Indiana University Athletics
Hoosiers Head West to Mountain View Collegiate
3/26/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
March 26, 2009
Indiana at Mountain View Collegiate - Tournament Notes 
MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGIATE
March 28-29 Mountain View Golf Club • Tucson, Ariz.
Tournament Field: Indiana, Colorado (host), Colorado State, Louisville, San Jose State, UNLV, Nebraska, Northwestern, Boise State, Michigan, Missouri, Iowa State, Washington State, Oregon State, Fresno State, Texas Tech, Kansas State, Arizona
Course Information: Mountain View Golf Club • Par 72 • 6,263
Results: IUHOOSIERS.com (post-tournament results)
SETTING THE SCENE
•The Hoosiers travel to Tucson, Ariz. for the Mountain View Intercollegiate.
• Indiana is the defending team champion.
THE LINEUP
• Junior Laura Nochta
• Junior Kellye Belcher
• Junior Anita Gahir
• Senior Amber Lindgren
• Sophomore Cecilia Orevik
ABOUT THE MOUNTAIN VIEW COLLEGIATE
• The Hoosiers will face a tough field at this year's Mountain View Collegiate at Mountain View Golf Club in Tucson, Ariz.
• Competing teams includes No. 19 San Jose State, No. 20 Louisville, No. 24 Arizona and No. 32 UNLV.
• The Hoosiers are the defending tournament champion, taking last year's event with a three-round score of 880 (294-295-291).
• Indiana also had the individual champion last year as senior Lauren Harling took the title. A Hoosier was also the individual medalist in 2007 (Elaine Harris).
• Laura Nochta is the top returning IU finisher, placing tied for fourth in 2008 (70-73-76).
• The tournament consists of 36 holes on Saturday, followed by an 18-hole round on Sunday.
• It will be a shotgun start both days.
COACH WALLMAN'S THOUGHTS
On the team's play last week in Hawai'i:
"I was glad we ended on a good note. We did not play well the first two days but found a way to post the low round of the day on the final round. Anytime you do that it gives you confidence."
On the team's confidence heading into a tournament where they have historically played well:
"The girls are excited to play this weekend. Anytime you have had success it breeds confidence. I think with our strong finish to last weeks tournament and going to Tucson where we have performed well there is a sense of optimism."
On the tournament field this weekend:
"This is the best field we have seen at this event. It is good for us so we can get ready for our stretch run through the conference championship."
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DR. DONNIS THOMPSON INVITATIONAL RECAP
• The Hoosiers used a day-three rally to move from seventh to third at the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational in Kane'hoe, Hawai'i.
• The Indiana women's golf team saved their best for last, posting a 299 on the third and final day.
• Indiana was the only team to break 300 in the final round and one of just two teams (Idaho) to have a round under 300 for the tournament.
• Junior Laura Nochta led the way with a sixth-place finish, posting a score of 73 on the final day to finish with a 221 (74-75-73).
• Junior Kellye Belcher tied for 12th with a tournament total of 229, including a 76 in the final round (78-75-76).
• Junior Anita Gahir was the third of four Hoosiers to finish in the top 25, coming home with a 77on the final day to give her a 232 (78-77-77) for the tournament.
• Senior Amber Lindgren tied Nochta for the team's low round of the tournament with a 73 in round three to finish tied for 25th at 234 (79-82-73).
• Making her first road trip for Indiana, sophomore Lauren Giesecke tied for 55th with a score of 251 (85-85-81).
• "We came out today with a really good mind-set," said head coach Clint Wallman. "We knew that even though we were behind, if we came out and posted a good number we would be in the mix for a top-3 finish. When you are focused you can make up ground quickly and that is exactly what we did."
GOLFWEEK RANKINGS
• In the last set of rankings, posted on March 22, the Hoosiers occupied the No. 60 slot.
• Indian ranks fifth among the Big Ten schools, with nine of the 11 schools among the top 100.
• Purdue leads the way at No. 9, followed by Michigan State (17), Ohio State (28), Michigan (48), Minnesota (72), Wisconsin (77), Northwestern (79), Iowa (93), Illinois (103) and Penn State (126).
• Junior Laura Nochta is the top-ranked Hoosier at No. 95. Rounding out the top three for IU are Anita Gahir (220) and Kellye Belcher (243).
• Laura Kueny of Michigan State is the top-ranked individual in the Big Ten at No. 10.
UP NEXT
• Indiana will return home for the IU Invitational, April 6-7 at Otter Creek Golf Club in Columbus, Indiana.
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