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Alabama Women's Golf Team Advances to Nationals After Cancelation of Baton Rouge Regional
5/12/2021 2:40:00 PM | Women's Golf
Play at the Baton Rouge Regional was postponed for two days before the event was canceled
BATON ROUGE La. – The sixth-seeded Alabama women's golf team will advance to the NCAA Championship (May 21-26) in Scottsdale, Ariz.
After two days of play being postponed, the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional was canceled Wednesday afternoon due to weather and course conditions. Since a round of golf was unable to be completed, the regional's top six seeds automatically advance to the NCAA Championships, as well as the top three individuals from non-advancing teams.
Statement from NCAA Division I Women's Golf Committee Statement – Baton Rouge Regional
The NCAA Division I Women's Golf Committee regrets that the 2021 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships regional in Baton Rouge could not be conducted as scheduled this week. The University Club has taken on over 7 inches of rain in the past several days. The Division I Women's Golf Committee, NCAA staff and the Games Committee in Baton Rouge have been in constant communication throughout the past several days about the course conditions that have led to this unprecedented and most difficult decision.
Committee policy states that since play could not take place Wednesday, advancement will be determined by the original seeding of teams used for selection to the 2021 championship, with the top six teams and top three individuals, not on an advancing team, going to the national championships. Those teams and individuals are as follows:
- Advancing teams: LSU, Ole Miss, Baylor, Oregon, Maryland, Alabama
- Advancing individuals: Karen Fredgaard (Houston), Nataliya Guseva (Miami), Hanna Alberto (Sam Houston)
This marks head coach Mic Potter's 14th NCAA Championship appearance during his tenure at Alabama, including capturing the school's first national title in 2012 in Franklin, Tenn.
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