Friday, May 17
Omni La Costa Resort / Carlsbad, Calif.
All Day
Tulsa
vs
NCAA Championship
Tulsa Golfers Start NCAA Championship Play Friday
5/15/2024 7:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Hurricane making 29th national championship appearance in school history
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CHAMPIONSHIP INFO
Location: Omni La Costa Resort & Spa • Carlsbad, Calif.
Yardage/Par: 6,330 yards, par 72
Television coverage: GOLF Channel
NCAA Women's Golf Home Page: http://www.ncaa.com/sports/golf-women
Host: University of Texas at Austin
Omni La Costa Website: https://www.omnihotels.com/hotels/san-diego-la-costa/golf
CARLSBAD, Calif. –– For the second consecutive year and the 29th time in school history the Tulsa women's golf team will be making a trip to the national championship. Tulsa is one of 30 teams, from 72 teams in six regional tournaments, advancing to the championship finals, May 17-22.
In its past, Tulsa has played in seven AIAW National Championships and will be appearing in its 22nd NCAA Championship event this year. Tulsa has won four national titles, including the 1980 and 1982 AIAW crowns and the 1982 and 1988 NCAA titles.
"We are excited to return to nationals for a second consecutive year," said Tulsa Head Coach Annie Young. "It's a great opportunity to play against the best in the nation. La Costa will be the ultimate test of golf. We look forward to the challenge."
The NCAA Finals consists of both stroke play and match-play components of the event. There will be four rounds of stroke play competition and after the first three rounds (May 17-19) the top 15 teams will move to the fourth day (May 20) of stroke play. The top eight teams from stroke play will advance to match-play competition (May 21-22).
The teams will play the par 72, 6,330-yard course at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California. Tee times begin at 6:40 a.m. (PT)/8:40 a.m. (CT) the first three days and 10:30 a.m. (PT)/12:30 p.m. (CT) on day four.
The 30 participating teams, seeded No. 1-30, are #1 Stanford, #2 Wake Forest, #3 South Carolina, #4 LSU, #5 UCLA, #6 Auburn, #7 USC, #8 Texas, #9 Duke, #10 Arkansas, #11 Northwestern, #12 Oregon, #13 Texas A&M, #14 Ole Miss, #15 Arizona State, #16 Clemson, #17 Florida State, #18 Vanderbilt, #19 Pepperdine, #20 Virginia, #21 Mississippi State, #22 SMU, #23 San Jose State, #24 North Carolina, #25 Michigan State, #26 Purdue, #27 Baylor, #28 Oklahoma State, #29 Oregon State and #30 Tulsa.
Tulsa, ranked 44th nationally in the most recent Clippd rankings, is coming off a fourth-place finish at last week's NCAA Auburn Regional, tied with the No 3 national seed South Carolina. Tulsa has finished among the top-five seven times in 12 tournaments this season, while capturing tournament victories at the Dale McNamara Invitational and the Nexus Collegiate. The Hurricane has placed in the top-5 in each of their last three tournaments.
The Hurricane goes into the NCAA Championship with juniors Lovisa Gunnar and Sydney Seigel, sophomores Grace Kilcrease and Jenni Roller and redshirt freshman Allyn Stephens. Junior Hanna Robinett is Tulsa's alternate for the event.
Tulsa has had timely performances from each of its five golfers over the past three events. Kilcrease paced the Hurricane with a seventh-place overall performance at the NCAA Regional and has finished among the top 10 in her last three events. She leads the Hurricane with a 72.6 stroke average in a total of 31 rounds this year. Seigel placed 13th at the regional and before that event finished in 16th place at the American Athletic Conference Championship, while Gunnar placed second at the AAC Championship and 25th at the Auburn Regional.
Gunnar has posted a 73.3 stroke average on the year and a team-best 72.9 average in 13 spring rounds. Seigel has a 73.7 average in 31 rounds this year to go along with four top-20 performances.
Stephens has the second-best stroke average on the year for the Hurricane with a 73.0 average in 34 rounds. She finished in 10th place at The American Championship and 30th at the regional along with an additional seven top-30 finishes this season. Roller has a 74.6 stroke average with two top 10 performances this year.
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