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Women's Golf Garners First-Ever Golf World/NGCA Preseason Ranking The Wolfpack ranked 25th in preseason coaches' poll

Brittany Marchand

Aug. 29, 2012

RALEIGH, N.C. - The NC State women's golf team received its first-ever preseason ranking in the Golf World/National Golf Coaches Association (NCGA) Division I College Women's Preseason Coaches' Poll released on Wednesday. The Wolfpack enter the fall ranked 25^th nationally.

"This ranking is a reflection of how hard our players have worked," said head coach Page Marsh. "With what we accomplished last year, and we didn't have anyone graduate, it's really a testament to their talent and work ethics. It should be an exciting year ahead."

The Wolfpack returns its top five golfers from last season in senior Amanda Baker, juniors Ava Menendez and Brittany Marchand and sophomores Augusta James and Vivan Tsui. The quintet combined to post 12 top-10 individual finishes. James, the ACC Freshman of the Year, and Marchand tied for top medalist honors at the Sir Pizza Cards Challenge. Marchand also claimed the top individual prize at the Pinehurst Challenge.

As a team, NC State had 10 top-10 finishes including three team crowns at the Cardinal Cup, the Sir Pizza Cards Challenge and the Pinehurst Challenge, tying the record for the most ever team victories in a single season. It also finished seventh at the NCAA Regional and 13^th at its first-ever NCAA Championship.

NC State opens its fall season at the Cougar Challenge (Sept. 9-11) hosted by the College of Charleston at the par-72 Yeamans Hall Club in Hanahan, S.C. In addition to the Pack, the tournament field features 11 teams ranked in preseason coaches' polls highlighted by No. 1 and defending national champion Alabama, No. 3 USC, No. 7 Auburn, No. 5 Duke, No. 9 Florida, No. 10 LSU, No. 11 Georgia, No. 12 Virginia, No. 13 Tennessee and No. 17 South Carolina.

Rank	Team	Points	NCAA Finish
1.	Alabama (19)	655	Champion
2.	UCLA (6)	638	8th
3.	USC	578	2nd
4.	Arizona State (1)	559	T-6th
5.	Duke (1)	525	15th
6.	North Carolina	470	10th
7.	Auburn	452	DNP
8.	Vanderbilt	380	11th
9.	Florida	354	12th
10.	LSU	324	3rd
11.	Georgia	311	DNP
12.	Viriginia	294	4th
13.	Tennessee	272	19th
14.	Arizona	260	DNP
15.	Texas A&M	255	T-16th
16.	Colorado	239	18th
17.	South Carolina	237	5th
18.	California	226	DNP
19.	Oklahoma	200	T-6th
20.	Baylor	176	T-16th
21.	Oklahoma State	175	DNP
22.	Purdue	173	9th
23.	Arkansas	143	23rd
24.	Pepperdine	127	21st
25.	NC State	126	T-13th

Also receiving votes: Texas, 113; Ohio State, 81; Stanford, 79; Oregon, 60; Michigan State, 51; UC Davis, 28; TCU, 22; Colorado State, 21; Florida State, 20; Notre Dame, 17; Wake Forest, 17; SMU, 14; Texas State, 12; Cal Poly, 11; Florida International, 7; Texas Tech, 7; Denver, 5; Illinois, 5; Tulane, 3; Washington, 3; CSU-Fullerton, 2; Chattanooga, 2; Michigan, 2; UCF, 2; North Dakota State, 1; Tulsa, 1; USF, 1.

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