Women’s Golf: UVA opens NCAA Championships in 13th place

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

The No. 10 Virginia women’s golf team finished the first round of play at the NCAA Championships in 13th place after shooting 6-over 294 at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. Amanda Sambach and Megan Propeck each led the team shooting even-par 72.

No. 24 Vanderbilt leads the competition after shooting 6-under 282.

Sambach and Propeck finished the first round in a tie for 27th place individually. Sambach recorded a total of 16 pars, the second most of any player in the field, along with one birdie and one bogey. Propeck’s first round included 14 pars, a pair of birdies and two bogeys.

Rebecca Skoler and Jaclyn LaHa each shot 3-over 75 in their opening rounds. Kennedy Swedick finished at 5-over 77.

Virginia is making its 15th NCAA Championships appearance in the 22-year history of the program. UVA’s best finishes at the NCAAs were back-to-back fourth-place showings in 2011 and 2012. Last season the Cavaliers were in 28th place after 54 holes and did not advance to the final round of stroke play.

NCAA Championships
Omni La Costa Resort & Spa
Carlsbad, Calif.
Par 72, 6,297 yards
First Round Results

TEAM RESULTS

VIRGINIA RESULTS