Women's tennis splits weekend\nIU's No. 37-ranked women's tennis team split the weekend with Friday's 6-1 win against No. 75 Minnesota and Sunday's 7-0 loss to No. 49 Iowa.\nThe weekend started with IU winning all of the doubles matches against the Golden Gophers, garnering the all-important doubles point.\nSenior Dora Vastag, who went up against the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's No. 70-ranked Nischela Reddy, posted the only loss on the day.\nSophomore Laura McGaffigan recorded her 15th win on the season and 23rd on the year, a team high.\nSunday's loss to Iowa rendered the Hoosiers scoreless, with their only victory coming from Walterova and Batty in one of the three doubles matches.\n"We just got outplayed," said IU coach Lin Loring.\nThis loss made next weekend pivotal, Loring said. It moved Iowa into a tie with IU for second place in the conference, making IU's next set of home matches against Michigan and Michigan State crucial.\nIowa squares off next weekend against Purdue and Illinois -- two teams IU bested earlier in the year.
Mixed results for men's team at home\nThe IU men's tennis team finished its last home weekend with mixed results, losing to No. 55 Minnesota Saturday, but bouncing back and defeating Iowa Sunday, 6-1. \nThe matches moved the Hoosiers to 11-10 on the year and 5-3 in the Big Ten. \n"The guys came out, after a tough loss to Minnesota, and played hard," said coach Ken Hydinger. "They played with discipline and got the job done."\nThe loss to Minnesota came by way of singles victories after IU jumped out and won the doubles point. Senior Jakub Praibis suffered a rare defeat, losing to Adrien Debreyne at the top singles position. The Hoosiers fell to the Gophers 4-3.\nIU was able to turn the tides on Sunday, however, winning the doubles point early, and then securing the victories with singles wins in all but one position. \nThe season's final home matches also meant the final home matches in the careers of seniors Jakub Praibis, Ryan Recht and Tom Bagnato.\n"It feels really good to get a win in my last time on these courts," Recht said. "I have some great memories from playing on these courts."
Women's golf team prepares for Big Tens\nThe IU women's golf team rebounded from a lackluster second round, while battling difficult conditions on the Scarlet Golf Course, to finish 13th out of 15 while shooting a team score of 970 at this weekend's Lady Buckeye Invitational in Columbus, Ohio.\n"The golf course was very challenging," IU coach Clint Wallman said. "It played very fast and very hard."\nCompeting in their final tournament before the Big Ten Championships, the Hoosiers were led by junior Molly Redfearn, who recorded a team low 77 in the first round of the tournament on her way to shooting a tournament total of 240, good enough for a tie for 42nd place.\nDespite the finish, the Hoosiers felt as if they had a positive experience on the course, an experience that will help them in the up coming Big Ten tournament, junior Katie Carlson said.\n"The team played well on a course we hadn't really seen," she said. "The tough course was good preparation for the Big Tens. None of us gave in, it was a positive experience."\nCarlson also said that the team learned to play greens that were hard and fast, conditions that may exist during the Big Ten tournament, and how to adjust their strategy towards those conditions. \nAlong those same lines, the team also learned what it is they need to improve on, Brunner said.\n"We know what it takes to get better," she said. "Approach shots will be important, and the short game will be important. We have to get up and down better."
Overton earns 2nd in invitational\nIt happened again to senior Jeff Overton. For the second straight tournament, Overton put himself in position to take medalist honors. For the second straight tournament, the player who took medalist honors away from Overton did so in stunning fashion.\nPurdue sophomore Johan Edin fired a course record 63 in the final round to win the individual title at the Purdue Boilermaker Invitational. This comes two weeks after SMU golfer Colt Knost chipped in on the final hole to beat Overton at the Pinehurst Intercollegiate Tournament. \nThe team dropped from second to fourth place after struggling in the final round. The team finished with a three round score of 881, 19 strokes behind champion University of Missouri.\nGoing into the tournament, IU coach Mike Mayer knew it would be important for the Hoosiers to play well against some of the best competition of the year.\n"From here on out we are playing much harder courses," Mayer said. "We need to pick up our games."\nFreshman Santiago Quirarte continued his impressive spring season as he finished in a tie for 11th place, the second best finish of his career. Senior Heath Peters fired a three-round total of 226 and finished in a tie for 34th place. In only his second tournament with the Hoosiers, walk-on sophomore Aaron Harrell finished in a tie for 38th place. Rounding out the scoring for the Hoosiers was junior Scott Seibert with 55th place finish.
IU track teams compete at Mt. SAC\nThough it didn't stop IU's distance stars from notching regional qualifiers, Friday evening at the Mt. SAC Invitational in Walnut, Calif., featured an interesting twist. \n"They had a water main break right before the steeple and the only way they could fix it was by turning off water to the stadium," said senior Tom Burns. "By the time I raced, the steeple's water pit was really low."\nTrack's most unorthodox event, the 3000-meter steeplechase, is contested over nearly two miles and is interrupted every fifty meters by a solid barrier the athletes must clear. One of these is followed by a water pit. At this jump the athletes push off the barrier and land in the water, which softens the landing. \n"My first few jumps I didn't even hit the water, and it shot pain through my leg," Burns said. "I was glad to get out of the race with the Regional qualifier."\nBurns' 8:59 was nine seconds under the standard. Sophomore Marcus Aguilar finished in 9:22. Junior All-American Stephen Haas met the Regional standard in the 5,000-meters, finishing in an outdoor-best 13:52 as the ninth collegian.\n"I felt good," said Haas. "Everyone was pretty happy with how things went."\nWomen's distance runners Lindsay Hattendorf and Kelly Siefker finished 35:11.02 in the 10,000-meter and 17:11.72 in the 5,000-meter, respectively.\nFive minutes away, at tiny Pomona University, IU's 1,500-meter runners got into a race there just over an hour before the start. \n"Coach Chapman got us into the race just before it started," said junior All-American Sean Jefferson. "It was nice because the field was smaller so we had more room to move."\nSean and twin brother John Jefferson finished side-by-side, John coming in just ahead of Sean. Both were clocked at 3:44. Junior Eric Redman finished a few spots back in a solid personal best of 3:47. Redman's mark erases a frustrating race two weeks ago and puts IU in good position to race well at the Penn Relays in two weeks. All three Hoosiers met the regional standard. \n"We're all pretty happy with the weekend," said Sean. "We haven't done a single workout geared towards the 1,500 so I was really happy with my time"
