@HurricanesGolf Set For NCAA Regional in New Mexico

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – For the fifth consecutive season, the University of Miami women’s golf team is headed to a NCAA Regional.

The No. 16-ranked Hurricanes learned its postseason fate Thursday afternoon as the NCAA announced that Miami will head to the Albuquerque Regional in New Mexico. The three-day, 54-hole tournament, hosted by the University of New Mexico, will take place May 8-10 at The Championship Golf Course at UNM.

The Hurricanes are one of 18 programs that were selected to play at the Albuquerque Regional – one of four regional sites.

The top six teams of the 18 selected to play in the Albuquerque Regional will advance to the NCAA Championship.

This year’s NCAA Championship will be held from May 19-24 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill., hosted by Northern Illinois University. The Golf Channel will air the final three days of the NCAA Championship live.

The Hurricanes enter this year’s Regional in the hopes of advancing to the NCAA Championship for the 25th time in program history. Miami’s last appearance in the NCAA Championship came last season in Eugene, Ore.

The Hurricanes, earned an at-large bid and the No. 4 seed, face a challenging group that includes five top-25 programs in the latest Golfstat rankings: Stanford (1), USC (6), Duke (9), Oklahoma State (17), NC State (24).

For the latest information on the Miami women’s golf team, visit HurricaneSports.com, or follow the team’s Twitter account at www.twitter.com/HurricanesGolf.

Participating Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Stanford
2. USC
3. Duke
4. Miami
5. Oklahoma State
6. NC State
7.California
8. Illinois
9. Pepperdine
10. Washington
11. SMU
12. Campbell
13. Denver
14. New Mexico State
15. Cal Poly
16. Sacramento
17. Houston Baptist
18. Texas Southern