Crimson Tide Women’s Golf Chases NCAA Championship Berth at Franklin Regional

FRANKLIN, Tenn. – The University of Alabama women's golf team will compete at the 2022 NCAA Women's Golf Regional in Franklin, Tenn., May 9-11. The regional championship, which will feature 12 teams, will take place at the Vanderbilt Legends Club North Course (par 72, 6,475 yards).

The event features free admission, and fans are encouraged to attend.

Alabama is the second seed in the field, which includes No. 1 Wake Forest, No. 3 Texas A&M, No. 4 Duke, No. 5 Oregon State, No. 6 Vanderbilt, No. 7 BYU, No. 8 Kent State, No. 9 UTSA, No. 10 Augusta, No. 11 Boston University and No. 12 Austin Peay.

UA has met five of the field's teams at least once this season, boasting a combined 12-4 record against Wake Forest, Texas A&M, Duke, Vanderbilt and Augusta in 2021-22. It will mark Alabama's first meeting with Oregon State, BYU, Kent State, USTA, Boston and Austin Peay.

The Crimson Tide will appear in its 16th consecutive regional under the helm of head coach Mic Potter and its 23rd overall. Alabama has played in an NCAA Regional every season under Potter (16) and has won four times during that stretch, all of which have come in the last decade (2011, 2013, 2017, 2018).

Alabama has played at the Vanderbilt Legends Club North Course once already this season, when it earned a runner-up finish at the Mason Rudolph Championship last September. The Crimson Tide lineup earned a 12-under-par 852 tournament total, its second lowest team score in 2021-22. It is also the site of the Crimson Tide's 2012 National Championship, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary.

FROM HEAD COACH MIC POTTER

"We are very excited to be back in Nashville, the site of our 2012 NCAA Championship. Our preparation has gone well, and we have a great history on this golf course, so I am looking forward to seeing what our girls can accomplish this week!"

THE LINEUP

The Crimson Tide lineup will include Polly Mack, Benedetta Moresco, Angelica Moresco, Isabella van der Biest and Emilie Øverås, while Sarah Edwards will travel as an alternate.
Mack and both Moresco sisters have competed in all nine tournaments this season, while Edwards has competed in seven tournaments, Øverås has competed in six tournaments and van der Biest has competed in five tournaments.

Mack leads the Crimson Tide in rounds counted, contributing 25 of her 26 rounds to the team score. Rounding out the Tide's top scorers, A. Moresco and B. Moresco have contributed 24 rounds, Øverås has counted 12 rounds, while Edwards and van der Biest have counted 11 rounds.
Mack and B. Moresco are nearly tied for the team lead in adjusted scoring average with medians of 71.27 and 71.39, respectively, this season.
- Mack is considered the seventh-ranked player in the nation, while Moresco is considered the 14th-ranked player in the nation.
  - Alabama is one of just three teams in the country to have at least two players ranked in the top 15.
- Both players earned their first collegiate wins this season, as B. Moresco won The Ally to cap last fall (19-under-par 197) and Mack won the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic to cap this spring (3-under-par 213), while each of them led their respective fields wire-to-wire.
Polly Mack led the Crimson Tide at the SEC Championship in the stroke-play competition.
- Despite the senior recording a 7-over-par 79 in the first round for a share of 58th place, she put together back-to-back team lows over the next two days, including a 2-under-par 70 in the second round and a 3-under-par 69 in the final round.
- Her shift allowed her to improve 46 spots up the leaderboard for a share of 12th place on a 2-over-par 218 tournament total.
A. Moresco is averaging a 73.40 adjusted scoring average through 25 rounds, while Øverås has a 74.77 adjusted scoring average through 20 rounds.
- Moresco has three top-20 finishes this season, including tying for 10th place at the Moon Golf Invitational on a 2-under-par 214 in February.
- Øverås is coming off a pair of clutch match-play wins against No. 3-seeded South Carolina and No. 2-seeded LSU at the 2022 SEC Championships last month.
Alabama's two newcomers Sarah Edwards (75.00) and Isabella van der Biest (75.76) are both averaging rounds of just three over.
- Edwards' best finish of the season came at The Ally when she finished tied for 20th place on scores of 74 and 79 in the first and second rounds, respectively, followed by an impressive 65 in the final round.
- As just a freshman, van der Biest made the Crimson Tide lineup all five tournaments this spring, including the SEC Championship where she finished tied for 36th in the league.

TOURNAMENT PREVIEW

Last November, the NCAA announced the move to a six-regional format for this spring.
- Each of the six regional sites will now feature 12 teams and six individuals, with the top four teams and top two individuals (not on an advancing team) qualifying for the championships, which will be held for the second straight year at Grayhawk Golf Club Raptor Course in Scottsdale, Ariz., May 20-25.
With the move to six regional sites from the previous four-site format, 72 teams will still qualify for regional play, with the number of individuals not on an advancing team increasing from 24 to 36.

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