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that jump would be topped by one other athlete locking her into third place. Whitney Gipson of TCU won the event with a jump of 6.91 meters on her fifth attempt to secure the gold medal and tie the NCAA record. Dani Bunch also competed at the national meet for the women over the weekend. On Friday, Bunch turned in a 14th-place finish in the weight throw with a toss of 18.84 meters. The sophomore also competed in the shot put competition, during which she finished in 16th place with a throw of 15.69 meters. The combined effort of Eber and Bunch helped propel Purdue to a 38th-place finish as a team, tying with Notre Dame. Geoff Davis competed for the men at the national meet in the high jump event. The junior cleared 2.10 meters in his second jump, good for a 15th-place tie in the event. set over the weekend. When Purdue returns to throughout the spring season beginning on The Boilers dropped three West Lafayette, it will prepare March 31. Three of the four events will take of four games, picking up a 2to open the Big Ten season with place in the state of Indiana. 1 win against San Diego State. a three-game series against The Boilers will open action at the Indy Purdue suffered 9-1 losses to Michigan State at home. Collegiate Invitational on March 31 at the No. 18 Oregon and undefeatCapitol Sports Center in Plainfield, Ind. ed and second-ranked CaliforWomen's golf Purdue will then travel to Indianapolis nia. The Boilers also fell 6-1 at finishes eighth to face Butler, DePaul and IUPUI on April Fresno State. 7. A week later, the Boilers will then play at in Louisiana Freshman pitcher Lexy Purdue turned in an home on Belin Court. Other teams involved Moore earned the win against eighth-place finish over the in the event will be IUPUI, Valparaiso, Ball San Diego State, striking out weekend at the LSU Tiger Golf State, Dayton and Indianapolis. seven in a complete game efClassic in Baton Rouge. The The Boilers close the spring season with Danielle Fletcher fort. The victory moved the No. 27 Boilers closed with a fi- a trip to Lexington, Ky., on April 21 for an rookie's season record to 8-2. nal-round 304 to move up one spot from event hosted by Kentucky. j Purdue (12-6) used a pair of home Saturday to eighth. runs in the sixth inning to erase an early No. 22 Tennessee earned the team title 1-0 deficit against the Aztecs. Sophomore with a two-stroke victory over host LSU. Tori Chiodo brought the Boilers even at 1Purdue's Laura Gonzalez-Escallon fired 1 with her inside-the-park home run on a a three-day total of 222, good ball to deep center field. Sophomore Dani- for seventh-place individually. Softball struggles elle Fletcher gave Purdue the lead for good The individual title was a tie beThe softball team began its spring break with her deep home run to center field. tween North Carolina's Catherine trip to California with a difficult four-game The Boilers are back in action on O'Donnell and Tennessee's Erica Tuesday with a Popson. The pair both shot twodouble-header under 214 for the weekend. Show your Boilermaker pride this basketball against Butler Boilermaker junior Paula season and cheer the team on to victory! and Fresno State Reto turned in a 20th-place finish to wrap up their with a three-day total of 228, as stay in Fresno. she and Gonzalez-Escallon each Purdue will shot their best round of the weekthen travel to end with a final-round 73. Kishi Fullerton, Ca- Sinha tied for 40th place while lif., for games freshman Kendall Dusenberry against Cal finished 65th in her second colState Fullerton legiate competition. and BYU on Purdue is back in action next Wednesday and weekend over the spring break vaThursday. cation, traveling to Augusta, Ga., The Boilers to compete in the Lady Jaguar Incomplete their tercollegiate on March 16 to 18. west-coast trip The men's team returns to with five games spring action next weekend as in San Diego over well, traveling to Greenville, S.C., the weekend. for the Furman Intercollegiate. Purdue will face UNLV, San DiVolleyball ego State, Long preparing for Follett's Purdue Bookstores Beach State, Cal spring season Boiler Purdue West Black & Gold Mine Purdue Pride State Bakersfield The Purdue volleyball team and Quinnipiac. will compete in four tournaments Boiler Up! 0303BBS021712B GBIprint.com GoldandBlack.com Gold & Black IllustrateD • volume 22, express 25 • 32