University of Louisville
NCAA Regional
Women’s Golf Travels to Texas for NCAA Regional
May 04, 2016 | Women's Golf
Louisville makes up the 18-team field that competes from May 5-7 in Bryan, Texas.
NCAA Bryan Regional
Format: 54 holes (18 on Thursday, 18 on Friday, 18 on Saturday)
Tee Times: 9-11:30 a.m. ET Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Location: Bryan, Texas
Course (Par/Yardage): Traditions Golf Club (par 72/6,373)
Tournament Field (in order of latest Golfstat ranking): UCLA (3), Georgia (6), Arizona (11), Kent State (14), Furman (19), Texas A&M (23), TCU (27), Texas (29), SMU (35), Louisville (38), Miami (43), Tulane (46), Campbell (51), Indiana (55), Texas State (81), Delaware (106), Lamar (178), Quinnipiac (212)
Live Scoring: Golfstat.com
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville women's golf team traveled to Texas this week and begins play at the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Regional Championship on Thursday in Bryan.
The three-day competition is being held at the Traditions Golf Club and features eight teams that are currently in the top 30 of the latest Golfstat rankings. Teams will play 18 holes on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, teeing off between 9-11:30 a.m. ET.
On the first day of competition, Louisville is paired with Miami and Tulane and is scheduled to begin play from 9-9:40 a.m.
The Cardinals, who earned an at-large bid to one of four regional sites and the No. 10 seed in Bryan, feature a lineup consisting of Laura Restrepo, Katie Mitchell, Molly Skapik, Ellen Kehoe, and Olivia Cason.
The top six teams from each regional (Bryan, Texas; Stanford, Calif.; Shoal Creek, Ala.; and, Baton Rouge, La.) advance to the NCAA Championships, held from May 20-25 at Eugene Golf Club in Eugene, Ore. The top three individuals not on an advancing team also secure trips to the national championship.
Through 11 scoring events this year, the Cardinals earned a pair of victories included in six top-five finishes.
Restrepo, who was named to the all-Atlantic Coast Conference women's golf team, is pacing the team in stroke average (73.10) and top-10 finishes (5). The senior also boasts a team-leading 10 rounds even or below par. The Panama native is competing in her third-consecutive regional championship.
Mitchell, also a senior, is second in average (73.90), logging four top-10 showings, and boasting an impressive 13th-place finish at the ACC Championship. Kehoe ranks third in stroke average at 75.53 and was the team's fourth-place finisher at the league event. Skapik owns a 75.68 average, and Cason is carrying a 76.26 average.
Live stats are available on Golfstat.com.
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