Indiana University Athletics
IU Women's Golf Heads To Big Ten Championship
4/22/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
April 22, 2009
Big Ten Championship - Tournament Notes 
| Coach Wallman Previews Big Ten Championship
BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
April 24-26
Purdue University- Kampen Course • West Lafayette, Ind.
Tournament Field: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue, Wisconsin
Course Information: Purdue University- Kampen Course - Par 72 • 6,333 yards
Results: Golfstat.com (live scoring)/IUHOOSIERS.com (post-tournament results)
SETTING THE SCENE
• The Hoosiers travel to the Big Ten Championship, April 24-26 at Purdue University's Kampen Course.
• The Hoosiers are coming off a fifth-place finish at the Lady Buckeye Invitational.
• Indiana finished fourth at last year's Big Ten Championship in State College, Pa.
THE LINEUP
• Junior Laura Nochta
• Junior Anita Gahir
• Junior Kellye Belcher
• Sophomore Cecilia Orevik
• Sophomore Lauren Giesecke
• Senior Amber Lindgren
ABOUT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
• Purdue University's Kampen Course is the site of this year's 72-hole Big Ten Championship.
• The Pete Dye-designed course last played host to the women's Big Ten Championship in 1999. It played host to the NCAA Central Regional in 2001 and the NCAA Championship in 2003.
• The Hoosiers finished fourth at the 2008 championship with scores of 306-302-300-306 (1,214).
• Anita Gahir was the top finisher for IU, placing tied for 14th (75-74-78-75).
• Kellye Belcher tied for 16th (77-74-73-79), while Laura Nochta tied for 19th (76-76-76-77).
• This is a six-count-four event with six golfers competing and four scores counting in the results.
• The teams will play 36 holes on Friday and 18 holes each on Saturday and Sunday.
• Purdue is the defending team champion, while the Boilermakers' Maria Hernandez is the defending individual champion.
• The Big Ten Network will air its championship coverage on May 17 at 2 p.m.
COACH WALLMAN'S THOUGHTS
On his expectations at Big Tens:
"My expectations are to continue what we did at Ohio State (last weekend). That would be very disciplined play, hitting fairways and greens. If we hit it into a rough patch, just get it out, try to minimize damage and move on."
On what kind of play he expects from his six players that will compete:
"Anita is really peaking right now; Laura is playing very solidly, and Kellye put up two great rounds (at Ohio State). I think Cecilia (Orevik) is right on the cusp of really breaking through. Lauren Giesecke showed improvement at Ohio State, and Amber Lindgren has played Kampen a lot as a junior and has extensive experience on the golf course.
"I really think that we are in a good position to make a good run at this tournament. This type of golf course fits our style of play better than it does some of the other teams. We tend to hit a lot of greens, we are a very high ball-striking team."
On Purdue's Kampen Course:
"It is a Pete Dye golf course ... a very patient golf course. You have lots of hazards. It is very penal and it can really eat you up if you try to get back. It is a golf course that you have to hit high, soft irons into. It is a type of golf course that rewards a higher trajectory type of play."
On what the team needs to do to secure a spot at the NCAA Regionals (May 7-9):
"We are kind of on the bubble right now. I think our performance at the Lady Buckeye helped our cause. We came out of it 10-4 with a win against a top-15 team, so that really helps. I think if we have a similar performance at Kampen, I think we will be in pretty good shape."
CURRENT HOOSIERS AT THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Kellye Belcher
2007 28th 84-78-77-77/316
2008 T-16th 77-74-73-79/303
Anita Gahir
2007 T-15th 75-76-79-80/310
2008 T-14th 75-74-78-75/302
Amber Lindgren
2006 64th 86-75-88-88/337
2007 T-50th 82-82-82-81/327
2008 T-49th 85-78-78-80/321
Laura Nochta
2007 T-33rd 78-80-81-79/318
2008 T-19th 76-76-76-77/305
LADY BUCKEYE RECAP
• The Hoosiers finished fifth overall and third out of nine Big Ten teams at the Lady Buckeye Invitational, April 18-19 at the Ohio State University Scarlet Course.
• The Hooisers put up rounds of 299-310-310 for a total of 919. The Buckeyes won the event with a score of 895.
• Junior Anita Gahir was consistent throughout the 54 holes, posting scores of 74-77-74 (225) to finish tied for sixth.
• Junior Kellye Belcher started strong with rounds of 73 and 75 before posting an 82 to finish 16th (230).
• Sophomore Cecilia Orevik had her best finish of the year, coming in tied for 17th with scores of 75-80-76 (231).
• Junior Laura Nochta tied for 26th posting a 78 in each of the three rounds (234).
• Sophomore Lauren Giesecke started the tournament with a 77, followed by an 83 and 86 to finish 64th (246).
GOLFWEEK RANKINGS
• In the last set of rankings, posted on April 19, the Hoosiers moved up four spots to No. 56.
• Indian ranks fifth among the Big Ten schools, with nine of the 11 schools among the top 100.
• Purdue leads the way at No. 11, followed by Michigan State (20), Ohio State (25), Michigan (50), Northwestern (67), Wisconsin (75), Minnesota (76), Iowa (94), Illinois (101) and Penn State (113).
• Junior Laura Nochta is the top-ranked Hoosier at No. 108. Rounding out the top three for IU are Anita Gahir (153) and Kellye Belcher (265).
• Maria Hernandez is the top-ranked individual in the Big Ten at No. 8.
Players Mentioned
