Wake Forest Athletics
Women's Golf Central: NCAA Tallahassee Regional
5/6/2018 12:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
| Tournament Central • NCAA Tallahassee Regional | |
| Dates | May 7-9, 2018 |
| Location | Don Veller Seminole Golf Course & Club (Tallahassee, Fla.) Par-72, 6,342 yards Weather | Course Info |
| Scoring/Info | GolfStat.com |
| Field (Golfstat Ranking) | Alabama (2), Furman (7), Arizona (10), Washington (15), Wake Forest (18), Vanderbilt (22), Florida State (28), Clemson (29), Georgia (34), Tennessee (39), UNLV (42), Kennesaw State (45), Denver (51), Coastal Carolina (55), Missouri (57), College of Charleston (97), Richmond (138), Albany (174) |
| WF Lineup | 1. Jennifer Kupcho 2. Emilia Migliaccio 3. Mai Dechathipat 4. Siyun Liu 5. Monica Schumacher |
| Info | @WakeWGolf  | Tournament Notes |
DEACS TRAVEL TO FLORIDA FOR NCAA REGIONAL
• Wake Forest will compete at the 2018 Tallahassee Regional, hosted by Florida State
• The Deacs are looking for a top-six finish that would qualify them for the NCAA Championships, held later this month in Stillwater, Okla.
NCAA REGIONAL HISTORY
• Wake Forest has qualified for and has been selected to the NCAA Regionals every year since the NCAA switched to the regional format in 1993
• Out of the Demon Deacons' 25 previous appearances at the NCAA Regionals, Wake has advanced on to the NCAA Championships 14 times, including six out of the last 12 seasons
• Wake Forest won the East Regional in both 1994 and 1995, overcoming three-shot deficits on the final day in both tournaments
• Last season, the Deacs finished 15th at the Athens Regional, but Jennifer Kupcho was the tournament medalist to advance as an individual to the NCAA Championships, where she finished second
SEASON RECAP
• Wake Forest enters the NCAA Regional ranked No. 18 in the Golfstat Rankings
• The Deacs won the Bryan National Collegiate in April for their best result of the season
• Wake Forest has won three individual titles, with Jennifer Kupcho winning the Ocean Course Invitational and Bryan National Collegiate and Emilia Migliaccio winning the Mercedes Benz Collegiate
INTERNATIONAL PLAY THIS SUMMER
• Jennifer Kupcho and Emilia Migliaccio will both represent the United States in international competitions this summer
• Both will be representing the United States in the Palmer Cup
• Kupcho will also be a member of the USA Curtis Cup team
KUPCHO SHINES
• Jennifer Kupcho has two victories this season, giving her five for her career, tied for second most in Wake Forest history
• She was named to the All-ACC Team for the third consecutive year
• Her 71.07 scoring average this season is second in program history, just behind her school-record 70.61 last year when she earned All-American honors and was the NCAA runner-up
• She is currently ranked No. 3 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings
MIGLIACCIO's IMPRESSIVE ROOKIE SEASON
• Emilia Migliaccio was named the ACC Freshman of the Year in addition to being named to the All-ACC Team
• She has a 71.64 scoring average, on pace to be third-best in program history (behind Kupcho's 2017 and 2018 marks)
• She became the second player in program history to win one of the first two starts of her career when winning the Mercedes Benz Collegiate in Knoxville in the fall
• She also won the South Atlantic Amateur (SALLY) in January
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