Texas Tech University Athletics
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Big 12 Championships
Lady Raiders in 11th Place at Big 12 Tourney
April 21, 2003 | Women's Golf
April 21, 2003
LUBBOCK, Texas - Texas Tech struggled in the first round of the Big 12 Conference Championships, firing an opening-round 329 to post an 11th-place standing. The Lady Raiders tee off in round two of the 54-hole event Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. at The Country Club of Missouri in Columbia.
Megan Hull (Mansfield, Texas/Mansfield) led Tech with an 8-over 80 and is in 25th place, followed by Kim Kolb (Sioux Falls, S.D./O'Gorman) in 33rd place with a first round 81. Sheila Mendez (El Paso, Texas/Franklin) and Jackie Ey (San Antonio, Texas/Churchill) are in 41st and 54th places, respectively, with rounds of 82 and 86, while Hazel Tan (Sarasota, Fla./Bradenton Academy) is in 59th place with a 90.
Missouri, the tournament host, leads the event by three strokes over Texas. Oklahoma State, Nebraska and Kansas State round out the top five, while Oklahoma, Baylor, Texas A&M, Kansas and Iowa State are sixth through 10th. Colorado is in 12th place.
Oklahoma State's Christi Cano fired a 73 and leads the event by one stroke over Nebraska's Sarah Sasse.
BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIPS STANDINGS (Golfweek Rankings) 1. Missouri (38) 304 2. Texas (3) 307 3. Oklahoma State (8) 309 4. Nebraska (52) 311 5. Kansas State (48) 312 6. Oklahoma (24) 314 7. Baylor (28) 321 Texas A&M (46) 321 9. Kansas (88) 325 10. Iowa State (64) 326 11. Texas Tech (40) 329 12. Colorado (66) 332
