STATE COLLEGE, Pa. - Penn State women's golfer Katie Futcher (Woodlands, Tex.) earned All-Big honors after placing tenth at the Big Ten Championships in Urbana, Ill. Futcher shot a total score of 311 (+23) shooting three rounds of 77 and one round of 80.

As a team, Penn State tied for eighth overall with a 72-hole score of 1229. The Nittany Lions had to endure the wet conditions and wind gusts of 40+ miles per hour during the final 27 holes of play. The tough playing conditions showed as their final two rounds of 337 and 338 were well-off their first two rounds of 315 and 306.

Ohio State won the overall team championship outdistancing Purdue by ten strokes. The Buckeyes shot a score of 1220, while the Boilermakers shot 1230.

The individual winner also hailed from Ohio State. Mollie Fankhauser shot rounds of 75-68-83-78 for a total score of 304 (+16). Malinda Johnson of Wisconsin, Le Anna Wicks of Michigan and Caroline Laurens of Purdue all tied for second with scores of 305 (+17).

Other finishers for the Nittany Lions included, Meghan Mull (Naperville, Ill.) who tied for 28th with a score of 322, Cynthia Skilton (Paoli, Pa.) who tied for 39th with a score of 327 and Keri Dugan (Erie, Pa.) who shot a score of 336 to tie for 56th.

Penn State will have to wait and see if the qualify for the NCAA East Regional, which will take place May 9-11.

Team Results:
1. Ohio State Univ. ¨C 297/289/317/317/1220/+68
2. Purdue University ¨C 294/297/310/329/1230/+78
3. Michigan, U. of ¨C 302/296/318/320/1236/+84
4. Michigan State U. ¨C 300/305/326/320/1251/+99
5. Illinois, U. of ¨C 307/299/332/323/1261/+109
6. Indiana University ¨C 305/292/335/340/1272/+120
7. Northwestern Univ. ¨C 304/302/335/334/1275/+123
8. Iowa, U. of ¨C 318/305/337/336/1296/+144
Penn State Univ. ¨C 315/306/337/338/1296/+144
10. Wisconsin, U. of ¨C 303/312/340/345/1300/+148
11. Minnesota, U. of ¨C 314/311/334/343/1302/+150

Individual Results:
1. Mollie Fankhauser, Ohio State ¨C 75/68/83/78/304/+16
2. Malinda Johnson, Wisconsin ¨C 72/77/77/79/305/+17
Le Anna Wicks, Michigan ¨C 72/73/81/79/305/+17
Caroline Laurens, Purdue ¨C 72/74/77/82/305/+17
5. Lindsay Knowlton, Ohio State ¨C 71/72/79/84/306/+18
6. Stacy Snider, Mich. St. ¨C 75/75/82/77/309/+21
7. Emily Bastel, Mich. St. ¨C 74/77/80/79/310/+22
Heather Zielinski, Purdue ¨C 76/73/77/84/310/+22
Kristen White, Ohio State ¨C 76/76/80/78/310/+22
10. Katie Futcher, Penn State ¨C 77/77/80/77/311/+23
Allison Hanna, Ohio State ¨C 76/78/78/79/311/+23
T28. Meghan Mull, Penn State ¨C 76/75/86/85/322
T39. Cynthia Skilton, Penn State ¨C 82/77/84/84/327
T56.Keri Dugan, Penn State ¨C 80/77/87/92/336
62. Rosemarie Fuster, Penn State ¨C 83/80/93/92/348
64. Susan Oliver, Penn State ¨C 83/83/93/92/351