STANFORD, Calif. – For the second straight season, Cal State Fullerton golfer Martina Edberg will participate in the NCAA postseason, making her way to the Stanford Regional hosted by Stanford at the Stanford Golf Course.
THE COURSE: The NCAA Stanford Regional will take place at the Stanford Golf Course in Stanford, Calif. The course will play as a 6,269-yard par-71. The Stanford Golf Course was designed by George C. Thomas and William Bell and opened for play on Jan. 1, 1930. Play will tee off Thursday at 7:30 a.m. with round two and round three teeing off at the same time on Friday and Saturday.
THE FIELD: The Stanford Regional is one of four regional sites for the 2016 NCAA Women's Golf Postseason. There will be 18 teams participating at the Stanford Regional along with six individual competitors, including Edberg. The field is highlighted by USC, which is ranked No. 2 in the GolfWeek NCAA Women's Golf rankings. Stanford (No. 6), Arkansas (No. 12), Virginia (No. 16), UNLV (No. 18), San Diego State (No. 19), and Colorado (No. 24) are all ranked in the GolfWeek Top-25 poll. Big West Conference team champions UC Riverside will also be at the Stanford Regional.
On the individual side, Edberg will be joined by fellow Big West golfers Andrea Wong (UC Davis), 2016 Big West Conference Player of the Year Kassidy Teare (Long Beach State), and 2016 Big West Individual champion Paige Lee (UC Davis) at the Stanford Golf Course.
LIVE STATS: Fans can follow all the action from all three days the Stanford Regional through GolfStat.com. Links for the live stats as well as complete results following the conclusion of each day will be available at FullertonTitans.com.
LAST YEAR IN SOUTH BEND: Edberg made her first NCAA appearance as an individual at the South Bend Regional last year. She struggled in the opening round, shooting a 7-over 79 to sit in 70th place after the first day. But Edberg put up solid second and third round scores, carding a 3-over 75 on day two and wrapping up the regional with a 4-over 76 in the final round to finish tied for 56th overall in the 96-player field.
EDBERG'S RECORD-BREAKING SEASON AT FULLERTON: Edberg led the team with a 73.35 scoring average during the 2015-16 season, a new Cal State Fullerton single-season record. She has set the record each of the past two seasons, posting a 74.81 average as a freshman and a 74.44 mark last season. Along with her single-season record, Edberg set the new single-round record by a Fullerton golfer this season, posting a 7-unver 65 in the second round of the Cougar Cup hosted by Washington State on Sept. 21. She would finish the event tied for second place with a 3-under 213. It was the second of five occasions the Titans golfer shot a round in the 60s during the season. Prior to this season, the Titans record for a single round was 69, which had recorded five times by a Fullerton golfer with two of those belonging to Edberg. This season, Edberg recorded her fourth career victory at the Wyoming Cowgirl Desert Classic on Sept. 26-27, posting a 5-under 211 in the 54-hole event, a new personal best and Cal State Fullerton record for lowest score in a 54-hole tournament. Overall, Edberg posted four top-5 finishes this season to go along with five top-10s and seven top-20 finishes. Edberg was named the Big West Conference Golfer of the Month for March and earned a nod to the All-Big West Conference First Team for the third consecutive year.