No. 8 Women's Golf Preview: NCAA Austin Regional

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TEXAS HOSTS NCAA AUSTIN REGIONAL
Dates: Monday-Wednesday, May 7-9, 2018	Site: Austin, Texas / UT Golf Club
Par/Yardage: 72/6,341	Format: 18 holes [stroke play] each day
Live Scoring: http://results.golfstat.com//public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=participants&tid=15149
Participating Teams [in seed order]: Arkansas, Texas, Michigan State, Florida, Auburn, Oklahoma, Houston, Miami, Baylor, Texas A&M, BYU, East Carolina, Texas Tech, Virginia Tech, UTSA, Georgetown, Houston Baptist, Missouri State.
NCAA Austin Regional Headquarters: https://texassports.com/sports/2018/4/12/2018-ncaa-womens-golf-austin-regional-headquarters.aspx
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The No. 8 University of Texas women's golf team is set to play host to the NCAA Austin Regional Monday through Wednesday at the University of Texas Golf Club. The Longhorns are looking to advance to their 27th all-time NCAA Championship and their third consecutive.

The top-six teams and top-three individuals not affiliated with those six teams will advance to the NCAA Championship, which will take place May 18-23 at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater, Okla.

"I like where we are at right now," Texas head coach Ryan Murphy said. "Obviously conference was a nice confidence boost. We've worked in different areas to get ready for this golf tournament. The goal is the same as it always is. We're going to go about our business as usual. We're going to stay in our routines as much as we can. We're going to focus our attention on the golf course and play it the best way that we can. I know that if we focus our attention on that, we'll have a chance in the end."

The 54-hole stroke play event on the par-72, 6,341-yard course will begin at 8 a.m. CT each day from the No. 1 and the No. 10 tees.

The Longhorns have a record of 120-33-1 against their opponents this season, including a 34-18-1 tally against ranked opponents. Texas has eight top-five team finishes in 11 tournaments this year, including three team victories.

Freshman Kaitlyn Papp recently became the first person in school history to be named both Big 12 Player of the Year and Big 12 Freshman of the Year in the same season. Papp has competed in all 11 tournaments and 31 rounds for the Longhorns this season. She has a stroke average of 71.74, which ranks second on her team.

Senior Sophia Schubert and sophomore Emilee Hoffman each were named to the 2018 All-Big 12 Team, along with Papp. Schubert has participated in six tournaments this season with six top-10 finishes. She leads the team with a stroke-average of 71.67. Hoffman has played in all 11 tournaments and 31 rounds for the Longhorns in 2017-18. She ranks third on the team in stroke average at 73.03 and has 12 rounds at par or better on the year.

Sophomore Greta Isabella Voelker and freshman Agathe Laisne round out the Texas lineup at the NCAA Austin Regional.

Complete results and a recap of each day of competition at the NCAA Austin Regional will be available at TexasSports.com.

TEXAS LINEUP AT NCAA AUSTIN REGIONAL
Sophia Schubert (Sr., Oak Ridge, Tenn.)
Kaitlyn Papp (Fr., Austin, Texas)
Emilee Hoffman (So., Folsom, Calif.)
Greta Isabella Voelker (So., Witten, Germany)
Agathe Laisne (Fr., Paris, France)

GOLFSTAT TOP 25
1. UCLA
2. Alabama
3. Arkansas
4. Duke
5. Stanford
6. Southern California
7. Furman
8. TEXAS
9. South Carolina
10. Arizona
11. Michigan State
12. Arizona State
13. Northwestern
14. Florida
15. Washington
16. Kent State
17. Oklahoma State
18. Wake Forest
19. Auburn
20. Illinois
21. Oklahoma
22. Vanderbilt
23. Purdue
24. North Carolina
25. Houston

TEXAS IN THE WORLD AMATEUR GOLF RANKINGS
21. Sophia Schubert
49. Agathe Laisne
53. Kaitlyn Papp
119. Emilee Hoffman
188. Greta Isabella Voelker

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No. 8 Women's Golf Preview: NCAA Austin Regional

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