October 7, 2006

ASBURY, IOWA . . . Simpson College won its Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) record ninth women’s golf Championship, shooting a final round 357 at The Meadows Golf Club on Saturday to finish the 72-hole Championship at 1321 (322-310-332-357) and earn the Conference’s inaugural automatic bid to the NCAA Championship at Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla. in May. Buena Vista University senior Jennifer Stork took home individual Medalist honors posting her fourth round in the 70s, a 78 for an IIAC 72-hole Championship record 306 (75-76-77-78).

Simpson outdistanced two-time defending Champion Wartburg by six strokes (322-306-341-358—1327) to win its first Conference title since 2002 and qualify for the expanded national field. Loras, Buena Vista and Central shot the final round’s top team score of 348, and finished third (1344), fourth (1351) and fifth (1362), respectively.

Stork broke the Conference’s previous 72-hole low of 314 set last year by Wartburg’s Erin Dohlman. Stork is a three-time All-Conference (top-10 finish) performer after finishing fourth in 2004 and second last year. She finished nine strokes ahead of Wartburg’s Andrea Schiltz, who was second at 72-75-84-84—315. Following a scorecard tie-breaker, Loras’ Amy Kemp (81-77-82-89—329) finished third and Simpson’s Katie Vaux (78-74-82-95—329) finished fourth.

A scorecard tie-breaker gave Central’s Sharilyne Hoekstra (74-82-88-86—330) fifth-place and Simpson’s Jess Harvey (78-76-87-89—330) sixth-place. Loras’ Brooke Davis (331), Wartburg’s Megan Cress (334) and Simpson’s Megan Smith (337) finished seventh, eighth and ninth, respectively. Simpson’s Noel Treibel (339) defeated Wartburg’s Kate Thompson on the first hole of a sudden death playoff to finish 10th and round out the All-Conference honorees.

Stork, Schiltz and Cress are three-time All-Conference performers, bringing the all-time total to 18. Kemp and Hoekstra join a list of 34 other two-time All-Conference performers.

Under a new Conference policy this year, ties for second through ninth place are determined by nine-hole scores starting from the final nine today. Ties for Medalist and tenth-place are determined by a sudden death playoff.

For the 11th time since 1990, Simpson head coach Bob Darrah was named Iowa Conference women’s golf Coach of the Year. He led the Storm to its Conference-record ninth Championship.

Final results from the 2006 IIAC women’s golf Championship are here.

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