox Bradley 82 90 87 259 +43 Beth Anne Bryson Nebraska 90 87 82 259 +43 35 Paige Padgett N. Texas 90 88 84 262 +46 36 Kelly Eddy Wichita St 91 87 85 263 +47 37 Jamie Raines Wichita St 89 92 84 265 +49 38 Paige Pahlke Creighton 92 91 85 268 +52 39 Jackie Wagner UMKC 89 89 91 269 +53 40 Amy Harder UMKC 85 96 90 271 +55 41 Danielle Zejdlik UMKC 91 93 89 273 +57 42 Tristin Geyer SMS 94 92 96 282 +66 WD Meaghan LeBlanc Bradley WD WD WD