Sept. 23, 2001

Final Stats

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The University of Illinois women's golf team shot a final-round 308 to finish sixth at the Lady Northern Intercollegiate, Sunday at the Stone Creek Golf Course in Urbana, Ill.

The 54-hole event had 14 teams competing, including eight Big Ten opponents and four other teams from the state of Illinois.

Illinois golfer Marla Cox shot a final-round, even-par 72 to pace the Illini. Cox, a native of Lima, Ohio, used the personal-best round to jump 19 spots in the final standings into 16th place.

Also earning a top-20 finish for Illinois was junior Laurin Kanda. Kanda capped a solid meet with a final-round 79 to earn her first top-20 finish of the season.

The University of Michigan shot a final-round 292 to claim the team title by 14 shots over Big Ten rival Northwestern. Kent State golfer Martina Gillen used a final-round 3-under-par 69 to claim medalist honors. Gillen outlasted Michigan golfer Kim Benedict, who shot a 2-under-par 70, to get the win.

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Illinois Team Total: 296 -298-308=902 T16: Marla Cox, 80-73-72=225 T20: Laurin Kanda, 75-72-79=226 T25: Renata Young, 72-76-79=227 T49: Stephanie Cheney, 76-80-80=236 T49: Michelle Carroll, 73-85-78=236 T64: Mari Walters, 83-77-84=244

*T72: Carmel SielIcki, 78-87-83=248 *85: Megan O'Neal, 90-86-85=261 *86: Lyndsey Milligan, 87-90-87=264 *87: Carol Mayer, 91-89-85=265 *88: Johanna Ballard, 92-89-90=271

* Competed as an individual. Their scores did not count towards the team total.

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