Cougars Just One Stroke Away

MIAMI -- Day two of the Miccosukee Women's Golf Championship ended in disappointment for the Cougars in Miami.

Juli Wightman, who was leading the tournament after day one, continued to vie for the top spot until the end. She shot a 3-under-par 69, for her personal best round, and came out even par for the tournament. Wightman ended the three-day tournament in third place.

The Cougars had three golfers besidse Wightman place in the top 20. Rachel Newren placed 11th, Alexis Edwards finished 17th, and Danielle von Arnim ended the tournament in 18th place.

"Juli played great. This was her best tournament. We had four girls place in the top 20. They played hard," Coach Sue Nyhus said.

As a team, the Cougars finished just one stroke behind winner Augustus State. The Cougars had a total of 898 strokes over the three day tournament.

The Cougars travel to Las Vegas, Nevada March 13-15.

INDIVIDUAL SCORES
T3  Juli Wightman       69-78-72--219   E
 11 Rachel Newren       77-74-73--224  +5
T15 Alexis Edwards      75-74-78--227  +8
 17 Danielle von Arnim  76-79-73--228  +9
T27 Natalia Jimenez*    79-73-81--233  +14
T85 Ashley Childers     77-81-91--249  +30
*Individual Participant
FINAL TEAM SCORES
 1 Augusta State U.         299-300-298--897   +21 
 2 Brigham Young Univ.      297-305-296--898   +22 
T3 Fla. International       296-311-301--908   +32 
T3 Georgia State Univ.      302-307-299--908   +32 
 5 Maryland, U. of          301-309-305--915   +39 
 6 Washington State U.      295-315-306--916   +40 
 7 Memphis, Univ. of        302-314-309--925   +49 
T8 Barry University         313-310-304--927   +51 
T8 UCF                      315-314-298--927   +51 
 10 Denver, Univ. of        301-312-321--934   +58 
 11 Elon University         310-312-316--938   +62 
 12 Toledo, U. of           319-311-313--943   +67 
 13 Florida Atlantic U.     318-315-317--950   +74 
 14 Wofford College         323-317-314--954   +78 
 15 N. Car.- Greensboro     323-319-313--955   +79 
 16 Richmond, U. of         328-328-320--976   +100 
 17 Troy University         320-331-327--978   +102 
T18 Bethune-Cookman Col.    333-323-331--987   +111 
T18 Ohio University         327-332-328--987   +111 
 20 Citadel, The            342-331-335--1008  +132