UNM's Napat ‘‘ Jenny' Lertsadwattana, shown at last fall's Branch Law Firm/ Dick McGuire Invitational at the UNM Championship Golf Course, leads the Lobos in their drive to win a nationwide title beginning Friday at the NCAA Championship tournament. (Mike Sandoval/For the Journal).
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On Friday, New Mexico ladies's golf tees off in the NCAA championships at Grayhawk Golf Club in
Scottsdale, Arizona. It's the Lobos' first NCAA champion appearance given that 2010, at a course UNM head coach Jill Trujillo has actually never ever played however hired out of a junior competition held there for "years and years.".
The NCAA championship format: after 3 rounds of stroke play, the top 15 of 36 groups advance to the final round on May 22. From there, 8 groups advance to 3 rounds of match play to choose a national champ.
The Lobo group in Arizona consists of senior Jenny Lertsadwattana, senior Lauren Lehigh, junior Myah McDonald, sophomore Lisa-Marie Pagliano and freshman Maria Caparros Levin.
UNM's 16th NCAA champion look in general comes after the Lobos rallied on the last day of their NCAA local to complete a combined 25-over at TPC
San Antonio for the final and fifth qualifying spot.
In their two greatest tournaments of the year, the Lobos dug deep for another strong surface after waking up on the outdoors looking in.
" They have guts," Trujillo stated of her group. "They don't like winning and losing, they understand now is an alternative. They understood we had to remain consistent and in the present, hit good shots, make great putts on that day.".
In some methods, simply being there is reason enough for great sensations. The Lobos have actually been arguably the Mountain West's premier program since 2010. Even still, an NCAA champion look eluded them, successful seasons coming and going.
" It's difficult," Trujillo said. "It's difficult to make it to the NCAA champions. First, you got ta make it to regionals and after that it's simply one competition.
" We spoke about the exact same thing at regionals-- it's just one tournament. The truth that they had that really great mindset and bought into that part of their own game, I believe it really catapulted us.".
And in some ways, just existing isn't enough. After all, the roadway back has shown Trujillo and her group what they can do in these areas-- with the best method.
"That's what gets people through all these rounds in the heat out here. There's simply no downers on this group.".
Friday.
NCAA Women's Golf Championship,
Scottsdale, Arizona, first round. Live scoring on golfstat.com.
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