University of Houston Athletics
Women's Golf Learns NCAA Postseason on Monday
4/26/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
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HOUSTON - The University of Houston Women's Golf program will learn its NCAA postseason fate during the NCAA Selection Show at 6 p.m., Monday, on The Golf Channel. Houston, which checks in at No. 46 in the latest Golfstat national rankings, will be looking for the first NCAA Regional berth in school history. The Cougars began the program just one year ago with three student-athletes competing as individuals at events but were not eligible for team competition under NCAA rules.
Eighteen teams and six individuals not on those teams will compete at one of four NCAA Regionals on May 7-9. The four NCAA Regional sites are: Lonnie Poole Golf Course, hosted by NC State in Raleigh, N.C.; Warren Golf Course, hosted by Notre Dame in South Bend, Ind.; Briggs Ranch Golf Club, hosted by UTSA in San Antonio, Texas and Entrada and Snow Canyon Country Club, hosted by BYU in St. George, Utah.
The low six teams and low three individuals not on those teams will advance to the NCAA Championships, slated for May 22-27 at The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla.
Hosted by USF, the 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships will feature teams and student-athletes - who advanced from NCAA Regional Qualifying - competing in an individual stroke-play format over 72 holes with the top eight teams qualifying at the conclusion of play for the team match-play tournament
Golf Channel's live tournament coverage of the women's championships will begin on May 25 to crown the individual national champion as well as track the teams attempting to qualify for the 8-team match-play tournament. This year, Golf Channel's coverage will include all three rounds of the team match-play tournament on May 26-27.
ABOUT THE COUGARS
Under the leadership of second-year head coach Gerrod Chadwell, the Cougars have compiled six top-5 finishes in 10 team events this season. In early March, Houston captured the first team title in school history at the UNF Collegiate with freshman Megan Thothong winning medalist honors.
Thothong joined teammate and current junior Raegan Bremer as the only Cougars in school history to win tournament individual titles after Bremer won the HBU Husky Invitational a year ago.
This season, Bremer leads the team with a 73.86 scoring average and 10 rounds of par or better, while Thothong is a close second with a 74.52 average and seven rounds of par or better. Thothong set a school record with a 68 during the Final Round at the UNF Collegiate on March 10.
Freshman Yuka Kajiki recently tied Thothong's low round with a 68 in the Final Round at the American Athletic Conference Championships on April 21 to move into a tie for third at that event.
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