Rigel Fernandes
The last step for collegiate teams across the
United States before
reaching the NCAA National Championship are
the six regional
tournaments, which began Thursday. The top
five teams from each
regional will advance to the National
Championship in Bradenton, Fla. at
The Concession Golf Club — hosted this year
by the University of South
Florida.
Below are recaps from each of the six
regional events, with links (coming
soon) to individual stories about each regional
site.
EAST REGIONAL - The Course at Yale -
New Haven, Conn.
South Florida sophomore Rigel Fernandes
posted 64 — four better than
anyone on day one at The Course at Yale. He
paced the team to one-over
281, which leads Ohio State by a stroke, San
Diego State by three, and
Vanderbilt by four.
The beginning and end of Fernandes' day
were what made his round, as
the native of India started with three straight
birdies and closed with three
more in his final four holes.
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Victor
Wiggins
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SOUTHEAST REGIONAL - Finley
Golf Course - Raleigh, N.C.
Three players from UNC Charlotte posted
four-under par 68 at UNC
Chapel Hill's home course as the surprising
49ers grabbed a six-shot lead
over Florida. Victor Wiggins, Raoul Menard,
and Seth Gandy led the way
for Charlotte, with the sophomore Gandy and
senior Menard both posting
personal collegiate records.
Florida holds second place over in-state rival
Florida State, and Clemson,
by three shots with host North Carolina in
fifth.
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Jeremy
Paul
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CENTRAL REGIONAL -
Sagamore Golf Club -
Noblesville,
Ind.
Colorado jumped out to an eight-shot lead in
Indiana as German
twins
Jeremy
and Yannik Paul posted 68 and 70,
respectively, while senior David
Oraee
also
carded 68. Jeremy and Oraee are tied for the
individual lead while
Yannik
is
tied for third.
Illinois and Southern Methodist are tied for
second place in the team
race
while
UCLA and UNLV are in fourth and fifth place,
but 16 and 18 shots
back
of
the
leading Buffaloes.
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Beau
Hossler
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SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL -
The Rawls Course -
Lubbock,
Texas
Teams are bunched together at the South
Central regional as Texas,
led
by superstar sophomore Beau Hossler, lead
the event after day one
by
a
stroke over Houston, while six other teams
are within 10 shots.
Hossler
is
tied for second individually with an opening-
round 66 to lead the
Longhorns, a shot back of leader Austin Eoff
of Purdue.
Three other Longhorns golfers shot 69,
including freshman Scottie
Scheffler, sophomore Gavin Hall, and senior
Kramer Hickok.
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Paul
Dunne
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WEST REGIONAL - Olympic
Course at Gold Mountain -
Bremerton, Wash.
The University of Alabama-Birmingham holds
a slim lead over TCU
and
USC up in Bremerton, Washington. The
leading of three UAB players
inside the top-10 is senior Paul Dunne, of
Ireland, who posted 67 on
Thursday to sit one shot back of opening-
round leader Sean Crocker
—
USC's freshman from Zimbabwe.
A group of teams are bunched between
fourth and seventh place,
with
Iowa State and Washington sitting in fourth at
287, South Carolina
at
288, and UC Davis at 289.
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Grant
Hirschman
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SOUTHWEST REGIONAL - The
Farms Golf Club -
Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
Oklahoma will take a five-shot lead into day
two at The Farms as
freshman Grant Hirschman paced the
Sooners with 69 on a rainy
day in Southern California. He is tied for first
individually with East
Tennessee State's Gudmundur Kristjansson
and Wichita State's Grant
Bennett.
ETSU is tied for second at 289, Wichita State
holds third place over
St. Mary's by three at 292, while San Diego
and Virginia are tied for
fifth at 297.
ABOUT THE
NCAA Division I Championship
30 teams and 6 individuals not on a qualifying
team make up the field for the championship of
NCAA
Division I women's golf.
After 72 holes of stroke play, the individual
champion is crowned, and the low 8 teams advance
to
match play to determine the team champion.
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