King leads Irish at Ohio State Invitational.

April 26, 1998

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State's Bethany Overstake (Sr., Urbana, Ohio), posting a two-under par 214, captured the medalist title to help her team win the Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational with a team score of 881 (+17).

The Notre Dame women's golf team finished sixth, paced by Katie King's 14th career team-leading effort.

King fired a final-round 73 to go along with her Saturday rounds of 80 and 78 for a 231 total and a share of ninth among the 48-golfer field.

Notre Dame, which shot 328 and 310 on Saturday, used a final round 322 to take sole possesion of sixth place.

King, who now has five top-ten finishes in 1997-98, awaits word of a possible individual bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Lady Buckeye Spring Invitational 
Sun., April 26, 1998
Columbus, Ohio
Final results

Team Results       
               1st    2nd    3rd   Total   
Ohio State     299    286    296    881      
Purdue         298    303    306    907    
Wisconsin      308    305    306    919       
Penn State     318    306    312    936    
Northwestern   308    320    313    941  
Notre Dame     328    310    322    960    
Xavier         323    327    326    976    
Ohio           319    319    339    977  

Top Individual 
Bethany Overstake       Ohio State  73-68-73/214

Notre Dame Scores
9. Katie King           80-78-73/231
21. Tracy Melby         81-74-80/235
36. Mary *lein          84-82-81/247
39. Andrea Klee         83-79-91/253
43. Danielle Villarosa  89-79-89/257
45. Becca Schloss       89-87-88/264