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Lady Indian Classic
Salukis Alison Hiller Aces Lady Indian Golf Classic
03/14/2001 | 12:00:00 | Women's Golf
October 11, 2000
Jonesboro, Ark. -
Junior Alison Hiller of the Southern Illinois University Carbondale women's golf team missed taking the title at the Lady Indian Classic hosted by Arkansas State by only two strokes Tuesday.
"I'm exceptionally proud of Alison," SIU coach Diane Daugherty said. "She had such an outstanding freshman year winning three tournaments with a mid-70's scoring average and didn't play as well as she hoped last year. She was striking the ball very well this year, but just hadn't put the low numbers on the board. So I was very happy to see her put in all together."
Hiller, who was averaging 161 for season, shot an amazing 151 to finish just two strokes off the pace set by Nina Reis of North Texas. As a team, the Salukis finished ninth in a field of 16 for the two-day event with a team score 656. The Dawgs next action will be in the Arkansas-Little Rock Ladies Classic Oct. 16-17.
"To finish in the top ten in that field was great," Daugherty said. "Golf is a shot away from being five shots difference, especially with Andrea Turner and Jennifer Shutt that was where they were all the weekend."
Hiller opened the tournament shooting a 37 on the front nine and finished the first day with a 39 on the back nine for a first-round total of 76 and a tie for first with Reis and Leigh Ann Jones of Arkansas State.
The conditions were cold on the first day and improved somewhat on the second which proved favorable to Hiller who shot a round of 75 while Reis was two shots better with a 73 to take the title. Jones shot a 79 to fall back to a tie for ninth.
"Jennifer Shutt had a couple in the water the second day and ended up taking a seven on a par three," Daughtery said. "Andrea Turner had an eight on a par three the first day. So it's one shot here or there, or we're close to being a whole lot better than we are."
Liz Uthoff was next for the Dawgs finishing tied for 29 with a 162 followed by Shutt (T60-171), Megan Tarrolly (T64-173) and Turner (T74-178).
"Megan had her college debut," Daugherty said. "She came around and shot a 39 on the back nine the second day. So that was very positive because there is a big jump from high school golf and college golf."
Troy State won the tournament with a 627 followed by Arkansas State three strokes behind and Arkansas-Little Rock at 631 for third.
Lady Indian Classic
1. Troy State University 319-308 = 627
2. Arkansas State University 321-309 = 630
3. Arkansas-Little Rock 321-310 = 631
4. Arkansas-Birmingham 324-313 = 637
5. Lamar University 326-312 = 638
Univ. of North Texas 323-315 = 638
7. Oral Roberts University 322-328 = 650
8. Wichita State University 327-325 = 652
9. Southern Illinois University 334-322 = 656
10. Univ. of Northern Iowa 334-326 = 660
11. McLennan Junior College 329-336 = 665
12. Creighton University 336-332 = 668
13. Missouri-Kansas City 343-332 = 675
14. McNeese State University 343-338 = 681
15. Rhodes College 343-344 = 687
16 Centenary College 359-344 = 703
Top Ten Finishers
1. Nina Reis No. Texas 76-73 = 149 2. Alison Hiller So. Ill. 76-75 = 151 3. Jenelyn Tidwell Troy St. 80-73 = 153 Kelli McKandless McJC 77-76 = 153 Shellie Wenzel Ark. St. 78-75 = 153 6. Heather Lourie UAB 81-73 = 154 O. Maria Jonsdottir Lamar 78-76 = 154 Tamy Saran UALR 78-76 = 154 9. Maria Jose Hurtado UALR 79-76 = 155 Leigh Ann Jones Ark. St. 76-79 = 155
Southern Illinois University Finishers
2. Alison Hiller 76-75 = 151 T29 Elizabeth Uthoff 82-80 = 162 T60 Jennifer Shutt 88-83 = 171 T64 Megan Tarrolly 89-84 = 173 T68 Amy Rankin 90-84 = 174* T74 Andrea Turner 88-90 = 178
*Played as an individual
