Oct. 5, 1997

Women's Golf Finishes in Second at Wolverine Invitational

ANN ARBOR, Mich.-- The 13-team Women's Wolverine Invitational concluded Sunday with the Purdue Boilermakers claiming second place behind the play of Senior Colleen Cashman and junior Angela Blythe. Going into Sunday's action, Purdue trailed second place Northwestern by two strokes but the play of Cashman and Blythe propelled them past Northwestern into second place. Cashman fired a third-round low of 75 as she and Blythe finished in a tie for fourth place in the individual standings. Indiana finished in first in the team standings by placing five golfers in the top ten. Senior Heather Hasselberg and sophomores Stacy Orschell and Kelly Beth Simmons also finished in the top 20 for Purdue. 


Individual Scores:
Colleen Cashman         79-79-75=233    T-4th
Angela Blythe           78-75-80=233    T-4th
Stacy Orschell          85-81-78=244    T-15th
Kelly Beth Simmons      79-81-86=246    T-20th
Heather Hasselberg      82-81-83=246    T-20th
Johanna Gollings        82-87-89=258    T-43rd

Team Scores (Top five):
Indiana             304-307-309=920 
Purdue              318-316-316=950
Northwestern        321-311-327=959
Michigan State      318-320-331=969
SW Missouri State   323-331-338=992

Purdue will be in action again next weekend at the Lady Kat Invitational hosted by Kentucky.