Minneapolis, Minn..-The Penn State women's golf team finished the Big Ten Championship in 9th place. They combined for a 1284 (+132) total after four rounds on the par-72 Les Bolstad Golf Course at The University of Minnesota.

Michigan State held on to capture the team title with a 1219 (+67) total. Tied for second, 11 strokes back at 1230, were Northwestern and Indiana. Purdue and Minnesota tied for fourth at 1235 (+83).

Mollie Frankhauser of Ohio State came back to take the individual honors, shooting a 301(+13) total. She was also named the 2001 Big Ten Player of the Year. Kari Damon of Purdue and Allison Fouch of Michigan State took second place, each with a 303 (+15) total on the championship.

For the Nittany Lions the top finishers were sophomore Katie Futcher (The Woodlands, Texas) and senior Jamie McClain (Coshocton, Ohio), who tied with Katie Connelly of Wisconsin for 34th place, each with a 320 (+32) total. Penn State junior Meghan Mull (Naperville, Ill.) followed them tied for 37th with a 321(+33) total.

The next stop on Penn State's schedule is to be the NCAA East regional, Wed.-Sat., May 9-12, 2001.

BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP
FINAL TEAM STANDINGS:
1 Mich. St. 302 300 309 308 1219
2 Indiana 303 301 318 308 1230
Nthwstn. 304 303 314 309 1230
4 Purdue 298 313 319 305 1235
Minn. 302 304 315 314 1235
6 Ohio St. 303 305 310 321 1239
7 Mich. 309 303 318 318 1248
8 Wisc. 307 323 327 314 1271
9 Penn St. 310 323 331 320 1284
10 Iowa 324 324 325 314 1287
11 Illinois 319 328 335 318 1300

PENN STATE SCORES:
T 34 Katie Futcher 76 81 85 78 320
T 34 Jamie McClain 77 82 79 82 320
T 37 Meghan Mull 78 79 85 79 321
T 53 Cynthia Skilton 88 81 82 81 332
T 53 Jennifer Elsea 79 83 88 82 332
61 Keri Dugan 81 82 85 86 334