COLUMBUS, Ohio (April 25, 2004) - Sophomore Amber Weinerth (Auburn, N.Y.) provided a spark for the Penn State women's golf team by finishing tied for eighth place to lead Penn State to a tie for ninth place during the Big Ten Women's Championship, held Friday through Sunday at the Scarlet Course on the campus of Ohio State.

Weinerth shot a final round 78 on the par-72 course to help Penn State jump one spot in the standings to finish 313-319-316-318-1266.

Her four-round totals of 78-75-74-78-305 is good for the fourth-best 72-hole score in Penn State history.

Ohio State won the championship with 301-299-306-293-1199, Indiana (308-297-299-312-1216) was second, Michigan State (304-317-307-299-1227) was third, Purdue (305-310-303-313-1231) was fourth and Michigan (312-305-308-318-1243) and Wisconsin (306-305-315-317-1243) finished in a tie for fifth place.

Sophomore Katrin Wolfe (Johnstown, Pa.) took 35th with 78-80-80-82-320 and freshman Maggie Lester (Oswego, N.Y.) scored a team-best 77 during Sunday's final round to finish 41st with 84-82-80-77-323. Junior Nicole Love (Greensburg, Pa.) was 46th with 75-87-82-82-326, sophomore Lauren Lundy (Wayne, Pa.) was 54th with 85-84-83-81-333 and freshman Evelyn Paik (Toronto, Ontario) was 61st with 82-82-85-89-338.

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Big Ten Women's Golf Championships
(Sunday at Columbus, Ohio)

Team standings:
1. Ohio State, 301-299-306-293-1199;
2. Indiana, 308-297-299-312-1216;
3. Michigan State, 304-317-307-299-1227;
4. Purdue, 305-310-303-313-1231;
5. (tie) Michigan, 312-305-308-318-1243 and Wisconsin, 306-305-315-317-1243;
7. Northwestern, 313-305-316-314-1248;
8. Iowa, 311-312-313-317-1253;
9. (tie) Penn State, 313-319-316-318-1266 and Illinois, 312-313-318-323-1266;
11. Minnesota, 327-317-327-317-1288.

Top 10 Individuals:
1. Danah Ford, Indiana, 74-72-70-71-287;
2. Allison Hanna, Ohio State, 72-73-74-73-292;
3. Kristen White, Ohio State, 76-76-71-73-296;
4. Malinda Johnson, Wisconsin, 72-73-77-77-299;
5. Beth Hermes, Purdue, 75-76-75-74-300;
6. (tie) Karen Dennison, Indiana, 76-71-75-80-302; Onnarin Sattayabanphot, Purdue, 76-77-73-76-302;
8. (tie) Sarah Martin, Michigan State, 74-77-80-74-305; Amber Weinerth, Penn State, 78-75-74-78-305; 10. Brianna Broderick, Michigan, 76-75-76-79-306.

Penn State golfers:
T3. Amber Weinerth, 78-75-74-78-305;
35. Katrin Wolfe, 78-80-80-82-320;
T41. Maggie Lester, 84-82-80-77-323;
T46. Nicole Love, 75-87-82-82-326;
T54. Lauren Lundy, 85-84-83-81-333;
61. Evelyn Paik, 82-82-85-89-338.