Michigan
Big Ten Championships
U-M Remains 10th Heading into Final Day of Big Ten Meet
5/1/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Site: West Lafayette, Ind.
Course: Purdue University Kampen Course (par 72, 5949 yards)
Tournament: Big Ten Championships (Day 2)
U-M Team Standing: 10th place of 11 teams (334-331-322/987) after Day 2
Next Event: Sunday, May 2 -- at Big Ten Championships (West Lafayette, Ind.)
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The University of Michigan women's golf team remains in 10th place after three rounds at the 1999 Big Ten Conference Championships, hosted by Purdue University. The Maize and Blue added a third-round score of 322 to its 665 day-one total, giving Michigan a 987 total after three of four rounds. The Wolverines trail ninth-place Minnesota by 14 strokes heading into Sunday's (May 2) final round of play.
Three golfers are sharing the Wolverine spotlight as senior Sharon Park (Lexington, Ky./Henry Clay HS) and sophomores Amy Talbot (Plantation, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas HS) and Trish Watkins (Darien, Conn./Darien HS) lead Michigan, sitting in a tie for 33rd place with a 947 total. Park carded a 77, U-M's low round of the tournament, Saturday to lead the Wolverines to the seventh-best team score of the day.
Ohio State is the tournament leader with a three-round total of 937, led by Natalie Mosher and Amber Amstutz, who are tied for the individual lead with Indiana's Erin Carney with 54-hole totals of 228.
The 72-hole tournament will conclude on Sunday, with the final l8 holes scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. EST (10 a.m. EDT).
Team Standings (After Day 2)
1. Ohio State 310-313-314 = 937
2. Indiana 314-316-311 = 941
3. Michigan State 320-318-308 = 946
4. Wisconsin 320-318-321 = 959
5. Purdue 315-326-325 = 966
6. Northwestern 329-322-317 = 968
7. Penn State 334-327-311 = 972
Iowa 323-320-329 = 972
9. Minnesota 320-325-328 = 973
10. MICHIGAN 334-331-322 = 987
11. Illinois 347-349-347 = 1043
Top Individuals
1. Amber Amstutz, Ohio State 74-75-79 = 228
Erin Carney, Indiana 75-75 78 = 228
Natalie Mosher, Ohio State 77-78-72 = 228
4. M.C. Mullen, Iowa 81-74-76 = 231
5. Emily Bastel, Michigan State 79-75-80 = 234
Melaine Lepp, Minnesota 77-75-82 = 234
Theresa McDermott, Indiana 78-80-76 = 234
Michigan Individual Scores
T33. Sharon Park 81-89-77 = 247 T33. Amy Talbot 82-83-82 = 247 T33. Trish Watkins 87-79-81 = 247 T48. Bess Bowers 86-85-83 = 254 T51. LeAnna Wicks 90-84-82 = 256 59. Misia Lemanski 85-88-89 = 262
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