April 24, 2004

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- With 18 holes left to play at the 2004 Big Ten Championships, Northwestern is in seventh place with a 70-over 934 (313-305-316). The Wildcats, ranked 37th nationally in the latest Golfweek/Sagarin index, dropped a notch in the team standings, falling behind 18th-ranked Michigan State, which is six strokes in front of Northwestern.

Ohio State, ranked third nationally and the leader after the first two rounds, fell two strokes behind 32nd-ranked Indiana. Purdue, Michigan and Wisconsin round out the third through five slots.

Individually, NU's Mary Ellen Grzebien (Saunderstown, R.I./Narragansett) fired a 4-over 76 and moved up to 11th place overall with a 14-over 230 (76-78-76). Freshman Heather Scholten (Grand Rapids, Mich./Grand Rapids Christian) shot a 6-over 78 on Saturday -- her best round of the tournament. She is now in 38th place at 25-over (83-80-78=241).

Freshman Kelly Robb (Concord, Mass./Middlesex School), who was in fifth place after two rounds, carded an 11-over 83 on Saturday and dropped to 13th place at 15-over (75-73-83=231). Junior Ina Kim (Encino, Calif./Harvard-Westlake) shot a 10-over 82 on Saturday and fell from 16th to 25th with a 20-over 236 (80-74-82).

Indiana's Danah Ford fired a 2-under 70 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead over Ohio State's Allison Hanna.

Live stats and latest results are available for the tournament by linking to 2004 Big Ten Championships. Other tournament information can be found at Ohio State Women's Golf and Big Ten Women's Golf Championships.