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INSIDE
WOMEN'S GOLF
Wisconsin closes out
record-breaking season
Badgers record program-best scoring average
BY TESSA RUID @BADGERWGOLF
A
fter narrowly missing
qualifying for the 2014
NCAA Championships,
the Wisconsin women's golf
team finished one of the most
successful seasons in program
history. The Badgers received
their second-straight NCAA
regional bid and placed only
one place out of a national
qualifying spot. They tied for
ninth place with a 57-over par
301-305-315―921 at the 54-
hole NCAA West Regional held
May 8-10 at the par-72, 6,252-
yard Tumble Creek Club in Cle
Elum, Wash. UW recorded im-
pressive team and individual
performances and broke many
records during the 2013-14
season, including tallying the
best scoring average in school
history at 299.25 (9,576
strokes/32 rounds).
TEAM AND INDIVIDUAL NOTES
● UW recorded the best single-sea-
son 18-hole team scoring average in
school history at 299.25, breaking the
previous record of 302.93 set in 2009-
10 (9,694/32).
● This Badger team qualified for three
NCAA regionals in four years, and
had the program's best NCAA finish at
23rd in 2013, UW's first NCAA tourna-
ment appearance since 2003.
● Senior Kris Yoo closed out her UW
career second in career scoring with
75.74 strokes per round, while senior
Alexis Nelson finished fourth with
76.87 strokes per round.
● Nelson's 2013-14 season average of
74.79 per round ranks second all-
time.
● Freshman Brooke Ferrell set the UW
freshman season scoring record with
her 75.34 strokes per round. The re-
cord of 76.687 was set by teammate
Alyssa Elliott in 2009-10.
● The Badgers set all-time 36- and 54-
hole records by placing third with a
5-under par 286-288-285―859 at the
Westbrook Spring Invitational held
Feb. 23-24. The previous 36-hole re-
cord was 578 set in 2001, and the 54-
hole mark was 865 set last fall at the
Lady Paladin Invitational on Sept. 22.
● UW set its 18-hole record with a 281
in winning the Lady Paladin Invita-
tional with 290-294-281―865 Sept.
22.
● Wisconsin has won at least one tour-
nament every year since 2009-10.
SCHEDULE
LAST TIME OUT
May 8-10 NCAA Regional T9th/24
Championships
Senior Kris Yoo led UW at
the NCAA West Regional,
tying for 14th place