Arizona women’s golf’s season came to an end Wednesday as the Wildcats fell two strokes short of reaching the NCAA Championships.
Arizona placed sixth at the NCAA Las Vegas Regional, finishing one spot behind the cut off to qualify for NCAA Championships. This is only the third time in the last decade that Arizona won’t advance to NCAA Championships.
Arizona entered the third and final round of the regional in seventh place, needing to move up in the top five to advance.
The Wildcats jockeyed for the fifth spot with UCLA and Florida State before ultimately falling short. Arizona shot a 16-over par for the regional.
“It’s always tough to have your season come to an end earlier than you want it to, but I am incredibly proud of these young women,” said head coach Laura Ianello.
Freshman Charlotte Back led Arizona by shooting even across three rounds to finish in a tie for 8th place.
Arizona should return the core of its starters next season, including Back, Julia Misemer, Carolina Melgrati and Nana Wongthanavimok.
Senior Gile Bite Starkute departs the program after five seasons.