Women's preview: No. 6 Auburn

Auburn's Victoria Trapani

Auburn's Victoria Trapani

Women's Rankings »

RankNameSchoolRating
1Annie ParkUSC  69.91 
2Stephanie MeadowAlabama  69.92 
3Mariah StackhouseStanford  70.62 
4Kelsey VinesOkla. St.  70.68 
5Lindy DuncanDuke  70.81 

Women's Team Rankings »

RankNameRatingEvents
1Southern California 71.09  10 
2Alabama 71.45  10 
3Duke 71.65  10 
4Oklahoma 72.01  10 
5Arkansas 72.27  10 

6. Auburn

2011-12 Golfweek rank: 7

Go-to girl: Marta Sanz

Season outlook: The Tigers should think often of missing last spring’s NCAA Championship – and get mad about it. Auburn returns three starters from last season’s SEC title team in Sanz, Victoria Trapani and Carlie Yadloczky. Head coach Kim Evans also added three freshmen to that roster (Alex Harrell, Megan Wilshire and Jamie Yun), while junior Diana Fernandez and sophomores Nicole Quinn and Lakin Eddy return, too. The bodies are there, but someone needs to take hold of the No. 4 spot. After advancing to the second round of match play at the U.S. Women’s Amateur, Fernandez is a good candidate.