SIUE ends fall season with third-place finish |
Carrie Carducci |
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Freshmen use fall as learning experience for future
The learning season is over for the young SIUE women's golf team. The Lady Cougars finished the 2000 season last weekend at the Cougar Classic at Spencer T. Olin Community Golf Course in Alton. The Lady Cougars shot 716, which was good for a third-place finish behind second-place Quincy University and first-place Truman State University. Katie Farrell led the team once again with her fourth-place finish, shooting 171. She was followed by Kacy Gruenkemeyer with 178, Ashley Collum with 183, Kristi Novak with 187, Spring Riley with 189 and Nonie Ehlke with 193. Farrell consistently led SIUE all season and finished the year with a shooting average of 83.6. This season was a rebuilding year for SIUE with only one returner from last year's team, Riley. There were eight new players on the team, and seven of those were freshmen. The young team held its own on the course with its best finish at Illinois Wesleyan University, placing 11th out of 20 teams. The team also set two team records and Farrell set two new freshmen records. The Lady Cougars have a lot to look forward to next season with everyone returning, including sophomore Ehlke. Ehlke transferred from Rend Lake Community College. She was the first finisher for the Lady Cougars at conference, shooting a 173, good for 13th place........ | |