March 13, 2001
Sitting in sixth place with a second-round score of 304 and a total of 610, the Purdue women's golf team continues to make strides with the help from improvements from a few key team members.
"We're very encouraged by the fight in our team right now," head coach Devon Brouse said. "Beth Hermes finished with nine straight pars, we're very proud of how Andrea Makauskas has come on competing individually, and Heather Zielinski did a nice job with the third turn."
As a team, the Boilermakers shot 304 for the second round, and are 17 strokes behind first-place Baylor. Kari Damron leads the Boilermakers after shooting a 75 for the second round and is in seventh place overall with two-round total of 148. Heather Zielinski shot a 75, and is in eleventh place overall, moving up one spot. Andrea Makauskas was very impressive in the second round, completing round two with a one over par 73. Freshman Beth Hermes jumped into the top 20 overall with a 75, giving her a two-round total of 154. Also competing for the Boilermakers are Caroline Laurens and Christy Rittenhouse. Laurens shot 81 for the second round, leaving her in 39th place overall, while Rittenhouse shot 79, up four strokes from her first round total, and sitting in 43rd place.
The Boilermakers compete in round three tomorrow with tee times set for 9 a.m.
TEAM RESULTS1. Baylor, 298-295 5933. Tennessee, 305-295 600 Texas Christian,306-295 601 Nebraska, 311-294 6052. Texas, 304-302 6064. Purdue, 306-304 6109. Vanderbilt, 319-305 6246. Missouri, 308-317 6257. SMU, 311-319 63010. Arkansas, 324-313 637 Wisconsin, 328-310 63811. Iowa State, 328-325 653
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS7. Kari Damron, 73-75 14811. Heather Zielinski, 76-75 15117. Andrea Makauskas, 80-73, 15320. Beth Hermes, 79-75, 15439. Caroline Laurens, 78-81 15943. Christy Rittenhouse, 81-79 160