HOWEY IN THE HILLS, Fla.
(GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Steph
Fitfield (Oconto Falls, Wis.) and Eleanor Yorobe (Bloomington, Minn.) are in the
top-20 as the Green Bay women's tennis team sits in seventh place after Friday's
opening round of the 2011 Horizon League Championship at Mission Inn Golf and
Tennis Resort in Howey in the Hills, Fla.
Green
Bay shot a 356 (+64) for the first round with 18 holes also scheduled for
Saturday and Sunday in the 54-hole conference championship. Detroit leads the field
after firing a 326 (+34) while Loyola (329, +37), Butler (333, +41), Cleveland
State (338, +46), Valparaiso (343, +51) and Youngstown State (346, +54) round
out the field.
Fitfield
and Yorobe both shot 14-over par 87s to lead the Phoenix on Friday. Yorobe was
tied for fifth in the field in par-three scoring in the round while Fitfield
was in the top-10 in par-four scoring as the pair is tied for 20th.
Senior
Ellyn Hansen (Milton, Wis.) is tied for 27th overall for Green Bay after
shooting an 89 on Friday while sophomore Christina
De Boer (Onalaska, Wis.) and freshman Molly
Fassbinder (Hudson, Wis.) rounded out the scoring with a 93 and 96
respectively.
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2011 Horizon League Championships
Howey in the Hills, Fla. - Mission Inn Golf and Tennis
Resort
Round 1
Team Scores
1. Detroit, 326 (+34)
2. Loyola, 329 (+37)
3. Butler, 333 (+41)
4. Cleveland State, 338
(+46)
5. Valparaiso, 343 (+51)
6. Youngstown State, 346 (+54)
7. Green Bay, 356 (+64)
Green Bay Individual Scores
T20. Steph Fitfield, 87
(+14)
T20, Eleanor Yorobe, 87
(+14)
T27. Ellyn Hansen, 89
(+16)
30. Christina De Boer, 93
(+20)
T31. Molly Fassbinder, 96 (23)