Seminole State College issued the following announcement on Sept. 29.
Seminole State Women's Golf sent five golfers to the Sea Best Jacksonville Classic, only one (Minami Kudo) has more than a few competitive rounds as a college student-athlete. The results showed in a very talented 54-hole tournament. SSC finished sixth out of eight teams, shooting 306, 305 and 299 for the three rounds.
"We are fine," state Coach Teno. "We played some really good golf, then we had a few mental lapses here and there which cost us some strokes. Not sure what our ladies were thinking on 18 (hole) and we took a few big scores. But I like this team and I think a tournament like this will help us in the spring."
The Raiders' starting five finished:
Ayami Takahashi (Fr.) - T34 (78, 78, 73)
Grace Aromando (So.) - T22 (75, 78, 73)
Minami Kudo (So.) - T22 (74, 79, 73)
Grace Connelly (So.) - 44th (79, 80 84)
Banthita Phoncharatkun (aka "Pearl") (Fr.) - 20th (+9, 78, 71, 76) (right)
Next up for the Raiders will be the Palm Beach Intercollegiate, October 17-19 at the Falls Club of the Palm Beaches.
RAIDER NOTES:
The Raiders won National Championships in 2021, 2019 and 2015
Seminole State Golf has finished in the top 3 in the Nation every year since 2009 and was #1 in the NJCAA at the time of cancellation of the 2019-20 season
The 2022 National Championships will be hosted by Seminole State College at Timacuan Golf Club (May 9-12).
The four Sophomores from the 2021 team committed to playing at four-year programs (Alex Giles, Incarnate Word; Ranida Inpan, Converse University; Mary Ma, Wingate University, Alex Stephenson, Georgia Southern)
The 2021-22 team returns two All-Americans from 2020-21 (Minori Nagano, Minami Kudo)
Coach Christa Teno was named LPGA Coach of the Year (2018) and inducted into the NJCAA Golf Hall of Fame (May 2017)
For sponsorship information, please email Kurt Esser, esserk@seminolestate.edu
To donate to the Women's Golf Program follow: http://weblink.donorperfect.com/buildingraiders
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