IU womens golf heads to Missouri for invitational match

Despite three top-five finishes to open the season, the IU women’s golf team feels they could be doing better and finishing even higher.\nThe next opportunity for the team to achieve a more satisfying finish comes today and Tuesday, when the Hoosiers compete in the Johnie Imes Invitational in Columbia, Mo.\nIU coach Clint Wallman said he is confident his team will step up and perform even better.\n“We are working hard (to improve), and in every tournament you figure out what to do better,” Wallman said.\nSophomore Kellye Belcher said the team’s performance is disappointing because she thinks the Hoosiers have the talent to be great. \n“We’re frustrated because we have the team to dominate,” Belcher said. “Not everyone has been good at the same time.”\nBelcher also identified what has held her game back so far. \n“Sometimes, I am not analytical with myself and it gets me off my game,” she said. \nSenior Elaine Harris also said she thinks she can get a top finish this week, but said everyone else in the tournament feels the same way.\n“Everyone wants to win,” Harris said. “Anyone you talk to will say that and think they can win.”\nAlso competing in the tournament for IU besides Belcher and Harris will be sophomore Laura Nochta, junior Amber Lindgren and senior Lauren Harling.\nThe other teams competing against IU in the tournament will be Bradley, Drury, Eastern Illinois, Memphis, Missouri, Northern Iowa, Princeton, the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Wichita State. \nThe tournament begins at 8:30 a.m. on both days, and those wishing to following the tournament can do so at www.golfstat.com, which will provide periodic updates. \nHarris said the long trip to the tournament will help the team bond.\n“We’re working on team morale, and the bus ride there will be a fun trip,” she said.