Northwestern University Athletics
Women's Golf Earns First-Ever Top 10 Ranking
10/16/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Oct. 16, 2000
EVANSTON, Ill. -
The Northwestern women's golf team enters the Golfweek top 10 after a third place finish at last weekend's Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate in Knoxville, Tenn. Only Duke (No. 1) and Tennessee (No. 4) finished higher than the `Cats.
This is the first time in the programs nine-year history they have cracked the top 10. The Wildcats are two spots ahead of last year's Big Ten champion, Purdue.
Individually, senior Christie Hermes (Dixon, Ill./Newman Central) has earned the highest ranking of her career, at No. 29. Hermes leads the team in stroke average, at 74.86 strokes per round. Junior Emily Gilley (Flossmoor, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor) is ranked 36th (76.14) as the `Cats head to the Central District Classic in Bradenton, Fla., on Oct. 23-24.
GOLFWEEK TOP 10
1. Duke
2. Arizona
3. Southern California
4. Tennessee
5. Stanford
6. Auburn
7. Pepperdine
8. NORTHWESTERN
9. Texas
10. Purdue
