Sports Wolfpack golf heads to ACCs TECHNICIAN
PAGE 12 • THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019
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Alec Sawyer Assistant Sports Editor
Both the NC State women’s and men’s golf teams will be in competition at the ACC Championships this week, with both tournaments starting Thursday and wrapping up Saturday. T h e Wo l f p a c k women will head to Sedgefield Countr y Club in Greensboro, while t he men w i l l be competing at the Old Nor t h State Club in New London. T he NC S t at e women’s team will enter the 12-team event as the nine seed, coming off of an eighth-place finish at last year’s championships. The Wolfpack will kick off competition Thursday morning, where it will be paired with seventh-seeded UNC-Chapel Hill and eighth-seeded Louisville. The Pack has three set golfers in its tournament rotation, with three others fighting for the final two spots at ACCs. Seniors India Clyburn and Laura Kowohl will lead the way for the Pack, as the two have been NC State’s most consistent,
reliable golfers throughout the year. Kowohl has a team-best stroke average of 74.13 and is coming off her best finish of the season at the Bryan National Collegiate, which finished back on March 31. Kowohl tied for 12th with a threeround score of 1 over pa r at t hat event, and heads into ACCs playi ng st rong gol f. She has experience at the conference t ou r n a m e nt , a s she finished 12th at ACCs last year with a 3 over par. Clyburn is averaging an 18-hole score of 74.78 this year, and has two top-10 finishes to her name. Clyburn placed eighth at the Bryan National Collegiate with a 1 under par. At last year’s ACC Championships, Clyburn placed 23rd. The Wolfpack’s other consistent starter is junior Mim Sangkapong, who is averaging a 75.91 this year. Like Clyburn and Kowohl, Sangkapong’s best finish came at the Bryan National Collegiate, where she finished 18th. For Sangkapong, this week will mark her first trip to ACCs. The other two spots for the Pack women will be filled by either freshman Lea
“Seniors India Clyburn and Laura Kowohl will lead the way for the Pack, as the two have been NC State’s most consistent, reliable golfers throughout the year.”
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Senior Stephen Franken drives the ball down the range. Franken finished strong with a score of 3 under par in the 2nd round of the Wolfpack Intercollegiate at Lonnie Poole Golf Course on Oct. 6, 2018.
Klimentova, sophomore Monika Hartl or senior Naomi Ko. Hartl has been the strongest of the three this season, as her average score of 74.17 is the second best on the team. Hartl also has ACC experience, finishing tied for 47th last year. Ko is averaging 75.64 strokes this sea-
son, while Klimentova is averaging a score of 76.27. Ko competed at ACCs last year, where she finished tied for 52nd, and her experience could make her the best option for the fifth and final spot.
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