October 7, 2005

IOWA CITY , IOWA . . . Wartburg’s Erin Dohlman posted the lone sub-80 score in the third round of the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) women’s golf Championship at Finkbine Golf Course in Iowa City on Friday to extend her lead in the individual race to 15 strokes and help her team extend its lead in the team race to 59. The 72-hole Championship concludes on Saturday at Finkbine.

Behind Dohlman and Andrea Schiltz’s 82, the day’s second lowest round, the Knights finished the day with a 327, for a 54-hole score of 961. Simpson College shot a 352 on the day (second-best team round) and moved into a second-place tie with Buena Vista University at 1020.

With team results available for 19 of the 23 women’s golf Championships hosted by the IIAC, Wartburg is on the verge of breaking the mark for widest margin of victory. In 1997, Simpson defeated runner-up Buena Vista by 41 strokes and in 1985, Central defeated Luther by 40 strokes (both were 36-hole Championships).

Dohlman’s 54-hole score of 228 (77-73-78) is good for a 15-stroke lead over Schiltz (82-79-82) and Buena Vista’s Jennifer Stork (78-79-86). Simpson’s Steph Schenfeld (86-75-84) and Wartburg’s Kate Thompson (84-77-84) are tied for fourth at 245.

The widest individual margin of victory in IIAC Championship history is 15 strokes by Simpson’s Hannah Willenborg over Buena Vista’s Debbie Zorn in 1999. The last time teammates finished 1-2 in the IIAC Championship was 2002 (Simpson’s Senta Willenborg and Amber DeRiemacker). The last time teammates went one-two-three was 2001 (Buena Vista’s Zorn, Jen Einck and Betsy Hall).

Complete results through 54-holes are here.

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