{"id":119762,"date":"2021-04-28T20:12:38","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T00:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=119762"},"modified":"2021-04-28T20:12:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T00:12:38","slug":"ucf-womens-golf-earns-bid-to-ncaa-regionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-womens-golf-earns-bid-to-ncaa-regionals\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Women&#8217;s Golf Earns Bid to NCAA Regionals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UCF women&#8217;s golf team will compete as the No. 9 seed at the Louisville Regional at the DI Women&#8217;s Golf Championship, the NCAA announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>This will be UCF&#8217;s 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0regional appearance for the program, and the seventh in the last 10 seasons. Since Head Coach\u00a0Emily Marron took over the program during the 2012-13 season, the Knights have not missed an NCAA regional appearance.<\/p>\n<p>The women&#8217;s golf team becomes the sixth UCF squad to play in the postseason during 2020-21, joining the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-womens-basketball-punches-ticket-to-ncaa-tournament\/\">women&#8217;s basketball<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-volleyball-clinches-spot-at-ncaa-tournament-after-winning-aac-title\">volleyball<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-mens-soccer-reigns-as-back-to-back-to-back-aac-champion\/\">men&#8217;s soccer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-won-5-aac-championships-in-23-days\/\">men&#8217;s tennis and women&#8217;s tennis teams<\/a> with NCAA Tournament berths. The football team made its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-football-accepts-invitation-to-boca-raton-bowl\/\">fifth consecutive postseason bowl appearance<\/a> at the RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl.<\/p>\n<p>The women&#8217;s tennis team finished fourth at the 2021 American Women&#8217;s Golf Championship to earn an at-large bid. Following that performance, UCF had a pair of Knights named to the AAC Women&#8217;s Golf All-Conference team, as Tunrada Piddon and Ana Laura Collado picked up honors.<\/p>\n<p>The Knights will begin postseason play May 10 at the University of Louisville Golf Club in Simpsonville, Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the four regional championship sites will feature 54-holes, 18 teams and six individuals. The low six teams and the low three individuals from each regional will advance to the 2021 NCAA Division I Women&#8217;s Golf National Championships, to be held at Grayhawk Golf Club, in Scottsdale, Arizona, May 21-26. 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