No. 18 Women’s Golf finishes 13th at NCAA Championships

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No. 18 Women’s Golf finishes 13th at NCAA Championships

05.22.2017 | Women's Golf

The Longhorns capped off their best finish at NCAAs since 2012.

SUGAR GROVE, Ill. – No. 18 Texas Women's Golf finished the NCAA Championship in 13th for its best NCAA finish since 2012 at Rich Harvest Farms on Monday.

The Longhorns capped an incredible season in Head Coach Ryan Murphy's third year, posting 11 top-four finishes during the season, including two team wins and two individual championships.

Freshman Emilee Hoffman and junior Sophia Schubert led Texas, both firing third-round 77s to tie for 32^nd.

Hoffman made back-to-back birdies on holes five and six and made nine pars during the round. Schubert also made a birdie on five and another on 14 in addition to 10 pars.

Both Hoffman and Schubert posted medalist honors on the season, Hoffman winning the Lady Paladin in September and Schubert the Lady Buckeye in April. Hoffman finished her freshman campaign with six additional top-15 finishes, while Schubert had nine.

Freshman Greta Isabella Voelker closed with a team-low 75, making back-to-back birdies on 12 and 13 to tie for 45^th.Voelker finished the season with seven top-15 finishes, only finishing outside the top-30 once, earning Big 12 Freshman of the Year honors

Senior Haley Mills carded a third-round 78, while senior Julia Beck finished with a 79.

Mills finished her last round with a birdie on hole nine's par-4 to add to a career where she had 12 top-25 finishes in her two years as a Longhorn.

Beck made two birdies during the round to cap an impressive career with the Longhorns, competing in the lineup in every tournament in all four years. She posted 16 top-25 finishes and was a part of two NCAA Championship appearances.

As a team, Texas finished at 63-over par, only eight strokes back from the cutline. The Longhorns made 155 total pars, the fifth-best mark in the field.

Post-Tournament Comments

Head Coach Ryan Murphy

On the overall tournament: I thought it was a good week. We had an opportunity to get in the top-eight. We knew we needed to have a good day today, not necessarily a great day, we knew we had to play solid. But it's a very demanding golf course, and we just weren't able to get it going today. Overall, I'm pleased with our finish, I think that's a good showing. There are a lot of teams that would have loved to have been here.

On the seniors: We are going to miss Julia and Haley. Julia might be the first person ever to play in every tournament at Texas, which is extraordinary. We are going to miss both of their personalities, great attitudes, and the people that they are.

On the freshmen: Our freshmen Emilee and Greta really rounded us out, they made us the team that we are. They're great freshmen. They brought a great energy to our team, a lot of confidence. They both have had great seasons, but neither one of them is satisfied with what they have produced. Both of them will be All-Americans before they are done at Texas.

On Sophia Schubert: Sophia had a spectacular season. She is an All-American candidate this year. She has been consistent from start to finish this season. This week, she got a top-40, which is a good finish here. Overall, she really elevated her game in the spring, she had a lot of great finishes. She would have liked to get a little more out of this week, but it was good.

NCAA Championship

Rich Harvest Farms

Par 72; 6,343 Yards

TEAM LEADERBOARD

1. Northwestern 300-298-298=897 (+33)

2. Stanford 311-298-296=905 (+41)

3. Arizona State 311-309-289=909 (+45)

4. Ohio State 311-299-303=913 (+49)

T5. Florida 320-302-302=914 (+50)

T5. Southern California 315-303-296=914 (+50)

7. Baylor 311-300-306=917 (+53)

8. Kent State 303-304-304=919 (+55)