Alabama
NCAA Palm Beach Regionals
Alabama’s Season Comes to an End at the NCAA Women’s Golf Palm Beach Regional
5/10/2023 3:43:00 PM | Women's Golf
Benedetta Moresco and Sarah Edwards each finished inside the top 20 to lead the Crimson Tide
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – The Alabama women's golf team concluded play at the NCAA Palm Beach Gardens Regional Wednesday, finishing in ninth overall with a team score of 898 (299-303-296). As a result of finishing outside the top five and not advancing to the 2023 NCAA Women's Golf National Championships, the Crimson Tide's 2022-23 season comes to an end.
Benedetta Moresco and Sarah Edwards led the team throughout the three-day, 54-hole regional as both finished inside the top 20. Moresco paced Alabama with a tournament total of 4-over par 220 (73-74-73) to finish in 18th position, while Edwards was a stroke back and tied for 19th overall at 5-over par 221 (74-75-72).
From Head Coach Mic Potter
"This is an incredibly disappointing result. We had gotten ourselves in a good position after a solid opening round and I had hoped that we could continue to move forward in a positive direction. But we had a bad day (Tuesday) that really put us in a position where we had to basically shoot a tournament record just to make it through. This week continued what has been a disturbing pattern across our last three or four tournaments in that we have a pretty good start but can't finish and that just isn't good enough.
"I am looking forward to next year. We lose Emilie and Benedetta and bring in two signees in Kaitlyn Schroeder, who enrolled in January and has been practicing with us, and Harriet Lockley. The fact is there has to be a lot of improvement by everyone returning in order to be a contender in the SEC and for a national championship. We must come up with a plan over the next few days to get everyone on board so that we get better and understand the standard we all expect."
Individual Highlights
- Benedetta Moresco earned her third top-20 finish of the season and the 13th of her career
- It also marked the team-leading fifth time this season that Moresco has been the Tide's top scorer in the team's 11 events on the year
- Edwards collected her sixth top-20 result and 13th round of par or better this season with her final round of 72 Wednesday
- Her round was the was the best 18-hole score by any Crimson Tide golfer on the week
- Moresco led Alabama in par 3 scoring (+1, 3.08) and par 5 scoring (-3, 4.75) while Edwards was the team's top performer on par 4 holes (+5, 4.17)
- Additionally, Moresco also led the entire field with 41 pars throughout tournament play while Edwards' 10 birdies tied for sixth-most among all individuals
- Emilie Øverås tied for 36th overall with a 10-over 226 (75-75-76), followed by Taylor Kehoe, who leads tied for 51st with a 232 (77-79-76)
- Isabella van der Biest rounded out the Crimson Tide golfers with her round of 3-over 75
- Van der Biest was in the starting lineup for the first round (79) while Kynadie Adams earned the start in the second round (89) before van der Biest returned to the lineup in round three
Team Highlights
- No. 34 Michigan State (+8), the No. 6 seed in the 12-team regional, claimed the regional title by three strokes over No. 28 Duke (+11)
- No. 10 Texas (+14), No. 15 Northwestern (+14) and No. 3 LSU (+15) each finished among the top five teams and advanced to the NCAA National Championships
- Miami's Sara Byrne (-2), who competed as an individual, was the top finisher not associated with an advancing team and will move on to compete as an individual at nationals
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