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Purdue women's Theits first tournament titlegolf team capped off spring break with this spring at the Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate in Augusta, Ga. Led by Paula Reto's backto-back rounds in the 60s, the 15th-ranked Boilers were able to overcome a five-stroke firstround deficit to win by one stroke over Vanderbilt. Notre Dame rounded out the top three, finishing 12 strokes back of Purdue. It was Purdue's second tournament title of the season and first this spring. Reto struggled in the first round, posting an 8-over-par 80 before rebounding to finish in second place individually at 1-over. Teammates Laura Gonzalez-Escallon and Margaux Vanmol tied for seventh at 5-over par while Kishi Sinha added a Purdue returns to action this weekend at the Furman Intercollegiate in Greenville, S.C. Purdue hosts a pair of top-40 opponents this weekend as it returns to conference play against No. 40 Ohio State (8-6 Tennis teams overall, 1-1 Big Ten) and sweep spring No. 35 Penn State (10-1, break trips 0-1) on Friday and SunBoth the men's day, respectively. and women's tennis The men (13-3) postninth-place finish at 6-over. Enzo Perez teams headed to warm ed 4-3 wins over both Notre Dame's Ashley Armweather over spring Fresno State and Santa strong won the individual title break and continued their hot Clara during the week, buoyed by at 1-under 215 for the weekend. play with a pair of wins each. winning the doubles point in both The only other Big Ten team The No. 20 women's team (9- matches. Purdue is now 13-0 on the in the event was Illinois, which 1, 1-0) made the most of its week season when it wins the doubles finished 15th at 88-over par. in Miami with a pair of dominat- point, and 0-3 when it does not. The Boilers travel to Jacksoning performances. Purdue defeatMen's golf finishes The Boilers open Big Ten ville, Fla., on April 8 for the twoed Winthrop 6-1 before another conference play this weekend second in Florida day Marsh Landing Invitational. Sophomore Enzo Perez shot 6-1 victory over Florida Interna- they travel to Ohio State (14-2, a career-best 1-under par to fin- tional the next day. 1-0) and Penn State (6-8, 0-1). Baseball secures ish fourth individually and proseries win over pel Purdue to a second-place Evansville Olympic Sports Player-of-theTwo strong pitching outings finish at the Mission Inn Spring Week: paula reto Spectacular. helped Purdue capBack-to-back strong rounds in the Lady Indiana won the ture a non-conference Jaguar Invitational helped propel Paula Reto to event in Howey-In-Theseries win over Evansa second-place individual finish as Purdue won Hills, Fla., at 5-over as ville on the weekend, its first title of the spring. Purdue finished two winning the first two Reto shot a 69 on Day 2 before a final shots back and tied games before dropping round 68 to finish at 1-over par for the event, with Virginia Tech at Game 3. leading four Boilermakers in the top 10. It was 7-over. The Boilermakers Reto's second consecutive top-five finish of the Adam Schenk added (7-11) posted wins of spring and fourth overall this season. an eighth-place finish at 4-3 and 4-1 due in large Brad Schreiber The senior from Cape Town, South Africa is coming off an All2-over and David Cooke part to the performancAmerica season as a junior. finished in a tie for 13th es of Brad Schreiber and — Brandan Alford Jordan Minch. Both Schreiber at 4-over. boilers win lady jaguar intercollegiate BY BRANDAN ALFORD BrandanAlford@Gmail.com and Minch went six innings on the mound, earning wins while allowing a combined one run and striking out seven each. Monday, Minch was named Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week. Jake Hansen went 3-for-8 on the weekend while Kyle Wood and Stephen Talbot each had multi-hit games in victories for the Boilers. Purdue hosts Illinois-Chicago at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the opener of Alexander Field before opening Big Ten play with a three-game series against Ohio State (12-6) over the weekend. GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 26 • 31