Huskers Climb to Ninth at Lady Razorback

Rogers, Ark. - The Nebraska women's golf team rebounded from a rough opening round on Sunday to fire a 305 in Monday's second round to climb four spots to ninth among the 19 teams at the Lady Razorback Invitational.

Redshirt freshman Allison Stewart continued her solid play by putting together a 77 in the second round, after leading the Huskers with a 78 on Sunday.  The Vermillion, S.D., native's 155 through two rounds put her into a tie for 20th place heading into Tuesday's final 18 holes in the three-day tournament.

Nebraska Coach Robin Krapfl said the Huskers and Stewart played well on Monday.

"We needed to just come out and simplify things today and get back to basics," Krapfl said.  "We hit fairways and greens and played smart golf.  Allison played very well for the second day in a row, and Merynn (Ito) played like we expect her to play day-in and day-out.  We made a move up the leaderboard today, and we'll try to climb some more tomorrow."

While Stewart maintained her strong play, senior Merynn Ito got back on track Monday by shooting a team-low two-over-par 74 in the second round.  Ito's effort came after struggling with an 85 in the opening round.  Ito's effort vaulted her up the individual standings into a tie for 39th.

Sophomore Chrissie McArdle also produced a strong round with a four-over-par 76 on the 6,105-yard layout at the Pinnacle Country Club. McArdle climbed into a tie for 31st heading into the final round.

True freshman Elli Brown bounced back from an 87 on Sunday to shoot a 78 on Monday, giving the Huskers' their fourth score.  Brown sits in a tie for 74th among the 100 players in the tournament, while unior Chelsea Gehring is in a tie for 64th place after battling her way to an 85 on Monday.

Iowa State remained in first place through two rounds after shooting 304 on Monday to go along with its opening-round 297 for a two-round total of 601.  The Cyclones are 10 strokes ahead of Missouri (611) and 12 shots in front of the hosts from Arkansas (613).

The Lady Razorback Invitational concludes with 18 holes on Tuesday with tee times starting at 8:30 a.m.

Lady Razorback Invitational 
* Individual           
Pinnacle C.C. Rogers, Ark. 
Par: 72  Yardage:  6015               

 

     Fin.   Top 20 Teams             Scores 

         1   Iowa State Univ.         297  304    601    

         2   Missouri, U. of          309  302    611    

         3   Arkansas, U. of          303  310    613    

             Texas A&M University     311  302    613    

         5   Illinois State Univ.     305  314    619    

         6   Michigan, U. of          306  315    621    

         7   Notre Dame, U. of        314  308    622    

         8   Kansas, U. of            316  310    626    

         9   Nebraska, U. of          323  305    628    

        10   Wisconsin, U. of         317  314    631    

             Alabama, U. of           310  321    631    

        12   Western Michigan U.      324  311    635    

        13   Iowa, U. of              317  322    639    

        14   Texas El Paso, U. of     312  329    641    

        15   Mississippi, U. of       328  316    644    

        16   SW Missouri St. U.       326  324    650    

        17   Augusta State U.         332  320    652    

        18   Oral Roberts Univ.       330  328    658    

        19   Southern Mississippi     334  327    661    

 

 

   Fin.    Top 20 Players         School       Scores 

      1    Lisa Meshke            Iowa State    70   70   140

      2    Brenda Norris          Texas A&M     74   73   147

      3    Samantha Richdale      IL St.        75   73   148

      4    Christa Spedding       Texas A&M     78   71   149

           Louise Kenney          Iowa State    73   76   149

      6    Denise Knaebel         Missouri      74   76   150

           Amanda McCurdy         Arkansas      73   77   150

      8    Brianna Broderick      Michigan      74   77   151

           Sally Hinton           SMS           74   77   151

           Nikki Hadd             Ole Miss      78   73   151

     11    Stacy Lewis            Arkansas      78   74   152

           Liz Bennett            Iowa          75   77   152

           Gena Johnson           Arkansas      75   77   152

     14    Maria Ohlsson          Missouri      77   76   153

           Christi Athas          Iowa State    76   77   153

           Jane Lee               Notre Dame    77   76   153

          *Amy Schmucker          Michigan      73   80   153

     18    Gerina Mendoza         UTEP          75   79   154

           Kelli Strubinger       Missouri      80   74   154

     20    Tiffany Woods          Kansas        80   75   155

           Caitlan Roschek        WMU           78   77   155

           Nicki Morse            Wisconsin     76   79   155

           Allison Stewart        Nebraska      78   77   155

           Mayumi Kobayashi       Wisconsin     79   76   155

          *Lina Axelsson          Arkansas      75   80   155

Nebraska Individuals 

      T 20    Allison Stewart          78   77    155

      T 31    Chrissie McArdle         81   76    157

      T 39    Merynn Ito               85   74    159

      T 64    Chelsea Gehring          79   84    163

      T 74    Elli Brown               87   78    165