May 8, 2006
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REBELS HEAD TO WEST REGIONAL
UNLV begins its drive to the NCAA Championships this Thursday at the West Regional in Auburn, Wash. The tournament will be played at Washington National Golf Club and the University of Washington will be the host of the three-round tournament. This is the fourth-straight regional appearance for the Rebels in their five-year history.
THE FIELD
UCLA, Georgia, Purdue, Arkansas, UNLV, Arizona, Stanford, New Mexico, Washington, Long Beach State, BYU, UC Irvine, San Jose State, Denver, Oregon State, Washington State, New Mexico State, Georgia State, Oral Roberts, Bradley and Montana.
THE REBEL LINEUP
Elena Kurokawa, Sr.Young Pak, Sr.Seema Sadekar, Jr.Da Sol Chung, Fr.Grace Woo, Fr.
FOLLOW THE TOURNAMENT LIVE
Fans can follow the Rebels at the West Regional live by going to www.golfstatresults.com and clicking on the tournament link for up-to-the minute results.
THE 2005 WEST REGIONAL
The No. 26 ranked UNLV women's golf team ended its third-straight regional appearance with a three-round score of 917 (301-312-304, +53) to finish tied for 11th at the NCAA West Regionals at the New Mexico State University Golf Course. Seema Sadekar finished tied 20th for the Rebels, who were in sixth place after the opening round but could not hold on for a top-8 finish and a trip to the NCAA Championships.
REBEL RANKING
The UNLV women's golf team is currently ranked 15th in the country in Golfweek's latest rankings. The highest ranking for the Rebels this season has been eighth, marking the first time in the Rebels' history that the program had been in the top 10.
GOLFWEEK'S TOP 15
1 Duke2 UCLA3 Arizona State4 Auburn5 Georgia6 Southern California7 Pepperdine8 Purdue9 Tennessee10 Arkansas11 Cal12 Texas A&M13 Wake Forest14 Vanderbilt15 UNLV
REBEL INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
17. Da Sol Chung75. Seema Sadekar77. Elena Kurokawa81. Grace Woo
THE LAST REBEL TOURNAMENT
Da Sol Chung won medalist honors in a one-hole playoff and UNLV women's golf grabbed the first-round lead and never relinquished it in winning its third-straight Mountain West Conference Tournament Championship on April 22 at the Entrada at Snow Canyon course. The then-No. 12 ranked Rebels shot a total of 895 (291-303-301, +31) on the Entrada at Snow Canyon Course and won by five strokes over New Mexico (303-295-302--900, +36) as UNLV was led by Chung. UNLV senior Elena Kurokawa, last year's conference player of the year, finished tied for fifth, carding a three-round total of 225 (75-74-76, +9). She was followed by teammates Seema Sadekar and Grace Woo, who both finished tied for seventh, as they both shot rounds of 72-78-76--226 (+10). Young Pak finished 23rd with a three-round score of 72-81-83--236 (+20). It didn't take long for Chung to break the tie, as she birdied the first playoff hole to win the individual title, compared to pars by Mikaela Backstedt and Py Bengtsson of New Mexico who made up the three-way tie.
