Indiana University Athletics
Indiana Ready For Boilermaker Invitational
4/18/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Golf
April 18, 2014
| Boilermaker Invitational | ||
| Dates | April 19-20, 2014 | |
| Location | West Lafayette, Ind. | |
| Golf Course | Kampen Course | |
| Par / Total Yardage | Par 72 / 7,259 yards | |
| Indiana Lineup (Season Scoring Avg.) |
David Mills (73.33) Max Kollin (74.51) Will Seger (74.81) Nicholas Grubnich (75.25) Andrew Fogg (75.77) | |
| Live Scoring | GolfStat.com | |
| Social Media | Twitter: @IUMensGolf Facebook: Facebook.com/IUMensGolf |
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ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT
The Hoosiers will be part of the 15-team tournament this weekend at the Boilermaker Invitational. With six teams ranked inside the Top 50 of the Golfstat rankings, the field will be a good test as the Big Ten Championships roll around in two weeks.
The tournament will feature 36 holes of continuous play on Saturday followed by 18 holes on Sunday.
Indiana won the Boilermaker Invitational in 2006 and 2012.
THE FIELD THIS WEEK
The field this week includes (Golfstat ranking):
Illinois (9)
UCLA (14)
Kent State (32)
Purdue (39)
Iowa (41)
Northwestern (49)
Louisville (56)
Ohio State (61)
Indiana (82)
Wichita State (116)
Michigan State (140)
Miami (OH) (147)
Toledo (173)
Drake (228)
Northern Illinois (253)
LAST TIME OUT
The last time the Hoosiers were on the course, they claimed the NYX Hoosier Invitational team title for the second straight year, defeating Michigan by 11 strokes after entering the day trailing the Wolverines by a shot. It was the 25th team victory for head coach Mike Mayer and marked the 11th straight season that he has collected at least one team title.
Senior David Mills placed second individually at the NYX Hoosier Invitational, his second Top 5 finish of the season and eighth of his career. Joining him in the top 5 were Will Seger (T3) and Nicholas Grubnich (T5).
INDIANA IN THE RANKINGS
The Hoosiers have played a very strong fall portion of the schedule with a young team and their solid play has them ranked No. 82 in the Golfstat rankings and No. 77 in the Golfweek rankings this week.
MAYER'S 25TH TEAM VICTORY
The Hoosiers trailed Michigan by one stroke going to the final round of the NYX Hoosier Invitational last weekend, and with the wind picking up for the final round, conditions were going to be tough. But the entire IU lineup battled through the conditions and wound up with an 11-stroke victory over the Wolverines to give head coach Mike Mayer his 25th career team victory, as well as the 11th straight season for Mayer with at least one team championship.
GOING LOW
David Mills' second round score of 68 at the Northern Intercollegiate was tied for the best round of the day on Saturday and put him in a position to compete for the individual title on the final day. It was also his lowest round since shooting a 66 in April of 2012.
After Hugo Menendez's round of 69 at Talis Park and Nicholas Grubnich carded a 69 at the NYX Hoosier Invitational, there have been six different players for the Hoosiers that have posted rounds of 68 or 69 this season.
LOOKING AHEAD
The Big Ten Championships at the Pete Dye Course at French Lick will be held May 2-4.
AT THE BIG TEN MATCH PLAY
Sophomore Max Kollin and freshman Will Seger both posted 3-1 records in their first appearance at the Big Ten Match Play Championship. Kollin had three of his matches come down to the final hole and he went 2-1 in those matches.
David Mills: 1-2-1 Max Kollin: 3-1 Keegan Vea: 1-2 Nicholas Grubnich: 2-2 Will Seger: 3-1 Andrew Havill: 0-1
YOUNG GUNS
As expected from the start of the season, a number of new faces were going to be carrying the Hoosiers this season on the links. With just two seniors on the roster and a handful of players that had not seen regular time in the lineup in their career entering this season, there were going to be chances for the freshmen to step in and contribute right away.
As the season has gone on, they have become more and more comfortable in the lineup and never was that more evident than at the Snowman Getaway. Andrew Havill, carded the lowest tournament score of the year by a Hoosier at 208 on his way to a T7 finish. His opening round 68 put him in the chase from the start and he carried that through the final two rounds.
A pair of of freshmen also paced the Hoosiers' team scores in the tournament, with Will Seger checking in with a 213 and Keegan Vea right behind him with 214. Seger matched Havill's first round 68 while Vea finished with rounds of 70 and 71 to climb back into the top 25.
BIG TEN GOLFER OF THE WEEK
Senior David Mills picked up his first career Big Ten weekly honor earlier in the fall, when the conference selected him as the Big Ten Golfer of the Week. The Evansville native earned the award after a T4 finish at the Northern Intercollegiate (Sept. 6-8). He posted rounds of 74, 68 and 72 on his way to his seventh career top 5 finish in a tournament.
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