The Penn State women's golf team is hoping to capture its first win of the spring semester this weekend in Williamsburg, Va. The Nittany Lions are preparing with a practice round today for the William and Mary Invitational set to begin at 8 a.m. tomorrow.

About 15 schools will be in attendance, including Columbia, Xavier, Methodist and William and Mary.

The team's main preparation took place in Texas over spring break, where it spent almost a week practicing and finished with a competition at Longhorn.

Looking to show confidence on the green, Penn State worked on its short game, which it hasn't been able to do as well indoors at home.

The Lions did not practice at all this week because of the snow still covering the Blue Course. With warmer temperatures anticipated, the team is hoping to be outside by Monday.

The golfers have a positive outlook for this tournament even though their spring semester has been off to a rough start.

Senior Maggie Lester said she doesn't want to focus on things she has no control over like outcomes, but would like to go out with a lot of confidence and possibly bring home the win.

"I want to go in with a clear head and good, positive thoughts," she said.

The first two tournaments of the spring season have been letdowns for head coach Denise St. Pierre's Lions, who finished No. 13 at Pinehurst and No.14 at Longhorn, both times out of 15 teams.

"We really need to focus on each individual tournament and do what we can to always play our best," Lester said.

"The rest will just fall into place for us."

Junior Christin Pacacha said this particular tournament will provide the team with some great experience.

"We all have to try and get back to the basics and look at it as playing golf and having fun," she said.

Since this is only the third tournament of the spring semester, Pacacha said the team has nowhere to go but up.

"The snow's finally melting, so we'll be able to be outside and have the advantage other teams have had all year," she said. "We have nothing but optimism."