May 7, 2011
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - The Auburn women's golf team concluded its 2010-11 season Saturday at the NCAA East Regional Championship, finishing 13th with a 39-over-par 903. The Tigers carded a 14-over 302 in the final round of the tournament.
The NCAA East Regional was one of three qualifying tournaments for the NCAA Championship, set for May 18-21 at the Traditions Club at Texas A&M in College Station, Texas. The top eight teams from each of the three regionals will advance to the NCAA Championship.
The NCAA Central Regional is taking place at Warren Golf Course, hosted by Notre Dame University in South Bend, Indiana, while the NCAA West Regional is being played at the Washington National Golf Club in Auburn, Wash., hosted by the University of Washington.
"It is a disappointing way to finish the season, but we had a lot of success this year, including the SEC Championship, and some bright spots for the future," said Auburn head coach Kim Evans. "We will say goodbye to a great player in Cydney Clanton, who will go down as one of the best ever for Auburn. But, we have some very good players returning next year and we are excited about what we saw out of them this year."
Clanton, a native of Concord, N.C., was the top Tiger at the tournament, carding a final-round 72 to tie for 31st with a 6-over 222.
Five strokes behind Clanton were freshman Marta Sanz and junior Haley Wilson in a tie for 52nd with 11-over 227s. Sanz carded a 4-over 76 on Saturday while Wilson posted a 6-over 78.
Junior Patricia Sanz tied for 69th, submitting a final-round 77 to finish with a 14-over 230. Just one stroke behind her was sophomore Carlie Yadloczky in a tie for 78th. She also carded a final-round 77 to finish with a 150-over 231.
In the team race, Alabama took the regional title with a 2-over 866, followed by North Carolina (868), Arizona State (871), Coastal Carolina (876) and California (878) in the top five. Defending NCAA Champion Purdue took sixth with a 15-over 879 while Florida placed seventh with a 16-over 880.
Vanderbilt and Florida State tied for the eighth and final spot in the NCAA Championship with 26-over 890s. The Commodores defeated the Seminoles in a playoff to advance to the Championship.
Individually, Alabama's Stephanie Meadow took the regional title with a 9-under 207, followed by runner-up Pia Halbig (California) with a 3-under 213. Jessica Alexander (Coastal Carolina), Jessica Negron (Florida State) and Daniela Ordonez (Arizona State) all tied for third even-par 216s.
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Final results from the NCAA East Regional Championship hosted by Stetson University at the LPGA International Legends Course. Par: 72. Yardage: 6,271.
TEAM RESULTS
1 - Alabama - 287-284-295--866 (+2)
2 - North Carolina - 293-282-293--868 (+4)
3 - Arizona State - 295-288-288--871 (+7)
4 - Coastal Carolina - 286-298-292--876 (+12)
5 - California - 290-295-293--878 (+14)
6 - Purdue - 295-285-299--879 (+15)
7 - Florida - 298-297-285--880 (+16)
*T8 - Vanderbilt - 302-295-293--890 (+26)
T8 - Florida State - 297-295-298--890 (+26)
10 - Texas Christian - 302-297-294--893 (+29)
11 - Michigan State - 297-299-298--894 (+30)
12 - Louisville - 301-302-296--899 (+35)
13 - Auburn - 302-299-302--903 (+39)
14 - Mississippi - 303-293-310--906 (+42)
15 - North Carolina-Wilmington - 304-308-302--914 (+50)
16 - Texas Tech - 316-303-298--917 (+53)
17 - Augusta State - 302-302-314--918 (+54)
18 - Colorado - 306-307-306--919 (+55)
19 - Stetson - 304-309-312--925 (+61)
20 - Kentucky - 306-309-312--927 (+63)
21 - Florida International - 311-301-317--929 (+65)
22 - Yale - 310-309-311--930 (+66)
23 - Fairleigh Dickinson - 312-324-323--959 (+95)
24 - Alabama State - 334-334-337--1005 (+141)
* - Vanderbilt defeated Florida State in the playoff for the eighth spot
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
T31 - Cydney Clanton - 77-73-72--222 (+6)
T52 - Marta Sanz - 73-78-76--227 (+11)
T52 - Haley Wilson - 75-74-78--227 (+11)
T69 - Patricia Sanz - 77-76-77--230 (+14)
T78 - Carlie Yadloczky - 78-76-77--231 (+15)