URBANA — Four NCAA trophies sit on a table in the middle of the atrium at the Demirjian Indoor Golf Practice Facility.
All four mark the accomplishments of the Illinois men's golf team in the past decade, including a national runner-up finish in 2013 and third-place results in 2015, 2016 and 2017.
It's the sort of consistent production on the national stage that Renee Slone's Illinois women's golf program hopes to achieve one day.
The signs exist that Slone's Illini, who share the same golf digs in Urbana as the men's team, are becoming more of a player on the national level.