Northwestern, MSU, Eastern Michigan, and UM all have team and individual news and Oakland Univ. as well
By Roy J. Akers –www.skyviewsports.net
The NCAA Women’s Regionals
NCAA Regional Day 1 Results and News
In the Ann Arbor Regional, the Big Ten (B1G) are sweeping the top three positions after D1. Northwestern, and Ohio State are tied and SoCal is third at (-2), three team strokes behind. Ashley Yun of Northwestern at (-5) is tied with Elise Lee of SoCal . Oakland University’s Olivia Hemmila is tied for third at (-3) UM’s Lauren Sung is golfing as an individual and is even par, good enough for a T-15th.
Tallahassee Regional finds Eastern Michigan T-4th and in the Mix
Florida, Florida State, and Wake Forest are 1-2-3 after Day one of the FSU Regional. EMU is making their first ever appearance in the NCAA Regionals and Josh Brewer’s team is making the best of it with a juggernaut of a lineup. Janae Leovao leads all golfers with a (-4) 68. The other other members of the starting five are all even par to 74.
MSU Women’s Golf in Seventh Place at NCAA Chapel Hill Regional
By MSU Staff
Michigan State’s women’s golf team shot a 6-over par 286 in the first round and is in seventh place among 12 teams at the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional, being played at UNC’s Finley Golf Club (par-70, 6,177 yards).
Host North Carolina shot a 6-under par 274 and leads top-seeded Texas by five shots (1-under par 279). Virginia is in third place at 1-over par 281, with Oklahoma State and
Mississippi State tied for fourth place at 2-over par 282. NC State is in sixth place at 3-over par 283 and the Spartans sit just four shots outside the top-five teams at 6-over par 286.
Senior Taylor Kehoe and freshman Lucia Valderrama both posted scores of even-par 70 and are tied for 12th place to lead the Spartans.
Junior Ana Sofia Murcia is tied for 26th place at 2-over par 72, freshman Sarisa Pojanalai is tied for 38th place at 4-over par 74 and sophomore Grace Vetter shot a 6-over par 76 and is tied for 48th place.
The three-day, 54-hole tournament continues on Tuesday, May 12 and concludes on Wednesday.
The Spartans will tee off in the second round at 8:55 a.m., playing alongside Kent State and Furman.
The top five teams (30 teams total) and the low individual not on an advancing team (six individuals total) from each regional site will advance to compete in the national championships to be played May 22-27 at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif.
