Hoosiers Out West For Westbrook Invitational

PEORIA, Ariz. – The second tournament of the spring season takes the Indiana women's golf team to the Westbrook Invitational hosted by Wisconsin. The 16-team field features seven teams from the Big Ten along with teams from the ACC, SEC and PAC-12.

The tournament will have the teams play 36-holes on Sunday and then 18 holes on Monday.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Westbrook Village Golf Course
Par 72 • 6,252 yards
Live Scoring

TEAMS COMPETING (16)
Nebraska, Tennessee, Notre Dame, Oregon State, Denver, Indiana, UC Davis, Mississippi State, Washington, Illinois, Ohio State, Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, Oklahoma, Michigan

INDIANA LINEUP
The Indiana lineup this weekend looks like this:

1) Erin Harper (Sr.; 73.00)
2) Mary Parsons (So.; 73.71)
3) Alexis Miestowski (Fr.; 74.93)
4) Priscilla Schmid (So.; 76.91)
5) Kari Bellville (R-Sr.; 75.82)
Individual) Emma Fisher (So.; 78.50)

(career scoring average)
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B1G Accolades for Harper
Senior Erin Harper collected Big Ten Golfer of the Week honors on Feb. 13 after a T13 finish at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic. It is the first weekly honor in Harper's career and the first for an IU golfer since Alix Kong on Nov. 1, 2017.

Harper Among the Best in the Nation
Erin Harper has continued to prove that she is among the top golfers in the country. She qualified for the NCAA Madison Regional last year as a junior and then advanced on to the NCAA Championships in Stillwater, Oklahoma as well. Most recently, she qualified to Stage II of LPGA Q-School in Florida. Harper has finished outside of the Top 30 in tournament play just once in her last 20 tournaments.

Bellville's Back
Graduate transfer Kari Bellville recorded her best individual finish in over three years at the Illini Invite at Medinah after carding rounds of 69-72-75 earned her a tie for 25^th. It was her best finish since a T4 showing at the Chip-N Club Invite on Oct. 6, 2015 while competing for Notre Dame. And the opening round 69 at Medinah was just one stroke shy of matching her career best round. Her scoring average of 75.50 so far this season is 1.30 strokes better than her previous single-season best of 76.80 set back in 2015-16.

Parsons is Producing
Sophomore Mary Parsons is getting back into the swing of things after a difficult start to the 2018-19 season. She finished T49 at the Mary Fossum Invitational in her first appearance of the season. But has followed that up with a runner-up showing at the Butler Fall Invitational and then rebounded with a T20 finish at Medinah and then a T5 finish at the Alexa Stirling Intercollegiate. As a freshman, she led the Hoosiers with a scoring average of 73.31

Tournament 1 Recap – Cougar Classic
The Cougar Classic hosted by the College of Charleston was shortened to 36-holes after mandatory evacuations were ordered by the state of South Carolina ahead of Hurricane Florence. Indiana got off to a rocky start in round one but rebounded in round two to finish 16th out of 19 teams. Individually, Erin Harper paced the Hoosiers at 2-under par, which was good for a tie for 22nd. Sophomore Angela Aung and freshman Alexis Miestowski both tied for 48th at 4-over par.

Tournament 2 Recap – Mary Fossum Invitational
After an opening round score of 289 had the Hoosiers in third place at the Mary Fossum Invitational, Indiana would go on to finish eighth with a total score of 892 (+28). Leading the way was senior Erin Harper, who carded rounds of 70-74-72 to tie for sixth place at Even par. Angela Aung joined her in the Top 25 after her score of 222 (71-75-76) put her in a tie for 24th.

Tournament 3 Recap – Illini Invite at Medinah
Indiana brought home a T10 finish out of 15 teams at the Illini Invite at Medinah. The top team finisher was graduate transfer Kari Bellville, who finished tied for 25^th with a score of 216 (69-72-75; E). Mary Parsons, competing as an individual, garnered a T20 placement after rounds of 74-71-70 put her at 1-under par for the tournament.

Tournament 4 Recap – Alexa Stirling Intercollegiate
The Hoosiers finished fourth out of 11 teams at the Alexa Stirling Intercollegiate, with Mary Parsons (T5th) and Alexis Miestowski (T7th) joining Erin Harper (T25) inside the top 25. For Miestowski, it was her best collegiate finish to date while Parsons picked up her second Top 5 finish of the year.

Tournament 5 Recap – Lady Puerto Rico Classic
The Hoosiers opened the spring with a 12^th place finish at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic, which featured eight teams ranked inside the Top 50 in the country. IU was led by senior Erin Harper, who finished in a tie for 13^th, her second Top 15 result of the year and the 12^th of her career. She would go on to win Big Ten Player of the Week honors for her efforts.

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Players Mentioned

Angela Aung

Kari Bellville

Emma Fisher

Erin Harper

Alix Kong

Alexis Miestowski

Mary Parsons

Priscilla Schmid

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