Alabama Women’s Golf Ranked No. 1 in WGCA Coaches Poll
10/1/2018 2:25:00 PM | Women's Golf
Crimson Tide lands in the top spot following record-setting weekend
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The Alabama women's golf team sits atop the first Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) Coaches Poll of the 2018-19 regular season, the organization announced Monday.
Alabama received 12 first-place votes and 535 total points to secure the top spot following the Crimson Tide's NCAA-record-setting 45-under par performance at the Schooner Fall Classic over the weekend.
UCLA (525), which tallied eight first-place votes is second. Vanderbilt is third with 463 points and one first place vote. USC (455) is fourth and Florida (450), which received the final first-place vote, is fifth this week.
Four other SEC schools appear in this week's rankings – No. 7 Arkansas, No. 17 South Carolina, No. 18 Georgia and No. 20 Auburn.
Alabama returns to action, Oct. 19-21, at the Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational in Austin, Texas.
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