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onship team. He was the first Purdue men's golfer to earn first team All-Big Ten honors since 2007. Doubles duo open NCAA Championships Schmidt and Kapitany have already earned some postseason recognition for their play this season as Schmidt was named second-team All-Big Ten and Kapitany was selected as Purdue's Sportsmanship Award Honoree from the Big Ten. Krisztina Kapitany and Mara Schmidt begin the NCAA Championships Thursday when they Track and Field send Dani Bunch face Alabama's Alexa Guarachi 18 to NCAA Regional The men's and women's and Mary Anne Macfarlane. Purdue's duo enter the championships with track and field teams will have 18 india 12-9 record on the season, but came on viduals as well as a relay team competing strong to finish the season, winning eight at the NCAA East Regional in Greensboro, straight matches that included an upset of N.C., this weekend as competition begins Thursday. the No. 2 doubles team in the nation. The men's group is highlighted by a This won't be the first time these two pairs face off, as Kapitany and Schmidt got quartet of throwers who will be competthe best of Gurachi and Macfarlane this ing in the shot put event on Friday evepast fall at the Duke Fab Four Invite with a ning. Senior Jakob Engel will be joined by the three freshmen in the competition 9-8 victory on Sept. 14. This is the first Purdue doubles team to as Coy Blair, Chuk Enekwechi and Jordan qualify for the NCAA Doubles Tournament Roos will be making their first Regional since 2000 and is just the fourth doubles appearances. Enekwechi will also be competing duo to qualify in school history. The pair are looking to become the first Purdue team to in the hammer throw event later in the weekend. win a match at the Championships. For daily headlines on recruiting and other Purdue sports news, check out Another Boiler who will be competing in multiple events is Dani Bunch, in the shot put and hammer throw on the women's side. Bunch is the No. 24 seed in the hammer throw and the No. 3 seed in the shot put. Bunch will be attempting to qualify for the NCAA Championships in the shot put for the second consecutive year. Women's tennis concludes successful campaign in NCAAs a match at the Championship. It was the first time the program qualified for back-toback Championships, among other milestone moments in 2013. Purdue earned a first-round win in dramatic fashion, overcoming a 3-0 deficit to South Carolina before roaring back to claim a 4-3 title that was sparked by senior Gisella Pere's come-from-behind victory as Purdue faced elimination. j Purdue's season came to a close earlier this month with a 4-0 loss to No. 6 Miami in an NCAA Regional. In a campaign that included tying a school-record for wins and ascending to the highest ranking in program history, the women's tennis team made its second consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament, falling to the 'Canes in the round of 32. No. 30 Purdue (18-6) advanced further into the NCAA Championships than any team in program history and became only the second team at Purdue to win GoldanDBlack express • volume 23, express 26 • 26