ORLANDO – The UCF women’s golf team was selected to compete as the No. 3 seed in the Ann Arbor Regional, the NCAA announced Wednesday in conjunction with the Golf Channel. This marks the highest seeding the Knights have received heading into the NCAA Regional.
The three-day event begins Monday, May 11 at University of Michigan Golf Course hosted by Michigan. A total of 72 teams and 36 individual participants have been selected for regional competition as the five other sites include UNC Finley Golf Course (Chapel Hill, N.C.); Robert Jones Golf Trail at Hampton Cove (Huntsville, Ala.); Stanford Golf Course (Stanford, Calif.,); Seminole Legacy Golf Club (Tallahassee, Fla.) and Ridgewood Country Club (Waco, Texas).
After 54 holes, the top-5 teams and low individual (not on an advancing team) advance to the NCAA Championships at Omni La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, Calif. May 22-27.
This will be UCF’s 20th regional appearance and the 11th of the last 15 seasons. Since head coach Emily Marron took over the program ahead of the 2012-13 season, the Knights have either qualified as a team or sent an individual to every NCAA regional. Wednesday’s selection marks the seventh consecutive time the Knights have made an NCAA regional as a team (excluding the COVID-shortened 2019-20 season).
This season, the Knights have recorded nine top-5 finishes including two first place finishes (Illini Invitational and Lady Luck Invitational). Along with three individual first place finishes with two from Mila Jurine and one from Pimpisa Sisutham.
Last season, Marron’s squad made it to the NCAA regional championship in Charlottesville, Virginia hosted by Virginia, where the Knights finished in 7th place with a score of 882 (+30) at Birdwood Golf Course.
— Regional Field by Seeding
- Southern California
- Duke
- UCF
- Oklahoma
- Ohio State
- Northwestern
- Kansas
- Texas Tech
- UNLV
- Columbia
- Quinnipiac
- Oakland