Northwestern
Big Ten Championships
Northwestern Finishes Seventh at Big Ten Championships
4/27/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
April 27, 2008
2008 Big Ten Women's Championship Final Results 
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- For the second consecutive day, Northwestern finished where it started, placing seventh at the 2008 Big Ten Championships in University Park, Pa. The Wildcats shot a 310 on the day to finish at 74-over for the four-day event, edging out Iowa and Minnesota by five strokes.
Freshman Kelsey Lindenschmidt (West Chester, Ohio/Ursuline Academy) was the top Wildcat performer since the opening round and led NU with a 20-over 308 (75-76-78-79) for the 72-hole tournament, good enough for a 28th-place tie. Junior Jennifer Hong (Windermere, Fla./The First Academy) finished a stroke back at 21-over 309 (78-76-77-78) while senior Brittany Johnston (Akron, Ohio/Walsh Jesuit) again had the day's low score for NU at 75, shooting a 22-over 310 (77-85-73-75).
Freshman Rebecca Lederhausen (Hinsdale, Ill./Hinsdale Central) was 26-over for the tournament, shooting a 314 (76-76-79-83), two strokes better than senior Katie Trachok's (Pittsburgh, Pa./Upper St. Clair) 28-over 316 (84-79-75-78). Senior Justina Yu (Las Vegas, Nev./Bishop Gorman) rounded out the scoring for Northwestern with a 41-over 329 (85-82-78-84).
After being in a fourth-place tie after round one, NU dropped back to seventh in round two where it would stay for the duration of the tournament. The Wildcats remained consistent with a four-round score of 306-307-303-310 to finish at 1226.
Sixth-ranked Purdue ran away with the Big Ten Championship, putting together four sub-300 rounds to finish at 17-over 1169 (298-288-286-297) and defeat reigning champion Michigan State by 21 strokes. The Spartans finished with a 38-over 1190 (292-303-295-300), with Ohio State coming in third at 50-over 1202. Indiana (62-over 1214) edged out Michigan (65-over 1217) for third-place while Wisconsin placed sixth with a 71-over 1223.
Northwestern wraps up the regular season with an overall record of 65-72-1, as Sunday marked the final regular season tournament for head coach Chris Regenberg, who is retiring after 16 years at the helm of the Wildcat program.
Complete final statistics of the 2008 Big Ten Championships are available at Golfstat.com.
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