GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Four Atlantic Coast Conference women’s golf teams – Duke, Florida State, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest – finished in the top six at their respective NCAA Regionals and have advanced to the national championships, which will be held May 21-26 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona.

No. 8 Florida State won the Louisville (Ky.) Regional by three strokes over Texas with a three-day total of 872 (+8) and earned a spot at the NCAA Championship for the 12th time in school history. The Seminoles were led by Amelia Williamson, who finished second in the individual competition (-3), and 2021 ACC Player of the Year Beatrice Wallin, who tied for seventh (-1).

ACC Champion Duke tied for second in the Columbus (Ohio) Regional, advancing to the national championships for the 32nd time in school history. ACC individual champion Gina Kim led the second-ranked Blue Devils with a three-round total of 218 (+2) to finish tied for 11th. 

Playing together in the Stanford (Calif.) Regional, Wake Forest and Virginia Tech both finished among the top six. The third-ranked Demon Deacons placed second at +2, while No. 14 Virginia Tech was two shots back in fourth place. 

Wake Forest’s Emilia Migliaccio led the team with a sixth place finish to help the Deacons advance to the national championships for the 17th time in school history.

Virginia Tech’s Emily Mahar tied for sixth and Becca DiNunzio was 10th to help lead the Hokies to their first ever appearance in the NCAA Championship Field.  

In addition to the four ACC teams advancing, Louisville’s Lauren Hartlage, Miami’s Nataliya Guseva and Virginia’s Beth Lillie have earned a spot in the national championships as individual competitors. Hartlage finished fourth in the Louisville Regional, while Lillie tied for fifth in the Columbus Regional. Guseva and her Miami teammates saw their regional in Baton Rouge canceled due to heavy rain and unplayable course conditions over the past three days. Guseva, the ACC Rookie of the Year and the No. 23 player in the country by Golfstat, advanced to nationals as one of the top ranked players not on an advancing team. 

The national championship format consists of 24 teams and 12 individuals completing 54 holes of stroke play. The top 15 teams, along with the top nine individuals not on an advancing team, advance for one additional day of stroke play to determine the top eight teams for match play competition and the 72-hole stroke play individual champion.

The top eight teams then compete in match play for the national title.