Minneapolis, Minn., April 28, 2001- The Penn State women's golf team stands in 9th place after three rounds of play completed Saturday at the Big Ten Championship, held at The University of Minnesota's Les Bolstad Golf Course. The Nittany Lions shot a team score of 331 on the day to give them a 964 (+100) team total thus far.

Michigan State tops the Big Ten participants by seven strokes at 911 (+47) after three rounds. Following in second is Ohio State with a 918 (+54) and tied for third with 921 total (+57) are Northwestern and the host, The University of Minnesota.

Michigan State also holds the number one individual spot. Michigan State's Allison Fouch shot a 76 on the day and has a 224 (+8) total to rank first. Three players from Ohio State follow; one at second (+9) and two tied for third (+12). Also tied for third are players from Indiana and Minnesota.

The best ranking Nittany Lion is senior Jamie McClain (Coshocton, Ohio) who shot a 79 (+7) on the day to stand at 238 (+22) to be tied for 28th place. The Big Ten Championship concludes with the final 18 holes on Sunday, April 29, teeing off at 8 a.m.

Team Standings:
1 Mich St. 302 300 309 911
2 Ohio St. 303 305 310 918
3 Northwst. 304 303 314 921
Minn. 302 304 315 921
5 Indiana 303 301 318 922
6 Michigan 309 303 318 930
Purdue 298 313 319 930
8 Wisc. 307 323 327 957
9 Penn St. 310 323 331 964
10 Iowa 324 324 325 973
11 Illinois 319 328 335 982

PSU Rseults:
T 28 Jamie McClain 77 82 79 238
T 37 Katie Futcher 76 81 85 242
T 37 Meghan Mull 78 79 85 242
T 57 Keri Dugan 81 82 85 248
59 Jennifer Elsea 79 83 88 250
T 60 Cynthia Skilton 88 81 82 251