[Women's Golf] Women's Golf | Alexa Rippy 1st Trevecca & G-MAC Golfer to advance to NCAA ...

CANTON, Ohio – Trevecca Nazarene University women's golfer Alexa Rippy moved up to 4th of 66 on the final day of the NCAA-II East Super Regional in the 2017 NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championships and in doing so advances to the NCAA Championships.

 

Rippy, who advanced to the regional three consecutive years, is the first Trojan to move on to the national championships in the NCAA Division II era. She is also the first golfer to represent the Great Midwest Athletic Conference at the NCAA D2 golf championships.

 

As an individual at the NCAA Regional Rippy needed to finish as one of the three top golfers not on one of the top three advancing teams. Rippy finished in the second of those three slots.  

 

Rippy, who set the Trevecca record with her 11th career win this year, shot a three-over 75 on Monday, a one-over par 73 on Tuesday, and did not leave any doubt with a one-under 71 on Wednesday. Rippy finished fourth overall in the field of 66.

 

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Wednesday's 71 ties Rippy for the third lowest round in program history and now one of four program rounds under par. Her tournament total of (75-73-71) 219 breaks the school-record for a 54-hole performance by four strokes. Alexa Rippy's 73 Tuesday tied her for the tenth best round in program history. Her (75-73) 148 through 36 holes tied for the fifth best two-round total in program history.

 

Alexa Rippy, winner of a school-record five tournaments this season, averaged the second best score on the par four holes (4.10, +3) for the tournament. Rippy also averaged the sixth lowest score on the par five holes (4.83, -2). The senior recorded the third highest birdies (9) and fifth most pars (36).

 

Her tournament performance dropped her school-record season average score to 74.90 per round.

 

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 (WEB). The 2017 NCAA Division II National Championship is scheduled for May 17-20 with the Findlay Oilers serving as the host to the 72 golfers. The 72-hole tournament will be held over four days, with one round each day.

 

Pilar Exheverria of the University of Indianapolis is the Medalist with a 71-70-73=214. The University of Indianapolis took home the team championship with a 290-293-292=875. Grand Valley State University (300-307-305=912) and the University of Missouri-St. Louis (312-298-308=918) also advanced. The other two individuals advancing as individuals with Rippy are Camden Morrison (72-72-73=217) of Franklin Pierce University and Alex Trask (73-76-77=226) of William Jewell College.

 

The record-setting Trojan golfer competed against the 12-team regional field (66 individuals) 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, conducted at the same time. The par-72 course played to 6,197 yards.

 

All 12 bids in each region were at-large with no automatic qualifiers for conference champions.

 

The Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course at Glenmoor features 10 holes with water challenges and greenside slopes and mounds that can be unpredictable.

 

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