May 9, 2019: Murray State’s Linette Holmslykke finished second at the NCAA Regional in Opelika, Alabama yesterday. Holmslykke became the first player in Murray State and Ohio Valley Conference history to advance past the regional level to the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship finals when she carded a 1-under-par 71. The Racers were the 18th seeded team at the start of the event as three-time OVC champions and finished 17th.
Holmslykke, a senior from Vejle, Denmark, will represent Murray State and the OVC at the NCAA Finals at Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Arkansas (May 17-20).
Riding the wave of her 7-under-par 65 in round two, Holmslykke crafted a methodical 71 in the final round including eight-straight pars to finish. Her scores of 75-65-71=211 set the MSU and OVC record in the NCAAs as she joined Maryland’s Virunpat Olankitkunchai (70-70-73=213) and Alabama’s Angelica Moresco (75-70-70=215) as the three individuals to advance to the NCAA finals. The three individuals were determined from those players that were not on the top-6 teams that advanced to the finals.
Vanderbilt’s Auston Kim was the medalist on scores of 70-70-70=210, one shot better than Holmslykke.
When the dust settled on three days of warm weather on a firm and fast Saghahatchee course, the Racers posted scores of 312-298-306=916 to place 17th, one spot better than they were seeded. The Racers were one shot better than Albany (917) and six shots behind 16th place South Alabama (910). Vanderbilt won the event with a total score of 860, while Florida State (863), Duke (868), Virginia (873), host Auburn (874) and Tennessee (876) all advanced to the NCAA finals. Maryland (879), East Carolina (881), Furman (886) and Alabama (895) made up the teams that were in the hunt to advance, but fell short.
For the Racers to reach an NCAA regional for a third-straight season, the team that got them here to Auburn played hard throughout the 54 hole event. After Holmslykke’s runner-up finish, Jane Watts and Sarah McDowell shared 84th place. Watts, a senior, had scores of 80-75-80=235, while the freshman McDowell carded scores of 78-79-78=235. Senior Anna Moore was 87th on scores of 79-80-78=237 and Raeysha Surendran placed 89th on scores of 80-79-79=238.
NCAA Women's Golf Championship Auburn Regional
Opelika,
Alabama – Saughahatchee CC
May 8, 2019 Par-72, 6,371 yards
Final Scores
17 Murray State 312 298 306 916
2 Linette Holmslykke
(1) 75 65 71 211
T84 Jane Watts (3) 80 75 80 235
T84 Sarah McDowell (5)
78 79 78 235
T87 Anna Moore (2) 79 80 78 237
89 Raeysha Surendran (4)
80 79 79 238
Team Scores
Vanderbilt 287 293 280 860 -4
Florida State 291
289 283 863 -1
Duke 290 287 291 868 +4|
Virginia 296 283 294 873 +9
Auburn
299 290 285 874 +10
Tennessee 294 295 287 876 +12
Maryland 294 297 288
879 +15
East Carolina 291 295 295 881 +17
Furman 299 294 293 886 +22
Alabama
300 303 292 895 +31
Houston 306 293 299 898 +34
California 304 300 296
900 +36
Clemson 307 298 299 904 +40
Kennesaw State 308 302 295 905 +41
Denver
304 304 301 909 +45
South Alabama 310 300 300 910 +46
Murray State 312
298 306 916 +52
Albany 309 304 304 917 +53
OVC Lowest NCAA Regional Total Scores
2019 Murray State, Linette Holmslykke, 75 65 71 211
-5 2nd of 96
2014 Murray State, Delaney Howson, 72 77 71 220 +4 36th of 126
2018
Murray State, Anna Moore, 73 75 73 221 +07 47th of 96
2017 Murray State,
Lucila Puente Rodriguez, 76 74 72 222 +06 32nd of 96
2012 Jacksonville, State
Lucia Fernandez, 76 71 77 224 +08 41st of 125
2008 Jacksonville, State Mercedes
Huarte, 76 75 75 226 +10 27th of 108