Finishing up the 18th hole on a cool, windy Saturday evening, seniors Brianna Broderick and Ali Stinson found themselves ending the path they started four years ago at the University of Michigan golf course.

Broderick and Stinson were in the final two groups of golfers, and as they each approached the green, their waiting friends, family members and coaches greeted the seniors with cheers. Since the majority of the other teams had already completed their rounds for the day, the course was mostly quiet and empty. Just familiar faces watched as the pair putted in their last shots as Michigan Wolverines.

When Broderick, the final Wolverine to finish, knocked her putt in for par the small crowd cheered and applauded.

But something was missing from the storybook ending that day for the women's golf team - a spot at the NCAA Championships. At the NCAA Central Regional, Michigan failed to achieve the top-eight finish that is necessary to advance.

"Our play really wasn't up to par," Michigan coach Kathy Teichert said. "We had really some great play in spurts but it didn't come all together for all of our players and that's the unsatisfying part."

Hosting its first Regional, Michigan hoped to finish high enough to proceed to the Championships. But a few rough rounds over the three-day tournament put the Wolverines in 13th place (926).

Teichert felt the team might have put added pressure on itself because of its desire to go to Nationals. Southern Cal grabbed the win with a 54-hole course record 869.

Both Broderick and Stinson were strong in the first two days of the Regional, but day three proved to be difficult for the seniors.

Broderick couldn't keep her score in the 70s as she had done the previous days (77-72) and finished her Michigan career with a disappointing 86. She had difficulty with her short game, only making par on two holes.

"I just couldn't get anything going," Broderick said. "I don't know if I was trying too hard or what, but nothing was really going for me today and I just kind of had to hang in there."

Teichert was disappointed that seniors Stinson and Broderick didn't end their Michigan careers on a high note, but she was still proud of their work over the past four years.

"(Saturday's finish) doesn't take anything away from who they are and what they've meant to our program," she said. "And I know that they are very disappointed in their performance (Saturday). But (Friday) they had a fantastic round and they can still say that they did a lot for us and our program."

Freshman Ashley Bauer and Andrea Ratigan seemed unfazed in their first collegiate postseason appearance. Bauer was consistent throughout the tournament and was the only Wolverine to finish with all her scores in the 70s (76-78-74). Ratigan fared well on the first day of play (78) but faced a hard second day (84). She bounced back with a 79 on Saturday.

Junior Lindsay Davis overcame her rough start (81-83) to finish well on day three (77) in her first post-season tournament.