Gators Focus Sends Them to NCAA Championships

Wednesday, May 8

Norman, OK

Florida Gators

NCAA Regional

Gators Focus Sends Them to NCAA Championships

Wednesday, May 8, 2019 | Women's Golf

By: Lucy Berres

NORMAN, Okla. – The Florida women's golf team advances to their 28th NCAA National Championship in program history.

Led by sophomore Elin Esborn, the Gators finished regional play in a tie for second place with Wake Forest, behind the top seed Texas. Esborn finished T5 and three-under in the field of 96. Junior Sierra Brooks was one stroke behind Esborn, finishing T8. Junior Marta Perez finished inside the top 15 as well, coming in at 14th and one-under for the tournament.

This is the sixth time in head coach Emily Bastel Glaser's seven seasons at Florida that the Gators will compete in the NCAA Championships. UF's best finish under Glaser came in 2017 when the Gators advanced to the quarterfinals of match play before falling to the eventual national champion, Arizona State.

Coach's Take
On the team's performance…
"We accomplished our goal this week and that was to advance to Nationals. We did a great job this week of controlling the things we could and managing our emotions. Even today when we didn't execute quite as well we stayed in it mentally and that will bode well for us in Arkansas." – Head Coach Emily Glaser

On Esborn's performance…
"It was really a team effort this week and Elin was a bright spot for us. She is a gamer and she brought a great energy this week, the best I've seen all year." – Coach Glaser

On heading to Arkansas…
We are looking forward to Arkansas. We are a more mature team than we were one year ago in Stillwater and I'm excited to see what we can do." – Coach Glaser

Final Scores
Team

1	Texas, University of	855	-9
T2	Florida	864	E
T2	Wake Forest	864	E
4	Purdue	866	+2
5	Arizona State	868	+4
6	Ole Miss	871	+7
7	Texas Tech	874	+10
8	Oklahoma	876	+12
T9	Mississippi St. U.	881	+17
T9	North Carolina State	881	+17
11	Virginia Tech	883	+19
12	TCU	888	+24
13	Texas A&M	900	+36
14	UTSA	903	+39
15	Pepperdine	904	+40
16	Sam Houston State	918	+54
17	UNC Wilmington	921	+57
18	Fairleigh Dickinson	963	+99

Florida Players

T5 Elin Esborn	-3	213
T8 Sierra Brooks	-2	214
14 Marta Perez	-1	215
45 Addie Baggarly	+6	222
T59 Clara Manzalini	+11	227

Up Next
The Gators will play in their 28th NCAA Championship next week in Fayetteville, Arkansas at Blessings Golf Club. The first three stroke play rounds will be Friday, May 17-Sunday May 19. A fourth round of stroke play will be Monday, May 20 with the top 15 teams. The top eight teams from Monday's round will advance to match play Tuesday, May 21 and Wednesday May 22. Live coverage of the final stroke play round and the semifinals and championships of match play will air on the Golf Channel.