RALEIGH, N.C. – The Florida State Women’s Golf team finished in fifth place at the NCAA Raleigh Regional Championship at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course and has advanced to the NCAA Championship Finals for a school-record seventh consecutive year. The Seminoles have played in the championship finals in each year since 2016 (there was no championship in 2020) and have now finished in the top five of seven consecutive regional championships.
Florida State finished the third and final round of the regional championship with a 3 over par team score of 291 and totaled a 6 over par score of 870 for the 54-hole tournament. As one of the teams who played in the first wave of the round, the Seminoles completed their round, then had to wait anxiously for the entire field to finish play to officially punch their ticket to the NCAA Championship Finals. No. 3 seeded Florida State finished just three strokes ahead of Purdue for the fifth and final spot in the final team standings.
“I’m very proud of the way each player on our team played today,” said Head Coach Amy Bond. “It wasn’t easy, but ultimately they did what they had to do to get into the top five.”
Arizona won the NCAA Regional Championship. The Wildcats finished just two strokes ahead of NC State for the regional championship. Wake Forest finished third, with TCU completing play in fourth and the Seminoles earning the fifth spot. Dorota Zalweski of Chattanooga won the individual title with a 12 under par score of 204.
Freshman Lottie Woad led the Seminoles as she finished in a tie for sixth place in the individual standings with a 2 under par score of 214. She carded scores of 67-73-74 to earn her eight top-10 finish in her 10 events this year. Senior Amelia Williamson finished in a tie for 11th place with a three-round total of even par 216 and junior Charlotte Heath finished in a tie for 14th place with a 1 over par score of 217.
Williamson led the Seminoles on the final day with a 1 under par score of 71. She was exceedingly consistent over the course of the final round with two birdies, 17 holes played at par or better and only one bogey. Williamson birdied her third hole of the round and stayed under par for the remainder of the round. She was 2 under par over her first 11 holes and closed the round with six consecutive holes scored at par.
Williamson totaled scores of 72-73-71 for her score of 216. She has now earned three top-12 NCAA Regional…
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