NC State women's golf concluded two days of competition at its Wolfpack Match Play event with a 3-2 win over 11th-ranked Florida State on Tuesday. After going 2-1 over its three rounds, NC State finished fifth in its home tournament and regular-season finale.

Wolfpack rookie Vania Simont was a perfect 3-0 in her matches over the week. She birdied her final hole against Florida State's Kaylah Williams to earn the win on 18. Isabel Amezcua closed out a one-hole victory of her own over Katherine Cook, and Caitlin Whitehead scored the team victory with her 2&1 decision over Alice Hodge after playing up the majority of the match.

On Monday afternoon, the Wolfpack bounced back from a narrow first-round loss to beat Louisville. Simont (8&7), Amezcua (5&4) and Lauren Olivares Leon (3&2) all got the job done with holes left to play, and Whitehead held on for a tie in her match against the Cardinals.

NC State dropped its first match by a 3-2 score to 21st-ranked Duke on Monday morning before going on to win its final two matchups of the tournament. In that quarterfinal match with the Blue Devils, Simont won three holes in a row on her back nine to jump in front on the way to a 2&1 win over Erica Shepard. Olivares Leon also won her first match of the weekend by going up on Andie Smith in her second-to-last hole of the round.

Natalie Armbruester rounded out the Pack's five-player rotation, and Inja Fric and Jaclyn Kenzel also each competed individually for the Wolfpack. The team's event served as a final home tournament before it hosts an NCAA Regional in early May.

NC State turns its attention to the 2023 ACC Women's Golf Championship which is set to take place April 13-16 at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. There will be three rounds of stroke play next Thursday and Friday, after which the individual champion will be crowned. From there, four teams will advance to match play with semifinals on Saturday and the championship match on Sunday.

Team Results:
1. Duke (3-0)
2. North Carolina (2-1)
3. South Carolina (2-1)
4. Virginia Tech (1-2)
5. NC State (2-1)
6. Florida State (1-2)
7. Virginia (1-2)
8. Louisville (0-3)

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Postseason Pack 🤩 headed to Greensboro for ACCs! pic.twitter.com/z1dNuMordU

— PackWGolf⛳️ (@PackWGolf) April 11, 2023

NC State women's golf begins postseason play on Thursday, traveling to Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, N.C. for the ACC Championship.

Heading into the tournament as the sixth seed, NC State will begin play on Hole #1 at 8 a.m. paired with players from Clemson and Duke. Two rounds are set to take place on Thursday, with the final round of stroke play competition set to be completed on Friday. The top four teams after three rounds of stroke play will advance to the weekend. Match play semifinals will take place on Saturday, and the finals will be on Sunday.

The Wolfpack is traveling six players to compete throughout the weekend, with Isabel Amezcua, Natalie Armbruester, Inja Fric, Lauren Olivares Leon, Vania Simont and Caitlin Whitehead set to tee off in Greensboro.

Live stats will be available during the tournament on GolfStat.com, with the semifinals and finals set to be aired live on ACCNX. Ryan Burr and Suzy Whaley will be on the call. A championship recap show will air Monday, May 1 at 7 p.m. on the ACC Network

Tournament Information
Dates: April 13-16
Course: Sedgefield Country Club
Course Par/Yardage: 72/6,092
Live Stats: GolfStat.com
Streaming Links: Saturday Semifinals | Sunday Final

Tournament Field (Team Golfstat Rankings)
1: Wake Forest (#2)
2: Florida State (#11)
3: Virginia (#22)
4: Clemson (#24)
5: Duke (#31)
6: NC State (#47)
7: North Carolina (#49)
8: Virginia Tech
9: Louisville
10: Notre Dame
11: Miami
12: Boston College

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ACC Championship, the Pack is HERE. Playing 36 today 💪

Live scores: https://t.co/JexM51xsM2 pic.twitter.com/46rEO0wipP

— PackWGolf⛳️ (@PackWGolf) April 13, 2023

What 👏 a 👏 round 👏@cwhiteheadgolf finishes her ACC Championship debut with a 70 (-2). Four birdies and an eagle in round 1 🤩 pic.twitter.com/eaMZWJQbs0

— PackWGolf⛳️ (@PackWGolf) April 13, 2023

NC State women's golf will head into the third and final round of 2023 ACC Championship stroke play in eighth place after completing 36 holes of action on Thursday afternoon.

After a 298 (+10) first round that put the team in ninth place after the first round, the Wolfpack moved up a spot after a 296 (+8) second round that saw three of its players get a par or better on 14+ holes played.

Caitlin Whitehead highlighted the Pack's day with the only under-par round by any member of the squad. In her ACC Championship debut, she shot a 70 (-2) in the opening round after getting off to a fast start with hole-outs on one and two that resulted in a birdie and an eagle, respectively, to start her day. The sophomore had four birdies and an eagle in the first round alone before going on to shoot 77 (+5) in the second round.

NC State rookie Vania Simont also made her first appearance at the event. She secured her first collegiate eagle on the par-five No. 15 in the opening round and posted scores of 77 (+5) and 73 (+2) on the day.

Lauren Olivares Leon went bogey-free for the first 11 holes of her second round on her way to shooting 74 (+2) in the afternoon. That number matched her first-round mark.

Natalie Armbruester and Isabel Amezcua both improved their scores between rounds. Armbruester shot a 77 (+5) in the first session before lowering her second-round score to 74 (+2), and Amezcua dropped her 18-hole mark from 79 (+7) in the first round to 75 (+3) in the second round.

NC State Scores
T19. Caitlin Whitehead: 70-77=147 (+3)
T27. Lauren Olivares Leon: 74-74=148 (+4)
T35. Vania Simont: 77-73=150 (+6)
T39. Natalie Armbruester: 77-74=151 (+7)
T48. Isabel Amezcua: 79-75=154 (+10)

Team Leaderboard
1. Wake Forest: 285-376=561 (-15)
2. Duke: 283-283=566 (-10)
3. Clemson: 285-283=568 (-8)
4. Virginia: 288-287=575 (-1)
5. Florida State: 293-293=586 (+10)
6. Virginia Tech: 294-295=589 (+13)
7. Boston College: 293-298=591 (+15)
8. NC State: 298-296=594 (+18)
9. Louisville: 297-301=598 (+22)
10. Notre Dame: 308-291=599 (+23)
11. North Carolina: 306-295=601 (+25)
12. Miami: 305-308=613 (+37)

NC State is set for another 18 holes of stroke play on Friday, April 14. The team will go off #10 with tee times every 10 minutes beginning at 9:50 a.m.. Live stats throughout the round will be available on Golfstat.com. Following Friday's action, the top four teams will move on to Saturday's match play semifinals that will be streamed live on ACCNX.

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Back at it at Sedgefield! Final round of stroke play coming up for our Pack.

Live scores: https://t.co/JexM51y0BA pic.twitter.com/fxRtPotfmm

— PackWGolf⛳️ (@PackWGolf) April 14, 2023

Wrapped ACC Championship action.

Time at Sedgefield highlighted by:
🔴 Tying best ACC finish for our squad since 2017
🔴 39 birdies/eagles
🔴 -2 first round by Caitlin pic.twitter.com/4FEL7jgJhF

— PackWGolf⛳️ (@PackWGolf) April 14, 2023

NC State women's golf will kick off 2023 NCAA Championships action at home for the first time since 2015. The Wolfpack was named the No. 8 seed in the 12-team NCAA Raleigh Regional, which is set to take place May 8-10 at Lonnie Poole Golf Course.

The Pack's selection marks its 11th season in a row being represented in regional action and its 20th such appearance in the last 21 seasons. Each of the program's tournament appearances have taken place under the guidance of head coach Page Marsh.

This season marks the Wolfpack's second time hosting an NCAA regional at Lonnie Poole as it also did so in 2015. That year is also the last time that NC State advanced to the final NCAA Championships site as a team. A potential NCAA Championship appearance in 2023 would be the fifth in the program's history.

The format for the Raleigh Regional is 54 holes of stroke play with 18 holes played on each of the three days of action. Tee times will begin at 8 a.m. each morning. Attendance for the Raleigh Regional is free.

Participating Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Wake Forest
2. Arizona State
3. Florida State
4. Florida
5. Arizona
6. North Texas
7. TCU
8. NC State
9. Purdue
10. Nebraska
11. Campbell
12. Richmond

Participating Individuals:
1. Dorota Zalewska, Chattanooga
2. Kendall Turner, James Madison
3. Mallory Fobes, UNCW
4. Morgan Ketchum, Virginia Tech
5. Becca DiNunzio, Virginia Tech
6. Sarah Kahn, High Point

Regional play will take place across the country at six different sites Raleigh, N.C. (hosted by NC State), Athens, Ga. (hosted by Georgia), Westfield, Ind. (hosted by Indiana), Pullman, Wash. (hosted by Washington State), San Antonio, Texas (hosted by UTSA) and Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (hosted by FAU). Each site has 12 teams and six individuals competing. The top five teams and the low individual not on an advancing team from each regional will move on to play in the championships at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., from May 19-24.

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Wolfpack women's golf is set for 2023 NCAA Championships action which begins on its home course Monday. NC State is the No. 8 seed in the Raleigh Regional that will be held at Lonnie Poole Golf Course from May 8-10.

TOURNAMENT INFO/FORMAT
NC State welcomes 11 additional teams and six individual players to the Raleigh Regional. The format is 54 holes of stroke play, with 18 holes played on each of the three days of action. The top five teams and the low individual not on an advancing team will move on to play in the NCAA Championships at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., from May 19-24.

Tee times begin at 8 a.m. each day and will be posted on the tournament homepage ahead of each day's competition. Attendance for the Raleigh Regional is free.


THE COURSE
Lonnie Poole Golf Course
Course Par/Yardage: 72/6,324

THE FIELD
1. Wake Forest
2. Arizona State
3. Florida State
4. Florida
5. Arizona
6. North Texas
7. TCU
8. NC State
9. Purdue
10. Nebraska
11. Campbell
12. Richmond
IND. Dorota Zalewska, Chattanooga
IND. Kendall Turner, James Madison
IND. Mallory Fobes, UNCW
IND. Morgan Ketchum, Virginia Tech
IND. Becca DiNunzio, Virginia Tech
IND. Sarah Kahn, High Point

NC STATE LINEUP
1. Lauren Olivares Leon
2. Vania Simont
3. Natalie Armbruester
4. Isabel Amezcua
5. Caitlin Whitehead


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Ready for it!

Live scores: https://t.co/dubpoc94m7 pic.twitter.com/qElMYAVT56

— PackWGolf⛳️ (@PackWGolf) May 8, 2023

NC State women's golf took advantage of the familiar territory of Lonnie Poole Golf Course as it kicked off NCAA Tournament regional action with a team score of 282 (-6) through Monday's first round.

The team score, highlighted by under-par performances by Lauren Olivares Leon and Isabel Amezcua, was the second-lowest postseason round in Wolfpack program history. Olivares Leon set the postseason low round record with her 67 (-5) beating out the team's previous NCAA Tournament best of 68 (-4).

The Wolfpack sophomore leads the field individually. Amezcua joined Olivares Leon with a bogey-free front nine and finished the day with a score of 69 (-3) that is tied for third placing following round one.

Natalie Armbruester birdied three holes on the back nine to post an even-par 72 and also ranks in the top 20 individually. NC State rookie Vania Simont made her postseason debut with a 74 (+2), and Caitlin Whitehead (81, +9) rounded out the Pack's lineup.

NC State Scores
T1. Lauren Olivares Leon: 72 (-5)
T3. Izabel Amezcua: 69 (-3)
T19. Natalie Armbruester: 72 (E)
T34. Vania Simont: 74 (+2)
64. Caitlin Whitehead: 81 (+9)

Team Leaderboard
1. NC State: 282 (-6)
2. Florida State: 283 (-5)
3. Arizona State: 284 (-4)
4. Arizona: 286 (-2)
5. Purdue: 287 (-1)
6. Florida: 290 (+2)
7. Wake Forest: 292 (+4)
7. TCU: 292 (+4)
9. Nebraska: 296 (+8)
10. Campbell: 297 (+9)
11. North Texas: 308 (+20)
12. Richmond: 310 (+22)

NC State will tee off for its second round of regional action on Tuesday, May 9. The team will go off #1 With tee times every minutes beginning at 9:06 a.m. Live stats throughout the tournament will continue to be available on Golfstat.com. Going into the second round, the Pack is eight shots ahead of the current cut line for advancing to the final NCAA Championships site.

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Back at it for round 2 💪

Live scores: https://t.co/dubpoc94m7 pic.twitter.com/ETk5VBAFtF

— PackWGolf⛳️ (@PackWGolf) May 9, 2023

With two of three NCAA regional rounds in the books in Raleigh, NC State women's golf continues to lead the field with a cumulative team score of 5700 (-6) going into the final day of action.

The Pack shot an even 288 as a squad during Tuesday's round and will go into the last 18 holes of the Raleigh Regional with an eight-stroke lead over the current cut line. NC State is hunting after its first NCAA Championships final site berth since 2015 and needs to do so with a top-five team finish at its home regional.

Lauren Olivares Leon (138, -6) and Isabel Amezcua (139, -5) both remained in the top three individually following another pair of under-par rounds on Tuesday. Amezcua shot a team-leading 70 (-2) in the second round, and Olivares Leon posted a 71 (-6) in her round.

Vania Simont got a pair of birdies on the front nine and parred every hole on the back nine to end her day at an even 72, and Natalie Armbruester (75, +3) and Caitlin Whitehead (81, +9) both continued action as well to round out the lineup.

NC State Scores
2. Lauren Olivares Leon: 67-71=138 (-6)
3. Isabel Amezcua: 69-70=139 (-5)
T26. Vania Simont: 74-72=146 (+2)
T29. Natalie Armbruester: 72-75=147 (+3)
64. Caitlin Whitehead: 81-81=162 (+18)


Team Leaderboard
1. NC State: 282-288=570 (-6)
2. Arizona State: 284-288=572 (-4)
3. Wake Forest: 292-285=577 (+1)
T4. Arizona: 286-292=578 (+2)
T4. Purdue: 287-291=578 (+2)
6. Florida State: 283-296=579 (+3)
7. TCU: 292-288=580 (+4)
8. Florida: 290-293=583 (+7)
9. Campbell: 297-299=596 (+20)
10. Nebraska: 296-302=598 (+22)
11. North Texas: 308-299=607 (+31)
12. Richmond: 310-308=618 (+42)

NC State will close out regional action on Wednesday, May 10 with its five participants going off hole No. 1 every 11 minutes beginning at 9:06 a.m. Live stats will be available for the round on Golfstat.com. Following the third round, there will be an awards ceremony for the five advancing teams and individual who qualify to compete at the final NCAA Championships site.

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Round 3 ready 😤

Live scores: https://t.co/dubpoc94m7 pic.twitter.com/W13LxM4eoC

— PackWGolf⛳️ (@PackWGolf) May 10, 2023

NC State advances
second in regional
had player disqualified, would have ginished 1st if not DQ

so far, cannot find out why DQ

Nc State still advances to Nationals

Wolfpack women's golf is off to Scottsdale, Ariz., to compete in the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships final site for the first time since 2015. The tournament will be held at Grayhawk Golf Club from May 19-24, and NC State is one of 30 teams competing for the national title.

TOURNAMENT FORMAT/INFO
All 30 teams will participate in three rounds (54 holes) of stroke play from May 19-21. After those three rounds, the top 15 teams and top nine individuals not on an advancing team will have a final round of stroke play on Monday, May 22 after which an individual champion will be crowned and the top eight teams will be determined for match play. National television coverage of the match play portion of the event will be provided by the GOLF Channel.

Grayhawk Golf Club
Course Par/Yardage: 72/6,399

NC State Lineup
1. Lauren Olivares Leon
2. Vania Simont
3. Natalie Armbruester
4. Isabel Amezcua
5. Caitlin Whitehead
ALT. Jaclyn Kenzel

DANCING AGAIN
NC State is making its fourth NCAA Championships appearance as a team and its first since 2015. Each player on the roster will be making their debut at the final national site. The Pack punched its ticket with a second-place finish at the Raleigh Regional on its home course after entering the 12-team regional seeded eighth. Head coach Page Marsh has guided NC State to every one of its 20 postseason appearances, with all of those coming in the last 21 seasons.

HISTORY MAKERS
After setting 18-hole (278, -10) and 54-hole (847, -17) program records earlier in the regular season, NC State put together a historic Raleigh Regional. The Pack opened the regional with a 282 first round, a postseason program record, and finished the week with a cumulative score of 861 (-3) for its second-best NCAA Tournament score of all time.

Wolfpack sophomore made history of her own with the best individual postseason performance in program history. She placed second at the event for the best regional finish by any NC State women's golfer. Her finish came behind a career-low and program record-tying score of 208 (-8). All three of Olivares Leon's scores at the event came in under par, highlighted by her setting the 18-hole (67, -5) individual
postseason program record in the opening round.

Natalie Armbruester (T14th) and Vania Simont (T24th) also both finished in the top-25 in regional action. Armbruester turned in a two-under score of 70 in the final round to help the team secure advancement.

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NC State women's golf kicked off its fourth NCAA Championships team appearance on Friday afternoon as it played the first 18 holes of the annual season-ending national tournament.

Following one round of play, the Wolfpack is in a tie for 29th place after shooting a team score of 305 (+17) on the day. Every player in the Pack's travel party made her NCAA Championships debut on Friday.

Natalie Armbruester and Vania Simont tied for the team lead on day one by posting event-opening scores of 74. Aarmbruester birdied two on the back nine, and Simont added a pair of birdies of her own as they each shot two-over in round one.

Lauren Olivares Leon sits a pair of strokes behind them at 76 (+4) after 18 holes of play. Isabel Amezcua knocked in three front-nine birdies to kick off her day and finished the round with a score of 81 (+9).

After being substituted in prior to the round, Wolfpack junior Jaclyn Kenzel rounded out the lineup with a score of 85 (+13) in her first collegiate stroke-play event played since early March.

NC State Scores
T66. Natalie Armbruester: 74 (+2)
T66. Vania Simont: 74 (+2)
T106. Lauren Olivares Leon: 76 (+4)
T149. Isabel Amezcua: 81 (+9)
T154. Jaclyn Kenzel: 85 (+13)

NC State's second round of NCAA Championships action will be in the afternoon wave on Tuesday, May 20. The team will go off of #1 with tee times every 11 minutes beginning at 1:20 p.m. local time (4:20 p.m. EST), and live stats throughout the tournament will continue to be available on Golfstat.com. After 54 holds of competition, the top 15 teams and top nine individuals not on one of those teams will move on to a final round of stroke play on Monday, May 22.


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Round 2 coming up 🔜

Caitlin Whitehead back into the lineup. She'll tee off first for our Pack.

Live scores: https://t.co/TJsLZkXWxv pic.twitter.com/rV6nIbPBlf

— PackWGolf⛳️ (@PackWGolf) May 20, 2023

Wolfpack women's golf improved on its round one performance by a stroke as it shot a collective 304 in the second round of NCAA Championships action on Saturday.

NC State is in 30th place with a score of 609 (+33) through two rounds of competition at the season-ending event.

Lauren Olivares Leon had the team's low round of the day with a three-over 75. The sophomore totaled four birdies on the day, including one late in her outing on hole 17. Natalie Armbruester and Vania Simont are tied with her in the individual standings after both shooting 77 (+5) in the second round. Isabel Amezcua birdied her last hole of the day to finish the round with a score of 76 (+4), and Caitlin Whitehead returned to the lineup and went on to also post a 76 in her first round of NCAA Championships action with the Pack.

NC State Scores: 305-304=609
T112. Lauren Olivares Leon: 76-75=151 (+7)
T112. Natalie Armbruester: 74-77=151 (+7)
T112. Vania Simont: 74-77=151 (+7)
T140. Isabel Amezcua: 81-76=157 (+13)
Caitlin Whitehead: 76 (+4), second round only
Jaclyn Kenzel: 85 (+13), first round only

The Pack will play its third round of the NCAA Championships in the afternoon on Wednesday, May 21 and will go off #1 again. The team will have tee times every 11 minutes beginning at 1:10 p.m. local time (4:10 p.m. EST), and live stats for the third round will be available once again on Golfstat.com. After Wednesday's round, the top 15 teams and top nine individuals not on one of those teams will move on to a final 18 holes of stroke play on Monday, May 22.

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NC State women's golf concluded its 2022-23 season with the third round of stroke play at the NCAA Championships on Sunday evening.

The Pack shot 308 (+20) in the final round and finished 30th with a score of 917 (+53) through three days of action at its first final site appearance since the 2014-15 season.

With the conclusion of its NCAA Championships run, the Wolfpack wrapped up a historic campaign that included:

• The program's fourth NCAA Championships berth of all time and its first since 2015
• Posting a pair of 18-hole program records (278, -10) and a 54-hole tournament record (847, -17) at the ICON Invitational
• Setting a postseason program record with a 282 in the first round of the NCAA Raleigh Regional
• Securing its best regional finish (2nd) in program history
• Lauren Olivares Leon winning the Briar's Creek Invitational for the first individual victory for the Pack in five years
• Tying the team's highest ACC Championships finish since 2017

NC State Scores: 305-304-308=917
T65. Lauren Olivares Leon: 76-75-71=222 (+6)
T125. Natalie Armbruester: 74-77-80=231 (+15)
T133. Isabel Amezcua: 81-76-75=232 (+16)
T139. Vania Simont: 74-77-83=234 (+18)
Caitlin Whitehead: 76-82=158 (+10), second and third rounds
Jaclyn Kenzel: 85 (+13), first round

Olivares Leon shot the Pack's only under-par round at an incredibly tough Grayhawk Golf Course this weekend with a 71 (-1) in the third round. She birdied three holes, including closing out her round with a birdie on 18 after a great third shot out of the front bunker. Amezcua also posted her tournament best score of 75 (+3) with four birdies.

Natalie Armbruester played the final round of her collegiate career (80, +8), and both Caitlin Whitehead (82 +10) and Vania Simont (83, +11) also competed in the Pack's season conclusion.

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