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Jodi and Gemma are heading for

the NCAA Championships

Curtis Cup player Jodi Ewart (New Mexico University) and former Scotland international Gemma Webster (Ohio State University) will be competing at the NCAA Championships later this month at Owings Mills, Maryland.
Their colleges finished among the top eight teams in a field of 21 colleges at the NCAA Central Regional tournament over Ohio State University's Scarlet Course at Columbus, Ohio on Saturday.
Junior (third) year student Jodi from Catterick, Yorkshire shot even-par 72 to finish in third place individually behind winner Maria Jose Uribe (UCLA) (69-70-73 for four-under 212). UCLA also filled the second spot with Stephanie Kono scoring 69, 70 and 74 for 213
Ewart's rounds were 71, 72 and 72.
Gemma Webster from Glasgow scored 79, 72 and 69 for 230 and joint 27th place.
Anna Scott from Consett, Co Durham, a student at Georgia State University, came joint 46th in the field of 108 with scores of 76, 79 and 79.
Another English player, Andrea Downer (Murray State) had a nightmare tournament, finished 103rd with scores of 84, 81 and 96 for 261.
Jodi Ewart was one of only two golfers to match the par of 72 over the 6246yd course in the final round. Ewart recorded her seventh top-5 finish in nine tournaments this season, while lowering her school-record season stroke average to 72.19.
LEADING FINAL TOTALS
Par 216 (3x72)
212 Maria Jose Uribe (UCLA) 69 70 73.
213 Stephanie Kono (UCLA) 6970 74.
215 Jodi Ewart (New Mexico) 71 72 72.
Selected scores
230 Gemma Webster (Ohio State) 79 72 79 (jt 27th).
234 Anna Scott (Georgia State) 76 79 79 (jt 49th).
261 Andrea Downer (Murray State) 84 81 96 (103rd).
Field of 108 players
TEAMS WHO QUALIFIED FOR NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
877 UCLA
896 Purdue
899 Wake Forest
901 Oklahoma State.
905 Michigan State.
912 New Mexico.
917 Ohio State.
922 UT Chattanooga.
Field of 21 teams

Ellie and Sarah also heading for NCAA Championships

Ellie Givens from Darlington and Ireland's Sarah Faller helped Denver University win the NCAA Division 1 women's East Regional tournament at Gainesville, Florida on Saturday, which earned them a place at the NCAA Championships later this month.
Ellie scorede 79, 75 and 81 for a total of 235 and a share of 84th place in the field of 108 players.
Team-mate Sarah Faller from Galway finished in joint 58th postiion on 227 with scores of 76,79 and 72.
Denver's Dawn Shockley won the individual honours with a total of 209 (73-70-66) over the par-70, 6023yd University of Florida course.
The eight qualifying teams for the NCAA Championships were:
862 Denver.
866 Alabama.
873 Tennessee.
874 Virginia.
876 Tulane.
881 Duke, North Carolina.
889 Georgia.
Field of 21 teams.

Roseanne and Hannah miss out ...

Two Vagliano Trophy short leet players, British stroke play champion Roseanna Niven (California-Berkeley University) from Crieff and Hannah Burke (Baylor University, Texas) from Hertfordshire failed to make it to the NCAA Championships when their universities finished outside the leading eight teams at the NCAA Division 1 women's West Regional tournament over the Karsten Course (par-72, 6230yd) at Tempe, Arizona.
The eight qualifying teams were:
842 Arizona State.
861 Southern California.
868 Louisiana State.
873 Texas Christian, UC Irvine, Texas.
876 Arizona.
879 Pepperdine.
Non-qualifiers included
882 California (jt 9th).
902 Baylor (15th)
Field of 21 teams.

Spanish ace Carlota Cigana (Arizona State) won the individual tournament at Tempe with scores of 67, 68 and 71 for a total of 206, one shot ahead of Jennifer Song (Southern California).
Hannah Burke came joint 18th on 217 with score of 70, 75 and 72.
Natasha Podmore (San Francisco) finished tied 51st on 224 with 71, 76 and 77.
Roseanne Niven finished joint 96th in a field of 108 with scores of 75, 83 and 80.