Women's Golf Opens NCAA Regional Play

May 7, 2018 | Results

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By Dan Colleran

MADISON, Wis. — The Notre Dame women’s golf team opened NCAA Regional play by shooting a 299 in first round action on Monday at the University Ridge Golf Course in Madison, Wisconsin.

“The course played a lot different today than yesterday practice round due to the wind switching direction,” head coach Susan Holt said after the round. “We have now seen the course play two different ways so tomorrow we need to manage our games better to shoot some lower scores.”

Junior Emma Albrecht led the way for the Irish, carding an opening round 73, while her classmate Maddie Rose Hamilton was right behind with a 74.

“Emma and Maddie played really well,” Holt added. “If a few more putts would have dropped they could have both easily been under par.”

At one point Albrecht got her score to three-under par after making the turn at one under and then carding back-to-back birdies on the first and second holes (the Irish played the back nine first). She ultimately finished the day with four birdies, nine pars and five bogeys.

Hamilton had a consistent day for Notre Dame. After two bogeys and a par in her first three holes, the Louisville, Kentucky native had a birdie and a bogey the rest of the way to go along with 13 pars.

Playing in NCAA Regionals for the first time, freshman Abby Heck (75) and sophomore Mia Ayer (77) also scored for the Irish.

The 12th-seeded Irish will look to make up ground in Tuesday’s second round, with tee times starting at 8:54 a.m. CT. Notre Dame sits nine strokes outside of sixth place, with the top six teams advancing out of regional play to the NCAA Championships.

Virginia (279) and Duke (283) posted the two lowest team scores of the day, while Virginia’s Beth Lillie and Wisconsin’s Gabby Curtis are tied atop the player leaderboard after turning in opening round 67’s.

2018 NCAA MADISON REGIONAL — ROUND TWO

Dates: May 8, 2018

Format: 18 holes

Irish Tee Times (starting at No. 10): 8:54-9:30 a.m. CT Tuesday. Notre Dame will be paired with Purdue and Idaho.

Location: Madison, Wisconsin

Course (Par/Yardage): University Ridge Golf Course (par 72/ 6,313-yards)

Golf Club Website: http://www.universityridge.com/

Golf Course Layout: http://www.universityridge.com/assets/pdfs/URidgeMap.pdf

Notre Dame Lineup: Emma Albrecht, Maddie Rose Hamilton, Mia Ayer, Abby Heck, Isabella DiLisio.

Live Scoring: Golfstat.com

Twitter: @NDwomensGolf

NCAA OVERVIEW

• All told, 72 teams and 24 individuals were selected to compete at one of four NCAA regional sites, each featuring 18 teams and six individuals, May 7-9.
• The three additional 2018 sites include TPC Harding Park in San Francisco, California, hosted by Stanford University; the University of Texas Golf Club in Austin, Texas, hosted by the University of Texas and the Don Veller Seminole Golf Course & Club in Tallahassee, Florida, hosted by Florida State University.
• From regional competition, 24 teams and 12 individuals will advance to the national championships to be played May 18-23 at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

NOTRE DAME’S NCAA APPEARANCES (TEAM)

• 2004 — 17th (Normal, Illinois)
• 2005 — 18th (Lubbock, Texas)
• 2008 — 16th (Austin, Texas)
• 2009 — 16th (Columbus, Ohio)
• 2010 — 17th (Columbus, Indiana)
• 2011 — 5th (Notre Dame, Indiana)*
• 2012 — 15th (Columbus, Ohio)
• 2013 — t-15th (Auburn, Alabama)
• 2014 — 18th (Cle Elum, Washington)
• 2015 — 8th (South Bend, Indiana)
• 2016 — t-13th (Birmingham, Alabama)

* – Advanced to NCAA Championship

NOTRE DAME’S NCAA RECORDS BOOK

Best Team Finish

• Fifth place – 2011 (advanced to NCAA Championship)
• Eighth place – 2015

Low Team Score (54 holes)

• 894 — 2015
• 901 — 2011
• 908 — 2013

Low Team Round

• 292 — 2013 (first round)
• 293 — 2015 (second round)
• 298 — 2011 (third round)
• 298 — 2011 (first round)

Best Individual Finish

• Nicole Zhang (T-8th) — 2011
• Emma Albrecht (T-13th) — 2017**
• Kristina Nhim (T-14th) — 2011
• Becca Huffer (T-16th) — 2010
• Noriko Nakazaki (T-18th) — 2007***
• • **-competed as individual participant at 2017 NCAA Columbus Regional
  • *** – competed as individual participant at 2007 NCAA Central Regional

Low Individual Score(54 holes)

• 221 — Talia Campbell (2015)
• 221 — Jordan Ferreira (2015)
• 222 — Lindsey Weaver (2013)
• 223 — Talia Campbell (2013)
• 223 — Nicole Zhang (2011)

Low Individual Round

• 71 — Talia Campbell , 3rd round (2015)
• 71 — Talia Campbell, first round (2013)
• 71 — Nicole Zhang first round (2011)
• 72 — Shot by five players

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Dan Colleran, Director of Athletics Communications at the University of Notre Dame, has been a part of Fighting Irish Media since August 2015 and coordinates all media and publicity efforts surrounding the Notre Dame hockey and golf programs. A native of Walpole, Massachusetts, Colleran spent the previous three years working with the men’s hockey and soccer programs at Providence College. Colleran also spent two years as an Assistant Executive Director of Communications & Championships at the Ivy League and is a graduate of Providence College (’06 & ’08G).