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FINDLAY, Ohio- University of Indianapolis junior Lyndsay McBride capped a wonderful performance at the NCAA D-II Women's Golf Championship with a final-round 77 in windy, rainy conditions at Findlay Country Club Saturday to take the 2009 individual national championship. Senior Kristi Piepenbrink joined her in the top five, as the pair led the Greyhounds to a third-place tie in the 12-team event, their best finish in program history.

SATURDAY
Battling the elements, McBride held off a talented 72-woman field to take medalist honors.  She started the day with a two stroke lead, and though she bogeyed five of the first 11 holes, McBride (74-75-72-77) finished strongly with seven straight pars to edge Nova Southeastern's Sandra Changkija (76-74-75-75) by two strokes.

Piepenbrink matched McBride's final-round score as she also shot +5 on the last day.  The Second Team All-American earned sole possession of fifth place with a four-round score of 304 (77-74-76-77), with her two-over effort in Friday's second round matching the best of the day.

In her second consecutive appearance in the D-II championship, junior Sarah Prascsak carded a nine-over 81 Saturday to finish in 24th, this after sharing 15th place as an individual competitor in last year's tournament.

Sophomore Allison Tyler and freshman Darin Pinnick finished the event at +49 and +51, respectively.  Tyler (87-84-86-80) carded an 80 in the final round – her best the of the tourney – and finished tied for 51st, while Pinnick (80-84-86-89) shared 54th place.

As a team, UIndy posted scores of 309-315-310-314 in the event to tie with defending-champion Rollins College at 1248 strokes in 72 holes.  Top-ranked Nova Southeastern captured the team title, their first in school history, with a final score of 1230 (314-302-307-307), while fellow Midwest Region-school Grand Valley State shot 1245 (310-309-317-309) to take runner-up honors.

FRIDAY
Thanks to Thursday's inclement weather, the country's 12-best D-II squads played 36 holes Friday.  McBride started the day tied for third at two-over par, and after a second-round 75, she fired an even-par 72 to climb into the medalist's spot.

Teammate Kristi Piepenbrink also resides in the top five after her effort Friday.  As UIndy's lone senior, Piepenbrink racked-up 16 pars in the second round to finish with a 74 and help vault her from 15th place after round one into a three-way tie for third heading into Saturday.

Junior Sarah Prascsak fell back a bit Friday with scores of 78 and 81 to join a mass of golfers at +19.  Freshman Darin Pinnick (80-84-86) followed a similar pattern to finish the day tied for 51st, and sophomore Allison Tyler, who recorded three birdies in the second round, enters Saturday tied for 62nd place.

The Greyhounds are still in the hunt for a team national championship as they will begin final-round play 10 strokes back of leader and top-ranked Nova Southeastern.  UIndy (307-311-315) leads last year's champion Rollins by one stroke and fellow Midwest Region-school Grand Valley State by two.  First-round leader Tarleton State recorded a 301 Wednesday but fell back to earth with 320 and a 324 Friday that dropped the team to fifth.

THURSDAY
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WEDNESDAY
After posting a first-round team score of 307, UIndy sits six strokes back of leader Tarleton State and two ahead of last year's champion Rollins.  Junior Lyndsay McBride carded a 74 on the day to share third place in the 72-golfer field.

In her first appearance at the NCAA Championships, McBride carded 12 pars and two birdies on the day to create a three-way tie for third.  She was joined by Florida Tech's Daniela Iacobelli and California-PA's Simone DeSouza at two-over par, four strokes back of the two leaders.

Junior Sarah Prascsak had to pencil in a seven on the five-par first hole, but shot two-over golf from that point to finish the round with a 76.  Her first-round effort included a team-high three birdies to help her share ninth place.

Senior Kristi Piepenbrink sat at two-under through five, but after notching a bogey on each of the final four holes, finished with a five-over 77 to tie for 15th.

Freshman Darin Pinnick capped an eight-over opening round with a birdie on the par-5 18th to help her finish the day tied for 31st, while sophomore Allison Tyler finished the round tied for 67th with a first-round 87.


Note:  Prascsak and Piepenbrink are the only two Greyhounds with previous experience in the championship finals, as Prascsak qualified as an individual last season while Piepenbrink did the same as a freshman in 2006.