Nov. 11, 2003
Columbia, Mo. - The University of Missouri women's golf squad competed in the second round of the Las Vegas Women's Collegiate Showdown on Tuesday and are in eighth place heading into the final day. While the second round total of 305 wasn't exactly what the Tigers had in mind coming into the day, Mizzou is only four strokes out of the top five and 12 strokes out of the third place spot heading into the final round. The tourney is being played at the Anthem Country Club, a par-72, 6,194-yard trek in Las Vegas, Nevada.
"Our kids made some good shots today and were aggressive, but we need to get the putters hot tomorrow if we want to make a move at the lead," head coach Stephanie Cooper said.
Junior Maria Ohlsson, who along with fellow Mindy Bullard (32nd, 153) is the elder member of the squad, continued to put up low numbers on Tuesday firing a one-over-par 73 after shooting 71 yesterday. She is in fifth place right now at 144, just three strokes off of the lead held by New Mexico's Katrina Leckovic at 141. After firing a beautiful round of 73 on Monday, Bullard struggled a bit on Tuesday with an 80 and is in 32nd place. Sophomore Denise Knaebel was solid shooting a second straight round of 76 for a total of 152 putting her in 29th place. Freshman Lyndsey Adams and sophomore Kelli Strubinger are in a tie for 40th (155) while freshman Stephanie Wavro comes in at 168 (77th place).
The Tigers conclude play in the three-day tourney tomorrow. They will tee of at 8:30 MST in what will be their final round of the fall. With a third place finish or higher, Mizzou will have finished in the top three in four of the five tournaments they have played in this fall. Final results will be posted at www.mutigers.com tomorrow afternoon and live scoring will be provided at www.golfstat.com.
Rank Player Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Total 1 Katrina Leckovic (NM) 69 72 141 2 Lisa Meldrum (OU) 70 72 142 3 Trisha Quick (CSU) 68 75 143 Violeta Retamoza(UT) 74 69 143 5 Christine Fernandez (NM)74 70 144 Maria Ohlsson (MU) 71 73 144 29 Denise Knaebel (MU) 76 76 152 32 Mindy Bullard (MU) 73 80 153 # 40 Lyndsey Adams (MU) 80 75 155 Kelli Strubinger (MU) 79 76 155 77 Stephanie Wavro (MU) 86 82 168#Competing as an individual
Team Leader Board Rank Team Rd. 1 Rd. 2 Total 1 New Mexico 288 288 576 2 Tennessee 296 295 591 3 Oklahoma 293 299 592 4 Colorado State 300 294 594 5 Kent State 304 296 600 6 UNLV 306 296 602 7 San Jose St. 303 300 603 8 Missouri 299 305 604 9 San Diego St. 314 300 614 10 Hawaii 310 310 620 11 UC Irvine 317 305 622 12 BYU 323 306 629 13 Nevada 320 310 630 14 Colorado 319 319 638 15 E. Washington 324 318 642