Lady Northern Invitational Ends For Hawkeyes

Oct. 12, 2010

CHICAGO – The University of Iowa women’s golf team finished the final round of the 54-hole Lady Northern Invitational Tuesday. Iowa posted a team score of 918 for the event, placing 11th. Purdue (858) won the tournament for a third straight season. Northwestern (875) and Ohio State (883) rounded out the top three teams.

Junior Chelsea Harris shot an even third round (72) to finish the event at 228 (+12). She moved up 20 spots in the final round, finishing tied for 34th. Along with the 72 by Harris, other third round scores included Cardwell (75), Cilek (77), Coopman (80), Forbes (84) and Choi (81)

Sophomore Kristi Cardwell shot 229 (+13) for the tournament to tie for 37th. Senior Laura Cilek carded a 232 (+16) while fellow senior Brianna Coopman recorded a 236 (+20). Iowa’s third senior, Lauren Forbes completed the Black and Gold’s scorecard with a 237 (+21). Freshman Woojay Choi shot her best round of the tournament (81) Tuesday, ending at 253 (+37) while competing as an individual.

Iowa will play its last tournament of the 2010 fall schedule in Austin, Tex., at the 2010 Challenge at Onion Creek, Nov. 1-2. The Hawkeyes recorded the best 54-hole score (888) in school history last season at the event.

Team Results
1. Purdue – 280-292-286-858
2. Northwestern – 289-297-289-875
3. Ohio State – 285-295-303-883
4. Iowa State – 304-294-289-887
5. Texas Tech – 292-300-299-891
6. Indiana – 296-299-301-896
7. Wisconsin – 305-297-299-901
8. Minnesota – 303-298-305-906
9. Illinois – 307-304-298-909
10. Penn State – 301-302-312-915
11. Iowa – 311-303-304-918
12. Michigan – 306-306-309-921

Individual Results
1. Lauren Weaver (Northwestern) – 66-73-69-208
2. Laura Gonzalez (Purdue) – 71-69-72-212
3. Lindsay Gahm (Indiana) – 70-69-74-213
T34. Chelsea Harris (Iowa) – 80-76-72-228
T37. Kristi Cardwell (Iowa) – 79-75-75-229
T48. Laura Cilek (Iowa) – 80-75-77-232
T55. Brianna Coopman (Iowa) – 76-80-80-236
T57. Lauren Forbes (Iowa) – 76-77-84-237
71. Woojay Choi (Iowa) – 85-87-81-253