Indiana Battles Tough Conditions To Tie for Second, Bellville Leads Big Ten Championship After 18 Holes

Friday, April 19

Maineville, OH

8:30 A.M.

Indiana University

Big Ten Championship

Indiana Battles Tough Conditions To Tie for Second, Bellville Leads Big Ten Championship After 18 Holes

4/19/2019 9:01:00 PM | Women's Golf

Live Scoring Results (PDF)

Tournament: Big Ten Women's Golf Championship
Location: Maineville, Ohio
Course: TPC River's Bend
Indiana team standing: T2nd/14 teams – 294 (+6)
Top Indiana individual: 1^st – Kari Bellville (71; -1)
Online Scoring: Golfstat.com

QUOTABLE
"Today, my short game really saved me. I was able to read the greens well and chip it close when I missed the green. My confidence in my wedge game was high today, so I was never panicked when I missed the green. My mindset was to stay present and focused on each shot. I tried to never get ahead of myself." – Graduate student Kari Bellville, who is tied for the lead after the first round

CHIP-INS
• With the weather in the low 50s, a wind out of the north and a steady light rain for most of the round, the Indian women's golf team was able to get out on the course first and post a team score of 294 (+6) to tie for second place with Ohio State. Illinois leads the team leaderboard after a 291 in round one.

• Graduate transfer Kari Bellville, coming off a T13 finish last week at the Lady Boilermaker Classic, is part of a three-person tie for first place at 1-under par after an opening round 71. She was 2-over par after her first four holes, but played the final 14 holes in 3-under par to surge back to the top.

• Sophomore Mary Parsons is tied for fourth place at Even par following her 72 in round one. She bogeyed her second hole, but then rattled off three consecutive birdies to get to 2-under par and the moved to three-under par after a birdie on No. 8. However, she played the final 10 holes 3-over par.

• Parsons 5 birdies in round one are tied for the most in the field.

• Senior Erin Harper opened her final round with nine straight pars before a birdie on No. 1 put her in red numbers. After a bogey on No. 15 and a double bogey on 18, she is tied for 14^th at 2-over par after round one.

• Freshman Alexis Miestowski is tied for 41^st at 5-over par, but that doesn't reflect how she played in her first appearance at the Big Ten Championships. After opening with a triple bogey on her first hole, she played the rest of the front nine at Even par. Then she started the back nine with a birdie-birdie-bogey-birdie combination to get back to just one-over par. However, two more bogeys and a double bogey put her at 5-over for the round.

• Sophomore Angela Aung is tied for 54^th at 7-over par after opening with a 79 on Friday.

• Priscilla Schmid also got off to a tough start, posting a triple bogey on No. 3 and a bogey on No. 4, on her way to a round of 85 and a tie for 81^st.

BY THE NUMBERS
Pos.    Name                           R1
T1       Kari Bellville                 71 (-1)
T4       Mary Parsons               72 (Even)
T16     Erin Harper                   74 (+2)
T40     Alexis Miestowski        77 (+5)
T56     Angela Aung                 79 (+7)
T81     Priscilla Schmid            85 (+13)

Team
T2nd   Indiana                         294 (+6)

UP NEXT
• The Hoosiers will be paired with Illinois and Ohio State for round two and the teams will tee off No. 1 starting at 11:18 a.m.