Hoosiers hold off field in East Lansing\nFor the first time since the Xavier Provident Invitational Oct. 13, the IU men's golf team found its way back to the winners' circle by taking first place at the Fossum/Taylor Made Invitational in East Lansing during the weekend. The victory was the Hoosiers fourth of the season -- their highest single season total since the 1974-75 team also earned four.\nIU's team total of 880 was good enough to hold off second-place Illinois by four strokes. Junior Jeff Overton shot 210 over the three rounds (73, 70, 67) to take the individual title -- his first of the spring and fifth of the season. Overton's final round 67 matches his low 18-hole score of the spring. \nAlso helping out the Hoosier cause were junior Heath Peters and freshman David Butwell. Peters earned his third-straight top 10 finish by shooting 220 (72, 73, 75) to take eighth place. Butwell finished tied for No. 15 with a total of 224 (72, 74, 78). Butwell's opening round of 72 tied his career-low 18-hole score and helped him into his second-straight top 20 finish.\nThe Fossum/Taylor Made Invitational was IU's fourth tournament in as many weeks, and the final tournament of the regular season. The team will return to competition Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the Big Ten Championships in Ann Arbor, Mich.
Rowing finishes 7th in Big Ten meet\nThe IU rowing team finished seventh with 27 points at the Big Ten Championships Saturday in Iowa City, Iowa where the Michigan Wolverines ended up capturing the 2004 title with 128 points. \nThe first Novice 8 boat finished second in its first heat to move onto the Grand Finals where it placed fourth with a time of 7:21.5. Minnesota won the event with a time of 7:00.8. The Novice 8 was the only Hoosier crew to advance to the Grand Finals in any event. \nJunior Amanda Walker was named to the All-Big Ten rowing First Team and sophomore Laura Lazaridis was named to the second team as IU finished with its second-highest point total in the program's five years.\n"Most of the boats performed to a level we probably should be at," Peterson said. "The Varsity 8 for example, was really disappointed with how they finished. If you look at our results from this year, every crew we have raced against who is ranked or receiving votes in the poll, we have lost to. Every crew who is not, we have beaten. The thing that is good is, each time we have raced against these ranked teams, we have been getting closer and closer. It was a good step forward for the girls, and all of them are fired up for the Central Region Sprints in two weeks."
Softball has weekend split with PSU\nWhen Penn State (23-30, 6-10 Big Ten) came to town, the Hoosiers (30-29, 5-11) were looking to earn their spot in the Big Ten tournament. \nThings didn't go as planned in the first game as the Nittany Lions outscored IU, 4-3. The Hoosiers offense started rolling in the seventh inning where they managed two runs on four hits, but Penn State dug in defensively and pulled out the victory.\nSenior Karly McCormack and freshman Tory Yamaguchi both hit homeruns in the bottom of the seventh inning, giving the team 33 homeruns on the season -- a new school record.\nThe Hoosiers regrouped Saturday and outlasted Penn State, handing them the loss, 2-1. \nSophomore Megan Roark earned her 10th win of the season as she struck out six Penn State batters in five innings.
