April 11, 1999

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Notre Dame women’s golf team slipped to 12th in final-day action of the 13-team Indiana Invitational, at the par-74, 6,134-yard Indiana University Golf Course.

The Irish opened with rounds of 339 and 332 in Saturday’s action but slipped from 11th to 12th place after shooting a 344 in the final round for a 1015 total. Indiana won the team title with a 934 total, edging Ohio State by three strokes.

Notre Dame’s final-day effort included an 83 from junior Brigid Fisher, an 84 from sophomore Mary Klein and an 85 from sophomore Shane Smith. Junior co-captain Andrea Klee added an uncharacteristic 87 while the Irish three out the 90 posted by junior Beth Cooper.

Klein (79-80-84) led the Irish in the 70-player event by finishing tied for 29th, followed by Klee (85-82-87) and Smith (87-88-85). Fisher (88-86) and Cooper (89-84-90) rounded out the Irish contingent.

Ohio State’s Lisa Strom (76-76-79) took individual medalist honors, beating teammate Natalie Mosher (76-79-76) and Minnesota’s Kristi Weichert (79-75-77) in a playoff.

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS (54 holes):

 1. Indiana             320-308-306/934 2. Ohio State          314-311-312/937   3. Purdue              311-313-323/947 4. Minnesota           325-314-309/948   5. Michigan State      313-316-321/950   6. Wisconsin           327-318-321/955 7. Northwestern        318-330-327/975   8. Southern Illinois   328-333-334/995   9. Michigan            331-328-338/99710. Illinois State      330-338-338/1006  11. Ohio                341-337-344/1009 12. Notre Dame          339-332-344/1015  13. Illinois            347-342-344/1033

TOP INDIVIDUALS (of 70):

1. Lisa Strom (OSU)         76-76-79/231   Natalie Mosher (OSU)     76-79-76/231   Kristi Weichert (MINN)   79-75-77/231  4. Stacy Orschell (PUR)     78-77-77/232   5. Erin Carney (IND)        80-78-75/233   Emily Gilley (NW)        76-79-78/233 

NOTRE DAME SCORES:

29. Mary Klein              79-80-84/24345. Andrea Klee             85-82-87/254  55. Shane Smith             87-88-85/260  61. Brigid Fisher           88-86-83/262  64. Beth Cooper             89-84-90/263