Gopher Women Open Minnesota Invite in Ninth at Minikahda; Ciskowski Tied for the Lead

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  MINNEAPOLIS – Carding the first round of 69 of her collegiate career Monday, University of Minnesota golfer Heather Ciskowski sits tied atop the leaderboard after 36 holes of the 2016 Minnesota Invitational at the Minikahda Club.

The Gophers carded a team score of 306 to begin the championship Monday before shooting 294 collectively and will begin Tuesday’s final round in ninth place at 600, only 10 shots off the lead.

The University of Texas paced the field in the team competition Monday, finishing 36 holes at 590 and will take a one-shot advantage over the University of Louisville and Purdue University.

Ciskowski began the championship by shooting 2-over par 74 during the morning session Monday before starting her second round with a birdie on the opening hole.

The junior drew even for the round with a bogey at the second but answered with a pair of birdies at the third and fourth to move to even par for the tournament.

Ciskowski, Barrington, Ill., would stumble slightly over the next six holes as she carded three bogeys but would finish her round with four birdies over the next five holes to shoot 3-under par 69 during the second round Monday to earn a share of the lead with 18 holes to play.

Gopher sophomore Muyu Wu opened the championship by shooting 5-over par 77, but rebounded by carding a 1-over par 73 during the second round to finish 36 holes of play tied for 22nd at 150.

Ciskowski, who fired the first round of 69 in her career during the second round of the Minnesota Women’s State Amateur last month, will begin the final round tied with Wisconsin’s Brooke Farrell, Kentucky’s Anna Hack and Longhorn Greta Voelker.

The 2016 Minnesota Invitational concludes Tuesday as the final round begins at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start at the Minikahda Club.


2016 MINNESOTA INVITATIONAL
THE MINIKAHDA CLUB
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN.
6,119 YARDS, PAR 72


MONDAY’S TEAM RESULTS
1. Texas, 296-294—590
T2. Louisville, 297-294—591
T2. Purdue, 293-298—591
4. Texas Christian Univ., 298-296—594
T5. Furman, 299-297—596
T5. Kentucky, 295-301—596
7. East Carolina, 306-291—597
8. Wisconsin, 306-293—599
9. MINNESOTA, 306-294—600
T10. Kansas State, 312-297—609
T10. Kansas, 316-293—609


MONDAY’S INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
T1. HEATHER CISKOWSKI, MINNESOTA, 74-69—143
T1. Brooke Ferrell, Wisconsin, 73-70—143
T1. Anna Hack, Kentucky, 73-70—143
T1. Greta Volker, Texas, 75-68—143
5. Lisa Pettersson, ECU, 74-70—144
T6. August Kim, Purdue, 71-74—145
T6. Lauren Hartlage, Louisville, 71-74—145
T8. Jacqueline Twitty, Louisville, 74-72—146
T8. Marta Martin Garcia, Purdue, 73-73—146
T8. Kate Law, ECU, 74-72—146
T8. Lizzie Winyarat, Kansas, 77-69—146

T22. MUYU YU, MINNESOTA, 77-73—150
T38. EMIE PERONNIN, MINNESOTA, 78-75—153
T41. SABRINE GARRISON, MINNESOTA, 77-77—154
T54. MAGGIE HEGGERSTON, MINNESOTA, 80-81—161
60. NIAMH WARD, MINNESOTA, 83-89-172 (playing as individual)


For complete tournament results go to: www.golfstatresults.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=11283