Gophers golfers edge Mercer at DeBary

The University of Minnesota women's golf team won the DeBary Intercollegiate championship by one shot over second-place Mercer at the DeBary Country Club in DeBary, Fla.

The Gophers shot a 17-over-par 305 Monday and finished the two-day event with a 27-over 603 total, and Mercer turned in a team score of 302 to finish at 604.

Young Na Lee led the Gophers with a 1-over 73 in the second round to finish in a tie for fourth at 4-over 148. Leslie Grabeman tied for 10th at 151, Christine Herzog tied for 13th at 152, and Sydney Liles gave the Gophers four golfers in the top 15 with a 153. Kelli Burns tied for 38th with a 160.

Playing as an individual, Anne Martin tied for seventh at 150.

Gophers update: The Gophers volleyball team (16-6, 10-2 Big Ten Conference) remained at No. 12 in the CSTV/AVCA poll after going 1-1 last week with a three-game victory over Ohio State and five-game loss to Penn State.

• The Gophers men's hockey team moved up one spot to No. 2 in the USCHO.com/CSTV rankings after a weekend sweep of Colorado College to open the WCHA season. The University of Maine (6-0-0) was No. 1 with 37 first-place votes. Minnesota (6-1-0) claimed one of the first-place votes. Wisconsin (3-3-2) dropped to No. 5 after losing two road games to Boston College (4-1-0), which moved to No. 3 and picked up two first-place votes.

• The Gophers women's hockey team (4-3-1) dropped from No. 6 to a tie for eighth place with Princeton in the USCHO.com rankings. Minnesota-Duluth (8-0-0) moved up one spot from No. 5 to No. 4, and Wisconsin (9-0-1) stayed in the No. 1 spot.

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