{"id":270638,"date":"2026-05-14T09:12:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T09:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/270638\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T09:12:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T09:12:16","slug":"la-costa-bound-gators-advance-to-national-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/270638\/","title":{"rendered":"La Costa Bound: Gators Advance to National Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. \u2013 The No. 3 Florida women’s golf team clinched a spot into the NCAA National Championships after finishing 3rd and 3-under at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional on Wednesday at Seminole Legacy Golf Club.
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\nThe Gators advance to nationals for the 30th time in program history and the second consecutive season for the first time since 2018-19. Florida’s 30th appearance marks one of eight schools and one of two SEC Schools (Texas) to reach the final tournament of year 30-plus times.
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\nThis year’s National Championships are scheduled for May 22-27 at Omni La Costa in Carlsbad, Calif.
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\nFlorida had a final round of 290 (+2) to produce a 54-hole score of 861 (-3) for the program’s second-lowest tournament total by score and par at regional play all-time. The lowest was a 7-under performance in 2016.
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\nToday’s final round snapped a streak of 11 straight rounds of par or better. In 32 rounds this year for Florida, 20 have been for par or better and 18 under par. The last round to not be par or better was on February 17th in the final round of the Moon Golf Invitational. In 13 tournaments this season, the Gators have finished under par overall seven times.
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\nWhen all five Gators made the turn, it was a three-way battle for the top spot as Florida and Wake Forest were tied at 5-under and host Florida State (-4) a stroke behind, but the Demon Deacons pulled ahead on the back nine to shoot a final round of 10-under for the team title.
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\nUF was double digit and multiple shots inside the championship cut and finished nine shots ahead of the final cut, which Kentucky secured behind a hole-out for eagle on the 18th for the final advancing spot, three shots over No. 15 UCLA.
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\nFreshman and Gainesville native Katelyn Huber<\/a> led the lineup with a 6th place finish and 4-under performance. She started her final 18-holes with back-to-back birdies and three in her first hour holes. Huber shot a final round of 71 (-1) for her third under par round this postseason.
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\nMegan Propeck<\/a> bounced back for a final round of 69 (-3) after shooting a 77 (+5) in round two. Playing in her fourth career regional and helping her team clinch a spot in her fourth National Championship (3 at UVA prior), she closed with three birdies in the last five holes and back-to-back on 17 & 18. Propeck finished T10 for her team-high seventh top-10 and 10th top-25 finishes
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\nThe next three Gators also finished with a 75s (+3) in Paula Francisco<\/a>, Elaine Widjaja<\/a> and Siuue Wu<\/a>. Francisco placed T19 to tie Propeck for team-high 10th top-25.
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\nEntering the final tournament of the season next week, Florida has won five team titles, a runner-up, two third place finishes, a fourth and sixth place outing.
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\nThis week’s action in Tallahassee marked the first time Florida appeared there since the fall of 1991 and the 12th time overall; 1974-76, 1978, 1981-84 and 1990-91.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Florida Scores

\n6th – Katelyn Huber<\/a>\u00a0 – 73-68-71 = 212 (-4)

\nT10 – Megan Propeck<\/a> – 70-77-69 = 216 (E)

\nT16 – Siuue Wu<\/a> – 69-74-75 = 218 (+2)

\nT19 – Paula Francisco<\/a> – 71-73-75 = 219 (+3)

\nT26 – Elaine Widjaja<\/a> – 73-73-75 = 221 (+5)<\/p>\n

Team Leaderboard

\n1 – Wake Forest (-8)

\n2 – Florida State (-4)

\n3 – Florida (-3)

\n4 – Eastern Michigan (+5)

\n5 – Kentucky (+6)

\n— Top-5 Championship Cut —\u00a0

\n6 – UCLA (+9)

\n7 – North Florida (+16)

\n8 – Louisiana-Monroe (+26)

\n9 – Clemson (+27)

\n10 – Purdue (+30)

\n11 – UT-Rio Grande Valley (+80)

\n12 – Little Rock (+90)<\/p>\n

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