UTC senior Maria Juliana Loza watches an approach shot Friday during the second round of the NCAA East Regional. Loza is contention to advance as an individual to the NCAA championship.The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s golf team faced long odds of advancing from the NCAA East Regional before the tournament began.
Their odds have grown longer after the first two rounds at the Penn State Blue Course.
UTC is in 21st place at 41 over par and would need to climb past 15 teams — making up at least 18 shots — in today’s final round to advance to the national championship tournament.
“It’s sad and solemn knowing that we’re pretty much out of it as a team,” coach Colette Murray said. “But we’re going to go down fighting. If we can get a top-15 finish, we’d be happy with it.”
But the Mocs could be represented at the national championship by an individual.