Golfer heading to regional meet despite spring struggle
By Tim Pearson
Senior Reporter
Nebraska golfer Melissa Odell
posted the best scores in four of the
Comhuskers’ five fall meets.
Although she hasn’t golfed as well
this spring as she did in the fall, Odell
said she couldn’t be happier because
the Huskcrs arc going to the regional
meet.
The Huskcrs qualified for the re
gional meet for the first time in school
history with an eighth-place finish at
the WSIC Tournament in Atlanta last
weekend.
Odell, a junior from Fredonia, Kan.,
said making the regional meet made
up for the disappointment of not play
ing as well individually this spring.
“The team is more important than
the individual,” she said. “In college,
it’s a team-oriented game. You work
as five instead of one.”
The five golfers — Kim Leflcr,
Stephanie Flood, Michelle Patterson,
Heidi Wall and Odell—are confident
they’ll help the Huskers win the Big
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day, Odell said.
“We’re really focused on winning
the Big Eight,” she said. “We’ve com
peted against all of them and been
right there. Oklahoma and Oklahoma
State are not going to intimidate us.
Odell not only is looking for the
Huskcrs to win the Bi^ Eight title but
also thinks they have a realistic shot at
winning the regional meet and quali
fying for the NCAA Championships.
The top 10 schools qualify for the
national meet, which will be held
May 25-28 in Eugene, Ore.
Odell, who was named Academic
All-Big Eight along with Lcfler, Flood
and Patterson, is hoping she can re
turn to how she played during the fall
season.
“The fall was definitely stronger
for me,” Odell said. “I did very well in
the fall. I struggled in the spring trying
to get back in a /one.”
Odell said she hoped she could get
back into that zone for the Huskers’
final two meets.
“I’m not satisfied with my play
whatsoever, she said, i nave 10 pui
it all together.”
But even when she has been off,
Odell said, her teammates have helped
pick her up.
“We’re a very consistent five -—
we get along real well,” Odell said.
“We’re all pretty much the same type
of golfers, which helps in practice
rounds.
“Most of us arc all long hitters oil
the tec, so wc help each other in
practice rounds all the time on how to
approach each hole.”
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