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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
NCAA Championships
Women’s Golf Primed for NCAA Championship
5/20/2021 | Women's Golf
Rebels Set to Make Third Straight Appearance at NCAA Championship
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The fifth-ranked Ole Miss women's golf team will make its third consecutive appearance in the NCAA Championship this weekend as the Rebels are set to begin championship play Friday morning at the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona.
The 132-person field is comprised of 24 teams. Additionally, 12 women not on those already qualified teams will compete with the field for the individual championship.
Players will first compete in three 18-hole rounds of stroke play competition Friday through Sunday. Following the third round, the field will be cut to the top 15 teams and top nine individuals not on an advancing team for Monday.
Monday's fourth round of stroke play will take place, at which point the individual national champion will be crowned. Also following the fourth round, the field will be cut to the top eight teams to move on to the match play bracket beginning Tuesday, which will be seeded in order of finish in stroke play.
A knockout match play competition will then take place to determine the team national champion. Quarterfinal and semifinal match play rounds will be held Tuesday, May 25, with the Championship to be on Wednesday, May 26.
GOLF Channel will provide live coverage for the final three days of the championships. Coverage will feature individual stroke play national championship and the team match play semifinals and finals.
| TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE |
-- Saturday, May 22 – 18 holes (8:30-9:14 a.m. CT)
-- Sunday, May 23 – 18 holes
-- Monday, May 24 – 18 holes (Top 15 teams make cut for final round of stroke play)
-- Tuesday, May 25 – Quarterfinals & Semifinals (Match Play)
-- Wednesday, May 26 – Championship (Match Play)
| THE LINEUP |
-- Second-team All-SEC selection
-- No. 11 in the SEC with 72.68 stroke average this season
-- Ranked No. 29 individually in NCAA by Golfweek and No. 37 by Golfstat
-- Has tallied six top 20 finishes this season
-- Finished third at Heroes Ladies Intercollegiate (68-69-73—210)
-- Registered co-medalist honors at the East Lake Cup to end fall season
-- Finished fifth 2020 U.S. Women's Amateur
Andrea Lignell (So.)
-- No. 16 in the SEC with 73.28 stroke average
-- Tied for 10th place at Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic (73-75-72—220)
-- Finished tied for eighth at Gators Invitational after career-best 67 during second round
-- Tallied a 15th place finish at both the Heroes Ladies Intercollegiate and the East Lake Cup
-- Registered an 11th place finish in first tourney of the season at The Blessings Collegiate
-- Three top-10 and nine top-20 finishes in 14 career tournaments
-- 2019-20 SEC All-Freshman Team
Julia Johnson (Sr.)
-- Leads team and No. 4 in the SEC with 71.32 stroke average
-- Ranked No. 8 individually in NCAA by Golfstat and No. 10 by Golfweek
-- Has registered seven straight top-10 finishes
-- Earned runner-up honors in four tourney this year (SEC Championship, Heroes Ladies, Gators Invite, LSU Classic)
-- Her 9-under, 207 in Sarasota tied for the third-lowest 54-hole score in program history
-- Been in lineup all 43 team tournaments since arriving on campus
Chiara Tamburlini (So.)
-- 73.95 stroke average this season
-- Has tallied three top 20 finishes this season
-- Tied career-low with a 69 during the second round at Heroes Ladies Intercollegiate
-- Registered third top 10 finish with a seventh finish at the East Lake Cup
-- Tied for team-best round of 70 (-2) during final round at The Ally
-- Has registered two top-five finishes in 11 career tournaments
Ellen Hume (Jr.)
-- 73.95 stroke average this season
-- Finished tied for 13th at SEC Championship (68-70-71—209)
-- Battling bicep injury
-- Won the Sally Amateur Championship over the winter break
-- Earned co-medalist honors at the East Lake Cup to end fall team season
-- Led team with 12th place finish at The Ally (70-73-73—216)
Smilla Sonderby (Fr.)
-- 76.17 stroke average this season in three collegiate tournaments
-- Arrived on campus at the start of the spring season
-- Member of the Danish Ladies' National Team since 2019
-- Competed in two European Girls' Team Championships and one European Nations' Cup
-- Member of the Danish team that placed third at the 2020 European Team Championships
| THE TEAMS |
#22 Arizona
#10 Arizona State
#15 Auburn
#12 Baylor
#2 Duke
#9 Florida State
#11 Georgia
#28 Kentucky
#16 Kent State
#3 LSU
#20 Maryland
#23 Michigan
#30 Michigan State
#7 Oklahoma State
#5 Ole Miss
#13 Oregon
#8 Southern California
#1 South Carolina
#6 Stanford
#17 Texas
#21 UCLA
#14 Virginia Tech
#4 Wake Forest
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