INDIANAPOLIS — The UTSA women's golf team has earned an at-large selection to the NCAA Championships, as the Roadrunners will be the No. 13 seed in the Louisville Regional on May 10-12 at the University of Louisville Golf Club in Simpsonville, Ky.
This will be UTSA's third straight and sixth overall NCAA postseason appearance, and it marks the second time the Roadrunners have advanced via an at-large berth. In 2013, UTSA was an at-large pick for the Central Regional in Norman, Okla., the first time any program in school history received an at-large team bid to the NCAA postseason.
Under the direction of fourth-year head coach Summer Batiste, the Roadrunners are the 13 seed — the highest NCAA seed in program history — and will compete against 17 other teams and six individuals in the three-day, 54-hole, stroke-play tournament. The top six teams from each of the four regional sites (24 teams total) and the low three individuals (12 individuals total) not on an advancing team from each site will advance to the NCAA Championships on May 21-26 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.
2021 NCAA Louisville Regional Field
1. South Carolina
2. Florida State
3. Auburn
4. Texas
5. Arkansas
6. Texas Tech
7. UCLA
8. Michigan State
9. UCF
10. Tennessee
11.North Florida
12. Louisville
13. UTSA
14. Mercer
15. College of Charleston
16. Xavier
17. James Madison
18. Fairleigh Dickinson
UTSA now has advanced to the NCAA postseason three straight and six overall times in the 16-year history of the program. The Roadrunners earned automatic berths in 2018 and '19 after winning back-to-back Conference USA Championships under Batiste, a two-time C-USA Coach of the Year. The 2020 season was canceled in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Roadrunners qualified for three straight NCAA Regionals in 2011-13, the first two coming after earning the Southland Conference's automatic bid for capturing back-to-back league crowns and the last as the first-ever at-large NCAA team selection by any sport at UTSA.
UTSA's NCAA Regional Team Appearances
Year | Regional (Location) | Seed | Finish (Score)
2011 | West (Auburn, Wash.) | 19 | 16th (311-313-313—937)
2012 | Central (Columbus, Ohio) | 18 | 20th (317-326-319—962)
2013 | Central (Norman, Okla.) | 18 | 17th (302-303-299—904)
2018 | Austin (Austin, Texas) | 15 | 12th (298-295-299—892)
2019 | Norman (Norman, Okla.) | 15 | 14th (303-301-299—903)
2021 | Louisville (Simpsonville, Ky.) | 13 | May 10-12
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