Women’s Golf Readies for Baton Rouge Regional

OXFORD, Miss. – The No. 5 Ole Miss women's golf team travels to Baton Rouge for the NCAA Regionals beginning on Monday.

It's the 12^th time in program history that the Rebels have qualified for a regional.

The Baton Rouge Regional includes No. 1 seed and host LSU, as well as SEC foes join Mississippi State and Alabama. The top six teams will advance to the NCAA Championship, May 21-26, at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

-- Monday, May 10 – 18 holes (8:00-8:40 a.m. CT)
-- Tuesday, May 11 – 18 holes
-- Wednesday, May 12 – 18 holes

THE LINEUP

Kennedy Swann (Sr.)
-- Second-team All-SEC selection
-- No. 11 in the SEC with 72.68 stroke average this season
-- Ranked No. 32 individually in NCAA by Golfstatm and No. 34 by Golfweek
-- 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. 17 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. 9 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 FIELD

1. LSU
2. Ole Miss
3. Baylor
4. Oregon
5. Maryland
6. Alabama
7. Oregon State
8. Houston
9. Miami
10. North Texas
11. Purdue
12. Mississippi State
13. Tulsa
14. Sam Houston State
15. Kennesaw State
16. East Tennessee State
17. Jacksonville State
18. Quinnipiac

LAST TIME OUT

The Ole Miss women's golf team fell in the quarterfinals of the SEC Championship after earning the No. 4 seed headed into match play in Birmingham, Alabama. Senior Julia Johnson finished at 11-under (67-70-68—205) and tied for fifth place individually. It marked the 15th top 5 finish of her career, a new program-best passing Sarah Britt's mark of 14 set from 1989-93. Ellen Hume shot 7-under for the tournament (68-70-71—209) and finished tied for 13th place.

THE COURSE

The University Club is a 6,350-yard par 72 championship caliber course designed by David Toms and Jim Lipe and is home to both the LSU men's and women's teams. It was designed to challenge the best while offering a course that members can enjoy daily. The design team took advantage of the natural topography keeping in mind the Louisiana Wetlands that surround this challenging design.

POSTSEASON SUCCESS

The trip to the Baton Rouge marks Ole Miss' 12^th NCAA Regional appearance and third straight. The Rebels earned the No. 2 seed in the Baton Rouge Regional, the highest seed ever in program history. The Rebels have qualified for the last two NCAA Championships, with a third place showing at the Stanford Regional in 2018 and sixth in 2019 in Norman, Oklahoma.

OLE MISS DUO EARNS ALL-SEC ACCOLADES

Two Ole Miss women's golfers earned SEC postseason recognition last week. Voted on by the conference coaches, Julia Johnson was selected to the first team, while senior Kennedy Swann earned second-team honors. Macy Somoskey also earned a spot on the SEC Community Service team. It marked the second straight year Johnson has received first-team All-SEC accolades.

REBELS IN THE POLLS

Ole Miss currently ranks No. 5 nationally in the Golfstat Team Rankings and No. 6 in the Golfweek/Sagarin College Rankings. The Rebels have been ranked inside the top 10 all season long, ranking as high as a program-best No. 2 back in November.

JOHNSON NAMED TO ARNOLD PALMER CUP TEAM

For the second straight year, Ole Miss' Julia Johnson has been selected to represent the United States in the Arnold Palmer Cup. The annual Ryder Cup-style competition will be played June 11-13 at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Illinois. Johnson is one of 24 golfers (12 male, 12 female) that will compete for the United States. The full International and United States teams were announced Tuesday morning by the Golf Channel. Three Rebels have been selected to participate in the event (Braden Thornberry, 2018; Jonathan Randolph, 2010), but Johnson becomes the first to be selected twice for the competition.

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Players Mentioned

Ellen Hume

Julia Johnson

Andrea Lignell

Macy Somoskey

Smilla Sonderby

Kennedy Swann

Chiara Tamburlini

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