Sept. 21, 1997

Women's Golf Finishes 10th at Lady Northern

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State women's golf finished in 10th place out of 16 teams at the Lady Northern this weekend at State College, Pa. Defending Big Ten champion Ohio State claimed first place by six strokes.

The tournament features all 11 Big Ten programs as well as five other schools. Michigan State finished ninth among the Big Ten teams at the tournament.

The Spartans were led by junior Meggan Schumaker (Columbia City, Ind.), who put together a three day total of 76-77-81=234 for a 28th-place individual finish. Freshman Kasey Gant (Fort Wayne, Ind.) claimed a tie for 38th with an 82-78-78=238 and junior Kellie Dennis (Jackson) bounced back from a difficult outing lasst weekend with a 79-77-84=240 (tie for 50th).

TEAM STANDINGS
 1. Ohio State          293-299-290=882
 2. Penn State          296-296-296=888
 3. Indiana             293-297-313=903
    Purdue              300-299-304=903
 5. Wisconsin           309-303-306=918
 6. Iowa                306-309-318=933
 7. James Madison       314-304-317=935
 8. Minnesota           309-310-317=936
 9. Northwestern        315-310-315=940
10. Michigan State      321-312-322=955
11. Longwood Coll.      320-315-323=958
12. Illinois            311-323-325=959
13. Northern Illinois   333-314-318=965
14. Michigan            323-313-334=970
15. Illinois State      328-323-333=984
16. Rutgers             343-337-339=1019

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