Cyclones Open NCAA Lubbock Regional on Sunday

LUBBOCK, Texas - The Iowa State women's golf team is set to play in its 15th-straight NCAA Regional, as the Cyclones head to the NCAA Lubbock Regional. Due to anticipated weather in West Texas, the opening round has been moved up from Monday to Sunday. Teams will have their practice round in the morning, while the Cyclones will tee-off at 1:30 p.m. at The Rawls Course At Texas Tech.

THE LEAD

The tournament field is stacked with six ranked teams, with two in the Top 10. ISU has been on a tear, winning two of its last four tournaments. The Cyclones will look to be at their best as they have their eyes on a bigger prize in the following weeks. The Cyclones enter the field ranked No. 30 in the country and seeded fifth in the field.

IOWA STATE LINEUP: Karisa Chul-Ak-Sorn, Pammy Chookaew, Nichakorn Pinprayoon, Keeley Marx, Alexandra Vidal

TOURNAMENT FORMAT

The top five teams will advance to the NCAA Championships, as well as the top individual not on an advancing team.

COURSE INFORMATION

The course was created for Texas Tech University and was designed by taking a flat cotton field on the high plains of the West Texas panhandle and creating an entire landscape from scratch. Doak moved 1.3 million cubic yards of topsoil and shaped the earth to mimic the land east and south of Lubbock where the great plain suddenly starts falling into the valleys and canyons that lead to the Caprock region. The Rawls Course offers wide fairways and boldly contoured greens and is playable for golfers of all skill levels.

KEY STORYLINES

-Iowa State qualified for its 15th-straight NCAA Regional. Overall, it is the 19th appearance in program history.
-The Cyclones have won two out of their last three tournaments.
-Iowa State is the fifth-highest ranked team in the regional at No. 30.
-Nichakorn Pinprayoon has six rounds in the 60s this year, the most on the team.
-Pammy Chookaew has a team-leading four Top 10 finishes, which she was in the Top 5 for all four tournaments.
-Chookaew leads the Cyclones in stroke average at 72.37 this season.
-Chookaew and Chul-Ak-Sorn tied for fifth at the Big 12 Championship, earning All-Tournament honors. It was the third time for Chul-Ak-Sorn and the second for Chookaew.
-Keeley Marx played in the 79th US Open last summer, where she placed 135th. She finished 13th among amateurs in the field.
-Pinprayoon leads the Cyclones 54 hole low with a 209, at the Stanford Intercollegiate.
-Chookaew got her first win of her career at the Bama Beach Bash.

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Players Mentioned

Pammy Chookaew

Karisa Chul-Ak-Sorn

Keeley Marx

Nichakorn Pinprayoon

Alexandra Vidal

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