Northwestern University Athletics
Women's Golf Finishes Second at NCAA East Regional
5/13/2000 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
May 13, 2000
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Northwestern women's golf team finished its first-ever NCAA East Regional appearance in a tie for second place with fellow Big Ten member Purdue. NU finished just three strokes behind team champion Duke University (300-302-295=897).
As a result of its finish, the Wildcats automatically qualify for the NCAA National Championship golf tournament, which will be contested at the Crosswater Course in Sunriver, Ore., from May 24-27. It marks the first time the Northwestern women's golf team will compete in the national championship event.
After a sixth-place showing at last week's Big Ten Championships, NU shot rounds of 299-299-302 for a three-round total of 900. The 2000 NCAA East Regional took place at Ohio State's Scarlet golf course (par-72, 6,126 yards) in Columbus, Ohio.
Leading the way for NU was sophomore Emily Gilley (Flossmoor, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor), who finished with rounds of 76-71-75=222 to put her in a tie for 11th. She was just six strokes behind medalist Lisa Strom of Ohio State (72-74-70=216). Gilley's three-round total of 222 was the second-best total by a Northwestern player in a 54-hole tournament, behind junior Christie Hermes (Dixon, Ill./Newman Central) who shot 219 at the 1999 Legends tournament in October. Also, Gilley's second-round 71 matched the best individual round in Wildcat history.
Teammates Elizabeth Burden (Lake Bluff, Ill./Lake Forest) and Hermes finished with three-round totals of 224 and 225 to put them in fourth and fifth on the school's 54-hole tournament record list. Burden and Hermes finished in the top 20 at 15th and 17th, respectively.
Rounding out the top five for the `Cats were senior Karen England (Paris, Ontario, Canada/Paris District), who shot rounds of 77-75-77=229 to finish in a tie for 34th, and junior Kristen Beystehner (Alpharetta, Ga./Sacred Heart Academy (Ky.), who fired a three-round total of 235 to finish 70th.
TEAM SCORES
Duke -- 300-302-295=897 (+33)
Northwestern -- 299-299-302=900 (+36)
Purdue -- 295-301-304=900 (+36)
Tennessee -- 300-306-296=902 (+38)
LSU -- 303-298-302=903 (+39)
Michigan State -- 299-302-305=906 (+42)
Wake Forest -- 310-297-300=907 (+43)
Auburn -- 301-298-308=907 (+43)
Ohio State -- 299-316-299=914 (+50)
Georgia -- 316-297-301=914 (+50)
Florida -- 300-309-306=915 (+51)
South Florida -- 309-305-310=924 (+60)
Campbell -- 311-305-309=925 (+61)
Furman -- 317-299-310=926 (+62)
UCF -- 299-311-318=928 (+64)
Mississippi State -- 322-294-313=929 (+65)
North Carolina -- 300-329-302=931 (+67)
South Carolina -- 306-314-314=934 (+70)
Indiana -- 306-319-312=937 (+73)
Penn State -- 304-319-315=938 (+74)
Vanderbilt -- 318-304-324=946 (+82)
Kentucky -- 312-312-322=946 (+82)
Arkansas -- 323-315-310=948 (+84)
Tulane -- 317-318-320=955 (+91)
INDIVIDUAL -- Top 10
1. Lisa Strom (OSU) -- 72-74-70=216 (E)
Kari Damron (Pur.) -- 68-75-73=216 (E)
3. Celeste Troche (Aub.) -- 71-69-77=217 (+1)
4. Beth Bauer (Duke) -- 74-72-72=218 (+2)
5. Stacy Orschell (Pur.) -- 77-70-72=219 (+3)
Marcy Newton (UNC) -- 67-79-73=219 (+3)
Sharron O'Neill (Camp.) -- 76-69-74=219 (+3)
8. Laura Henderson (Geo.) -- 78-70-72=220 (+4)
9. Stacey Bergman (Tenn.) -- 77-74-70=221 (+5)
Kalen Anderson (Duke) -- 75-75-71=221 (+5)
NORTHWESTERN SCORES
t-11 Emily Gilley -- 76-71-75=222 (+6)
t-15 Elizabeth Burden -- 72-79-73=224 (+8)
t-17 Christie Hermes -- 74-74-77=225 (+9)
t-34 Karen England -- 77-75-77=229 (+13)
t-70 Kristen Beystehner -- 78-79-78=235 (+19)
