Indiana University Athletics
Hoosiers Travel To Las Vegas Intercollegiate Showdown
10/25/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Oct. 25, 2008
Indiana at Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown- Tournament Notes 
LAS VEGAS COLLEGIATE SHOWDOWN
Oct. 27-29
Boulder Creek Golf Club - Boulder City, Nev.
Tournament Field: BYU, Colorado State, Eastern Washington, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa State, Long Beach State, Louisville, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma State, Pepperdine, TCU, Texas, Texas Tech, UC David, UNLV, Washington
Course Information: Boulder Creek Golf Club - Par 72 • 6,265
Results: golfstat.com (Live Scoring); IUHOOSIERS.com (post-tournament results)
SETTING THE SCENE
• The Hoosiers wrap up their fall season as they travel west to the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown at the Boulder Creek Golf Club.
• Indiana is coming off a fourth-place finish at the Lady Northern Invitational, which serves as a fall Big Ten preview.
• Competing on this course in 2007, the Hoosiers shot two rounds of 285, which is tied for the second-lowest single-round score in school history.
• Indiana's three-round score of 864 on the course in 2007 is a school record.
• Laura Nochta shot a career-best two-round score of 141 on this course in 2007.
THE LINEUP
• Junior Anita Gahir
• Junior Kellye Belcher
• Junior Laura Nochta
• Senior Amber Lindgren
• Sophomore Cecilia Orevik
ABOUT THE LAS VEGAS INTERCOLLEGIATE
• A total of 18 teams will compete in this year's Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown at the Boulder Creek Golf Club in Boulder, City, Nev.
• The Hoosiers did not participate in the tournament last year.
• The teams will play one 18-hole round each day, beginning at 7:30 a.m. MT on Monday, Oct. 27 and Tuesday, Oct. 28. The final round will be a shotgun start at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 29.
COACH WALLMAN'S THOUGHTS
On last week's fourth-place finish at the Lady Northern Invitational:
"I was really pleased with last week's performance. We finished third out of all the Big Ten teams, fourth overall, and there were a couple of things that really stuck out in my mind. The first thing was we stuck to a solid game plan by hitting the greens and picking conservative targets.
"The other thing that was good about the tournament was that everyone had a really solid round. I think that is important not only for that tournament, but also as we play through the rest of the year and when we head back (for the Big Ten Championships)."
On carrying that momentum into the final fall event:
"I am glad we don't have a big break in between. Momentum is something that can keep going if you keep playing. The other thing about momentum is it is mainly attitudinal. If you believe you have good momentum going and if you believe you played well, it is much easier to approach your next event with a good mind-set.
"I think knowing we played at our capabilities (last week) and knowing we are going to a golf course where we have played well in the past, gives them a lot of confidence."
On the Boulder Creek Golf Club course:
"It is a course that is conducive to scoring. There are not a lot of penalizing troubles, as we had at Purdue. Here, if you hit it into trouble par isn't as bad, but you may lose a half a shot to the field trying to make birdies. In the past, we have shot very good numbers there. It can be a course where a lot of people shoot 72 to 74, and that would be an average score for the field.
"This is a fun tournament because it gives you the opportunity to score. It gives you the opportunity to make birdies. The par-5s are reachable; the greens put very true. It is just a matter of taking advantage of the opportunities that are there."
On how this team has come together over the fall:
"I think the last event was a very pivotal tournament for us from a couple of standpoints. Number one, just from a confidence standpoint; the Big Ten is strong this year. To be in range of Purdue and Michigan State was a confidence booster. For each of the ladies to have a strong, countable round was a confidence booster. To play a tough golf course pretty well was a confidence booster. That is more of what we had needed as a group than swing instruction, putting instruction, etc. Sometimes all you need is a little success to get you going."
LADY NORTHERN RECAP
• With the field facing tough, windy conditions, the Indiana women's golf team battled through the final 18 holes for a fourth-place finish at the Lady Northern Invitational held at the Purdue University Kampen Course.
• The host Boilermakers took home the title with a three-round score of 895 (303-290-302). Michigan State was second (302-302-308=912), followed by Notre Dame (299-303-311), Indiana (306-304-314=924) and Michigan (311-314-312=937).
• Despite a weekend-high 81 on the final day, junior Anita Gahir led the Hoosiers and finished tied for 12th overall at +14 (73-76-81).
• Junior Kellye Belcher was one stroke behind Gahir and finished tied for 15th at +15 (77-76-78=231).
• Also finished tied for 15th was junior Laura Nochta (74-77-80=231).
• After a rough outing on day one, senior Amber Lindgren bounced back to have the round of the day for the Hoosiers with a 3-over 75 and finished the tournament tied for 50th at +26 (86-81-75=242).
• Rounding out the IU lineup was sophomore Cecilia Orevik who tied for 62nd at +30 (82-75-89=246).
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