| WEEKEND STREAMING GUIDE (all times ET) |
| Baseball |
| Friday / 6 p.m. / Michigan / BTN2Go |
| Saturday / 6 p.m. / Michigan / BTN2Go |
| Sunday / 3 p.m. / Michigan / BTN2Go |
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Women's golf is headed to the NCAA Championships.
The Boilermakers finished fifth at the Columbus Regional on May 10, securing an automatic bid. Purdue will make its 17th appearance in the NCAA Championships, including 16 in the last 18 years.
Junior Marta Martin paced Purdue at one-over par for 54 holes to finish tied for third, the best showing by a Boilermaker at a regional since Paula Reto shared medalist honors in 2013.
The NCAA West Lafayette (Indiana) Regional on May 15 at the Kampen Course.
There are 13 teams in the regional, which will play 54 holes over three days, and the top five squads will advance to the NCAA Championships, to be contested May 26 to 31 in Sugar Grove, Illinois.
The seventh-seeded and 38th-ranked Boilermakers are making their fourth straight regional appearance under head coach Rob Bradley.
Meanwhile, junior Brian Carlson advanced out of U.S. Open local qualifying after placing second in a qualifier held at the Delaware Country Club in Muncie, Indiana, on May 8. Carlson shot a 3-under par 67 and was one of five players (among 80 competitors) to advance from the site. Sectional qualifying will take place at 12 sites around the country June 5. The 117th U.S. Open Championship will be played June 12 to 18 at Erin Hills in Erin, Wisconsin.
Baseball Hosts Michigan for Key Series
The feel-good season for baseball continues with a key Big Ten weekend series against No. 16 Michigan.
The Boilermakers (26-21, 10-8 B1G) and the Wolverines (36-12, 11-7) play at 6 p.m. ET today and tomorrow and 3 p.m. Sunday. The finale will be televised by BTN.
For Purdue, it wraps up what will become a 13-game homestand, the program's longest since a 14-gamer in April of 1983. The Boilermakers were slated for 10 straight home games, but with their contest at Valparaiso on May 9 cancelled due to weather, they will play a baker's dozen in a row at Alexander Field.
In the Big Ten standings, Michigan is tied for fourth place, while Purdue is seventh. The top eight teams qualify for the Big Ten Tournament.
Purdue (Team USA) in Pool C at World University Games
At the 2017 World University Games, the men's basketball team will compete in Pool C from Aug. 19 to 30, in Chinese Taipei.
Joining the Boilermakers, who are representing the United States, in Pool C is Estonia, Romania, the Czech Republic, United Arab Emirates and Argentina.
The USA has won 14 World University Games gold medals, three silvers and three bronze since the inception of the games in 1965. The USA won gold in 2015 (led by Kansas), but hadn't won gold previously since 2005.
Baker Earns First Team All-Big Ten Honors
Sophomore Mallory Baker earned first team All-Big Ten honors in softball. She was the lone first baseman so recognized in the conference.
Baker appeared in all 55 regular-season games, batting .351 with 10 doubles, one triple, one home run and 28 RBI. She scored 29 runs and was 13-for-13 in stolen base attempts. Baker boasted a .448 slugging percentage and .440 on-base percentage.
Volleyball Departs Today for Italy, Slovenia
The volleyball team departs today for Italy and Slovenia.
The Boilermakers will fly into Venice, Italy, and make stops in Trieste, Maribor, Ljubljana, Lake Bled, Milan, Lake Como, Lucca, Florence, Pisa and Rome over the course of their 12-day trip. Purdue will play seven games, three in Slovenia on May 14, 15 and 16 and four in Italy on May 18, 19, 22 and 23.
Head coach Dave Shondell has taken the Boilermakers to Europe every four years since Purdue's maiden voyage in 2008.
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Meanwhile, senior outside hitter Danielle Cuttino will represent the Boilermakers on the Big Ten European Tour, which will travel to the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Italy and Austria from June 17 to 28.
Boilermakers Continue High APR
On May 10, the NCAA announced that for the sixth consecutive year all 18 Purdue teams were above the 930 Academic Progress Rate (APR) cutoff.
Thirteen squads maintained or improved their multi-year rate from a year ago: women's basketball (remained 985), women's cross country (992 vs. 988), football (971 vs. 968), women's golf (989 vs. 967), soccer (remained 989) softball (993 vs. 987), men's swimming & diving (984 vs. 966), women's swimming & diving (remained 989), men's tennis (1,000 vs. 984), women's tennis (remained 1,000), men's track & field (957 vs. 951), women's track & field (979 vs. 977) and wrestling (975 vs. 973).
The overall department score was 981, which is equal to the record-high nationwide average.
Last week, women's tennis received its third consecutive NCAA Public Recognition Award for posting a multi-year APR score in the top 10 percent of its sport. Men's tennis was recognized for the same achievement for the first time.
The APR measures the eligibility, retention and graduation of student-athletes. The most-recent APR scores are multi-year rates - or a rolling four-year average - based on the scores from the 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 and 2015-16 academic years.
Etcetera
Junior Marat Amaltdinov has been named academic all-district for the second year in a row. The finance major with a 3.81 grade-point average is graduating this weekend (in three years) and will begin a master's program in finance at Purdue this summer. Amaltdinov advances to the national ballot from which the Academic All-America teams are selected … Men's tennis (20-12) takes on Columbia (17-4) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Charlottesville, Virginia, at 10 a.m. ET today. Monmouth (13-11) and the host and No. 2 seed Virginia (28-1) round out the four-team regional, with the first-round winners set to square off at 1 p.m. tomorrow … Both the men's and women's track & field teams begin competing at the Big Ten Championships today in University Park, Pennsylvania. The event runs through Sunday. The women's team is ranked No. 15 nationally … Defensive end Evan Panfil (2013-16) has signed a free-agent contract with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tampa Bay also has Boilermaker offensive tackle Kevin Pamphile (2010-13) on its roster … Wide receiver Bilal Marshall (2013-16) signed with the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League … Former volleyball player Val Nichol (2011-14) has been added to the USA Volleyball training roster. She returns to the United States after leading Allianz MTV Stuttgart to the Germany Championships.