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Wildcats Headed To 13th Straight NCAA Regional

4/26/2023 12:39:00 PM | Women's Golf

Northwestern will be the No. 3 seed in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida beginning May 8

EVANSTON, Illinois -- Northwestern will be the No. 3 seed in the Palm Beach Gardens Regional, the program's 13th consecutive NCAA postseason appearance, it was announced during Wednesday's Selection Show broadcast live on Golf Channel. 

After missing out on postseason play during their first season at the helm, head coach Emily Fletcher and assistant Beth Miller have now led the Wildcats to NCAA Regional competition in every year since (with the exception of 2020, when the tournament was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, the Wildcats finished in a tie for fourth at the Stanford Regional, but lost a tiebreaker for the opportunity to advance to the NCAA Championships. All five student-athletes (Jennifer Cai, Irene Kim, Jieni Li, Lauryn Nguyen, Kelly Sim) from that team are back this season, and augmented by 2023 Big Ten Freshman of the Year Dianna Lee. 

Northwestern has won two tournaments this spring, capturing the PING/ASU Invitational and the Silverado Showdown, and enters the NCAA postseason ranked No. 15 in the nation according to the current Golfstat rankings. 

The Palm Beach Gardens Regional will be played at the PGA National Resort.

Teams:
  1. LSU
  2. Texas
  3. Northwestern 
  4. UCF
  5. Duke 
  6. Michigan State 
  7. California 
  8. Arkansas 
  9. Alabama
  10. South Florida
  11. Penn (The Ivy League)
  12. Quinnipiac (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)
Individuals:
  1. Christin Eisenbeiss, North Florida
  2. Sara Byrne, Miami (FL)
  3. Yanjun Liu, Princeton
  4. Karissa Kilby, FIU
  5. Leah Onosato, Old Dominion (Sun Belt Conference)
  6. Katherine Lemke, Creighton (Big East Conference)
Regional play will take place May 8-10 at six regional sites, with a total of 396 student-athletes competing. All six regional sites will have 12 teams and six individuals. The top five teams (30 teams total) and the low individual not on an advancing team (six individuals total) from each regional site, 156 student-athletes total, will advance to play in the national championships to be played May 19-24 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona. Championship play will be hosted by Arizona State and The Thunderbirds, with the final three days of the championships televised live by the GOLF Channel. 

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Jennifer Cai

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Irene Kim

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Jieni Li

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