Northwestern University Athletics
Wildcats Earn No. 2 Seed At Shoal Creek NCAA Regional
4/25/2016 6:11:00 PM | Women's Golf
EVANSTON, Ill. – Northwestern women's golf will begin their journey to the 2016 NCAA Championships as the No. 2 seed at the Shoal Creek NCAA Regional, hosted by the University of Alabama on May 5-7. The back-to-back Big Ten Champions earned their seventh consecutive Regionals berth under head coach Emily Fletcher.
Shoal Creek Club – Shoal Creek, Alabama
The Wildcats are in search of their fourth consecutive berth in the NCAA Championships, following a program-best 10th-place result last season at Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla.
The NCAA Regionals, conducted at four sites (Shoal Creek, Ala.; Stanford, Calif.; Bryan, Texas; Baton Rouge, La.), will feature 54 holes of stroke play (five-count-four), with 18 holes being played each day. The top six teams and the top three individuals not associated with one of those teams will advance to the NCAA Championship, which will be played on May 20-25 at Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Ore. If there is a tie for the final advancing spot, a playoff will be utilized.
Northwestern captured their second consecutive Big Ten Championship, and third in the last four years, on Sunday at Indianapolis' The Fort Golf Resort with a lineup that featured one senior, one junior, two sophomores and two freshmen. The Wildcats established a new Big Ten Championships scoring record
Following the tournament sophomore Hannah Kim was honored with the Mary Fossum Award, given annually to the student-athlete with the best scoring average in the Big Ten. The reigning Conference Player of the Year is the first Wildcats golfer to win the award.
2016 Shoal Creek NCAA Regional Field (Seed in parentheses):
(1) Alabama, (2) Northwestern, (3) Oklahoma State, (4) California, (5) Iowa State, (6) Florida State, (7) Tennessee, (8) Missouri, (9) Purdue, (10) Notre Dame, (11) Vanderbilt, (12) Clemson, (13) Michigan, (14) Middle Tennessee, (15) New Mexico State, (16) Eastern Kentucky, (17) Oakland, (18) Alabama State.
2016 Shoal Creek NCAA Regional Schedule:
Wed., May 4 -- 7:30 a.m. ET -- Practice Round (tee times off holes 1 and 10)
Thurs., May 5 -- 7:30 a.m. ET -- First Round (tee times off holes 1 and 10)
Fri., May 6 -- 7:30 a.m. ET -- Second Round (tee times off holes 1 and 10)
Sat., May 7 -- 7:30 a.m. ET -- Final Round (tee times off holes 1 and 10)
Six total Big Ten teams and golfers from two additional conference schools were chosen to compete in the 2016 NCAA Regionals, as announced on the Golf Channel Monday evening. The regional field is divided among four sites and will be held May 5-7. Six teams and three individuals will advance from each regional to the NCAA Championships.
The second-seeded Wildcats will be joined in Shoal Creek, Ala., by ninth-seeded Purdue and No. 13 Michigan. Ohio State is the No. 8 seed in the Stanford Regional, along with No. 11 Michigan State in Stanford, Calif. Indiana garnered the No. 14 seed in the Bryan Regional, and will compete in Bryan, Texas. Iowa's Amy Ihm and Wisconsin's Brooke Ferrell will compete as individuals, and join the Hoosiers in the Bryan Regional.
Shoal Creek Club – Shoal Creek, Alabama
The Wildcats are in search of their fourth consecutive berth in the NCAA Championships, following a program-best 10th-place result last season at Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla.
The full Shoal Creek NCAA Regional field of 18. Top-6 advance to the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon. #B1GCats pic.twitter.com/SSUUoL2gnO
— NU Golf (@NUGolf_Live) April 25, 2016
The NCAA Regionals, conducted at four sites (Shoal Creek, Ala.; Stanford, Calif.; Bryan, Texas; Baton Rouge, La.), will feature 54 holes of stroke play (five-count-four), with 18 holes being played each day. The top six teams and the top three individuals not associated with one of those teams will advance to the NCAA Championship, which will be played on May 20-25 at Eugene Country Club in Eugene, Ore. If there is a tie for the final advancing spot, a playoff will be utilized.
Northwestern captured their second consecutive Big Ten Championship, and third in the last four years, on Sunday at Indianapolis' The Fort Golf Resort with a lineup that featured one senior, one junior, two sophomores and two freshmen. The Wildcats established a new Big Ten Championships scoring record
Following the tournament sophomore Hannah Kim was honored with the Mary Fossum Award, given annually to the student-athlete with the best scoring average in the Big Ten. The reigning Conference Player of the Year is the first Wildcats golfer to win the award.
2016 Shoal Creek NCAA Regional Field (Seed in parentheses):
(1) Alabama, (2) Northwestern, (3) Oklahoma State, (4) California, (5) Iowa State, (6) Florida State, (7) Tennessee, (8) Missouri, (9) Purdue, (10) Notre Dame, (11) Vanderbilt, (12) Clemson, (13) Michigan, (14) Middle Tennessee, (15) New Mexico State, (16) Eastern Kentucky, (17) Oakland, (18) Alabama State.
2016 Shoal Creek NCAA Regional Schedule:
Wed., May 4 -- 7:30 a.m. ET -- Practice Round (tee times off holes 1 and 10)
Thurs., May 5 -- 7:30 a.m. ET -- First Round (tee times off holes 1 and 10)
Fri., May 6 -- 7:30 a.m. ET -- Second Round (tee times off holes 1 and 10)
Sat., May 7 -- 7:30 a.m. ET -- Final Round (tee times off holes 1 and 10)
Six total Big Ten teams and golfers from two additional conference schools were chosen to compete in the 2016 NCAA Regionals, as announced on the Golf Channel Monday evening. The regional field is divided among four sites and will be held May 5-7. Six teams and three individuals will advance from each regional to the NCAA Championships.
The second-seeded Wildcats will be joined in Shoal Creek, Ala., by ninth-seeded Purdue and No. 13 Michigan. Ohio State is the No. 8 seed in the Stanford Regional, along with No. 11 Michigan State in Stanford, Calif. Indiana garnered the No. 14 seed in the Bryan Regional, and will compete in Bryan, Texas. Iowa's Amy Ihm and Wisconsin's Brooke Ferrell will compete as individuals, and join the Hoosiers in the Bryan Regional.
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