The UNCW women’s golf team has plenty to feel good about heading into a possible NCAA Regional bid.

The Seahawks won two straight tournaments leading to the Big South Conference tournament April 12-14 at Greenwood S.C.’s Greenwood Country Club. Amelie Farrah shot a course-record 68 at Richmond’s Spider Spring Invitational which took place April 2-4.

Becky Berzonski went one step further, winning in both of UNCW’s wins and outdueling Farrah by two strokes in Richmond.

“I think right now we’re on a roll,” said Seahawks head coach Cindy Ho, whose squad is ranked No. 43 in the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings. “We played well against the teams we’ve needed to. JMU, who’s ranked right behind us at (No.) 48, we gave them a good kickin’ at home and at UR. We’re looking very strong. We’re starting to look a lot more consistent and that’s the one missing thing we didn’t have in the fall. We’ve already improved four shots from our fall average. …. Everyone’s chipping in and contributing and also from a confidence standpoint, winning two in a row going on three in a row, that has to help your confidence, no matter what your competition is like.”

A win at Greenwood would punch the Seahawks’ ticket to the tournament, but if UNCW faltered, they looked like strong contenders for an at-large berth.

But the Seahawks wanted to not worry about a selection committee and take care of business.

“Every one is really excited. We know we have the game to win conference,” Berzonski said. “Our next step is to make the top eight at regional (and advance to the national finals). We’ve been close in other years. … We need just four of us to play well on four days. Every one of us has played good rounds all season, we just need to put it all together and at this point in the season we’re ready to do it.”

Berzonski’s been the one who’s shown a flair for winning. In Richmond, she arrived at the course late – spending the day before the tournament in class – and captured the event without practice or even a tour of the golf course.

“It wasn’t an option; I had some tests after the tournament,” said Berzonski, who took two accounting classes that day. “I didn’t have a practice round, but my teammate took some good notes. I took the yardage that I calculated and just trusted it since I had no prior knowledge of the course.”

It’s been a breakthrough for Berzonski and the squad, who faced a tough early schedule that’s now paying dividends in a series of events in bad weather.

“She just had a great feeling on that golf course and played really, really well. But I know she has high expectations for herself and she’s a consistent player. And she’s very strong mentally, and that’s what it takes,” Ho said. “When the conditions are tougher… you need a strong will and a lot of toughness. You have to put aside that you don’t want to be out there for 36 holes or for five hours in the freezing cold. You’re wearing ski hats and longjohns.

“It’s kind of easy to mentally just be out of the game. Say, ‘I’d rather be in class. I’d rather be doing something else.’ A lot of that stuff goes on in someone’s head. But she went out there.

“We’re peaking, and we still haven’t played our best golf, that’s the big thing.”