Women's Golf Competes at NCAA Championship

May 17, 2007

UCI COMPETES AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP: With a fifth place finish at the West Regional, UCI advances to the NCAA Championship at the LPGA International Golf Course in Daytona Beach, Fla., May 22-25.

It is the program's second trip to the NCAA Championship in the six-year existence of the sport at UCI. The Anteaters finished 18th at the 2005 NCAA Finals.

The championship field also includes Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Auburn, BYU, Denver, Duke, Georgia, Indiana, Louisville, Michigan State, New Mexico, Oklahoma State, Pepperdine, Purdue, USC, Stanford, TCU, Tennessee, UCLA, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest. Six individuals also qualified by their performance at the regionals.

The tournament features 72 holes of championship competition, playing 18 each day.

UC IRVINE FINISHES FIFTH AT NCAA WEST REGIONAL: The Anteaters tied for fifth place in the NCAA West Regional at Entrada at Snow Canyon in St. George, Utah.

UCI and host BYU tied for fifth with a 54-hole total of 898. Oklahoma State and Stanford tied for first with a score of 874 in the 21-team field.

Junior Kim Lorenzana led the Anteaters, finishing 19th with a three-round score of 224 (74-73-77) on the par-71, 6,234-yard course. Freshman Henna Cho was 28th at 226 (77-77-72), freshman Patty Chawalitmetha placed 34th at 227 (72-78-77), junior Selaneé Henderson was 37th at 228 (73-80-75) and junior Jane Chin finished 63rd at 236 (76-74-86).

IN THE RANKINGS: UC Irvine is currently ranked No. 30 by Golfstat.com and leads the nation in Par 3 scoring (3.18). Selaneé Henderson is ranked second in Par 5 scoring (4.77) and fifth in Par 3 scoring (3.05) and subpar strokes per round (3.32). Kim Lorenzana is ninth in fairways hit at .885.