Methodist College continued its dominance of the fledgling Division III Women's Golf Championships, winning the team title by 50 shots May 15-18 at the Hickory Point Golf Club in Forsyth, Illinois. The Monarchs claimed their fourth consecutive NCAA title. Methodist won the last two combined Division II and III championships and last year's inaugural Division III event.

The Monarchs broke their own team scoring record, shattering last season's total by 71 strokes. Methodist fired a four-round total of 1,214 to win the title. Concordia-Moorhead took second, but did post the tournament's low team round with a 296 on the third day. Rhodes was third, six shots behind Concordia-Moorhead. Mary Hardin-Baylor and Franklin rounded out the top five.

Methodist senior Carol Brogan won the individual title, holding off teammate Melanie Tipps by three strokes. Brogan finished with a six-over-par, 294 total and fired a final-round 74. Methodist did not have a golfer finish lower than 17th.

With the win, Methodist fulfilled its goal and kept its national title streak alive.

"The competition within our team is intense -- we have 30 girls who want to play for us and only five can go at a time," said Methodist coach Kim Kincer. "They all have to really stay sharp just to stay on the team. That keeps everyone focused."

Team results

1. Methodist, 299-305-309-301 -- 1,214; 2. Concordia-M'Head, 328-328-296-312 -- 1,264; 3. Rhodes, 317-324-310-319 -- 1,270; 4. Mary Hardin, 323-319-318-320 -- 1,280; 5. Franklin, 330-324-323-312 -- 1,289; 6. Millikin, 328-326-328-311 -- 1,293; 7. Hardin-Simmons, 338-333-323-318 -- 1,312; 8. Simpson, 334-338-324-317 -- 1,313; 9. Wis.-Eau Claire, 334-338-324-320 -- 1,316; 10. Baldwin-Wallace, 356-354-340-332 -- 1,382.

Individual results

1. Carol Brogan, Methodist, 71-76-73-74 -- 294; 2. Melanie Tipps, Methodist, 73-73-75-76 -- 297; 3. Emily Burch, Rhodes, 74-81-76-71 -- 302; 4. Meredith Stone, Hardin-Simmons, 78-75-75-76 -- 304; 5. (tie) Monica Blank, McMurry, 82-77-70-76 -- 305; and Patricia Kuehner, Franklin, 80-75-76-74 -- 305; 7. Markka Farrington, Wis.-Oshkosh, 75-78-74-79 -- 306; 8. (tie) Allison Hall, Hardin-Simmons, 84-81-74-71 -- 310; and Amy Shidler, Franklin, 77-79-77-77 -- 310; 10. (tie) Hope Thomas, Methodist, 77-79-80-77 -- 313; and Jill Conrad, Concordia-M'head, 80-84-74-75 -- 313; 12. Rachele Miller, Mary Hardin, 80-80-77-77 -- 314; 13. (tie) Jenni Kovash, Concordia-M'head, 89-76-72-78 -- 315; and Lauren Clemens, Mary Hardin, 77-76-82-80 -- 315; 15. (tie) Lacey Wicksall, Hope, 84-79-75-78 -- 316; and Michelle Meadows, Methodist, 78-77-83-78 -- 316; 17. (tie) Maria Amlen, Concordia-M'head, 81-81-76-79 -- 317; and Nichole Kentner, Methodist, 80-82-81-74 -- 317; 19. (tie) Donya Tetrault, Millikin, 79-83-83-73 -- 318; and Stephanie Feeney, Millikin, 81-81-79-77 -- 318.

21. Whitney Bryant, Rhodes, 81-78-79-81 -- 319; 22. Debbie Zorn, Buena Vista, 77-86-80-77 -- 320; 23. (tie) Christy Huegerich, Wis.-Whitewater, 84-78-76-83 -- 321; Kelly Harper, Wis.-Eau Claire, 83-83-82-73 -- 321; Fay Bradley, Simpson, 80-88-80-74 -- 322; and Katie Rzanski, Baldwin-Wallace, 83-79-79-81 -- 322; 27. Kristine Paulson, St. Thomas (Minn.), 82-80-81-80 -- 323; 28. (tie) Agnes Surowka, Rhodes, 80-83-77-84 -- 324; and Diane Imburgia, Millikin, 80-79-84-81 -- 324; 30. (tie) Deb Garriott, DePauw, 85-80-78-83 -- 326; Meghann Glass, Mount Union, 85-81-77-83 -- 326; Sherri Bowden, Hardin-Simmons, 81-84-81-80 -- 326; and Tabitha Koon, Mary Hardin, 84-80-78-84 -- 326; 34. Karen Dobranski, Simpson, 85-79-81-82 -- 327; 35. (tie) Carrie Franciskovic, Mary Hardin, 82-83-85-79 -- 329; Katie Hommen, Wis.-Eau Claire, 81-81-82-85 -- 329; and Melissa Hazelwood, Carthage, 86-82-80-81 -- 329; 38. Julie Drake, Franklin, 86-80-85-79 -- 330; 39. Angie Immel, Baldwin-Wallace, 84-82-83-83 -- 332; 40. (tie) Liz Meschke, Concordia-M'head, 85-87-74-87 -- 333; and Stacy Chapman, Albion, 83-80-88-82 -- 333.

42. (tie) Laura McKinney, Rhodes, 82-86-84-83 -- 335; and Lauren Kwedar, Rhodes, 90-82-78-85 -- 335; 44. (tie) Senta Willenborg, Simpson, 87-87-80-82 -- 336; and Tanya Ulvin, Concordia-M'head, 82-91-83-80 -- 336; 46. (tie) Angela Hess, Millikin, 89-83-86-80 -- 338; and Jennifer Prock, Wis.-Eau Claire, 84-87-85-82 -- 338; 48. Karen Smith, Simpson, 82-84-89-84 -- 339; 49. (tie) Jessica Stinchfield, Wis.-Eau Claire, 86-93-81-80 -- 340; and Laura Nedved, Simpson, 88-90-83-79 -- 340; 51. (tie) Julie Doolittle, Mary Hardin, 86-91-81-84 -- 342; and Kristi Moss, Wis.-Eau Claire, 88-87-79-88 -- 342; 53. Molly Jackson, Franklin, 87-91-85-82 -- 345; 54. Kaitlin Harp, Millikin, 88-89-82-91 -- 350; 55. Beth Howlett, Baldwin-Wallace, 96-94-89-83 -- 362; 56. Brooke Shouse, Franklin, 94-90-92-89 -- 365; 57. Janay Quillen, Baldwin-Wallace, 93-104-89-87 -- 373; 58. (tie) Jessica Hettrick, Baldwin-Wallace, 102-99-91-85 -- 377; and Leslie Parker, Hardin-Simmons, 95-93-94-95 -- 377; 60. Emily Foster, Hardin-Simmons, 98-99-93-89 -- 379.