Gators Focus Sends Them to NCAA Championships
Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Gators Focus Sends Them to NCAA Championships

The Florida women's golf team advances to their 28th NCAA National Championship in program history.
NORMAN, Okla. – The Florida women's golf team advances to their 28th NCAA National Championship in program history.
 
Led by sophomore Elin Esborn, the Gators finished regional play in a tie for second place with Wake Forest, behind the top seed Texas. Esborn finished T5 and three-under in the field of 96. Junior Sierra Brooks was one stroke behind Esborn, finishing T8. Junior Marta Perez finished inside the top 15 as well, coming in at 14th and one-under for the tournament.
 
This is the sixth time in head coach Emily Bastel Glaser's seven seasons at Florida that the Gators will compete in the NCAA Championships. UF's best finish under Glaser came in 2017 when the Gators advanced to the quarterfinals of match play before falling to the eventual national champion, Arizona State.
 
Coach's Take
On the team's performance…
"We accomplished our goal this week and that was to advance to Nationals. We did a great job this week of controlling the things we could and managing our emotions. Even today when we didn't execute quite as well we stayed in it mentally and that will bode well for us in Arkansas." – Head Coach Emily Glaser
 
On Esborn's performance…
"It was really a team effort this week and Elin was a bright spot for us. She is a gamer and she brought a great energy this week, the best I've seen all year." – Coach Glaser
 
On heading to Arkansas…
We are looking forward to Arkansas. We are a more mature team than we were one year ago in Stillwater and I'm excited to see what we can do." – Coach Glaser
 
Final Scores
Team
 
1 Texas, University of 855 -9
T2 Florida 864 E
T2 Wake Forest 864 E
4 Purdue 866 +2
5 Arizona State 868 +4
6 Ole Miss 871 +7
7 Texas Tech 874 +10
8 Oklahoma 876 +12
T9 Mississippi St. U. 881 +17
T9 North Carolina State 881 +17
11 Virginia Tech 883 +19
12 TCU 888 +24
13 Texas A&M 900 +36
14 UTSA 903 +39
15 Pepperdine 904 +40
16 Sam Houston State 918 +54
17 UNC Wilmington 921 +57
18 Fairleigh Dickinson 963 +99
 
 
Florida Players
T5 Elin Esborn -3 213
T8 Sierra Brooks -2 214
14 Marta Perez -1 215
45 Addie Baggarly +6 222
T59 Clara Manzalini +11 227
 

Up Next
The Gators will play in their 28th NCAA Championship next week in Fayetteville, Arkansas at Blessings Golf Club. The first three stroke play rounds will be Friday, May 17-Sunday May 19. A fourth round of stroke play will be Monday, May 20 with the top 15 teams. The top eight teams from Monday's round will advance to match play Tuesday, May 21 and Wednesday May 22. Live coverage of the final stroke play round and the semifinals and championships of match play will air on the Golf Channel.  
 
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