All Regionals Final Results
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By Roy J. Akers — www.skyviewsports.net
SoCal, Ohio State are 1-2 in Ann Arbor, Northwestern slips to 4th.
The Trojan women overtook OSU in the final day, as Elise Lee shoots two under. All five SoCal players were in the 70’s with Catherine Park joining Lee as golfers going two under. The B1G was so dominant, the top six individual players were all from the B1G including Northwestern’s Ashley Yun, who played to (-5) and wins individual honors.
MSU storms back in sudden death to punch ticket
The Spartans danced on both sides of the top five throughout the North Carolina Regional before winning in a three-way tie for fourth where only two of three schools could advance . The Spartans, who sat in a tie for seventh place entering the final round of play, posted the best team score of the day – a 2-over par 282 – to finish the three-day, 54-hole event at 18-over par 858 (286-290-282), tied for fourth place with Virginia and NC State.
Following the completion of Tuesday’s 18 holes, those three teams headed to the 10th hole and began a playoff with all five golfers playing holes 10 through 14, with the lowest combined aggregate scores advancing two teams to the NCAA Championships.
Michigan State’s combined score of 23 was tied with Virginia for the lowest, advancing both teams to the Championship, with NC State posting a score of 26. Senior Paula Balanzategui parred the par-4, 10th hole, junior Ana Sofia Murcia had a bogey on the par-5, 11th hole, senior Taylore Kehoe birdied the par-5, 12th hole, freshman Lucia Valderrama had a bogey on the par-4, 13th hole and classmate Sarisa Pojanalai had a double bogey on the par-3 14th hole.
“This is not something that we take for granted,” MSU Head Coach Stacy Slobodnik-Stoll said. “We knew that we had work to do, but we also knew that it was within reach to make it. It was a challenge, especially going to a playoff but our Spartans stayed strong and it’s just a thrill to make it back to the NCAA Championship. This team has a lot of grit and we showed it today.” Taylor Kehoe fired five straight birdies over the first 11 holes. The complete MSU team scorecard is below.
Indiana misses punching team ticket in a very tough Regional
Indiana was the best school of women’s teams finishing just over par. Six schools including Auburn finish under par as a team and a 7th finished even. Indiana’s Sheridan Clancy will move to the NCAA finals finishing second behind Auburn’s Anna Davis, who moves on, because Auburn moved on.
More Big Ten and Eastern Michigan’s biggest tournament ever
Illinois goes home in the Stanford regional. Oregon goes home in the WACO Regional. Oregon’s Kiara Romero moves on to the finals after finishing 5th and players from other schools moving on with their teams. Purdue goes home in the Tallahassee Regional.
Eastern Michigan punches its ticket to the Finals
Josh Brewer has guided the Eagles to not only their first NCAA Regional ever, but now has doubled down and will move on to Cali. It’s a team effort. Wake Forest wins the Regional with Amy Bonds FSU team and Florida 2-3. Jenae Leovao was the D1 individual scoring leader. She finished T-7th after going (+1) the final two days of the tournament.
Final Day EMU Scorecard
Roy J. Akers of www.skyviewsports.net covers NCAA golf
