SAN ANTONIO — The UTSA women's golf team will make its third straight and sixth overall NCAA postseason appearance when it competes in the Louisville Regional on Monday-Wednesday, May 10-12, at University of Louisville Golf Club in Simpsonville, Ky.
The Roadrunners received an at-large berth to the NCAA postseason for the second time in school history and they are the Louisville Regional's No. 13 seed, the highest in program annals. They will compete against 17 other teams and six individuals in the three-day, 54-hole, stroke-play tournament.
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
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.
Under the direction of fourth-year head coach Summer Batiste, who played in back-to-back regionals for the Roadrunners in 2011-12, UTSA will feature a lineup of Camryn Carreon, Hannah Holzmann, Ana Gonzalez, Nicole Polivchak and Katia Mexsen.
UTSA owns three top-five finishes in six tournaments played this season, including a pair of runner-up showings at the Texas State Invitational and Maryb S. Kauth Invitational. The Roadrunners most recently placed fourth at the Conference USA Championship on April 19-21.
The Roadrunners last competed in the NCAA postseason in 2019 after the 2020 season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. UTSA finished 14th two years ago at the Norman Regional, one season after posting the program's best postseason finish of 12th at the Austin Regional.
UTSA's NCAA Postseason History
UTSA will be making its third straight and sixth overall NCAA postseason appearance in the 16-year history of the program when it competes in the Louisville Regional on May 10-12 at University of Louisville Golf Club in Simpsonville, Ky.
The Roadrunners qualified for three straight NCAA Regionals in 2011-13, the first two coming after earning the Southland Conference's automatic bid for back-to-back league crowns and the last as the first-ever at-large NCAA berth by any sport at UTSA.
This year, UTSA received an at-large bid for the second time in school history and will be the Louisville Regional's No. 13 seed, the highest in program history.
The Roadrunners also advanced to an NCAA Regional in 2018 and again the following year after capturing back-to-back Conference USA titles and earning the league's automatic bid. The 2020 season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2011 team was the first to advance to the NCAA postseason, finishing 16th at the West Regional in Auburn, Wash. The Roadrunners carded a 311-313-313—937 in the 24-team field.
Fourth-year head coach Summer Batiste was a player on UTSA's back-to-back NCAA Regional teams in 2011-12. She tied for 89th in her postseason debut and was 104th the following year.
The Roadrunners turned in their best NCAA postseason finish and score by placing 12th with an 892 (298-295-299) at the 2018 Austin Regional. Ana Gonzalez turned in the program's best NCAA individual finish and scorecard by tying for 29th with a 220 (75-70-75).
Additionally, Fabiola Arriaga qualified as an individual for the 2014 NCAA West Regional in Cle Elum, Wash., and tied for 49th with a 232 (77-78-77).
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
UTSA trio garners C-USA Honors
Camryn Carreon and Hannah Holzmann both were named to the All-Conference USA Second Team, while Ana Gonzalez collected her fourth career all-conference honor with her second straight third-team nod.
Carreon earned her first career all-conference certificate with the second-team selection. The San Antonio native leads UTSA with a 73.67 stroke average this season. She owns three top-10 finishes and has placed in the top 25 in five of the six tournaments in 2021. The sophomore carded a 4-under-par 212 (74-69-69) to finish fifth at the Texas State Invitational in February and she also placed fifth after shooting a 223 (74-73-76) at the Maryb S. Kauth Invitational, helping the Roadrunners to runner-up showings at both events. Carreon fired a 1-over 217 (71-72-74) to tie for seventh at the C-USA Championship last week in Florida.
Holzmann also picked up the first all-conference certificate of her career. The junior from San Antonio ranks second on the squad with a 73.89 scoring average and she has finished in the top 10 a team-best four times this season. She fired a career-best 8-under 208 (70-70-68) to earn third place at the Texas State Invitational and followed that with a ninth-place tally of 221 (75-74-72) at the Rebel Beach Invitational in February. Holzmann grabbed a share of eighth place with a 225 (72-77-76) at the Maryb S. Kauth Invitational and tied for ninth with a 2-over 218 (74-73-71) at the C-USA Championship for her top conference finish and score.
Gonzalez became the fifth Roadrunner to receive four all-conference selections, joining Fabiola Arriaga, Julie Houston, Taylor Newlin and Paola Valerio in that exclusive club. The senior has posted a 74.44 stroke average this season and remains UTSA's career scoring leader at 73.84. Gonzalez placed inside the 35 in all six tournaments in 2021, including four times in the top 20. A native of Monterrey, Mexico, she tied for sixth with a 224 (72-77-75) at the Maryb S. Kauth Invitational and shared 12th with a 223 (74-77-72) at the Rebel Beach. Gonzalez posted her top 54-hole score of 218 (72-78-68) to claim a share of 18th at The Bruzzy and tied for 17th with a 222 (75-72-75) at the C-USA Championship.
With this season's three selections, UTSA now has garnered 36 all-conference certificates in its 16-year history, including eight in four seasons under head coach Summer Batiste.
Batiste off to successful start
Summer Batiste is off to a successful start to her head coaching career. In her first four seasons at the helm, she has guided UTSA to three NCAA postseason appearances and a pair of Conference USA titles.
The two-time C-USA Coach of the Year has led the Roadrunners to six total tournament titles, two individual conference crowns and eight all-conference certificates.
UTSA also has taken care of business in the classroom under Batiste, as the program has placed 16 student-athletes on the C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll over the last three years while collecting a total of seven C-USA Academic Medals for a 3.75-or-better cumulative GPA. The Roadrunners have earned three spots on the C-USA All-Academic Team during her tenure. They also have received three NCAA Public Recognition Awards for posting an Academic Progress Rate among the top 10 percent nationally within the sport, as UTSA has recorded a perfect score of 1,000 during each of the last three reporting periods.
A native of Spring, Texas, Batiste spent three seasons as UTSA's assistant coach before being named the program's third head coach in July 2017.
A former standout player for the Roadrunners in 2007-12, Batiste served as team captain her final two seasons and earned second-team All-Southland Conference honors in both 2010 and 2011. She shared individual medalist honors with teammate Taylor Newlin at the 2012 Islander Classic after shooting a 75-74-71—220 and she posted four additional top-five finishes during her career. She was a member of back-to-back NCAA Regional teams, tying for 89th (77-85-77—239) in 2011 and 104th (78-83-84—245) in 2012.
Batiste, the daughter of former Texas A&M and Miami Dolphins football player Dana Batiste, was a three-time winner of the UTSA Weight Room Warrior Award.
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