Purdue women breeze to Big 10 blowout

Purdue's senior Maria Hernandez shared medalist honors with sophomore teammate Maude-Aimee Leblanc.

Women's Rankings »

Rank	Name	School	Rating
1	Annie Park	USC	69.91
2	Stephanie Meadow	Alabama	69.92
3	Mariah Stackhouse	Stanford	70.62
4	Kelsey Vines	Okla. St.	70.68
5	Lindy Duncan	Duke	70.81

Women's Team Rankings »

Rank	Name	Rating	Events
1	Southern California	71.09	10
2	Alabama	71.45	10
3	Duke	71.65	10
4	Oklahoma	72.01	10
5	Arkansas	72.27	10

Four Boilermakers finished in the top 10 as No. 11 Purdue cruised to its second consecutive Big Ten Women’s Championship title Sunday.

Purdue carded a final-round 12-over 300 to finish 37 shots ahead of Michigan State. It was the fourth-largest margin of victory in conference championship history.

The Boilermakers were led by senior Maria Hernandez and sophomore Maude-Aimee Leblanc, who shared medalist honors. It was the second year in a row Hernandez, No. 7 in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings, earned at least a share of the individual title. Leblanc missed a 6-foot putt on the 18th hole to fall into a tie for Hernandez.

For the third time in her career, Hernandez was named Big 10 Player of the Year. She has five victories this season.