ORLANDO – For the fifth consecutive season, the UCF women’s golf team heads to NCAA Regionals. This year they will travel to North Carolina for the Bermuda Run Regional hosted by Wake Forest. The Knights will begin NCAA play Monday, May 6-Wednesday, May 8 at Bermuda Run Country Club.
After being selected as the No. 5 seed in the NCAA Selection Show on April 24, the Knights make their first appearance in the Bermuda Run Regional. After a stellar regular season, where the Black and Gold racked up seven top-5 finishes marking the most since the 2013-14 season and two team titles (Evie Odom Invitational and Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate).
Host Wake Forest enters the field as the No. 1 seed followed by No. 2 Texas, No. 3 Ole Miss, No. 4 Mississippi State, No. 5 UCF, No. 6 South Florida, No. 7 Tennessee, No. 8 Oregon State, No. 9 North Texas, No. 10 Delaware, No. 11 Charleston Southern and No. 12 Navy round out the stacked field.
The Black and Gold’s lineup will consist of Jess Baker, Pimpisa “Sandwich” Sisutham, Molly Smith, Katie Poots and Brittany Shin.
Bermuda Run Country Club features 36 holes of golf and the East Course remains in the top 10 each year of most difficult courses in the Triad, according to the Triad Business Journal. The East Course is comprised of Champion Bermuda greens and is home to the Wyndham Qualifier, the Carolina Women’s Amateur and the Crosby Scholars Golf Tournaments.
The Knights tee off on Monday, May 6 at 8 a.m. on tee No. 10 and are paired with Mississippi State and former conference foe South Florida.