[Women's Golf] Women's Golf | Trevecca's Rippy Fifth at NCAA Regional; Final Round Wednesday
CANTON, Ohio – Alexa Rippy of the Trevecca Nazarene University women's golf team moved up to 5th of 66 after first round play at the NCAA-II East Super Regional in the 2017 NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championships.
Rippy, who set the Trevecca record with her 11th career win this year, followed her three-over par 75 during Monday's opening round with a one-over par 73 on Tuesday. In doing the three-time Great Midwest Athletic Conference Tournament Medalist moved up five spots to fifth overall in the field of 66.
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Alexa Rippy will tee off at 8:20 AM (Central) from hole #1 to start Wednesday's final round. You can follow her action live here (LIVE SCORING)
Alexa Rippy's 73 today ties her for the ninth best round in program history. Her (75-73) 148 through 36 holes is tied for the fifth best two-round total in program history.
Alexa Rippy, who has a record five wins this season, is averaging one-under par (4.88) on the par five holes which is good enough to place her sixth overall in the field. Rippy is tied for fourth in scoring (4.20) with a four-over par total on the par four holes and is tied for 13th on the par three holes with a one-over par total (3.13).
The three-time Great Midwest tournament Medalist scored three birdies each day and her six total through two rounds places her fourth in the field while her 23 pars positions her sixth among the 66 golfers.
Katharina Keilch of the University of Indianapolis is leading the field with a 70-70=140 while teammate Pilar Exheverria is second with a 71-70=141. Fellow individual Camden Morrison of Franklin Pierce University is third with a 72-72-144 and Maria Sol Pose of Grand Valley State University is fourth, just ahead of Rippy, with a 70-75=145.
Rippy is just ahead of another individual, Alex Trask of William Jewell College who carded a 73-76=149.
The record-setting Trojan golfer is competing against a 12-team regional field (66 individuals) playing at the Glenmoor Country Club (web), a Jack Nicklaus Signature Course, in Canton, Ohio, May 8-10, 2017. It is one of four regionals, hosted by future G-MAC member Walsh University, being conducted over the same weekend. The par-72 course is 6,197 yards long.
The three-day, 54-hole tournament, will send the top three teams along with the top-three individuals (not with an advancing team) to the national championships. All 12 bids in each region are at-large with no automatic qualifiers for conference champions. The top three teams along with the top three individuals not with a team from each super regional will advance to the NCAA Championships.
The Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course at Glenmoor features 10 holes with water challenges and greenside slopes and mounds that can be unpredictable.
The NCAA Division II Women's Golf National Championships (web home) will be hosted by future G-MAC member University of Findlay at the Findlay Country Club. The 2017 NCAA Division II National Championship will take place on May 17-20 with the Oilers serving as the host to the 72 golfers.
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