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USF Women's Golf Ready for 2010 NCAA West Regional Beginning Thursday at Stanford Golf Course
May 5, 2010
(San Francisco) - USF women's golf is set for the 2010 NCAA West Regional beginning Thursday, May 6 at the Stanford Golf Course. The Dons look forward to the eighth NCAA postseason berth in program history and the third in four seasons.
San Francisco enters NCAA Regional play ranked No. 41 in the current GolfStat.com poll and No. 39 in the GolfWeek.com poll. Dons head coach Sarah Huarte believes her experienced squad is ready to compete in a talent-laden field.
"We've had two and a half weeks to prepare for NCAA West Regionals and I feel that the team is ready," Huarte said. "We have had our sights set on playing at the National Championship since the beginning of the season and the girls have worked hard to prepare for this single event. Also, we are lucky with the location as it feels like a home event for us. It will be great to have a lot of support out there cheering us on."
SENIORS SOUND OFF: USF's senior class of Danielle Cvitanov, Natasha Podmore and Christina Stockton each sat down with USFDons.com for a video interview this week. All three discussed their goals for the 2010 NCAA West Regional, memories of their first postseason and biggest highlights on the golf course while representing the Green and Gold. Scroll to the bottom of the page for the interviews or click here for the official USF Athletics YouTube page: USFDonsAthletics
NCAA WEST REGIONAL FIELD:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado State, Idaho, Iowa State, Louisiana State, Maryland, Ohio State, Oral Roberts, Penn, Portland State, San Francisco, San Jose State, Stanford, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas State, UC Davis, UC Irvine, UCLA, UNLV, Virginia.
Individuals: Amy Anderson (North Dakota State), Teresa Puga (Minnesota) and Ellen Mueller (Oklahoma) will be competing as individuals in the event.
TEE TIMES:
Teams will tee off on holes No. 1 and No. 10 all three days beginning at 8:00 a.m. The last tee time is scheduled for 2:09 p.m. on Thursday and Saturday and 2:11 p.m. on Friday. Teams will play 18 holes each day. For Thursday's opening round, San Francisco will tee off on No. 1 beginning at 12:30 PM.
USF NCAA WEST REGIONAL LINEUP
Emily Chiu - First NCAA RegionalDanielle Cvitanov - Third NCAA Regional
Tinna Johannsdottir - Second NCAA Regional
Natasha Podmore - Third NCAA Regional
Christina Stockton - Third NCAA Regional
LIVE SCORING: GOLFSTAT
LIVE TWITTER COVERAGE: WestRegionals Tournament host Stanford will provide continuous, live updates on weather, course conditions, and hole locations for the 2010 NCAA West Regional. Check the page for links to video content on YouTube - such as highlights, player and coach post-round interviews, and course information.
ABOUT THE STANFORD GOLF COURSE: http://stanfordgolfcourse.com/
NCAA WOMEN'S GOLF TOURNAMENT FORMAT: Once in regional play, the top eight teams at each of the three regional sites qualify for the NCAA Nationals May 18-21 at the Country Club of Landfall, hosted by North Carolina. The Dons seek their first ever trip to nationals.
USF WOMEN'S GOLF - 2009-10 SEASON IN BRIEF: San Francisco enjoyed a strong 2009-10 regular season. The Dons posted five top-five finishes out of 10 events it competed in and closed the season with back-to-back runner-up showings at the Anteater Invitational and the 2010 West Coast Conference Championship.
USF also recorded a runner-up finish at the Challenge at Onion Creek and set a new program 54-hole tournament record in the process, finishing the event with a 2-over par 842. The Dons turned in the second best team stroke average in program history (300.87).
