
Emily Gottman
Photo by: Robert Hayes
'Dons Prepare for Test at Boilermaker Spring Classic
4/11/2026 6:51:00 PM | Women's Golf
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - In its final tune-up before the Horizon League Championship, the Purdue Fort Wayne women's golf team will visit West Lafayette to play in the Boilermaker Spring Classic on April 12-13.
Event: Boilermaker Spring Classic
Host: Purdue
When: Sunday-Monday | April 12-13
Where: West Lafayette, Ind.
Course: Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex - Ackerman-Allen Course
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,211 yards
Format: Play 5, take 4 - 54 holes
Live Results: Live Results
About the Course
The Ackerman-Allen Course, a Pete Dye design, is an 18-hole, parkland-style, par-72 championship golf course featuring large bent-grass greens, fairways and tees. The layout presents a challenge for golfers of all abilities with rolling hills, tree-lined fairways, white sand bunkers, and minimal water hazards. Ackerman-Allen offers five sets of tees with the championship tees playing over 7,500 yards and the forward tees playing at 5,300 yards. The Ackerman-Allen Course at Purdue University is a championship golf course that challenges players of all abilities with rolling hills, tree lined fairways and white sand bunkers.
Meet the Field
Purdue, Bradley, Butler, Chattanooga, Cincinnati, Denver, Findlay, Illinois, Illinois State, Minnesota, Northern Illinois, Princeton, Purdue Fort Wayne, South Dakota State, USF, Wisconsin
Mastodon Lineup
Lillian Gottman, Lara Dommach, Natalie Papa, Hunar Mittal and Emily Gottman will play for the team score. Lillie Cone will play as an individual.
Papa of the Week
Natalie Papa was named the Horizon League Golfer of the Week on March 19 after a third-place finish at the NKU Spring Fling. It was Papa's first Golfer of the Week award in her career.
She's Gott Game
Emily Gottman was selected as the Horizon League Golfer of the Week on February 26 after taking seventh at the Battle at the Beach with a two-round score of 156. It was the first weekly award of the freshman's career.
Top 'Dons
Olivia Jang (1st, 76.49), Hunar Mittal (5th, 78.70), Lillian Gottman (6th, 78.93), Lara Dommach (7th, 79.67) and Louise Ekesall (10th, 80.23) all rank in the top-10 the program's career scoring average list.
Last Time Out
The Mastodons took ninth at the NKU Julie Invitational with Lillian Gottman earning 10th place with a 232. It was Gottman's first top-10 of the season and fourth of her career.
Coming Up
Purdue Fort Wayne will head to Florida to compete for a Horizon League Championship on April 25-27.
Event: Boilermaker Spring Classic
Host: Purdue
When: Sunday-Monday | April 12-13
Where: West Lafayette, Ind.
Course: Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex - Ackerman-Allen Course
Par: 72
Yardage: 6,211 yards
Format: Play 5, take 4 - 54 holes
Live Results: Live Results
About the Course
The Ackerman-Allen Course, a Pete Dye design, is an 18-hole, parkland-style, par-72 championship golf course featuring large bent-grass greens, fairways and tees. The layout presents a challenge for golfers of all abilities with rolling hills, tree-lined fairways, white sand bunkers, and minimal water hazards. Ackerman-Allen offers five sets of tees with the championship tees playing over 7,500 yards and the forward tees playing at 5,300 yards. The Ackerman-Allen Course at Purdue University is a championship golf course that challenges players of all abilities with rolling hills, tree lined fairways and white sand bunkers.
Meet the Field
Purdue, Bradley, Butler, Chattanooga, Cincinnati, Denver, Findlay, Illinois, Illinois State, Minnesota, Northern Illinois, Princeton, Purdue Fort Wayne, South Dakota State, USF, Wisconsin
Mastodon Lineup
Lillian Gottman, Lara Dommach, Natalie Papa, Hunar Mittal and Emily Gottman will play for the team score. Lillie Cone will play as an individual.
Papa of the Week
Natalie Papa was named the Horizon League Golfer of the Week on March 19 after a third-place finish at the NKU Spring Fling. It was Papa's first Golfer of the Week award in her career.
She's Gott Game
Emily Gottman was selected as the Horizon League Golfer of the Week on February 26 after taking seventh at the Battle at the Beach with a two-round score of 156. It was the first weekly award of the freshman's career.
Top 'Dons
Olivia Jang (1st, 76.49), Hunar Mittal (5th, 78.70), Lillian Gottman (6th, 78.93), Lara Dommach (7th, 79.67) and Louise Ekesall (10th, 80.23) all rank in the top-10 the program's career scoring average list.
Last Time Out
The Mastodons took ninth at the NKU Julie Invitational with Lillian Gottman earning 10th place with a 232. It was Gottman's first top-10 of the season and fourth of her career.
Coming Up
Purdue Fort Wayne will head to Florida to compete for a Horizon League Championship on April 25-27.
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