COLLEGE GOLFMay 18, 2019 Florida Tech women's golf team, cut by school for budget reasons, wins NCAA D-II title in program finale - Ryan Herrington, Golf World

The NCAA Women’s Division II Championship was the last hurrah for the golf program at Florida Tech, not just for the 2018-’19 college season, but beyond. In January, athletic department officials at the Melbourne, Fla., university announced they were cutting three sports for budget reasons, the men’s and women’s tennis teams joining women’s golf as the casualties. As it turns out, the Panthers’ demise became a rallying point for coach Chris Saltmarsh’s squad. They won three of their last four spring regular-season tournaments to grab a No. 6 seed in NCAA Regionals. At Cleveland (Tenn.) C.C., they finished fourth and became the last team to advance to the national championship, which was the first time in school history that they earned as spot into the NCAA finals. https://www.golfdigest.com/story/florida-tech-womens-golf-team-cut-by-school-for-budget-reasons-wins-ncaa-d-ii-title-in-program-finale