KNOXVILLE, Tennessee – During the NCAA DI Women’s Golf Regional Selection Show on the Golf Channel on Wednesday afternoon, Tennessee women’s golf was revealed as the seventh seed in the Bermuda Run NCAA Regional.
“It’s a good regional site for us,” the Lady Vols’ third-season head coach Diana Cantú stated. “We have beaten some of the top-five seeds this year, so if we put three good rounds together, we will have a good chance of making it through.”
The Bermuda Run Golf Course in Bermuda Hills, North Carolina, will host the regional from May 6–8. The top five teams from each regional and the best player who isn’t on a team that advances will play in the NCAA Championship at Omni La Costa.
The history of Tennessee at the NCAA Regionals
The Lady Vols are making their 30th NCAA Regional participation overall with this, their second straight. Vanessa Gilly tied for ninth place in the previous season’s Westfield regional after Tennessee finished tied for seventh place with a third-round score of 67.
For the fifteenth time in their existence and for the first time since 2018–19, the Lady Vols will aim to make it to the NCAA tournament.
A recap of the season
For the first time since 2018–19, Tennessee has finished in the top 10 as a team in every event, including three top–five finishes. The victory percentage as of right now (.593) would be the greatest since.816% in 2014–15. Their best result since finishing second at the Liz Murphey Fall Collegiate was second at the Collegiate Invitational in February.
Come November 2020, e Classic. Cantú’s team is on course to break the school record for team round average, which was set previous season (291.03), with a current record of 289.44 after 11 matches. They have already recorded the most rounds at par or better in a single UT season with 68.
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