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Belin Court in Holloway Gymnasium. "I think our kids certainly have a bet- ter disposition after this past weekend," Shondell said. "It's a different story when you aren't winning. But nothing changes for us, we are going to be playing some good teams again this weekend, teams that have their backs against a wall. "There is great intensity in this league week-in and week-out. That is even more so the case when a win or loss may deter- mine whether you make the NCAA Tour- nament. Wednesday night with a visit to an Illinois (10-12, 4-8) team that has struggled this fall. "They are a terrific team with a bunch of highly recruited players all over the floor, at some spots, but even those young play- ers are top-10 or top-20 recruits. Purdue will then travel to Evanston, Ill., to face Northwestern (15-8, 4-8) on Saturday. " Shondell said. "They are a little young " season last weekend with a 2-0 loss to No. 4 Penn State (16-2-1, 10-0-1). The Boilers (7-10-2, 2-8-1) finished in a tie for 11th place in the Big Ten, but were in the hunt to qualify for the conference tournament until a pair of losses eliminat- ed them two weekends ago. Purdue will return all of its goal-scorers SOCCER CLOSES 2012 CAMPAIGN The women's soccer team finished the This week's slate of games starts " cross country teams compet- ed at the Big Ten Champion- ships this Friday in East Lan- sing, Mich. The men's team fin- ished in ninth place while the women took 11th. A pair of freshmen led the CROSS COUNTRY AT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS The men's and women's Perez in the top 20, finishing in ninth place after a final-round one-under 71 to finish at five- over for the weekend. The Bridgestone was the Junior Adam Schenk joined men's side as David McClintock and Johnnie Guy turned in top-40 performances. McClintock fin- ished eighth while Guy finished in 40th. The men's team posted 213 points in the meet, Purdue's best total at the confer- ence championship since 2001. Kelly McCurdy paced three women's Kishi Sinha final event on the fall schedule for Purdue. The Boilers will be back in action in February as they open the spring portion of the schedule in Bradenton, Fla., for the Big Ten Match Play Championship. team members who finished in the top 45. McCurdy crossed the line in 39th place while Samantha Walkow and Dana Pay- onk finished 43rd and 45th, respectively. Both teams will be back in action next weekend on Nov. 9 when they will com- pete at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional in Madison, Wis. hosted by the University of Wisconsin. from this year's team next fall, including a nucleus of freshmen and sophomores who logged significant minutes. enth-place finish at the Bridgestone Golf Collegiate last weekend in Greensboro, N.C. The Boilers were paced by Enzo Perez, who finished in 10th place individually with a three-round total of three-over par. The men's golf team turned in a sev- MEN'S GOLF IN ACTION AT BRIDGESTONE an impressive first-round per- formance at The Landfall Tradi- tion, shooting a seven-over 294 as a itself in great posi- tion for the rest of the weekend. As it turned team, putting out, there would be no rest of the weekend as Hurri- cane Sandy forced the event to be called after one round. Purdue fin- ished two shots shy of Oklahoma State and one be- WOMEN'S GOLF FINISHES THIRD The women's golf team turned in It's All On GoldandBlack.com The Best Purdue Sports Information On The Web • Real-time recruiting • Game stories, analysis and blogs • Premium message boards • Video, audio, live stream events and more • Exclusive access to premium information Part of the Rivals.com network Note: GoldandBlack.com is a separate subscription than your subscription to Gold & Black Illustrated/GBI EXPRESS. GOLDANDBLACK EXPRESS • VOLUME 23, EXPRESS 9 • 40 Caption Tom Campbell hind second-place Duke. Individually, Purdue was paced by a pair of top-15 performacnes. Kishi Sinha shot a one-under 71 to finish in fifth place while Margaux Vanmol shot an even-par 72 to finish in 11th. For the fall, Purdue turned in three top-three performances in its four events. The Boilers return to action Feb. 10 for the first round of the Lady Puerto Rico Classic in Rio Grande, P.R. j Sign up for a 7-day free trial today!