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MARSHALL, Minn. – Southwest Minnesota State University junior Krista Weiszhaar will open play at the NCAA II Women's Golf Championships this Wednesday morning at Persimmon Ridge Golf Course in Louisville, Ky. 

Weiszhaar, who is the third Mustang golfer in program history to qualify for the national championships, left for Louisville on Monday morning with SMSU head coach Ross Webskowski.  She advanced to the national championship after finishing tied for ninth at the last week's NCAA II Central Region Tournament in Elephant Butte, N.M.

Weiszhaar will play a practice round on Tuesday morning, before opening the 72-hole championship on Wednesday morning at 7:30 CDT.  She will tee off at 9:20 a.m. CDT for Thursday's second round. 

Weiszhaar begins the championship with an 82.2 stroke average in 23 rounds this season, with six top 10 and two top 5 finishes.  She had six sub-80 rounds during the season, including three of her last five rounds this spring. 

Fans can follow Weiszhaar's play and the entire NCAA championship at golfstat.com

Weiszhaar joins former Mustangs' Laura Lundbohm and Erin Oakland to compete at the NCAA championships.  Lundbohm twice qualified for the championship, finishing 26th 2001 and 22nd in 2003, while Oakland finished 29th in 2004.