Women's golfers wrap up season

In their final tournament of the fall season today, the Pine Needles Invitational, the Hoosiers look to improve on the fourth place finishes that have characterized all three of the year's tournaments. \n"Our expectations for finishing, I don't know so much about it, I'd just like to see us play up to our potential one week this year," head coach Sam Carmichael said. "I don't think we've done that all year. But, certainly, I'd like to go down there with the aspect of winning the tournament. But at this point, I'd just like to see people go down there and play to their potential, and I think if we did that, it'd take care of the team scoring."\nPlaying for Carmichael are sophomores Karen Dennison, Mary Lidester, Danah Ford, Ambry Bishop and senior captain Tiffany Fisher. Dennison, who is ranked 88th in the nation by Golfweek/Sagarin rankings, leads the team with a 75 stroke average. Fisher, who struggled early in the season, hopes to build on her tie for 10th place at IU's last tournament, the Hatter Fall Classic on Oct. 19-21. \n"I felt like I played pretty well (at the Hatter Fall Classic), I felt like I played the best at that tournament of the fall," Fisher said. "I think we'll go down there trying to improve and get a better finish than we've gotten this fall so far. Now the level of competition is so much higher, but we can compete there. So I think that should be our goal -- to go out and try and win it." \nThe tournament, added midseason to take the place of the canceled Mary Fossum Invitational, will be held at the Pine Needles Golf Club, the site of the 2001 U.S. Women\'s Open.\n"It's an excellent golf course, it's a great golf course," Carmichael said. "It'll be a good challenge for the players, and I'm sure it'll be in great condition, and hopefully we'll have some nice weather so it'll be a great two days."\nDennison said she looks forward to playing on such a renowned golf course. \n"I can't wait," she said. "I've heard so much about this course. I'm just excited to play it."\nJoining IU in the 14-team field are Michigan State, Kent State, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Illinois, James Madison, Miami (Ohio), North Carolina State, Rollins, Stetson, Ohio and Georgetown. \nIn addition to finishing fourth in every tournament this year, the Hoosiers have also watched\nMichigan take first in each tournament. But Dennison said the Hoosiers expect to win, with or without Michigan in the field. \n"We can beat Michigan, so it's not that big of a deal, but they have placed first in all of our tournaments, so we'll have a chance to win," Dennison said. "We'll see what happens. But we can still beat Michigan. Any day"