When most sports fans think of Indiana, they think of basketball, Bobby Knight or maybe even the movie "Hoosiers".
To those fans that are acquainted with the collegiate golf community, Indiana sparks different thoughts.
Thoughts of excellent golf.
At last weekend's Lady Northern Invitational at East Lansing, the Hoosiers ran all over the Big Ten as well as Missouri, Iowa State, Illinois and Northern Illinois by shooting a 50-over par 914 for the 54-hole tournament.
Indiana outshot its nearest opponent, Ohio State, by 15 strokes. Ohio State was led by Amy Langhals, who finished first individually with a seven-over par 223.
While the Big Ten teams took the first 11 places, Michigan managed to finish in ninth place, with a 95-over par 959. Despite their low finish, the Wolverines said the competition was close between the rest of the conference.
"From third to ninth place, the competition was tight," sophomore Sharon Park said. "We were just eight or 10 shots away after the second round."
According to coach Kathy Teichert, the outcome of this weekend's tournament can be deceiving when you size up the conference.
"There is a lot of parity in the Big Ten. It is a lot closer than you think," Teichert said. "If you start playing well and get the ball rolling quicker, then things will start to happen."
In the first round, Michigan averaged 80 strokes as a team and then improved to a 77.75 average on the second day. The team ballooned to an 82 average yesterday.
Teichert cited Michigan's erratic scores as a factor in the outcome of the tournament.
"We didn't have one person that shined through," Teichert said. "On the first day Sharon, Wendy (Westfall) and Ashley (Williams) played well. On the second day, Ashley and Wendy did not play well and on the last day, Sarah (Lindholm) was the only player under 80."
As a result of the inconsistency in individual scores, not one Wolverine finished in the top 20. Park was Michigan's highest finisher, placing 21st, while Lindholm and senior Molly Vandenbark placed 39th and 52nd, respectively.
Inconsistency wasn't the only glaring mistake which hurt the Wolverines this past weekend. Teichert pointed to many of Michigan's difficulties yesterday.
"We had a bad day (yesterday), Teichert said. "As a team we had several (double bogeys). We didn't make enough birdies to make up for the doubles."
For Park, a couple of bad holes in the third round hurt her overall score.
"If I would have played better (yesterday) it would have been different," she said. "It was a couple of bad holes and it shot my confidence."