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42 gram history that two Falcons have been named All-Americans in the same season .
This is the second time for Wood to receive this honor with the first coming after last season .
Wood , a Spanish Fort , Ala . native , ended the 2017 season with a 73.96 stroke average and helped lead Montevallo to a seventh-place finish at the NCAA Division II South Super regional and finished in sixth place in the individual standings at the same event .
All season long Wood was one of the top golfers in the Peach Belt Conference . Wood had eight top-10 finishes this season , including five finishes in the top-five . She also won the individual title at the LeeAnn Noble Memorial earlier this season .
Wood was also named to the All-South Region team by the WGCA this season .
Eddy receives All-American honors for the second time in her career after receiving the same honor following her sophomore season with the Falcons .
The Hartselle , Ala . native had a 74.62 stroke average throughout the season and played an instrumental part in the Falcons ’ success this year . Eddy wrapped up her senior season with a 36th place finish at the NCAA Division II South Super Regional .
Eddy finished in the top-10 in eight tournaments this season , five of which were in the top-five finishes .
Eddy also found herself at the top of the leaderboard twice this past year that included winning the Peach Belt Conference individual title .
Three PBC Women ’ s Golf Teams , One Individual Selected for NCAA Women ’ s Golf
INDIANAPOLIS , IND – Three PBC women ’ s golf teams and one individual learned on Monday that their 2017 seasons will continue as they were selected to play in the NCAA South Super Regional in Elgin , S . C . Montevallo , Flagler and Armstrong State will be among the 12 teams selected to the tournament , which will be played May 8-10 at the Members Club at Woodcreek and hosted by Newberry College . UNC Pembroke ’ s Ashlii Thompson was selected to play as an individual .
The PBC set a league record in 2016 by sending three teams to the NCAA Tournament and met that number again this year . Prior to that , the league had never sent more than two teams .
Montevallo is the eighth seed in the regional , the highest seed for any PBC team . The Falcons are ranked 17th in the latest Golfstat Relative Ranking and have the lowest team stroke average in the PBC at 302.3 . The Falcons won two events during the regular season and were second at the PBC Championships . UM has finished outside of the top four only twice in 10 events this year . Senior Arin Eddy won the PBC Tournament , one of her
2016-17 Women ’ s Golf All-Conference Team
First Team Lara Ardler , Flagler Sophie Bargeron , Armstrong State Arin Eddy , Montevallo Ashlii Thompson , UNC Pembroke Elaine Wood , Montevallo
Second Team Nikita Arjun , Armstrong State Eva Martinez Calavia , Armstrong State Miranda Greene , Flagler Hannah Walker , Young Harris Linn Weber , Flagler
Elite 15 Award Presented by EAB Taylor Allen , North Georgia
Freshman of the Year Hannah Walker , Young Harris
Player of the Year Arin Eddy , Montevallo
Coach of the Year Michael Butler , Armstrong State
two victories on the season . Elaine Wood won once and has seven top 10s . Wood and Eddy are ranked first and second in the PBC in stroke average . Montevallo makes their second straight NCAA appearance . Flagler is the 11th seed in the NCAA Super Regional but are the highest-ranked PBC team in the Golfstat Ranking at # 15 . The Saints won the 2017 PBC Championship , shooting a team 294 in the final round , the sixth-lowest team round by any school this season . Lara Ardler has a victory and three top-10s this year and is third in the PBC in stroke average while Linn Weber is fifth in stroke average with four top-10s . Flagler reaches the NCAA Tournament for the fourth year in a row and fifth overall , the most by any PBC team .
Armstrong State is ranked 19th in the Golfstat rankings and are third in the PBC in team stroke average . The Pirates fight on with their fourth NCAA Tournament appearance in the last five years . Sophie Bargeron has a tournament win and two top-five finishes this year while Nikita Arjun has four top-10s . The players are ranked sixth and seventh , respectively , in the PBC in stroke average .
Thompson , a three-time All-Peach Belt Conference ( PBC ) selection , led the Black & Gold and ranks fourth in the PBC with a 75.5 stroke average this season . The UNCP career leader for most rounds played , Thompson has carded six rounds at or under par in 2016-17 and hauled in four top-five finishes and eight finishes in the top 20 . She makes her third NCAA Tournament appearance .
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