Wednesday, May 12
Stanford, Calif./Stanford Golf Course
All Day
Wake Forest University
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NCAA Regional
Wake Forest Punches Ticket to Third Consecutive NCAA Championship
5/12/2021 7:56:00 PM | Women's Golf
This will be Wake Forest’s fifth Championship appearance in the past six years.
STANFORD, Calif. - The Wake Forest women's golf team joins Stanford, Oklahoma State, Virginia Tech, Arizona and USC in advancing to the 2021 National Championship at Grayhawk Golf Club in Phoenix, Arizona May 21-26.
The Stanford Regional was the only one of the four to have two ACC teams advance to the Championships. Florida State and Duke each advanced from their Regional sites and the Baton Rouge site did not have any ACC team advance after not being able to play due to weather. The top six seeds from Baton Rouge will automatically advance.
Senior Emilia Migliaccio continued to lead the charge for the Deacs on the final day, shooting even par for the round with a birdie and bogey on the first nine and a birdie and bogey on the second nine. Migliaccio carded a two-under 211 as the low Deac, good for a tie for sixth place on the individual leaderboard.
Sophomore Lauren Walsh played consistent all week for the Deacs, carding a 71-72-71 to finish at one over par. Two birdies and a bogey on the first nine were followed by a birdie and two bogeys on the second nine to stay at even par for the round.
Sophomore Rachel Kuehn was the third Demon Deacon to finish inside the top 25, coming in at T24 with an overall score of three-over 216. She birdied two of her last three holes in the final round to shoot one-over for the day. Junior Vanessa Knecht and senior Siyun Liu finished T33 after each shooting a 74 on the final day.
Coach's Comments
"We are proud of this team for coming out and competing on a tough golf course. Our goal is always to make it to Championships but to do that you have to be able to compete at Regionals. We had one of the tougher fields of the four and were ready to play. We recovered well yesterday after a tough opening round and were able to stay in contention today to get the job done. We are very excited to be headed to Arizona next week and can't wait to compete for a title." - head coach Kim Lewellen
Team Leaderboard
Wake Forest Leaderboard (Par 71)
The Stanford Regional was the only one of the four to have two ACC teams advance to the Championships. Florida State and Duke each advanced from their Regional sites and the Baton Rouge site did not have any ACC team advance after not being able to play due to weather. The top six seeds from Baton Rouge will automatically advance.
Senior Emilia Migliaccio continued to lead the charge for the Deacs on the final day, shooting even par for the round with a birdie and bogey on the first nine and a birdie and bogey on the second nine. Migliaccio carded a two-under 211 as the low Deac, good for a tie for sixth place on the individual leaderboard.
Sophomore Lauren Walsh played consistent all week for the Deacs, carding a 71-72-71 to finish at one over par. Two birdies and a bogey on the first nine were followed by a birdie and two bogeys on the second nine to stay at even par for the round.
Sophomore Rachel Kuehn was the third Demon Deacon to finish inside the top 25, coming in at T24 with an overall score of three-over 216. She birdied two of her last three holes in the final round to shoot one-over for the day. Junior Vanessa Knecht and senior Siyun Liu finished T33 after each shooting a 74 on the final day.
Coach's Comments
"We are proud of this team for coming out and competing on a tough golf course. Our goal is always to make it to Championships but to do that you have to be able to compete at Regionals. We had one of the tougher fields of the four and were ready to play. We recovered well yesterday after a tough opening round and were able to stay in contention today to get the job done. We are very excited to be headed to Arizona next week and can't wait to compete for a title." - head coach Kim Lewellen
Team Leaderboard
| Team | Round One | Round Two | Round Three | Total |
| 1 Stanford | 272 | 271 | 281 | 824 (-28) |
| 2 Wake Forest | 286 | 280 | 288 | 854 (+2) |
| 3 Oklahoma State | 287 | 282 | 286 | 855 (+3) |
| 4 Virginia Tech | 282 | 283 | 291 | 856 (+4) |
| 5 Arizona | 289 | 289 | 279 | 857 (+5) |
| 6 USC | 288 | 283 | 289 | 860 (+8) |
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| 7 Florida | 290 | 287 | 284 | 861 (+9) |
| 8 Pepperdine | 304 | 278 | 290 | 872 (+20) |
| 9 San Jose State | 297 | 291 | 287 | 875 (+23) |
| T10 Denver | 289 | 293 | 296 | 878 (+26) |
| T10 New Mexico State | 292 | 294 | 292 | 878 (+26) |
| 12 Northwestern | 290 | 292 | 300 | 882 (+30) |
| 13 Sacramento State | 297 | 298 | 288 | 883 (+31) |
| 14 Iowa State | 296 | 297 | 295 | 888 (+36) |
| T15 TCU | 301 | 299 | 293 | 893 (+41) |
| T15 San Diego State | 291 | 294 | 308 | 893 (+41) |
| 17 Cal Poly | 305 | 300 | 292 | 897 (+45) |
| 18 Navy | 313 | 305 | 307 | 925 (+73) |
Wake Forest Leaderboard (Par 71)
| Player | Round One | Round Two | Round Three | Total |
| T6 Emilia Migliaccio | 71 | 69 | 71 | 211 (-2) |
| T15 Lauren Walsh | 71 | 72 | 71 | 214 (+1) |
| T24 Rachel Kuehn | 73 | 71 | 72 | 216 (+3) |
| T33 Vanessa Knecht | 75 | 68 | 74 | 217 (+4) |
| T33 Siyun Liu | 71 | 72 | 74 | 217 (+4) |
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