Pinyada Kuvanun to Compete in NCAA Madison Regional Next Week

TOLEDO, Ohio — Junior Pinyada Kuvanun (Khonkean, Thailand) will represent the University of Toledo women's golf program this postseason when she competes in the 2018 NCAA Madison Regional hosted by the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis. The tournament will be held Monday-Wednesday, May 7-9 at the par-72, 6,313-yard University Ridge Golf Course.
       Kuvanun is the second Rocket to compete in a NCAA event in the program's 23-year history. Sathika Ruenreong was the first UT women's golfer to earn a regional berth when she participated in the Shoal Creek Regional in 2016.
       A two-time All-MAC selection, Kuvanun enters the regional after posting a school-record 72.9 stroke average (surpassing Ruenreong's 73.8 mark) and tying school marks for best 18-hole (67) and 54-hole (210) stroke totals. She notched third-place showings or better in her final three tournaments. Kuvanun placed second at the Dolores Black Falcon Invitational (April 7-8) at one-over par, third at the Lady Buckeye Invitational (April 14) at one-under par, and third at the Mid-American Conference Championships (April 20-22) at even-par. Her play at the MAC Championships helped the Rockets register a second-place finish for the fourth time in the last six years.

The Regional Field
      The NCAA Madison Regional features 18 teams and six individuals. The top six teams and the top three individuals not associated with one of those squads will advance to the NCAA Championship in Stillwater, Okla. Six teams and three individuals will also advance from the San Francisco (Calif.), Austin (Texas) and Tallahassee (Fla.) Regionals.
       The Madison field includes seven Top 30 teams (according to Golfstat rankings): #4 Duke, #6 USC, #12 Arizona State, #13 Northwestern, #20 Illinois, #23 Purdue and #27 Iowa State. The field also includes 24 Top 100 players, with Kuvanun ranking 84th in Golfstat's rankings. Duke's Leona Maguire is the top player in the field at No. 9 nationally.

The Regional Schedule
Sunday, May 6 — Practice Round (tee times from 8:00 a.m. to 10:06 a.m.) | Kuvanun, 8:00 a.m.
Monday, May 7 — First Round (18), 8:00 a.m. CT (tee times off No. 1 and 10) | Kuvanun, 9:30 a.m.
Tuesday, May 8 — Second Round (18), 8:00 a.m. CT (tee times off No. 1 & 10), Kuvanun, 8:45 a.m.
Wednesday, May 9 — Final Round (18), 8:00 a.m. CT (tee times off No. 1 & 10), Kuvanun, 8:45 a.m.
Teams (in seeding order) include: 1. Duke (ACC champions); 2. USC; 3. Arizona State; 4. Northwestern; 5. Illinois; 6. Purdue; 7. Iowa State; 8. Virginia; 9. Wisconsin; 10. Campbell (Big South champions); 11. Ohio State; 12. Notre Dame; 13. Old Dominion; 14. Oregon State; 15. Idaho (Big Sky champions); 16. Murray State (OVC champions); 17. North Dakota State (Summit League champions); 18. IUPUI (Horizon League champions).

Individuals (in seeding order) are: 1. Connie Jaffrey (Kansas State); 2. Pinyada Kuvanun (Toledo); 3. Pun Chanachai (New Mexico State); 4. Elsa Moberly (Eastern Kentucky); 5. Erin Harper (Indiana); 6. Cara Basso (Penn State).

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       Pinyada Kuvanun has collected a team-best seven Top-Five and eight Top-10 showings as well as 17 rounds of shooting par or better this season. In her two-year career at the University of Toledo, Kuvanun has registered 11 Top-Five and 16 Top-10 finishes as well as 26 rounds where she shot even-par or better.

International Play
                Pinyada Kuvanun represented Thailand at the 2017 Summer World University Games in Taipei City, Taiwan. Kuvanun was part of a three-golfer squad and tied for 13th place individually to help Thailand to a fifth-place showing. She carded rounds of 75-71-75 to finish at five-over par 221 in the competition.

Pinyada Kuvanun to Compete in NCAA Madison Regional Next Week

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