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Florida State All-American Lottie Woad shot a second consecutive score of 67 and is in first place in the individual standings, and the Seminole Women’s Golf team is in fourth place in the team standings after two rounds of the NCAA Las Vegas Regional Championship. The Seminoles begin the final day of play on Wednesday as one of top five teams in the regional – with the top five teams advancing to play in the NCAA Championship Finals.
Florida State sits in fourth place after the first two rounds of the championship. The top five teams in the regional championship after Wednesday’s third round advance to play in the NCAA Championship Finals at the Omni La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, Calif. (May 17-22). The Seminoles have advanced out of the regional stage to the championship finals stage in each of the last seven years the tournament has been held.
Arkansas, which took over the team lead from the Seminoles in the first round, held its lead after two rounds of play. The Razorbacks hold a four-stroke lead over Purdue and have a hold a 14-stroke lead over UCLA. The top five teams with one round remaining to be played are Arkansas (-16), Purdue (-12), UCLA (-2), Florida State (-1) and Baylor (+2). Oklahoma is in sixth place (the first team currently out) at +3. Woad is the individual leader with a one stroke lead over Kajal Mistry of Arkansas. Mistry led the individual race after the first round with a career-low score of 66.
“We didn’t play our best golf today, but we are still in the hunt,” said Head Coach Amy Bond. “The elements are going to play a role in tomorrow’s round so we have to take care of us and play like we know we can. We have to focus on the things we can control. We are going play Florida State golf until the last putt drops.”
Woad carded her second consecutive round of 5 under par golf and is in first place in the individual standings with a 10 under par total of 134. She carded five birdies and the third eagle of her Florida State career during the round. She went under par with a birdie on her second hole of the day and stayed below par for the remainder of the round. Woad carded two birdies on her first six holes and made the turn at 2 strokes under par. She was on fire to begin her back nine with an eagle and two birdies on her first four holes to move to six under. She closed the round with one birdie on her final five holes to finish at 67.
Woad’s consecutive scores of 67 and her two-round total of 134 tied her own personal record as well as the school-record for a 36-hole score. She also began the 2023 Schooner Fall Classic with score of 68-66 for a total of 134.
Woad enters the third and final round of the regional championship looking to become the fourth player in school history to win a regional championship. She would join Beatrice Wallin (first place at the 2022 Tallahassee Regional), Maria Salinas (tied for first place at the 2012 Columbus Regional) and Matilda Castren (tied for first place at the 2016 Shoal Creek Regional) as Florida State’s individual regional champions.
Woad begins play on Wednesday morning with a career stroke average of 70.54 – the best career stroke average in school history. She moved ahead of Seminole All-American Frida Kinhult who finished her career with a 70.60 career stroke average with her 67 in the second round of the Las Vegas Regional championship.
Senior Alice Hodge carded a 2 over par score of 74 and is in a tie for 17th place in the individual standings with a two-round total of 144. Hodge carded one birdie and 12 holes scored at par in the second round. Hodge is looking to earn her second career top-20 NCAA regional finish. She finished in a tie for third place in leading the Seminoles to the team championship at the 2022 Tallahassee Regional championship.
Sophomore Mirabel Ting (3 over par 75) and senior Charlotte Heath (4 over par 76) are in the top 40 of the individual standings with 18 holes left to be played. Ting is in a tie for 35th place and Heath is in a tie for 38th place.
Florida State will play with Baylor and Arizona starting at 11:00 a.m. EDT from hole no. 10 in Wednesday’s final round of play.
The Seminoles begin play in the final round looking to advance to the NCAA Championship finals for a school-record eighth consecutive tournament.
2024 NCAA Las Vegas Regional Championship/May 6-8, 2024
Spanish Trail Country Club/Las Vegas, Nevada/Par 72
4/12.-Florida State, 575
1.-Lottie Woad, 134
T17.-Alice Hodge, 144
T35.-Mirabel Ting, 148
T38.-Charlotte Heath, 149
65.-Kaylah Williams, 77
65.-Katherine Cook, 83
2024 NCAA Las Vegas Regional Championship/May 6-8, 2024
Spanish Trail Country Club/Las Vegas, Nevada/Par 72
1.-Arkansas, 560
2.-Purdue, 564
3.-UCLA, 574
4.-Florida State, 575
5.-Baylor, 578
6.-Oklahoma, 579
7.-Arizona, 581
8-.California, 589
T9.-Colorado State, 594
T9.-Kent State, 594
11.-Dartmouth, 611
12.-Xavier, 612
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