Southern Illinois University
Lady Northern Invitational
SIU Women's Golf Finishes Ninth At Lady Northern
09/23/2001 | 12:00:00 | Women's Golf
Sept. 23, 2001
Urbana, Ill. -
After nearly a two week layoff, the Southern Illinois University women's golf team finished in ninth place out of the 14 team field that competed at the Lady Northern.
The Salukis concluded the three-day event with a three-round team score of 916. SIU opened with a first round score of 310, followed by scores of 300 and 306 in the final two rounds. The University of Michigan (876) won the 2001 Lady Northern, edging out Big Ten foe Northwestern University (887) for the championship.
The top Saluki finisher was Senior Alison Hiller. Hiller shot a final round score of 74 which gave her a three-round total of 224 (78-72-74). Her performance landed her in a tie for eleventh place.
Lady Northern Final Team Scores
1. Univ. of Michigan 873 2. Northwestern 887 3. Kent State 892 4. Indiana University 898 4. Penn State 898 6. Univ. of Illinois 902 7. Univ. of Minnesota 908 8. Univ. of Wisconsin 911 9. Southern Illinois 916 10. Univ. of Iowa 918 10. Bradley University 918 12. Ohio University 948 13. Northern Illinois 969 14. Illinois State 976
Top Three Individual Finishers
1. Martina Gillen, Kent State 74-73-69--216 2. Kim Benedict, Michigan 74-73-70--217 3. Emily Gilley, Northwestern 75-73-70--218 T11. Alison Hiller, Southern Illinois 78-72-74--224
