Kansas Golf Takes Fourth at Susie Maxwell Berning Classic

Jayhawks Improve Two Spots in Final Round

Grace Thiry

April 6, 2009

NORMAN, Okla. – Kansas women’s golf continued its strong spring campaign Monday by notching a fourth place finish at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Course. Kansas improved two spots in the final round after they found themselves in sixth place after two rounds on Sunday.

Emily Powers and Grace Thiry tied for 11^th place individually to lead the Jayhawks to a three-round total of 958. Rounding out the lineup for KU were sophomore Sydney Wilson (t21, 240), junior Meghan Gockel (t31, 244) and sophomore Meghna Bal (t47, 250).

Baylor edged out host-school Oklahoma to take home the team title with a three-round total of 941. Kendall Dye of Oklahoma shot a nine-over-par 225 to claim the individual crown.

The Jayhawks return to action April 18-19 when they travel to Columbus, Ohio to compete in the Lady Buckeye Invitational. Check back to kuathletics.com for complete coverage of the Jayhawks’ spring season.

Individual Results

1 Kendall Dye, Oklahoma 77 75 73—225

2 Ellen Mueller, Oklahoma 76 75 78—229

T3 Hannah Burke, Baylor 78 79 74—231

T3 Teresa Nogues, UTEP 76 81 74—231

T3 Sara Wikstrom, UALR 75 76 80—231

T 11 Emily Powers, KU 84 74 79—237

T 11 Grace Thiry, KU 80 78 79—237

T 21 Sydney Wilson, KU 81 82 77—240

T 31 Meghan Gockel, KU 82 80 82—244

T 47 Meghna Bal, KU 85 82 83—250

Team Results

1 Baylor 325 310 306—941

2 Oklahoma 315 314 315—944

3 Oral Roberts 317 316 316—949

4 Kansas 327 314 317—958

5 UALR 318 316 325—959

6 Texas El Paso 314 322 332—968

7 Redlands CC 331 322 318—971

8 TX A&M Corpus Christi 334 327 313—974

9 Kansas State 337 316 324—977

10 Oklahoma City 331 327 321—979

11 SMU 344 322 318—984

12 Wichita State 341 324 327—992

13 North Texas 340 334 329 —1003

14 Bucknell 347 344 326 —1017

15 Creighton 353 342 341 —1036