Jordan Niebrugge
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.
South Florida, UNC-Charlotte, Colorado,
Texas, UAB, and Oklahoma led their
respective
regional tournaments after day one, but after
Friday's rounds, only two of the six teams
are still at the top of the leaderboard.
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. full results>
While Oklahoma State junior Jordan
Niebrugge blistered The Course at Yale on
Friday,
shooting a 62 to grab the individual lead by
one, Rigel Fernandes and the South Florida
Bulls maintained, and extended their lead to
nine shots. The sophomore from India posted
64 on Thursday — four better than anyone on
day one, to help USF to a one-shot
advantage over Ohio State. The team shot
five strokes better on Friday, and even
dropped Fernandes' score — a one-over 71.
Niebrugge's round was bogey-free as the
2013 U.S. Amateur Public Links winner made
eight birdies and ten pars to shoot ten strokes
better than his 72 on day one. The Cowboys
now hold fifth place by a stroke over Iowa,
with Vanderbilt, San Diego State, and North
Carolina State between them and the leading
USF Bulls.
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Maverick
McNealy
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SOUTHEAST REGIONAL - Finley
Golf Course - Chapel Hill, N.C.
full
results>
After three players from UNC Charlotte
posted
four-under par 68 at UNC
Chapel Hill's home course on a surprising day
one, the 49ers dropped back
into second place as Stanford stormed from
seventh place all the way into
the leading position. Led by sophomore
Maverick McNealy (67), the Cardinal
came from 15 shots back of Charlotte to
take a stroke lead entering
Saturday's final round. David Boote posted 68
while Franklin Huang fired 69
to help Stanford shoot 13-under on Friday.
Victor Wiggins, Raoul Menard,
and Seth Gandy led the way
for Charlotte on day one, with the sophomore
Gandy and
senior Menard both posting
personal collegiate records. The team was
brought back to earth on Friday,
shooting three-over, though they still hold
second place by four over Florida
State, and by seven over Kennesaw State
and Florida.
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Bryson
DeChambeau
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CENTRAL REGIONAL -
Sagamore Golf Club -
Noblesville,
Ind.
full results>
Colorado jumped out to an eight-shot lead on
Thursday, but
regressed in the second round as the
Buffaloes shot 23 shots
higher and fell into second place. Southern
Methodist shot even-par on
a difficult day in Indiana and emerged from a
second-place tie after
round one into a four-shot lead.
Junior Bryson DeChambeau and freshman
Ben Baxter are tied for
fourth place individually and lead the
Mustangs in their current
top-spot, while sophomore Andrew Buchanan
and junior Ryan
Burgess posted 71s on Friday to help SMU
slide into the lead.
Illinois, UCLA, and UNLV hold the final three
top-five spots, with
UCLA junior Jonathan Garrick shooting 68 on
Friday to lead the
individual race by a stroke over Colorado's
David Oraee.
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Clement
Sordet
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SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL -
The Rawls Course -
Lubbock,
Texas
full
results>
Texas Tech overtook in-state rival Texas on
day two in Lubbock. Three
Red Raiders golfers broke 70 on Friday,
leading to a ten-under team total
and a three-shot lead over the Longhorns.
Clement Sordet leads the team
in the 36-hole category, shooting 67-69 in the
first two rounds while
Guillermo Pereira's 67 paced the team on
Friday.
Texas posted two-under 282 after going 11-
under on Thursday, though
they sit just three back of Texas Tech with
one of the most stacked lineups
in college golf, including possible NCAA
Freshman of the Year Scottie
Scheffler and stud sophomore Beau Hossler.
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Giulio
Castagnara
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WEST REGIONAL - Olympic
Course at Gold Mountain -
Bremerton, Wash.
full results>
Texas Christian and Alabama-Birmingham
switched positions on Friday, with
former second-place TCU sliding into first just
a stroke ahead of UAB entering
the final round in Bremerton, Washington.
The Horned Frogs received a stellar
68 in foggy conditions from sophomore Giulio
Castagnara, of Italy, in the
second round to help take over the lead. He
is tied for second place
individually, two shots back of Washington
senior Cheng-Tsung Pan.
USC is four back of UAB in third place while
South Carolina and Baylor hold the
final two spots inside the top-five, with Iowa
State lurking just one shot back.
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Michael
Gellerman
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SOUTHWEST REGIONAL - The
Farms Golf Club -
Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
full
results>
Oklahoma burst open a 22-stroke lead at the
Southwest Regional on Friday, breaking away
from East Tennessee State while Arizona
State shot seven-under to jump into second
place.
Jon Rahm's 64 helped the Sun Devils get back
inside the top-five, though the team had to
take two 73s on day two. Oklahoma benefited
from three 69s and a 68 in their second
round,
with the 68 coming from senior Michael
Gellerman. Gellerman, along with sophomore
Max
McGreevy, are tied for second place, two back
of Rahm.
Behind Arizona State are Georgia Tech,
ETSU, and Georgia, though six other teams
are within
10 shots of fifth place.
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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