Women's Golf

Women's Golf Finishes in 8th Place at Longhorn Classic

March 14, 2001

Austin, Texas - The University of Missouri women's golf team finished in eigth place of 12 teams in the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Classic at the Great Hills Golf Club in Austin, Texas. Missouri shot a team round of 309 after shooting a 308 on Monday and a 317 on Tuesday for a three-day total of 934.

Sophomore Elin Ohlsson and senior Amelia Moses were the top Mizzou finishers shooting 228 for the tournament and tying for 14th place. Ohlsson was consistent throughout the tournament with rounds of 76, 75, and 77. Moses, however, took another route to her 14th place finish. She opened with a 74 on Monday, struggled to an 81 on Tuesday, and shot the third-best round of the day on Wednesday with a 73. Ohlsson and Moses finished 10 strokes back of Tennessee's Young A-Yang, who shot a +2, 218 for the tournament leading the Vols to the team championship by five strokes over TCU.

Senior Jamie Tucker finished 36th, Tiger junior Nisha Sadekar finished the tournament in 48th place while freshman Tara Jacobsen ended the day in 56th place. This is second of three trips to Texas this month for Mizzou. The Tiger return to the Lone Star State one more time this season on March 26th for the Pecan Valley Invitational.

TEAM STANDINGS
Pl	Team	 1st	2nd 	3rd	Total
1	Tennessee	305	295	299	899
2	TCU	 306	295	303	904
 	Texas	 304	302	298	904
4	Baylor	 298	295	313	906
5	Purdue	 306	304	303	913
6	Nebraska	311	294	311	916
7	Vanderbilt	319	305	301	925
8	MISSOURI	308	317	309	934
9	Arkansas	324	313	317	954
10	SMU	 311	319	325	955
11	Wisconsin	328	310	322	960
12	Iowa State	328	325	316	969

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS Pl Player (School) 1st 2nd 3rd Tot 1 Young A-Yang (Tenn.) 74 73 71 218 2 Randi Meadows (Texas) 71 74 72 220 Kari Damron (Purdue) 73 75 72 220 4 Tara Bateman (Baylor) 77 69 75 221 5 Sarah Sasse (Nebraska) 75 70 78 223

14 Elin Ohlsson (MU) 76 75 77 228 14 Amelia Moses (MU) 74 81 73 228 36 Jamie Tucker (MU) 75 80 81 236 48 Nisha Sadekar (MU) 83 81 78 242 56 Tara Jacobsen (MU) 87 82 83 252