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Pack Places Third At Regional, Earns Trip To NCAA Championship
5/9/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
Pack finish 3rd at NCAA Regional
Posted by NC State Women's Golf on Saturday, May 9, 2015
RALEIGH - For the second year in a row, the NC State women's golf team is headed to the NCAA Women's Golf Championship.
The Wolfpack (+23) surged down the stretch on the final day to claim third place at the NCAA Women's Golf Raleigh Regional at Lonnie Poole Golf Course.
The Pack entered the day tied with Ohio State for sixth place in the 18-team field. Considering the tourney's top six teams advanced, there was no shortage of drama during the round. NC State battled with OSU, Campbell and Coastal Carolina in the standings for much of the day before pulling away. As a team, the Pack scored even par on a challenging final three holes to surge up the leaderboard.
Rachael Taylor (E) led the Pack, tying for fifth place and shooting a 72 on the final day. Taylor ranked second in the 96-player tournament with 14 birdies.
On the day of her graduation from NC State, Vivian Tsui had one of her best rounds, firing a one-under 71 to finish 22nd overall.
"There were a lot of emotions going on with today being graduation day," Tsui said. "I'm just really happy for this team and playing in nationals will be really great. This team has worked really hard for this and I'm so excited."
Another grad, Lindsay McGetrick (+9), tied for 30th, Stephanie Pribonic (+14) tied for 55th and Cecily Overbey (+18) finished strong with a final-day round of even par 72.
Along with the Wolfpack, South Carolina, Northwestern, Alabama, LSU and Campbell will advance to the national tournament. Madelene Sagstrom (-8) of LSU was the top individual finisher and shot 70 or better in each round.
The Wolfpack will be one of 24 teams playing in the NCAA Women's Golf Championship May 22-27 at The Concession Golf Club in Bradenton, Fla. The final three days of the championship will be televised by Golf Channel.
NC STATE SCORING
T5th. Rachael Taylor (69-75-72--216)
T22nd. Vivian Tsui (75-78-71--224)
T30th. Lindsay McGetrick (72-77-76--225)
T55th. Stephanie Pribonic (74-76-80--230)
T72nd. Cecily Overbey (81-81-72--234)
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