Louisville Women’s Golf Selected to East Lansing Regional
April 24, 2019 | Women's Golf
The Cardinals are making their sixth straight appearance in a NCAA Regional.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – For the sixth consecutive season and 12th time in program history, the University of Louisville women's golf team is headed to a NCAA Regional.
The Cardinals were announced on the Golf Channel as one of 18 programs selected to the NCAA Division I Women's Golf East Lansing Regional in East Lansing, Mich. The three-day, 54-hole tournament will be played May 6-8 at Forest Akers West Golf Course.
For Louisville, the six straight appearances are the longest streak in program history. The Cardinals are the No. 11 seed in the 18-team region that features six teams inside the top 25 of the latest Golfstat rankings.
Fourth-ranked Stanford and fifth-ranked Arizona headline the East Lansing Regional. No. 12 Kent State, No. 14 UCLA, No. 20 Michigan State and No. 21 Campbell are all in the field as well.
"We are thrilled to be going to Michigan State," head coach Courtney Trimble said. "It will be very familiar grasses, so we look forward to playing in conditions we are accustomed to.
"In any regional you have to prepare to play great and we will work hard to be ready!"
The Cardinals are looking to build off their postseason performance from 2018, when they took fourth at the NCAA San Francisco Regional to qualify for their second-ever appearance at the NCAA Championships.
Louisville is coming off the program's best finish in five seasons of competing at the ACC Championship, taking fifth last week in Greensboro, N.C. The conference had 10 schools earn NCAA Regional bids.
In 10 tournaments this season, Louisville owns a victory at the Alexa Stirling Intercollegiate as well as a runner-up finish at the Moon Golf Invitational. The Cardinals also tallied two third-place showings and two additional top-fives.
Lauren Hartlage leads the Cardinals into the postseason ranked No. 46 in the most recent Golfstat rankings. The junior owns five top-10 finishes this season, including a win at the Moon Golf Invitational.
Margot Bechadergue put together the best performance of her career at last week's ACC Championship, tying for 10th place overall at 2-over par. Bechadergue has two other top-20 tournaments this season with a stroke average of 75.18.
Mairead Martin has had a strong first season with the Cardinals, ranking second on the team with a 74.15 stroke average. The freshman turned in back-to-back top-10s at the Cardinal Cup and Alexa Stirling Intercollegiate last October.
The top six teams and top three individuals not on those teams will advance to the NCAA Championship, held May 17-22 at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark.
The 24 advancing teams and 12 individuals will complete 54 holes of stroke play. Following 54 holes of competition, the top 15 teams along with the top nine individuals not on an advancing team will advance for one additional day of stroke play to determine the top eight teams for match-play competition and the 72-hole stroke-play individual champion.
The top eight teams after 72 holes of play will be placed into a bracket with match play to determine the national champion.
NCAA Division I Women's Golf Stanford Regional Championship (by seed)
1. Stanford
2. Arizona
3. Kent State
4. UCLA
5. Michigan State
6. Campbell
7. Illinois
8. Baylor
9. North Carolina
10. Georgia
11. Louisville
12. Augusta
13. LSU
14. Indiana
15. Long Beach State
16. Xavier
17. Harvard
18. IUPUI
The Cardinals were announced on the Golf Channel as one of 18 programs selected to the NCAA Division I Women's Golf East Lansing Regional in East Lansing, Mich. The three-day, 54-hole tournament will be played May 6-8 at Forest Akers West Golf Course.
For Louisville, the six straight appearances are the longest streak in program history. The Cardinals are the No. 11 seed in the 18-team region that features six teams inside the top 25 of the latest Golfstat rankings.
Fourth-ranked Stanford and fifth-ranked Arizona headline the East Lansing Regional. No. 12 Kent State, No. 14 UCLA, No. 20 Michigan State and No. 21 Campbell are all in the field as well.
"We are thrilled to be going to Michigan State," head coach Courtney Trimble said. "It will be very familiar grasses, so we look forward to playing in conditions we are accustomed to.
"In any regional you have to prepare to play great and we will work hard to be ready!"
The Cardinals are looking to build off their postseason performance from 2018, when they took fourth at the NCAA San Francisco Regional to qualify for their second-ever appearance at the NCAA Championships.
Louisville is coming off the program's best finish in five seasons of competing at the ACC Championship, taking fifth last week in Greensboro, N.C. The conference had 10 schools earn NCAA Regional bids.
In 10 tournaments this season, Louisville owns a victory at the Alexa Stirling Intercollegiate as well as a runner-up finish at the Moon Golf Invitational. The Cardinals also tallied two third-place showings and two additional top-fives.
Lauren Hartlage leads the Cardinals into the postseason ranked No. 46 in the most recent Golfstat rankings. The junior owns five top-10 finishes this season, including a win at the Moon Golf Invitational.
Margot Bechadergue put together the best performance of her career at last week's ACC Championship, tying for 10th place overall at 2-over par. Bechadergue has two other top-20 tournaments this season with a stroke average of 75.18.
Mairead Martin has had a strong first season with the Cardinals, ranking second on the team with a 74.15 stroke average. The freshman turned in back-to-back top-10s at the Cardinal Cup and Alexa Stirling Intercollegiate last October.
The top six teams and top three individuals not on those teams will advance to the NCAA Championship, held May 17-22 at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark.
The 24 advancing teams and 12 individuals will complete 54 holes of stroke play. Following 54 holes of competition, the top 15 teams along with the top nine individuals not on an advancing team will advance for one additional day of stroke play to determine the top eight teams for match-play competition and the 72-hole stroke-play individual champion.
The top eight teams after 72 holes of play will be placed into a bracket with match play to determine the national champion.
NCAA Division I Women's Golf Stanford Regional Championship (by seed)
1. Stanford
2. Arizona
3. Kent State
4. UCLA
5. Michigan State
6. Campbell
7. Illinois
8. Baylor
9. North Carolina
10. Georgia
11. Louisville
12. Augusta
13. LSU
14. Indiana
15. Long Beach State
16. Xavier
17. Harvard
18. IUPUI
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