University of Houston Athletics
Women's Golf Learns NCAA Postseason Site Monday
4/24/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
HOUSTON -- The University of Houston Women's Golf team will learn its postseason fate during the NCAA Selection Show at 5 p.m., Monday, on Golf Channel and the Golf Channel's web site.
Fans planning to watch the NCAA Selection Show online can visit the Golf Channel website and will need their TV provider account login and password to complete log in.
With their 10-stroke victory at the American Athletic Conference Championships on Tuesday, the Cougars clinched their second straight appearance in NCAA Regional play in only the second year of team competition under Head Coach Gerrod Chadwell. Houston also captured its first conference championship in program history and the third American title for all Houston Athletics sport programs in 2015-16.
Seventy-two teams and 24 individuals will be selected to compete at one of four NCAA Regional sites on May 5-7.
Each NCAA Regional sites will feature 18 teams and six individuals. The four NCAA Regional sites include: Stanford Golf Course, in Stanford, Calif., hosted by Stanford; Traditions Club, in Bryan, Texas, hosted by Texas A&M; University Club, in Baton Rouge, La., hosted by LSU; and Shoal Creek Club, in Shoal Creek, Ala., hosted by Alabama.
The low six teams and the low three individuals not on those teams advance to the NCAA Championships on May 20-25, hosted at Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Oregon.
For the second straight season, the NCAA Women's Golf Championships will be shown on Golf Channel. More than 100 news and tournament hours are planned again for the Men's and Women's Golf Championships on Golf Channel.
ABOUT THE COUGARS
Checking in at No. 31 in the latest Golfstat national rankings, the Cougars have captured three team championships in 2015-16, including back-to-back tournaments to open the spring.
Sophomore Megan Thothong leads the Cougars with a 74.30 scoring average and is tied with sophomore Yuka Kajiki for the team lead with nine rounds of par or better.
In their most recent tournament, the Cougars overcame a tough First Round to win the first American Athletic Conference title in program history. Battling a tough course and heavy winds, the Cougars finished the First Round with a score of 319 and stood in seventh place.
However, the team rallied impressively to lower their score by 34 strokes in the Second Round and never trailed the rest of the way. For the second straight season, Kajiki earned a top-5 finish at the American Athletic Conference Championships with Thothong and freshman Leonie Harm finishing among the top-10 leaders.
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