Oct. 15, 2012

Norman, Okla. - The Tulsa women's golf team is in 17th place at the Susie Maxwell Berning Classic. The Hurricane carded a round of 310 at the par-72 Jimmie Austin OU Golf Course.

The host Oklahoma Sooners lead the 18-team field with a four-under par 284 score and is followed by Notre Dame, Texas Tech and Texas State tied for second place with scores of 289. Denver rounds out the top-5 teams with a 290 total.

Tulsa freshman Antonia Von Wnuck carded a first round score of two-over par 74 and is in 27th place overall. Senior Kristina Merkle is in 39th place after scoring a round of 75 on Monday, while fellow senior Shu-Yin Liu had a score of 79 for 70th place.

Newcomers Karson Bizzell and Jessica Lydia are tied for 86th place with identical scores of 82.

There's a three-way tie for first place between Texas Tech's Kimberly Kaufman, Denver's Tonje Daffinrud and Notre Dame's Lindsey Weaver with scores of four-under par 68.

The second round gets underway Tuesday morning, while the tournament will close-out on Wednesday with the final 18 rounds

Team Results
1.	Oklahoma	284
T2.	Notre Dame	289
T2.	Texas Tech	289
T2.	Texas State	289
5.	Denver	        290
6.	Ohio State	291
T7.	C. Carolina	297
T7.	Kansas	        297
9.	SMU	        298
10.	Kansas State	300
11.	Middle Tenn.	303
12.	TCU	        305
T13.	South Florida	307
T13.	Kennesaw State	307
15.	Kent State	308
16.	Redlands CC	309
T17.	Tulsa	        310
T17.	New Mexico	310
Tulsa Individual Results
T27.	Antonia Von Wnuck	74
T39.	Kristina Merkle	        75
T70.	Shu-Yin Liu	        79
T86.	Karson Bizzell	        82
T86.	Jessica Lydia	        82
Top-4 Individuals
T1.	Kimberly Kaufman, Texas Tech	68
T1.	Tonje Daffinrud, Denver	        68
T1.	Lindsey Weaver, Notre Dame	68
4.	Sanna Nuutinen, TCU	        69