March 5, 2001
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Northwestern women's golf team shot rounds of 310 and 304 to tie host Texas A&M for third place after two rounds at the Verizon "Mo" Morial Invitational. The Wildcats are 11 shots off the pace set by first-place Indiana University. The "Mo" Morial is being held at Pine Forest Country Club (par-72) in Houston, Texas.
Reigning champion Emily Gilley (Flossmoor, Ill./Homewood-Flossmoor) of Northwestern is currently in fourth place after shooting a school-record 69 in the afternoon round. Gilley took 12 strokes off her morning score of 81 to finish at 150. Elizabeth Burden (Lake Bluff, Ill./Lake Forest) is tied for fifth heading into the final round. Burden shot a seven-over-par 151 for the day. Hana Kim (Los Angeles, Calif./Brentwood) shot rounds of 76 and 78 to place her in a tie for 13th. Allison Johnson of Oklahoma leads the field with a two-round total of 145.
The "Mo" Morial will wrap up with one final round tomorrow. Tee times start at 8 a.m.
TOP TEN TEAMS
1. Indiana - 303, 300 (603)
2. Oklahoma - 310, 303 (613)
t-3. NORTHWESTERN - 310, 304 (614)
Texas A&M - 306, 308 (614)
5. Ohio State - 302, 315 (617)
6. Arkansas - 315, 309 (624)
7. Baylor - 312, 321 (633)
8. Kansas - 321, 313 (634)
t-9. Oregon - 317, 320 (637)
Kansas State - 319, 318 (637)
NORTHWESTERN SCORES
4. Emily Gilley - 81, 69 (150)
t-5. Elizabeth Burden - 76, 75 (151)
t-13. Hana Kim - 76, 78 (154)
t-48 Christie Hermes - 77, 85 (162)
t-57. Lauren Grzebien - 84, 80 (164)
t-57. Kristen Beystehner - 82, 82 (164) *
* score does not count in team total