Seminole State College of Florida issued the following announcement on Oct. 28.
Great teams have great leaders, those leaders are usually the more seasoned players. The Raiders finished fourth in their second straight tournament on the strength of three
sophomores, two of whom have been instrumental in much of the SSC success over the last two years.
Minori Nagano (above) finished tied for fourth, one stroke behind the eventual winner (Stina Wikstrom from Limestone University defeated teammate Ebba Hellman and Jessica
Rathbone of Anderson University). Sophomore Minami Kudo also recorded a top 20 finish (out of 99 golfers) and was three strokes out of the top 10. Joining Nagano in the top 5
was Sophomore Grace Aromando (pictured below left) who tied Nagano and three others at +5 for her first top 5 collegiate finish.
The Raiders' starting five results:
Minori Nagano (So.) - T4 (+5, 149)
Grace Aromando (So.) - T4 (+5, 149)
Minami Kudo (So.) - T18 (+10, 154)
Tiana Eldem (Fr.) - T23 (+12, 156)
"Pearl" Banthita Phoncharatkun (Fr.) - T28 (+13, 157)
Coach Christa Teno commented, "It's a tough course (Marsh Creek). Grace had her first taste of contention and managed pretty well. Very windy and the greens were firm. We are
still learning."
The consecutive top 4 finishes has solidified Seminole State as the number one team in the NJCAA:
http://indy.golfstat.com/women/W0728/W0728C102721094611.PDF
Next up - Seminole State will travel on November 7 to Macon, GA for the Mercer (University) Invitational at the Brickyard Golf Club.
RAIDER NOTES:
The Raiders won National Championships in 2021, 2019 and 2015
Seminole State Golf has finished in the top 3 in the Nation every year since 2009 and was #1 in the NJCAA at the time of cancellation of the 2019-20 season
The 2022 National Championships will be hosted by Seminole State College at Timacuan Golf Club (May 9-12).
The four Sophomores from the 2021 team committed to playing at four-year programs (Alex Giles, Incarnate Word; Ranida Inpan, Converse University; Mary Ma, Wingate
University, Alex Stephenson, Georgia Southern)
The 2021-22 team returns two All-Americans from 2020-21 (Minori Nagano, Minami Kudo)
Coach Christa Teno was named LPGA Coach of the Year (2018) and inducted into the NJCAA Golf Hall of Fame (May 2017)
For sponsorship information, please email Kurt Esser, esserk@seminolestate.edu
To donate to the Women's Golf Program follow: http://weblink.donorperfect.com/buildingraiders
Original source can be found here.
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