"On the road again. Oh, I can't wait to get on the road again." The Penn State women's golf team travels this weekend to the Lady Buckeye Invitational at Ohio State and will be competing in its last invitational before heading to the Big Ten Championships in two weeks.

The Nittany Lions will get their last glimpse of seven Big Ten teams before the championships, along with a handful of top-ranked teams from other conferences. Penn State is fairly matched with the rest of the field, which includes Notre Dame and Kent State, but its main threat will be the No. 13 Ohio State Buckeyes.

Penn State isn't dwelling on the rankings, as its focus lies more on each player's game. The team is coming off last weekend's tournament at James Madison University, where the "A" and "B" teams placed a solid seventh and ninth, respectively, out of 16 teams. There will be some familiarity with Ohio State because the team will be playing Ohio University for the second time in a row.

"It has been an up and down season," Penn State coach Denise St. Pierre said. "The last day of the JMU Invitational was good, we turned in our best score of the season."

Junior Amber Weinerth -- the ever-consistent team leader, who placed ninth in last weekend's tournament -- will be heading up the developing team in hopes of adding one more win before the season ends. The rest of the lineup for the Buckeye Invitational consists of sophomores Maggie Lester, Besty Houseman and Evelyn Paik.

Freshmen Emily Pavesich and Christina Pacacha will also be representing Penn State.

"This weekend is a learning experience," St. Pierre said. "The team is all young players, and I'm more interested in good scores and consistency."

Junior Katrin Wolfe will sit out the rest of the season because of a broken toe, an injury that switches up the 'A' team slightly.

"An injury does take a player out the lineup that is an experienced competitor, but it is not that big of a problem since we are out of the nationals," St. Pierre said. "It gives others a chance to compete."

While knowing the course usually determines a team's success, Penn State will be taking ample opportunity to soak in the Buckeyes' course because nationals will be held there in 2006.