Colorado University Athletics
Colorado Advances To NCAAs, Opens Play In San Francisco Regional
April 25, 2018 | Women's Golf
Buffs Make Fifth Straight NCAA Appearance
BOULDER – The University of Colorado is the seventh seed in the San Francisco Regional of the 2018 NCAA Women's Golf Championship.
Colorado is one of 18 teams set to compete at the Par 72, 6,369-yard TPC Harding Park, May 7-9. Stanford will serve has host of the regional which consists of 54 holes; 18 holes each day.
Colorado makes its fifth-straight NCAA Regional appearance and eighth overall. The Buffaloes, ranked No. 19 by Golfweek and No. 25 by Golfstat, are coming off a sixth-place finish at the 2018 Pac-12 Conference Championship.
"I'm happy for them," Colorado head coach Anne Kelly said. "We felt like we were going to regionals for most of the year. We are excited it's in California; we play a lot in Northern California, and we're familiar with the conditions. It's a good selection."
Five Pac-12 Conference teams are heading to the Stanford Regional. Pac-12 champion UCLA is the top seed while the host Cardinal are second. No. 11 California and No. 14 Oregon round out the Pac-12 attendees.
"It's a tough region, a lot of good teams in there," Kelly said. "We're going to have to bring our A-game for sure."
The top six teams from the four NCAA regionals, plus the low three individuals not on one of those teams, will advance to the 2018 NCAA Finals at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Okla., May 18-23. The other regionals are at the University of Texas Golf Club in Austin, Texas, the University Ridge Golf Course in Madison, Wis., and the Seminole Golf Course & Club in Tallahassee, Fla.
Colorado will be looking for its second NCAA Finals appearance. The Buffaloes have come oh-so-close the last two seasons, finishing seventh in their regional, missing out on advancing by a single stroke both years.
"We have a bit of a chip on our shoulder," Kelly said. "We've missed the finals by one shot, two years in a row. It was very heartbreaking for all of us last year, and I think they're very determined to make it through this year."
Colorado will be led by senior Brittany Fan who will become the second Buff to play in four NCAA Regional events, joining Jenny Coleman (2011-14). Fan tied for seventh at the Pac-12 Championship with her 1-under, 215, tying for the fourth-best 54-hole conference performance in team history.
"We were hoping for either San Francisco or Wisconsin," Fan said. "Not that we can't play the other sites, but we prefer to have one of those areas just because the type of courses and grass we play on, so we were excited for San Francisco.
"We've done a lot of the preparation already, and once you've prepped for the tournament, you kind of just take what you prepped (out) to the course, and I think the rest is mental. We need to go in thinking of this as just another tournament, it's 'you vs. the course,' and not think about other teams."
Colorado is one of 18 teams set to compete at the Par 72, 6,369-yard TPC Harding Park, May 7-9. Stanford will serve has host of the regional which consists of 54 holes; 18 holes each day.
Colorado makes its fifth-straight NCAA Regional appearance and eighth overall. The Buffaloes, ranked No. 19 by Golfweek and No. 25 by Golfstat, are coming off a sixth-place finish at the 2018 Pac-12 Conference Championship.
"I'm happy for them," Colorado head coach Anne Kelly said. "We felt like we were going to regionals for most of the year. We are excited it's in California; we play a lot in Northern California, and we're familiar with the conditions. It's a good selection."
Five Pac-12 Conference teams are heading to the Stanford Regional. Pac-12 champion UCLA is the top seed while the host Cardinal are second. No. 11 California and No. 14 Oregon round out the Pac-12 attendees.
"It's a tough region, a lot of good teams in there," Kelly said. "We're going to have to bring our A-game for sure."
The top six teams from the four NCAA regionals, plus the low three individuals not on one of those teams, will advance to the 2018 NCAA Finals at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Okla., May 18-23. The other regionals are at the University of Texas Golf Club in Austin, Texas, the University Ridge Golf Course in Madison, Wis., and the Seminole Golf Course & Club in Tallahassee, Fla.
Colorado will be looking for its second NCAA Finals appearance. The Buffaloes have come oh-so-close the last two seasons, finishing seventh in their regional, missing out on advancing by a single stroke both years.
"We have a bit of a chip on our shoulder," Kelly said. "We've missed the finals by one shot, two years in a row. It was very heartbreaking for all of us last year, and I think they're very determined to make it through this year."
Colorado will be led by senior Brittany Fan who will become the second Buff to play in four NCAA Regional events, joining Jenny Coleman (2011-14). Fan tied for seventh at the Pac-12 Championship with her 1-under, 215, tying for the fourth-best 54-hole conference performance in team history.
"We were hoping for either San Francisco or Wisconsin," Fan said. "Not that we can't play the other sites, but we prefer to have one of those areas just because the type of courses and grass we play on, so we were excited for San Francisco.
"We've done a lot of the preparation already, and once you've prepped for the tournament, you kind of just take what you prepped (out) to the course, and I think the rest is mental. We need to go in thinking of this as just another tournament, it's 'you vs. the course,' and not think about other teams."
2018 NCAA San Francisco Regional (In Seed Order)
1. *UCLA
2. Stanford
3. South Carolina
4. *Kent State
5. Oklahoma State
6. North Carolina
7. Colorado
8. Louisville
9. North Carolina State
10. Mississippi
11. California
12. San Diego State
13. Pepperdine
14. Oregon
15. *Long Beach State
16. *Grand Canyon
17. *Princeton
18. *Fairleigh Dickinson
* - Conference Champion
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