CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Furman freshman Olivia Hasselbach (+6) tied for 21st to lead the Paladins Wednesday in the final round of the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional at the par-70, 6,177 yard Finley Golf Club.
A native of Tampa, Fla., Hasselbach teed off on No. 10 and birdied No. 15 and No. 17. After turning at 1-under par, she added an additional birdie on No. 8 to finish with a team-high three birdies. Hasselbach, who led Furman with a 71 in the final round, posted the highest regional finish by a Paladin freshman since Anna Morgan tied for 16th at the 2021 NCAA Simpsonville Regional.
Junior Audrey Ryu (+13) recorded a 75 with a birdie on No. 17 to tie for 43rd, and sophomore Jenna Madden (+14) added a 76 in the final round to tie for 48th. Sophomore Eva Ringwald (+20) finished 58th with a 78 on Wednesday.
Sophomore Andrea Marin Raga, who entered the Furman lineup on Tuesday as a substitute and did not figure in the individual finish, notched a 74 with birdies on No. 8 and No. 11.
Fifth-ranked Texas (-5) won the regional by 11 strokes over host North Carolina (+6), which ranks 12th nationally. No. 20 Oklahoma State finished third, and 44th-ranked N.C. State (+18), No. 35 Virginia (+18), and 39th-ranked Michigan State (+18) had a three-way playoff for the final two advancing spots, with Virginia and Michigan State claiming the remaining qualifying spots. Furman (+49) finished tenth in the regional.
Thanana Kotchasanmanee (-6) of Princeton, who played as an individual, and Marta Silchenko (-6) of Oklahoma State shared individual medalist honors. Kotchasanmanee received the individual bid to the NCAA Championship, while Silchenko advanced along with her team.
Furman was part of a 12-team regional field that battled for a top-five finish and a berth in the 30-team NCAA Championship, which will be held May 22-27 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. The Paladins, which secured the SoCon's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament by capturing their 22nd league championship last month, made their 26th NCAA Regional appearance. Furman appeared in 17-straight regionals from 1993, when the regional format began, until 2010.
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10 Furman 298 295 296 889 +49
T21 Olivia Hasselbach 73 72 71 216 +6
T43 Audrey Ryu 76 72 75 223 +13
T48 Jenna Madden 74 74 76 224 +14
58 Eva Ringwald 75 77 78 230 +20
-- Ava Hanneman 80 -- -- +10
-- Andrea Marin Raga -- 77 74 +11
