BERMUDA RUN, N.C., May 8, 2024 – The University of South Florida women's golf team, making back-to-back NCAA Regionals for the first time since 2001-02, finished eighth as their record-setting season came to an end at the NCAA Bermuda Run Regional.
 
The 34^th-ranked Bulls, seeking their fifth appearance in the NCAA Championship round, moved up one spot after closing with a 294 (+6) in the final round. USF opened with a 300 (+12), improved 10 shots with a 290 (+2) in the second round. For the tournament, the Bulls shot 884 (+20).
 
Senior Melanie Green, the AAC Women's Golf Player of the Year, led the Bulls. Green, ranked 20^th nationally, closed with a 69 (-3), her low round of the tournament, to move up five spots into a tie for 13^th. She made four birdies on her round, including her last two holes. After an opening round 72 (E), Green shot 71 (-1) in the second round, for a 54-hole total of 212 (-4). In the 2023-24 season she shot par or better in 32 of 33 rounds.
 
Graduate student transfer Alyssa Montgomery shot under par in the last two rounds, carding a pair of one-under 71's. In the final round, Montgomery made four birdies as she moved up the leaderboard 11 spots to finish tied for 24^th.  Montgomery shot an opening round 76 (+4) and finished with a 54-hole tally of 218 (+2).
 
Senior Alizee Vidal moved up 12 places as she closed with a 74 (+2) to tie for 42^nd) at 227 (+11).  Vidal opened with a 79 (+7), improved five shots with a second-round 74 (+2)
 
Freshman Emma Falcher opened with 74 (+2) in each of the first two rounds. Falcher closed with an 80 (+8) and finished tied for 46^th at 288 (+12).
 
Junior Leonor Medeiros contributed a scoring round with an opening 78 (+6). She shot 83 (+11) in the second round and closed with an 80 (+8) to finish at 241 (+25), in a tie for 61st.
 
 
 
Bulls Team Scores
Place                                                                          RD1    RD 2   RD 3   Total
T13      Melanie Green (Sr./Medina, N.Y)                    72        71        69        -4 (212)
T24      Alyssa Montgomery (Gr./Knoxville, Ten.)        76        71        71       +2 (218)
T42      Alizee Vidal (Sr./Le Gosier, France)                79        74        74     +11 (227)
T46      Emma Falcher (Fr./ Fousenant, France)         74        74        80     +12 (228)
T61      Leonor Medeiros (So./Palmela, Portugal)       78        83        80      +25 (241)
 
 
Tournament Team Scores
Place                                                                       RD1       RD2    RD3    Total  
  1 Ole Miss                                                               283         281      279        -21 (843)
  2 Texas                                                                    285         279      280        -20 (844)
  3 Wake Forest                                                         277         281      288        -18 (846)
  4 Mississippi State                                                   283         288      290          -3 (861)
  5 Oregon State                                                        285         293      284         -2 (862)
  6 Tennessee                                                            278         294      295        +3 (867)
  7 North Texas                                                          293         281      304      +14 (878)
  8 South Florida                                                        300         290      294      +20 (884)
  9 UCF                                                                      293         294      298      +21 (888)
10 Navy                                                                     302         299      309      +46 (910)
11 Charleston Southern                                            308          301      302      +47 (911)
12 Delaware                                                              304         306      307      +53 (917)
 
 
About USF Women's Golf
The 2023-24 campaign is the Bulls' sixth full season under head coach Erika Brennan. South Florida is among the fastest-rising programs in the country, as they climbed 75 spots in the national Golfstat rankings following Brennan's first season in 2018-19. The Bulls have earned two NCAA Regional bids, in 2022-23 and 2023-24, and have captured six tournament titles under Brennan, while setting numerous program scoring records under her leadership. Senior standout Melanie Green, the AAC Conference Player of the Year in 2023-24, has been an all-conference performer in each of her first four seasons, qualified for the 2022 NCAA Regional as an individual and was named a 2023 All-American Honorable Mention. Green and the Bulls reached the NCAA Regional as a team in 2023, marking the program's first postseason appearance in 11 years. Follow @USFWGolf on Twitter for the latest information concerning the program.