Women's Golf Receives NCAA Regional Berth
April 26, 2004
Coral Gables, Fla. (hurricanesports.com) – The University of Miami women’s golf team received an at-large bid to the 2004 NCAA East Regional Women’s Golf Championship and will be the 17th-seed, May 6-8, at the Mission Inn Golf and Tennis Resort in Howey-In-The-Hills, Fla. The regional berth is the first for the Hurricanes since 1998.
“I am very excited for our team,” said head coach Lela Cannon after the announcement. “We have had a fantastic season thus far and we look forward to doing well at regionals.”
Miami, which finished second at the BIG EAST Championships this past weekend, has finished in the top-5 of all 10 tournaments this season including a victory at the Peggy Kirk Bell Invitational, March 8-9. The win was Miami’s first since the fall of 1998.
Miami has been led this season by junior Tina Miller (Miami Archbishop Curley Notre Dame). Miller has recorded eight top-10s this season including two victories. She won the Cougar Classic, September 15-16, and the Beacon Woods Invitational, October 10-12 during the fall season. Miller currently leads the team with a 75.8 stroke average.
Freshman Tiffany Prats has also been impressive this season recording four top-10s. Her 76.7 stroke average this spring is second on the team while her 77.7 stroke average on the season ranks third. She has been Miami’s top finisher in two events this spring.
Seniors Camilla Hilland and Jazmin Cataldo give UM a very deep lineup. Hilland has four top-10s and has finished in the top-20 of four other events this season. Her 77.2 stroke average ranks second on the squad. Cataldo has a 78.0 stroke average this season, but has been one of the Hurricanes’ most consistent players this spring finishing among the top-3 Hurricanes in all five tournaments.
A total of three regional tournaments will be conducted May 6-8 to determine the field for the NCAA Championship finals, May 18-21, at the Grand National Lake Course in Auburn, Alabama. The other two regional sites include the Central Regional in Normal, Illinois and the West Regional in Stanford, California. Eight teams and two individuals will advance from each region.
East RegionalThe East regional will be played May 6-8 at Mission Inn Golf and Tennis Resort, Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida, co-hosted by the Central Florida Sports Commission and Stetson University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams:Duke (Atlantic Coast Conference)AuburnOklahoma StateWake ForestUNLV (Mountain West Conference)FloridaNorth CarolinaTulane (Conference USA)LSUTennesseeFurman (Southern Conference)South CarolinaFlorida StateMississippiNorth Carolina-Wilmington (Big South Conference)AlabamaMiami (Florida)North Carolina StateCampbell (Atlantic Sun Conference)St. Francis (Pennsylvania) (Northeast Conference)Southern University (Southwestern Athletic Conference)
Individuals:Adriene Millican, East CarolinaCarol Green, James MadisonNatalia Novorro, Florida Atlantic
Central RegionalThe Central regional will be played May 6-8 at University Golf Course, Normal, Illinois, hosted by Illinois State University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams:Vanderbilt (Southeastern Conference)New MexicoArizonaSouthern CaliforniaOklahomaMichigan StateTulsa (Western Athletic Conference)MissouriTCUArkansasTexas A&MKansas StateIndianaSouthern MethodistKent State (Mid-American Conference)PurdueNorthwesternBaylorNotre DamePrinceton (Ivy Group)Illinois State (Missouri Valley Conference)
Individuals:Malinda Johnson, WisconsinLinda Svensson, Arkansas-Little RockLaura Olin, Michigan
West RegionalThe West regional will be played May 6-8 at Stanford Golf Course, Stanford, California, hosted by Stanford University. Conference automatic qualifiers are indicated in parenthesis next to the institution.
Teams:UCLA (Pacific-10 Conference)Ohio State (Big Ten Conference)CaliforniaGeorgiaTexas (Big 12 Conference)WashingtonStanfordPepperdineArizona StateOregonSan FranciscoNew Mexico StateSan Diego StateSan Jose StateBrigham YoungTexas TechDenver (Sun Belt Conference)Washington StatePortland State (Big Sky Conference)Cal State Northridge (Big West Conference)Oral Roberts (Mid-Continent Conference)
Individuals:Angela Won, UC IrvineSara Odelius, HawaiiLauren Gray, Northern Arizona
