2019 Conference Carolinas Women's Golf Preview and Golfers to Watch

1/25/2019 12:00:00 AM

HIGH POINT, N.C. – The 2019 Conference Carolinas Women's Golf preseason poll has been released. Limestone College will enter the season as the favorite to win the Conference Carolinas Women's Golf Championship, according to Conference Carolinas coaches.

1. Limestone College: The Saints topped the preseason poll by earning 10 first-place votes for 100 points from Conference coaches.

Limestone won the 2018 Conference Carolinas Women's Golf Championship, which earned it an automatic bid to the NCAA Division II Women's Golf South Super Regional Championship.

The Saints return four all-conference performers in Reme Cortes, Ebba Hellman, Pilar Martinez and Eleonor Skoog. Limestone will have the most potent lineup in Conference Carolinas, even with reigning Golfer of the Year Victoria Ross redshirting in 2019.

Players to Watch:

Hailey Cleary (So.)
*Ebba Hellman (So.)
*Pilar Martinez (Jr.)

2. Converse College: The Valkyries nabbed 83 points and one first-place vote from Conference coaches. Converse finished seventh in last year's Women's Golf Championship.

Players to Watch:

*Tyler Dawson (Sr.)

3. University of Mount Olive: The Trojans enter this season ranked third with 77 points from Conference coaches. Mount Olive finished sixth-place in the 2018 Women's Golf Championship.

Players to Watch:

*Johanna Andersson (Jr.)
Linn Andersson (Fr.)

4. Erskine College: The Fleet are ranked fourth with 65 points from Conference coaches. Erskine posted a runner-up finish at last year's Women's Golf Championship.

Players to Watch:

*Ning Kheawsalab (Jr.)
Nuria Llobet (Fr.)
Anna Parramore (So.)

5. Barton College: The Bulldogs narrowly rank fifth with 32 points from Conference coaches. Barton posted a third-place finish at the 2018 Women's Golf Championship.

Players to Watch:

Claire McMahon (Jr.)
Kelsey Woodall (Sr.)

6. North Greenville University: The Crusaders of North Greenville landed in sixth place with 55 points. North Greenville finished fourth at last year's Women's Golf Championship.

Players to Watch:

Allison Avery (So.)
*Savannah Hallman (Sr.)

7. Belmont Abbey College: The Crusaders of Belmont Abbey landed in seventh-place with 46 points. Belmont Abbey finished fifth in last year's championship.

Players to Watch:

*Jenna Nagy (So.)

8. Southern Wesleyan University: The Warriors posted with 44 points from Conference coaches and enter 2019 ranked eighth. Southern Wesleyan collected a ninth-place finish last year at the Women's Golf Championship.

Players to Watch:

Emily Anderson (So.)
Jesse Dalton (So.)
*Claire Page (Gr.)

9. King University: The Tornado landed 40 points from Conference coaches to enter the season ranked ninth. King posted an eighth-place finish in last season's Women's Golf Championship.

Players to Watch:

Sasha Gardiner (Fr.)
*Roxane Nataf (So.)
Shelby Zeiter (So.)

10. Emmanuel College: The Lions make their preseason poll debut in 10th with 21 points from Conference coaches.

Players to Watch:

Allie Cobb (Fr.)

11. Chowan University: The Hawks round out the preseason poll in 11th with 11 points.

Chowan turned in a 10th-place performance last year at the Women's Golf Championship.

Players to Watch:

Inecia Rolle (Jr.)

*denotes 2018 All-Conference Carolinas selection

2019 Women's Golf Preseason Poll

School (first-place votes)	Total
1. Limestone (10)	100
2. Converse (1)	83
3. Mount Olive	77
4. Erskine	65
5. Barton	63
6. North Greenville	55
7. Belmont Abbey	46
8. Southern Wesleyan	44
9. King	40
10. Emmanuel	21
11. Chowan	11

Conference Carolinas is a NCAA Division II athletics conference made up of 11 teams from Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. These institutions consist of: Barton College, Belmont Abbey, Converse College, Emmanuel College, Erskine College, King University, Lees-McRae College, Limestone College, University of Mount Olive, North Greenville University, and Southern Wesleyan University.