Wednesday, April 29, 1998
Team prepares to tee off at NCAA regionals
W.GOLF: To repeat a trip to championship, UCLA must place at
least 11th
By David Arnold
Daily Bruin Contributor
The season goes on for the UCLA women’s golf team. Following up
on their fourth-place finish in the Pac-10 Championships, the
Bruins now prepare to compete in the NCAA West Regionals on May
7-9.
Last year, the Bruins advanced all the way to the NCAA finals.
Of the five players that earned the Bruins their fifth place at the
nationals, only two remain: senior Amandine Vincent and sophomore
Alexandra Gasser.
Vincent is ranked among the top 10 in the Far West Division in
this week’s Mastercard Collegiate Golf Rankings. The senior also
ranks 20th in the nation, compiling 167.500 points.
Vincent isn’t the only nationally ranked Bruin. Sophie Sandolo
made the top 100 with 36.250 points to earn herself the 99th spot
in the country.
Overall UCLA is ranked 20th in the country with 110.102 points.
Pac-10 champions Arizona ranks first in the nation with
331.020.
UCLA improved with each round of the Pac-10 Tournament shooting
311 in the first round, 305 in the second and 300 in the final
round.
This year’s West Regionals will be hosted by Stanford, upon
whose golf course the Bruins have already competed this year during
the Stanford Intercollegiates, April 11-12.
In order to repeat last year’s NCAA Championships appearance,
the Bruins need to finish among the top 11 at the regionals. This
bodes well for UCLA, whose last finish of the year was 11th, and
that was back in September.