"I can't believe that my baby is gone. I miss her terribly," said Claire Gemar, of San Diego, whose daughter, Kyrstin, 22, was among the three Dickinson State University students pulled from the small pond after signals from phone calls helped lead authorities to the farm.

"I'm just wondering . . . what went through her mind while she was still alive in her last moment?"

No foul play is suspected in the deaths of Gemar; Afton Williamson, 20, of Lake Elsinore, Calif.; and Ashley Neufeld, 21, of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. The bodies of the women and Neufeld's dog were found inside the SUV on Tuesday.

The women were believed to be on a stargazing trip Sunday night. Authorities said that they likely drove straight into the water in the dark.

"In our minds, all of us have been reliving what we think they probably went through," said Gemar's father, Lenny.

Senior softball player Jody Lantz, of St. Walburg, Saskatchewan, Canada, said that she and fellow students went to the pond yesterday "to understand it a little more, wrap our heads around it."

"It's going to be weird going onto the field and knowing that they're never going to be there," Lantz said.

Stark County Sheriff Clarence Tuhy said that the women's 1997 Jeep Cherokee was found resting on its wheels in about 10 feet of water with the doors and windows closed.

"When you're not familiar with an area like that it would have been very easy to drive into" the pond, Tuhy said.

The students were believed to be in the Jeep when two of their friends got phone calls late Sunday before the lines quickly went dead. Police described the first as a "very scratchy" call for help in which one of the students said they were near water.

Tuhy said the calls, which authorities were able to track to cell-phone towers, were critical in leading searchers to the vehicle. He said it wasn't clear if emergency crews might have been able to reach the women had they called 9-1-1 instead of their friends.

Police Lt. Rod Banyai said that authorities do not expect autopsy results for a week or two. Authorities have said that there was no indication that the students had been using drugs or alcohol.

Dickinson State University President Richard McCallum said that classes were canceled yesterday and a memorial service was set for today on the 2,700-student campus.

The university listed Gemar as a senior business major who played third base on the softball team. Neufeld was a senior outfielder working on a psychology degree, and Williamson, a junior, was a pitcher. majoring in psychology and with a minor in coaching.

"I have so many unanswered questions and thoughts," softball coach Kristen Fleury said.