Thiele, Hansen Share Big Ten Honors

Nicole Hansen and Lindsey Thiele captured Big Ten Women's Co-Golfer-of-the-Week honors, the conference office announced on Wednesday, Sept. 22.

Hansen and Thiele earned the league's weekly award after sharing the Marilynn Smith/Sunflower Invitational individual title by shooting career-best 54-hole totals of 219. The duo opened the 10-team, 62-golfer event with career-best rounds of 70 on the par-72, 6,221-yard layout at Colbert Hills Golf Club in Manhattan, Kan. (Sept. 20-21).on Monday.

Thiele, a sophomore from Wahoo, Neb., followed with the second-best round of her career with a 71 (-1) in Monday's second round to take the lead heading into Tuesday's final round. She closed with a 78, which…