Cowgirls Lead Day Two at Big 12 Championships

Lincoln, Neb. - Oklahoma State fired a 291 to increase its lead to three strokes after two rounds at the Big 12 Women's Golf Championships at the Country Club of Lincoln on Tuesday.

The Cowgirls finished the first 36 holes at 592, after opening the tournament with a 301 on Monday. OSU, which entered the day with a one-stroke lead over second-place Texas A&M, increased its lead to three strokes after the Aggies shot a 293 on Tuesday. Texas A&M is still well within striking distance of the top spot, entering Wednesday's final round at 595 after shooting an opening-round 302 on Monday.

"I think we had a really good day," Oklahoma State Coach Laura Matthews said. "We did better earlier in the day, and we didn't play as well later on. Overall, I thought we really played great. I'm proud of them and I'm looking forward to tomorrow."

A&M's Ashley Knoll continued to lead the tournament after producing a one-under par 71 on Tuesday. Knoll's solid second round followed an opening-round 69 on Monday to put her at four-under par with a 140.

Knoll owns a five-strike lead over Iowa State's Jessica Shin and Oklahoma State's Pernilla Lindberg, who produced Tuesday's top round with a three-under par 69. Shin added a two-under par 70 to tie Lindberg in second at 145.

"I thought I played good. I was consistent, and I wasn't as good yesterday. Usually the first round has been the strength this semester, but I really came back today," Lindberg said. "I struggled on the greens, but had good birdie opportunities. The difference between yesterday and today was that I kept myself on the fairways. Yesterday that cost me some shots."

Missouri's Stephanie Wavro added a 70 of her own to climb into fourth place at 146. Wavro led a strong charge by the Tigers, who posted the top team score of the day with a 287 to climb from eighth to third place in the team standings. MU sits eight strokes back of the Cowgirls and just five strokes behind the Aggies at 600 through two rounds.

The hosts from Nebraska, which entered the second round in a tie with Baylor for third, also stayed in the title hunt by noching a 297 on Tuesday to stay within 12 strokes of OSU.

Kansas State (609) and Iowa State (610) round out the top six teams in the 12-team field, while Colorado leads the second tier of teams at 611 in seventh place. Baylor (616), Oklahoma (618), Texas (618), Texas Tech (628) and Kansas (634) round out the tournament field.

Big 12 Women's Golf Championships
April 17-19, 2006
Country Club of Lincoln
Lincoln, Neb.
Par 72, 6,167 Yards

Team Standings

1 1 Oklahoma State +16 F +3 301 291 5922 2 Texas A&M University +19 F +5 302 293 5953 8 Missouri, U. of +24 F -1 313 287 6004 T3 Nebraska, U. of +28 F +9 307 297 6045 7 Kansas State Univ. +33 F +9 312 297 6096 T5 Iowa State Univ. +34 F +13 309 301 6107 10 Colorado, U. of +35 F +8 315 296 6118 T3 Baylor +40 F +21 307 309 616T9 12 Oklahoma +42 F +13 317 301 618T9 9 Texas +42 F +16 314 304 61811 T5 Texas Tech Univ +52 F +31 309 319 62812 11 Kansas, U. of +58 F +30 316 318 634

 

Individual Leads

1 1 Ashley Knoll Texas A&M University -4 F -1 69 71 140T2 T5 Jessica Shin Iowa State Univ. +1 F -2 75 70 145T2 T10 Pernilla Lindberg Oklahoma State +1 F -3 76 69 1454 T10 Stephanie Wavro Missouri, U. of +2 F -2 76 70 146T5 T5 Anna Rehnholm Baylor +3 F E 75 72 147T5 T5 Candie Herrera Oklahoma State +3 F E 75 72 147T5 4 Elli Brown Nebraska, U. of +3 F +1 74 73 147T8 T5 Julia Best Texas +4 F +1 75 73 148T8 T16 Stephanie Ruiz Nebraska, U. of +4 F -1 77 71 148T10 T10 Katy Heffel Kansas State Univ. +5 F +1 76 73 149T10 T16 Brenda Norris Texas A&M University +5 F E 77 72 149T10 T27 Maria Perrson-Gulda Colorado, U. of +5 F -1 78 71 149T10 3 Jennifer Karr Oklahoma State +5 F +4 73 76 149T14 T32 Kelli Strubinger Missouri, U. of +6 F -1 79 71 150T14 T10 Ellen Hoeper Missouri, U. of +6 F +2 76 74 15016 T16 Helene Robert Kansas State Univ. +7 F +2 77 74 151T17 T16 Christi Athas Iowa State Univ. +8 F +3 77 75 152T17 T27 Mallorie Underwood Oklahoma State +8 F +2 78 74 152T17 T32 Lindsay Caljouw Colorado, U. of +8 F +1 79 73 152T20 T16 Meredith Jones Baylor +9 F +4 77 76 153T20 T10 Megan Dowdy Texas Tech Univ +9 F +5 76 77 153T20 T16 Brittany Givilancz Texas +9 F +4 77 76 153T20 2 Gloriana Soto Texas Tech Univ +9 F +9 72 81 153T20 T16 Karin Kinnerud Oklahoma State +9 F +4 77 76 153T20 T32 Hannah Hoch Colorado, U. of +9 F +2 79 74 153T20 T16 Allison Stewart Nebraska, U. of +9 F +4 77 76 153T20 T16 Lauren Johnson Texas A&M University +9 F +4 77 76 153T20 T16 Kendall Dye Oklahoma +9 F +4 77 76 153