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SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE FOR RELEASE: May 16, 2014 PAULTIM TESSALONE, GOLDBERG, GOLFDIRECTOR SID NO. 1 USC WOMEN’S GOLF SET FOR NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS TITLE DEFENSE

LOS ANGELES -- The No. 1 USC wom- third time in a row and the sixth time overall 1993 and tied for fifth in 2011. In fact, USC’s en’s golf team, the defending NCAA cham- at the NCAA Championships. The quintet won combined 14 NCAA top 5 finishes trail only pion and a winner of a school-record nine of the first three times it started together at the conference rival Arizona State (15) and are its 12 tournaments this season while sporting Stanford Intercollegiate, the Northrop Grum- tied with UCLA for second … The Trojans’ sec- the nation’s top ranking all season, will look to man Regional Challenge and the SDSU Farms ond-place finishes in 2010 (Purdue) and 2012 complete its amazing year at the 2014 NCAA Invitational before tying for second at the Pac- (Alabama) were by just one stroke ... USC has Championships, May 20-23, at the Tulsa 12s. It won for a fourth time in five tries at the won four NCAA individual titles, including Jen- (Okla.) C.C. NCAA West Regional. nifer Rosales in 1998, Mikaela Parmlid in 2003 The Trojans have won three NCAA titles USC’s eight-event win streak eclipsed the (in a one-hole playoff), Dewi Claire Schreefel and sport a national-best streak of eight con- four consecutive wins it had to close the 2008 in 2006 and Annie Park in 2013. USC’s four secutive NCAA top 5 finishes. Their program- NCAA season. The Trojans have now won 12 individual titles are tied for second most with best nine wins this season broke the previous of their past 15 outings, 15 of 19 and 16 of Arizona. Arizona State has five ... In addition record of seven set last year. USC is coming 21 dating back to the fall of last season. Of to its four individual champions, USC players off a one-stroke win at the NCAA West Re- the five times USC did not win, it finished lower have posted 10 other top five finishes. Jenni- gional, which was its fifth straight regional title than second only once. fer Song (2009) was second, Paola Moreno and NCAA record 10th overall. As a point of comparison for USC’s ex- (2007) tied for second, Irene Cho (2003), USC will tee off in Tuesday’s opening ploits, Arizona State won 11 consecutive Candie Kung (2001) and Dana Arnold (1990) NCAA Championships round with fellow re- events between the 1993-94 and 1994-95 all tied for third, Jill McGill (1994) and Belen gional winners UCLA and Vanderbilt begin- seasons. That streak including the NCAA title Mozo (2008) finished fourth, Rosales tied for ning at 12 p.m. CT. The Trojans will also be to end the 1994 season and all 10 events in fourth (1999) and Leila Chartrand (2000) and paired with the Bruins and Commodores for 1995. The Sun Devils won a combined 18 Song (2010) tied for fifth ... The NCAA title their 7:30 a.m. start time on Wednesday. The events between the 1993-94 and 1994-95 in 2008 was USC’s fourth consecutive tourna- Tulsa C.C. is a par 70 course over 6,194 seasons. Duke won a combined 19 events ment win at the time, a then-first in program yards. Live results will be available NCAA. during the 2003-04 (10) and 2004-05 (nine) history ... USC had five All-Americans in 2008 com and the final two rounds will feature live seasons and 17 between 2000-01 (nine) and for the first time in school history (Dewi Claire streaming from Holes 16-18. 2001-02 (eight) seasons. The Blue Devils won Schreefel, Paola Moreno, Belen Mozo, Ste- * 15 between the 2004-05 (nine) and 2005-06 fanie Endstrasser, Lizette Salas) while all five Prior to this year, the Trojans had never won (six) seasons. of USC’s finishers at the 2013 NCAAs finished more than one event to start a season. This in the top 17 ... In 1998, Rosales was 9-under year’s team won its first five events, including USC NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY par after three rounds, tying for the best score four in the fall, and used a different lineup in USC has won three NCAA titles -- spread out in NCAA Championship history through three four of the five victories. Not until the final win five years apart -- in 2003, 2008 and 2013. rounds ... USC’s best combined round at an at the Pac-12 Preview did the Trojans feature USC is one of only five schools with at least NCAA Championship is 276, set in the second the lineup they used during their postseason three NCAA team titles. Arizona State has sev- round in 2013 … Troy’s best individual round run to the title last spring, which included se- en, Duke has five while USC, San Jose State at an NCAA Championships is 66, carded by niors Sophia Popov and Rachel Morris, junior and UCLA have three. The Trojans finished 21 Jennifer Rosales during her title run in 1998 … Doris Chen and sophomore Annie Park and strokes better than Duke in 2013 (the biggest The Trojans finished at 19-under 1133 (284- Kyung Kim. The win streak ended at eight with margin at the NCAA Championships since Ari- 276-285-288) in its 2013 win, shattering the a second-place finish at the Allstate Sugar zona won by the same amount in 2000), six previous NCAA Championship record for Bowl Intercollegiate where the Trojans fell by strokes ahead of UCLA in 2008 and were 15 most strokes under par, which was previously six strokes to No. 2 UCLA. USC then won three strokes better than second-place Pepperdine four (UCLA, 2004). more in a row before taking second again in in 2003 ... This is USC’s 27th overall NCAA its final regular-season event and tying for sec- Championship final appearance and 17th ond at the Pac-12 Championships. USC won in a row, the current streak all coming under again at the NCAA West Regional. 18th-year head coach Andrea Gaston. In ad- USC has used seven different lineups in its dition to winning three titles, the Trojans have 12 events this year, but the Trojans have settled finished second four times (2012, 2010, 2006 on the fivesome of Popov, Park, Chen, Kim and and 1994) and also finished third in 2009 and freshman Karen Chung, who will play for the 1986, fourth in 2007, 2000 and 1987, fifth in OVERVIEW * Two Trojans are currently within striking ANNIE PARK Troy, under the guidance of three-time nation- range of USC’s season record for stroke aver- * Sophomore Annie Park, the 2013 WGCA al coach of the year Andrea Gaston, returns age, set last year by Annie Park (71.36). Park is and Pac-12 Player and Freshman of the Year all five players from last year’s team that won currently under her record at 71.16 with Kyung and the 2013 Honda Sports Award winner for the NCAA team title by a record 21 strokes, Kim at 71.55. golf, has maintained her strong play from last four of them All-Americans. Gaston has also * USC’s nine wins this year broke the school year and boasts a team-best 71.16 stroke av- added a pair of top prep golfers that makes record of seven set last year. erage in 32 rounds and has nine top 11 fin- USC arguably the most talented team, from * USC set team records for lowest 18, 36 and ishes in a row, earning Golfweek.com’s No. top to bottom, in the nation. USC’s complete 54 holes in its win at the 2013 Stanford Inter- 2 individual ranking. Her stroke average is returning starting lineup features seniors So- collegiate. Troy’s second-round of 272 broke under her school record set last year (71.36). phia Popov and Rachel Morris, junior Doris the school record of 275 set at the 2010 Ide- * Park, a 2014 All-Pac-12 first team selection, Chen and sophomores Annie Park and Kyung an Ihlanfeldt Invitational. The first and second is also ranked fourth in the World Amateur Kim. Park, Popov and Kim were WGCA All- rounds (276-272=548) was a 36-hole record Golf Rankings. American first teamers last year while Chen while the 54-hole total (831) also set a new * She has already broken USC’s season re- was second team. Morris earned All-Pac-12 school standard. cord for rounds in the 60s with 10, breaking honors. Added to the group are talented * USC won its first two, three, four and five the previous mark of eight shared by Irene freshman Gabriella Then and Karen Chung, events this season for the first time in program Cho (2006) and Jennifer Song (2010). She both of whom come to USC with distinguished history. had five in 25 rounds as a freshman, giving junior careers. The Trojans finished the 2013 * USC’s final round of its first event this year her 15 for her career, tied for second most on season by winning all three postseason events, and its first round of the third event (276) are Troy’s career chart. sweeping the Pac-12, NCAA West Regional tied for third lowest in school history. * She tied USC’s career record for wins (five) and NCAA Championships. * USC boasted an NCAA-best 11 players on with a dominating victory at the Northrop the LPGA Tour in 2013 and has the same in Grumman Regional Challenge to open the POPOV, PARK, KIM EARN ALL PAC-12 2014, including rising star Lizette Salas, the spring season at 6-under 207 (67-67-73). FIRST TEAM HONORS 2013 Solheim Cup team member who fin- She won by seven strokes despite a stretch USC senior Sophia Popov and sophomores ished No. 15 on the 2013 money list. She is of five straight bogeys during her final round Annie Park and Kyung Kim were named to the currently No. 15 on the 2014 money list. Oth- back 9. Her 207 was USC’s best ever at the All-Pac-12 Women’s Golf first team while ju- er former Trojans in the top 125 of this year’s course (by five strokes) and one off the tour- nior Doris Chen and freshman Karen Chung money list include Dewi Claire Schreefel (39), nament record (held by former Arizona star earned second team honors, the conference Candie Kung (71), Nicole Castrale (83), Paola Lorena Ochoa). She has four other top 3 fin- announced May 1. This is Popov’s third All- Moreno, (84), Belen Mozo (93), Jennifer Song ishes, including a second-place at the Pac-12 Pac-12 first team honor to go with a second (104), Irene (Cho) Coe (116), Jennifer Rosales Preview with a 7-under 212 (69-72-71) ties team pick in 2012. Like Popov, Park and Kim (120), Lisa McCloskey (121), and Veronica for 2nd at the NCAA West Regional at 1-under are repeating as first teamers from 2013. Felibert (134). 215 (71-71-73) and at the Bruin Wave Invita- Chen received her second straight second tional at 2-under 214 (77-68-69) and tied for team nod after earning first team honors as PLAYER NOTES third at the Stanford Intercollegiate at 5-under a 2012 freshman. This is the second year in 208 (74-70-64). a row No. 1 USC has had five golfers among SOPHIA POPOV * Park’s other top 10s include a tie for eighth the three All-Pac-12 teams announced and the * Senior Sophia Popov, a 2014 All-Pac-12 at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate at fifth year in a row with at least four. The most first team selection, is USC’s career leader in 4-under 212 (71-72-69), a tie for ninth at the USC has had was six in 2008. It is also the rounds in the 60s with 21 (including five this Silverado Showdown at even 216 (70-74-72) seventh year in a row the Trojans have fea- season). and a tie for seventh at the Pac-12s at 2-over tured at least two women on the first team. * Popov led Trojan golfers with a 70.56 stroke 218 (70-71-77). She also tied for 11th at the average (with at least nine rounds played) in SDSU Farms Invitational at 2-over 218 (77- TEAM NOTES fall play and had two top 3 finishes and three 68-73). * USC completed a wire-to-wire season as the in the top 17. * Park’s final-round 64 at the Stanford In- No. 1 ranked team in the Golf World/WGCA * She now has six top 13 finishes and seven in tercollegiate is tied for USC’s second-lowest women’s Division I Coaches’ poll, topping the top 17 in eight starts. round ever. the rankings for the 16th time in a row, dat- * She is fourth on the team with a stroke aver- * Park was in the mix for a top 10 finish at the ing back to October, 2012. That is the longest age of 72.90. Windy City Collegiate, but signed for an incor- streak since the poll resumed in the 2001- * Popov’s 207 (66-67-74) that left her sec- rect card and was disqualified. 02 season and USC is only the third team to ond at the Stanford Intercollegiate tied her for * Park was one of 10 amateurs invited to play stay No. 1 all season. Only two other teams seventh-best in school history while her open- at the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship, have gone all season ranked No. 1 … USC ing round tied a collegiate best. April 3-6, at Mission Hills C.C. in Rancho Mi- is ranked in the top 5 for the 24th time in a * She tied for third at the Pac-12 Preview at rage, Calif. Park did not make the cut, how- row and in the top 10 for the 68th straight 6-under 213 (70-72-71). She tied for 10th at ever, after late struggles in her second round. poll (dating back to November, 2006), which the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge * Park was one of eight amateur Americans is also the longest stretch ever since the poll at 4-over 217 (74-71-72) and tied for 11th at selected to play for the U.S. in the 2014 Curtis resumed in the 2001-02 season. the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate at 3-un- Cup match, set for June 6-8 in St. Louis. * USC features five players ranked in Golf- der 213 (67-74-72) for her third and fourth week.com’s top 24, the only school to do so, top 11s in a row. She finished the regular sea- including No. 2 Annie Park, No. 6 Kyung Kim, son with a tie for sixth at the Silverado Show- No. 21 Karen Chung, No. 22 Sophia and down at 1-under 215 (73-67-75). No. 24 Doris Chen. * Popov is a three-time All-American and * Troy also has five players in the top 50 of the looking to become only USC women’s golf’s World Amateur Golf Rankings. Park is No. 4, second four-time selection. Current PGA star Kim is No. 13, Chen is No. 14, Chung is No Lizette Salas was the first. 37 and Popov is No. 49. KYUNG KIM * She has a career-best three rounds in the 60s VICTORIA MORGAN, KIM SANTIAGO, * Sophomore Kyung Kim, ranked No. 6 and this year, giving her five for her career. ELLIE CHAI a 2014 All-Pac-12 selection, is second on the * Chen is ranked 14th in the World Amateur * USC’s sophomore reserves saw their first ac- team in stroke average (71.55) and rounds in Golf Rankings. tion of the season at the Matador Invitational. the 60s (nine), easily surpassing her total for * Chen just missed being one of eight amateur For Victoria Morgan, it was her first career last season. Her nine rounds in the 60s are Americans selected to play for the U.S. in the event as a Trojan and she opened with a pair second-most ever at USC, behind only Park’s 2014 Curtis Cup match, set for June 6-8 in St. of 72s and, despite a final round 81, tied for 10 from this year. Louis. She was tabbed as an alternate. sixth at 9-over 225 .., Morgan made her first * Kim won her team-best second event this appearance in USC’s starting lineup at the Liz season and the third of her career by outlast- KAREN CHUNG Murphey Invitational. She helped USC finish ing teammates Doris Chen and Annie Park * Freshman Karen Chung, ranked No. 21 and fourth in stroke play and won one of her three (who both tied for second) to win the Bruin a 2014 All-Pac-12 second teamer, has four match play matches to help Troy take first at Wave Invitational at 3-under 213 (70-70-73). top 10 finishes, including her first collegiate the event … She started again at the Silverado Kim’s three career wins are tied for sixth on win at the SDSU Farms Invitational at 8-under Showdown, tying for 25th at 7-over 223 (77- Troy’s career chart. 208 (74-68-66). 74-72). * Kim’s 15 career rounds in the 60s are tied for * She had her best finish since her win at the * Santiago tied for eighth at 11-over 227 (78- second on USC’s career chart. NCAA West Regional, tying for 10th at 6-over 71-78) while Chai tied for 32nd at 27-over * She became the first Trojan since Dewi Claire 222 (77-72-73). 243 (81-84-78). Schreefel in the fall of 2007 to go under 70 in * She is third on the team in stroke average all three rounds of an event by taking first at (72.68) and tied for thirds in rounds in the 60s Head Coach Andrea Gaston the 2013 Fall Preview at 6-under 204 (69-69- (five). Her 66 at the SDSU Farms included a Andrea Gaston is in her 18th year as the Head 66). Her three-round total is tied for the sec- 29 front 9, a personal best for the freshman. Coach for USC women’s golf and has led USC ond lowest in school history, joining Schree- * She saw action in only two fall events, but into the NCAA Championships final each of fel’s 204 at the aforementioned 2007 event made them count with a pair of top 6 finishes, the past 17 years. One of the most successful (also a Fall Preview). churning out three rounds in the 60s in six tries. coaches in the nation, she has guided USC * Kim extended her streak of rounds in the 60s She claimed sixth at the Windy City Collegiate to three national titles (2003, 2008, 2013), to five in a row with a 69 and a 68 at the Championship at 1-over 214 (73-69-72) and 10 NCAA regional championships and four Windy Collegiate Championship (a USC re- tied for third at the Stanford Intercollegiate at Pac-12 crowns. Four Trojans (Jennifer Rosales, cord to start the season as well as at any point 5-under 208 (69-67-72). 1998, Mikaela Parmlid, 2003, Dewi Claire during the season) en route to a tie for second * Chung is ranked 37th in the World Amateur Schreefel, 2006, Annie Park, 2013) have won at 3-under 210 (69-68-73). Golf Rankings. NCAA individual titles under her watch and * Kim is ranked 13th in the World Amateur three have won the Honda Award for women’s Golf Rankings. RACHEL MORRIS golf player of the year (Parmlid in 2003, Irene * Kim has four top t finishes, six in the top 10 * Senior Rachel Morris played in two fall events Cho in 2006, Park in 2013). She is a three- and eight in the top 13 this season. In addition and was part of USC’s team win at the Pac- time national coach of the year (2013, 2011, to her two wins and her tie for second, she tied 12 Preview. She played as an individual at the 2008). for fourth at the NCAA West Regional at even Matador Invitational and led Trojan finishers 216 (66-74-76), tied for seventh at the Pac- with a tie for fourth at 8-over 224 (75-75-74). TOURNAMENT RECAPS 12s at 2-over 218 (76-69-73) and was eighth * In best outing this year, Morris tied for 17th at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate at as an individual participant at the Allstate Sug- Dale McNamara Fall Preview 4-under 212 (73-69-70). ar Bowl Intercollegiate at even 216 (71-75- Sophomore Kyung Kim won her second career indi- * Kim was named Pac-12 Women’s Golfer of 70). Her first and third rounds were her best vidual title with three straight rounds in the 60s while senior Sophia Popov joined her under par in the fi- the Month for September for her efforts in the two this year. nal round to lead the No. 1 and defending NCAA season’s first two events. She has four top 13 champion USC women’s golf team to a come-from- finishes on the year and has just two rounds GABRIELLA THEN behind victory at the 2013 Fall Preview to open the higher than 73. * Freshman Gabriella Then posted a trio of top 2013-14 season. The Trojans, who finished the * Kim was one of 8 amateur Americans se- 40 finishes in her first collegiate fall session, 2012-13 season by winning their final three events lected to play for the U.S. in the 2014 Curtis highlighted by a 23rd at the Dale McNamara (all in the postseason), extended their victory streak Cup match, set for June 6-8 in St. Louis. Fall Preview at 6-over 216 (71-73-72). to four with a combined 8-over 848 (288-284-276) * She finished a career-best tied for fifth at thanks in part to a 4-under final round that helped them erase a three-stroke second-round deficit. DORIS CHEN 1-over 217 (72-72-73) at the SDSU Farms In- USC also won four events in a row to close out the * Junior Doris Chen, a two-time All-American vitational, among four top 40s to open spring 2008 season, which culminated with Troy’s second ranked No. 24 and a 2014 All-Pac-12 sec- play, which also included a tie for 27th at the NCAA team title. The win is also USC’s seventh in ond teamer, posted three top 13 finishes in the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate at 2-over its last eight starts dating back to last year. Okla- fall, highlighted by a second-place finish at the 218 (76-70-72). homa took second at 12-over 852 with Oklahoma Pac-12 Preview at 7-under 212 (69-72-71). * She was a starter in two of USC’s five wins State third (855) and Alabama and Duke tied for * She also tied for ninth at the Windy City Col- to start the year with four counting rounds and fourth (856). Kim, who led USC with six rounds in legiate Championship at 3-over 216 (71-75- also played in USC’s win at the Bruin Wave In- the 60s last year, became the first Trojan since Dewi Claire Schreefel in the fall of 2007 to go under 70 70) and tied for 13th at the Stanford Intercol- vitational and in Troy’s win at the Liz Murphey in all three rounds of an event, taking first at 6-under legiate at even 213 (70-68-75). Invitational. 204 (69-69-66). Her three-round total is tied for the * Chen registered her third top 10 this year second lowest in school history, joining Schreefel’s with a tie for second at the Bruin Wave Invi- 204 at the aforementioned 2007 event (also a Fall tational at 2-under 214 (72-67-75) and her Preview). Kim, who won last year at the Stanford In- fourth top 11 with a tie for 11th at the SDSU tercollegiate, was 1-over through seven holes in her Farms Invitational at 2-over 216 (73-75-70). final round before a birdie on 8 gave her a par front She notched her third top 3 with a third at the 9. She then birdied four holes on the back 9 with- out a bogey to get to 4-under for the day, tying her Pac-12s at -1 under 215 (74-70-71). second-best round as a Trojan. Windy City Collegiate Championship streak to seven on the final day of the Pac-12 Pre- Bruin Wave Invitational The No. 1 USC women’s golf team overcame view at the Nanea G.C. in Kailua Kona, Hawaii, on A week after its school-record and nation-long strong winds and a scorecard DQ to not only win its Nov. 5. The Trojans, whose four consecutive wins to eight-tournament win streak was snapped, the No. 1 school-record fifth consecutive tournament but open start the season is also a school record, finished at a USC women’s golf team - led by sophomore Kyung a season with two straight wins for the first time as combined 15-under 861 (284-288-289), leapfrog- Kim’s individual win and sophomore Annie Park and it captured the 2013 Windy City Collegiate Cham- ging second-round leader Washington and second- junior Doris Chen tying for second -- returned to pionship at the Northmoor C.C. in Highland Park, place UCLA. The Bruins finished a stroke back of the the winner’s circle, cruising to a 13-stroke victory Ill. The Trojans’ five-event win streak that includes Trojans at 14-under 862 while the Huskies took third at the Bruin Wave Invitational at the El Caballero the 2013 national championship snaps the previous at 7-under 869. USC’s lineup of Park, Popov, senior C.C. in Tarzana, Calif., on March 4. The Trojans, record of four that closed the 2008 season with an Rachel Morris, junior Doris Chen and sophomore who built a five-stroke lead after the 36-hole opener, NCAA title. USC has also won eight of its past nine Kyung Kim marked the first time this season Head quickly padded the cushion early in the final round events. USC, led by sophomore Kyung Kim’s 3-un- Coach Andrea Gaston employed the same starting and were never threatened, finishing at 1-under der 210 (69-68-73) which was good for a tie for five that won the 2013 NCAA title. 863 (296-277-290), 13 better than second-place second, finished at 1-over 853 (284-278-291), two Pepperdine and 23 better than No. 2 UCLA, which better than Oklahoma (855) and four better than Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge beat USC last week in New Orleans. The win was both Arizona and Stanford (857). On a day when many tee shots went wide, fairway USC’s sixth in seven starts this year, one off the The Trojans had built a 10-stroke lead midway drives fell short and putts lipped out, the No. 1 USC school season-record seven USC pocketed last year through the final round and still led by eight as women’s golf team, cushioned by strong first and en route to the 2013 NCAA title. Kim earned her play finished. But sophomore Annie Park mistakenly second rounds, held on to win its spring opener at third career collegiate title at 3-under 213 (70-70- signed for an incorrect card, disqualifying her 1-un- the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge at the 73), edging Park (77-68-69) and Chen (72-67-75), der round and forcing the Trojans to use their low Palos Verdes (Calif.) G.C. on Feb. 11 and extended who finished at 2-under 214. Chen entered the fi- round, which was a 5-over. Fortunately for the Tro- its remarkable win streak to eight. In the process, nal round with a one-stroke lead over Kim. Senior jans, Kim birdied two of her final three holes while sophomore Annie Park, who, like her team, was Sophia Popov took 13th at 6-over 222 (77-72-73) junior Doris Chen and freshman Gabriella Then buoyed by a big lead, also recorded her school- while freshman Gabriella Then tied for 37th at 17- - whose 5-over was included in USC’s final tally - record tying fifth career win despite a string of five over 233 (79-77-77). Kim wasn’t at her sharpest in both birded 18 to provide the necessary padding bogeys on the back 9. today’s final round, though it was good enough for for the win. The Trojans opened play with a 14-stroke lead and her second win this year, her third top 2 and her overcame some drama near the end of the final fourth top 8. She went out 2-under and came home Stanford Intercollegiate round to still win by seven at 14-over 866 (288- at 3-over with four birdies on the day. Park almost The No. 1 USC women’s golf team extended school 279-299) while hard-charging No. 3 Duke finished caught Kim on the back 9 with a pair of birdies on records for most consecutive wins (six) and victories second at 21-over 873 (290-294-289). The win 16 and 17. Park’s final round is her school-record to start a season (three) as the defending NCAA was USC’s third at the Northrop Grumman after ninth in the 60s, breaking the mark shared by Jen- champion dominated a strong field with three fin- titles in 2010 and 2011, though the Trojans also nifer Song (2010) and Irene Cho (2006). Park now ishers in the top 5 to defend its title at the 2013 won the 2008 Pac-10 title on the same course. has 14 for her career, tying her for third on USC’s Stanford Intercollegiate at the Stanford (Calif.) G.C. Park’s individual crown is Troy’s second at the event, career chart. The Trojans, led by senior Sophia Popov’s 6-under joining Irene Cho’s 2006 win. Park, who enjoyed a 207 (66-67-74), also set school records for lowest double-digit lead midway through the round thanks SDSU Farms Invitational 18-, 36- and 54-hole totals along the way, finish- to a 3-under front 9, “settled” for a seven-stroke vic- No. 1 USC turned an eight-stroke deficit to start the ing today at 21-under 831 (276-272-283). USC’s tory at 6-under 207 (67-67-73). It was USC’s best round into a five-stroke lead nine holes in and then second round was a school-record, as was the total ever 54-hole total at the Palos Verdes G.C. (five bet- withstood late rallies by UCLA and Stanford to win from the first two rounds (548) and the final tally ter than Paola Moreno’s 2008 Pac-10-winning to- its school-record-tying seventh event of the season of 831. USC held off a strong effort from rival and tal) and one off the tournament record set by LPGA while freshman Karen Chung pocketed her first second-ranked UCLA, which finished second at star Lorena Ochoa in 2002 when she played for career collegiate title to close out the SDSU Farms 16-under 836 (288-268-280). The Bruins’ second- Arizona. The Trojans’ final tally of 866 was also a Invitational at the Farms C.C. in Rancho Sante Fe., round was four better than Troy’s school-record set- tournament record, besting Arizona’s 2000 winning Calif., on March 26. USC defended its SDSU Farms ting 272 on Saturday. Washington was third at 1-un- total by three strokes. USC secured the record de- title from last year at 3-under 861 (298-281-282), der 851 while host Stanford was 3-over 855. USC, spite a final round that was USC’s highest since a passing both Stanford (290-285-289) and UCLA featuring its third different starting five in as many 301 during the second round of last March’s Bruin (285-286-293) on the final day as the Pac-12 rivals events, has now won 10 of its past 11 starts. Popov, Wave Invitational. Senior Sophia Popov, whose team each finished at par 864. The next closest finisher seeking her school record sixth individual title, fell record of five career wins Park equaled, was USC’s was Arizona State, which took fourth at 17-over. The a stroke short of first but tied her collegiate best at top finisher in the final round and tied for 10th at win is USC’s 10th in its last 11 tournaments, 13th in 207, tied for seventh-best in school history. Her two 4-over 217 (74-71-72), her third top 10 in a row. its last 15 and 14th in its last 17 dating back to last opening rounds extended her Trojan career record season. Chung won at 8-under 208 (74-68-66), of rounds in the 60s to 19. Sophomore Annie Park Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate two better than second-place Lauren Kim of Stan- (74-70-64) and freshman Karen Chung (69-67-72) The No. 1 USC women’s golf team, despite a trio ford. Her USC career best final round included a tied for third at 5-under 207. Park’s final round was of top 11 individual finishes, saw its school-record personal best 29 on the front 9. The hot start includ- one off the school record, set by Kyung Kim (63) eight-tournament win streak come to end with a ed six birdies and an eagle on the first hole thanks last season. Park’s collegiate best featured a 4-un- second-place at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercol- to a 9-iron that trickled in from 126 yards out. She der front nine with two birdies and an eagle on the legiate on Feb. 25. The defending NCAA cham- had one bogey against eight pars on the back 9. In par 4 9th hole and three more birdies on the back pion Trojans, who finished the 2013 season with addition to her first win, it was her third top 6 finish 9 without a bogey on the day. Chung, with three three straight wins and began the 2014 slate with this year and it marked Troy’s fourth individual title rounds in the 60s in her first two events, was 2-over five more victories, fell just short of No. 9, finish- in eight outings. on her front nine but came home at 1-under. Her tie ing at 15-under 849 (285-281-283). No. 2 UCLA, for third complemented her tie for sixth in her debut which began the final round with a four-stroke lead, Liz Murphey Invitational in USC’s previous event. Junior Doris Chen tied for matched USC stroke-for-stroke Tuesday and even No. 1 USC - behind victories by sophomore Kyung 13th at even 213 (70-68-75) while Kim, who posted increased their lead slightly to win at 21-under 843 Kim and freshmen Gabriella Then and Karen Chung a pair of top 2 finishes to open the season, tied for (285-277-281). Sophomores Annie Park (73-69- - defeated No. 5 Arkansas in the match play final of 23rd at 3-over 216 (71-72-73). It was Chen’s sec- 70) and Kyung Kim (71-72-69) tied for eighth at the Liz Murphey Invitational to win its school-record ond straight top 13 finish as well. 4-under 212 while senior Sophia Popov tied for 11th eighth tournament this season on April 6 at the UGA at 3-under 213 (67-74-72). Freshmen Gabriella G.C. in Athens, Ga. The Trojans entered the week- Pac-12 Preview Then (76-70-72) and Karen Chung (74-70-74) tied end winners of seven of eight events this year -- all Sophomore Annie Park and senior Sophia Popov for 27th at 2-over 218 while senior Rachel Morris, in 54-hole stroke play format. The eighth win came each fired final round 2-under 71s to lead the No. 1 playing individually and not counting toward USC’s after a fourth-place finish in 18 rounds of stroke play USC women’s golf team to a come-from-behind vic- team score, tied for 17th at even 216 (71-75-70). Friday (with the top eight advancing to a winner’s tory as the Trojans extended their school-record win bracket) that preceded match play wins over Auburn (3-1) and North Carolina State (3-1) and a win this year and seventh in the top 17. She was 3-over NCAA West Regional over Arkansas (3-2) in the final. Kim dominated her on the front and even on the back. Park tied for ninth No. 1 USC used a handful of birdies and key pars match over Razorback Gaby Lopez, taking a 4 up at even 216 (70-74-72) for her seventh straight top to erase a late deficit and win the NCAA West Re- lead through five holes, going up 5 after seven holes 11 finish and sixth in the top 9. She had three birdies gion by one stroke on May 10 at the Tumble Creek and clinching it at 5 up after 14. Kim won twice against three bogeys during her round. Club at Suncadia Resort in Cle Elum, Wash., safely in match play and was leading in her third match advancing to the NCAA finals. The Trojans, battling against North Carolina State when it was suspend- Pac-12 Championships cold and windy weather, finished at 12-over 876 ed on 15 after USC clinched its win. Chung never Junior Doris Chen finished third while sophomores (284-294-298), one better than second-place host trailed in her win over Summer Roachell. She had a Kyung Kim and Annie Park tied for seventh as No. Washington (877), which enjoyed a five-stroke lead 2 up lead reduced to a tie after the seventh hole. But 1 USC just missed defending its conference title, on the back 9. Arizona State was third at 25-over she regained the lead with a par on 9 and clinched tying for second by one stroke on the final day of 889. The Trojans’ win extends their season record the win after a birdie on 13 and pars on 14 and 15. the 2014 Women’s Golf Pac-12 Championships at to nine while also nailing down their NCAA best She won all three matches this weekend. the Trysting Tree G.C. in Corvallis, Ore., April 27. 10th regional win, including five in a row. Sopho- USC, which had won three of the past six confer- more Annie Park and freshman Karen Chung led the Silverado Showdown ence tournaments, combined for a three-day 6-over Trojans today with a pair of 1-over 73s while senior Senior Sophia Popov tied for sixth while sopho- 870 (294-284-292), tied with host Arizona and one Sophia Popov, junior Doris Chen and sophomore more Annie Park tied for ninth to lead the No. 1 back of Stanford’s 869. UCLA was fourth at 871 in Kyung Kim all posted 4-over 76s. USC women’s golf team to second at the Silvera- what was a four-team race to the finish. The Tro- do Showdown at the Silverado Resort and Spa in jans also finished second by a stroke in 2012. Troy Napa, Calif., on April 15. The Trojans, who finished has finished first or second in six of the past seven second for the second time this season to go with Pac-12 Championships after finishing no better than their eight victories, combined for a 10-over 874 third between 1995-2007. (295-287-292), 13 back of No. 11 Washington USC did earn five points in the Crosstown Gauntlet, (3-under 861). USC, which played the event with- the all-sport competition between the Trojans and out junior All-American Doris Chen and sophomore the Bruins, by finishing one stroke better than UCLA. All-American Kyung Kim, has still won eight of 10 Points between men’s and women’s golf are annu- this year and 11 of its past 13, 14 of 17 and 15 of ally awarded at the conference event to the higher 19. Troy’s only other second-place this year came at finisher between the two schools. Chen, the 2012 the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate, which UCLA Pac-12 champion, took third at 1-under 215 (74- won. The Trojans began the final round one back of 70-71) while Park (70-71-77) and Kim (76-69-73) the Huskies, but could not generate any momentum, finished at 4-over 220. Chen, who was four strokes quickly falling behind by five strokes. USC jockeyed out of first, had four birdies, including two on a for position with Northwestern most of the day as 2-under back 9. Kim had a pair of birdies, one on a Washington pulled away. Popov tied for sixth at 1-under back 9 and Park had three birdies. 1-under 215 (73-67-75) for her sixth top 13 finish

2013-2014 Women of Troy Golf Roster

Name Height Year Hometown (High School) Ellie Chai 5-7 Sophomore Sherman Oaks, Calif. (Campbell Hall) Doris Chen 5-6 Junior Bradenton, Fla. (IMG Leadbetter Golf Academy) Karen Chung 5-5 Freshman Livingston, N.J. (Zion Academy) Kyung Kim 5-4 Sophomore Chandler, Ariz. (Hamilton) Victoria Morgan 5-11 Sophomore Pasadena, Calif. (Polytechnic) Rachel Morris 5-3 Senior Carlsbad, Calif. (Carlsbad) Annie Park 5-9 Sophomore Levittown, N.Y. (MacArthur) Sophia Popov 5-6 Senior Weingarten, Germany (European School Karlsruhe) Kim Santiago 5-4 Sophomore Lynwood, Wash. (Edmonds-Woodway) Gabriella Then 5-6 Freshman Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Upland)

Head Coach: Andrea Gaston (18th year) Assistant Coach: Justin Silverstein (2nd year) 2013-14 USC Women’s Golf Results

PLAYER ROUNDS TOURNEYS STROKE AVG. BEST FINISH LOW ROUND Annie Park 21 8 71.71 1st (three times) 67 Sophia Popov 28 10 72.25 1st 66 Kyung Kim 29 10 72.59 1st 63 Doris Chen 27 9 73.22 3rd tie 69 Rachel Morris 29 10 74.10 10th 68 Kim Santiago 20 7 79.90 48th tie 73 Ellie Chai 4 2 82.25 28th tie 79 USC TEAM 29 10 289.52 1st (6 times) 280 (3 times)

Sept. 9-11 Dale McNamara Fall Preview 288 284 276 848 +8 1st Kyung Kim...... 69 69 66 204 -6 1st Sophia Popov...... 73 74 68 215 +5 17th tie Gabriella Then...... 71 73 72 216 +6 23rd Annie Park...... 75 68 74 217 +7 24th tie Doris Chen...... 76 74 70 220 +10 39th tie

Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Windy City Collegiate Championship 284 278 291 853 +1 1st Kyung Kim...... 69 68 73 210 -3 2nd tie Karen Chung...... 73 69 72 214 +1 6th Doris Chen...... 71 75 70 216 +3 9th tie Gabriella Then...... 74 72 76 222 +9 36th tie Rachel Morris *...... 81 76 74 231 +18 62nd Annie Park...... 71 69 0 -- -- DQ**

Oct. 25-27 Stanford Intercollegiate # 276 272 283 831 -21 1st Sophia Popov...... 66 67 74 207 -6 2nd tie Annie Park...... 74 70 64 208 -5 3rd tie Karen Chung...... 69 67 72 208 -5 3rd tie Doris Chen...... 70 68 75 213 E 13th tie Kyung Kim...... 71 72 73 216 +3 23rd tie Gabriella Then *...... 73 73 74 220 +7 39th tie

Nov. 4-5 Pac-12 Preview 284 288 289 861 -15 1st Annie Park...... 69 72 71 212 -7 2nd Sophia Popov...... 70 72 71 213 -6 3rd tie Doris Chen...... 69 72 77 218 -1 13th tie Kyung Kim...... 76 72 70 218 -1 13th tie Rachel Morris...... 78 74 83 235 +16 49th tie

Feb. 9-11 Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge ## 288 279 299 866 +14 1st Annie Park ...... 67 67 73 207 -6 1st Sophia Popov...... 74 71 72 217 +4 10th tie Kyung Kim...... 70 69 79 218 +5 12th tie Gabriella Then *...... 71 75 78 224 +11 33rd tie Karen Chung...... 78 74 75 227 +14 44th tie Doris Chen...... 77 72 79 228 +15 49th tie

Feb. 10-11 Matador Invitational (USC individual entrees only) Rachel Morris *...... 75 75 74 224 +8 4th tie Victoria Morgan *...... 72 72 81 225 +9 6th tie Kim Santiago *...... 78 71 78 227 +11 8th Ellie Chai *...... 81 84 78 243 +27 32nd tie

Feb. 23-25 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate ### 285 281 283 849 -15 2nd Annie Park...... 71 72 69 212 -4 8th tie Kyung Kim...... 73 69 70 212 -4 8th tie Sophia Popov...... 67 74 72 213 -3 11th tie Rachel Morris *...... 71 75 70 216 E 17th tie Karen Chung...... 74 70 74 218 +2 27th tie Gabriella Then...... 76 70 72 218 +2 27th tie March 3-4 Bruin Wave Invitational 296 277 290 863 -1 1st Kyung Kim...... 70 70 73 213 -3 1st Annie Park...... 77 68 69 214 -2 2nd tie Doris Chen...... 72 67 75 214 -2 2nd tie Sophia Popov...... 77 72 73 222 +6 13th Gabriella Then...... 79 77 77 233 +17 37th tie

March 24-26 SDSU Farms Invitational 298 281 282 861 -3 1st Karen Chung...... 74 68 66 208 -8 1st Gabriella Then *...... 72 72 73 217 +1 5th tie Annie Park...... 77 68 73 218 +2 11th tie Doris Chen...... 73 75 70 218 +2 11th tie Kyung Kim...... 74 75 73 222 +6 21st tie Sophia Popov...... 82 70 76 228 +12 41st tie

April 4-6 Liz Murphey Invitational (Stroke & Match Play)^^ 1st Round 294 +6 1st Kyung Kim...... 71 -1 6th tie Karen Chung...... 73 +1 11th tie Doris Chen...... 74 +2 15th tie Gabriella Then...... 76 +4 30th tie Victoria Morgan...... 79 +7 51st tie

USC 3, Arkansas 2 – Final USC 3, North Carolina State 1 – Semifinal Regina Plascenia, Arkansas, def. Victoria Morgan, USC, 3-and-2 Victoria Morgan, USC, def. Ana Menendez, NC State, 3-and-2 Gabriella Then, USC, def. Emmy Lavy, Arkansas, 2-up Lindsay McGetrick, NC State, def. Gabriella Then, USC, 3-and-2 Karen Chung, USC, def. Summer Roachell, Arkansas, 4-and-3 Karen Chung, USC, def. Vivian Tsui, NC State, 3-and-2 Emily Tubert, Arkansas, def. Doris Chen, USC, 4-and-3 Doris Chen, USC, def. Augusta James, NC State, 4-and-2 Kyung Kim, USC, def. Gaby Lopez, Arkansas, 5-and-4 Brittany Marchand, NC State, vs. Kyung Kim, USC, DNF

USC 3, Auburn 1 – Quarterfinal Victoria Trapani, Auburn, def. Victoria Morgan, USC, 5-and-4 Gabriella Then, USC, def. Diana Fernandez, Auburn, 1-up Karen Chung, USC, def. Claara Baena, Auburn, 3-and-2 Doris Chen, USC, vs. Alex Harrell, Auburn, DNF Kyung Kim, USC, def. Marta Sanz, Auburn, 3-and-2

April 14-15 Silverado Showdown 295 287 292 874 +10 2nd Sophia Popov...... 73 67 75 215 -1 6th tie Annie Park...... 70 74 72 216 E 9th tie Karen Chung...... 75 72 75 222 +6 19th tie Victoria Morgan...... 77 74 72 223 +7 25th tie Gabriella Then...... 77 76 73 226 +10 35th tie

April 25-27 Pac-12 Championships 294 284 292 870 +6 2nd tie Doris Chen...... 74 70 71 215 -1 3rd Kyung Kim...... 76 69 73 218 +2 7th tie Annie Park...... 70 71 77 218 +2 7th tie Karen Chung...... 74 80 71 225 +9 29th tie Sophia Popov...... 77 74 78 229 +13 39th tie

May 8-10 NCAA West Regional 284 294 298 876 +12 1st Annie Park...... 71 71 73 215 -1 2nd tie Kyung Kim...... 66 74 76 216 E 4th tie Karen Chung...... 77 72 73 222 +6 10th tie Doris Chen...... 72 78 76 226 +10 22nd tie Sophia Popov...... 75 77 76 228 +12 28th tie

* Played Individually ** Signed for incorrect scorecard and had final round disqualified # 2nd Rd. broke school-record by 3 strokes; Combined 1st and 2nd Rds. was 36-hole school record; 54-hole total was school record ## USC set event record with 866 and program best 279 at Palos Verdes G.C.; Park’s 207 second-best ever at event, best by Trojan at course ### Eight-tournament win streak dating back to last year and five-tournament win streak to open season both snapped (USC had never opened season with more than one win before this year) ^^ Win is USC’s eighth of the year, breaking season record of seven set in 2012-13. ELLIE CHAI – 2013-2014 EVENT-BY-EVENT RESULTS Feb. 10-11 Matador Invitational 81 84 78 243 +27 32nd tie

DORIS CHEN – 2013-2014 EVENT-BY-EVENT RESULTS Sept. 9-11 Dale McNamara Fall Preview 76 74 70 220 +10 39th tie Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Windy City Collegiate Championship 71 75 70 216 +3 9th tie Oct. 25-27 Stanford Intercollegiate 70 68 75 213 E 13th tie Nov. 4-5 Pac-12 Preview 69 72 71 212 -7 2nd Feb. 9-11 Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge 77 72 79 228 +15 49th tie March 3-4 Bruin Wave Invitational 72 67 75 214 -2 2nd tie March 24-26 SDSU Farms Invitational 73 75 70 218 +2 11th tie April 4-6 Liz Murphey Invitational (Stroke & Match Play) 74 +2 15th tie April 25-27 Pac-12 Championships 74 70 71 215 -1 3rd May 8-10 NCAA West Regional 72 78 76 226 +10 22nd tie

KAREN CHUNG – 2013-2014 EVENT-BY-EVENT RESULTS Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Windy City Collegiate Championship 73 69 72 214 +1 6th Oct. 25-27 Stanford Intercollegiate 69 67 72 208 -5 3rd tie Feb. 9-11 Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge 78 74 75 227 +14 44th tie Feb. 23-25 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate 74 70 74 218 +2 27th tie March 24-26 SDSU Farms Invitational 74 68 66 208 -8 1st April 4-6 Liz Murphey Invitational (Stroke & Match Play) 73 +1 11th tie April 14-15 Silverado Showdown 75 72 75 222 +6 19th tie April 25-27 Pac-12 Championships 74 80 71 225 +9 29th tie May 8-10 NCAA West Regional 77 72 73 222 +6 10th tie

KYUNG KIM – 2013-2014 EVENT-BY-EVENT RESULTS Sept. 9-11 Dale McNamara Fall Preview 69 69 66 204 -6 1st Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Windy City Collegiate Championship 69 68 73 210 -3 2nd tie Oct. 25-27 Stanford Intercollegiate 71 72 73 216 +3 23rd tie Nov. 4-5 Pac-12 Preview 76 72 70 218 -1 13th tie Feb. 9-11 Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge 70 69 79 218 +5 12th tie Feb. 23-25 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate 73 69 70 212 -4 8th tie March 3-4 Bruin Wave Invitational 70 70 73 213 -3 1st March 24-26 SDSU Farms Invitational 74 75 73 222 +6 21st tie April 4-6 Liz Murphey Invitational (Stroke & Match Play) 71 -1 6th tie April 25-27 Pac-12 Championships 76 69 73 218 +2 7th tie May 8-10 NCAA West Regional 66 74 76 216 E 4th tie

VICTORIA MORGAN – 2013-2014 EVENT-BY-EVENT RESULTS Feb. 10-11 Matador Invitational 72 72 81 225 +9 6th tie April 4-6 Liz Murphey Invitational (Stroke & Match Play) 79 +7 51st tie April 14-15 Silverado Showdown 77 74 72 223 +7 25th tie

RACHEL MORRIS – 2013-2014 EVENT-BY-EVENT RESULTS Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Windy City Collegiate Championship 81 76 74 231 +18 62nd Nov. 4-5 Pac-12 Preview 78 74 83 235 +16 49th tie Feb. 10-11 Matador Invitational 75 75 74 224 +8 4th tie Feb. 23-25 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate * 71 75 70 216 E 17th tie ANNIE PARK – 2013-2014 EVENT-BY-EVENT RESULTS Sept. 9-11 Dale McNamara Fall Preview 75 68 74 217 +7 24th tie Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Windy City Collegiate Championship 71 69 0 -- -- DQ** Oct. 25-27 Stanford Intercollegiate 74 70 64 208 -5 3rd tie Nov. 4-5 Pac-12 Preview 69 72 71 212 -7 2nd Feb. 9-11 Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge 67 67 73 207 -6 1st Feb. 23-25 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate 71 72 69 212 -4 8th tie March 3-4 Bruin Wave Invitational 77 68 69 214 -2 2nd tie March 24-26 SDSU Farms Invitational 77 68 73 218 +2 11th tie April 14-15 Silverado Showdown 70 74 72 216 E 9th tie April 25-27 Pac-12 Championships 70 71 77 218 +2 7th tie May 8-10 NCAA West Regional 71 71 73 215 -1 2nd tie

SOPHIA POPOV – 2013-2014 EVENT-BY-EVENT RESULTS Sept. 9-11 Dale McNamara Fall Preview 73 74 68 215 +5 17th tie Oct. 25-27 Stanford Intercollegiate 66 67 74 207 -6 2nd tie Nov. 4-5 Pac-12 Preview 70 72 71 213 -6 3rd tie Feb. 9-11 Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge 74 71 72 217 +4 10th tie Feb. 23-25 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate 67 74 72 213 -3 11th tie March 3-4 Bruin Wave Invitational 77 72 73 222 +6 13th March 24-26 SDSU Farms Invitational 82 70 76 228 +12 41st tie April 14-15 Silverado Showdown 73 67 75 215 -1 6th tie April 25-27 Pac-12 Championships 77 74 78 229 +13 39th tie May 8-10 NCAA West Regional 75 77 76 228 +12 28th tie

KIM SANTIAGO – 2013-2014 EVENT-BY-EVENT RESULTS Feb. 10-11 Matador Invitational 78 71 78 227 +11 8th

GABRIELLA THEN – 2013-2014 EVENT-BY-EVENT RESULTS Sept. 9-11 Dale McNamara Fall Preview 71 73 72 216 +6 23rd Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Windy City Collegiate Championship 74 72 76 222 +9 36th tie Oct. 25-27 Stanford Intercollegiate 73 73 74 220 +7 39th tie Feb. 9-11 Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge 71 75 78 224 +11 33rd tie Feb. 23-25 Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate 76 70 72 218 +2 27th tie March 3-4 Bruin Wave Invitational 79 77 77 233 +17 37th tie March 24-26 SDSU Farms Invitational 72 72 73 217 +1 5th tie April 4-6 Liz Murphey Invitational (Stroke & Match Play) 76 +4 30th tie April 14-15 Silverado Showdown 77 76 73 226 +10 35th tie USC Women's Golf at the NCAA Championships

All-Time Team Results

Year Host Finish Score Strokes Back Top USC Individual 1982 Stanford 9th 1,253 62 Marta Dotti, 14th (303) 1986 Ohio State 3rd 1,202 22 Kim Cathrein, 17th (299) 1987 New Mexico 4th 1,191 14 Kim Saiki, 12th tie (296) 1988 New Mexico State 16th 1,230 55 Kim Saiki, 50th tie (303) 1989 Stanford 9th 1,238 30 Terri Thompson, 27th tie (309) 1990 South Carolina 12th 1,256 50 Dana Arnold, 3rd tie (298) 1992 Arizona State 15th tie 1,239 68 Jill McGill, 9th (294) 1993 Georgia 5th 1,212 25 Heidi Voorhees, 12th (298) 1994 Oregon 2nd 1,205 11 Jill McGill, 4th ( 291) 1995 UNC Wilmington 14th 1,231 76 Jennifer Biehn, 23rd tie (299) 1998 Wisconsin 7th 1,193 38 Jennifer Rosales, 1st (279) 1999 Tulsa 7th 914 19 Jennifer Rosales, 4th tie (221) 2000 Oregon State 4th 1,199 24 Leila Chartrand, 5th tie (295) 2001 Stetson 7th 1,196 20 Candie Kung, 3rd tie (287) 2002 Washington 14th 1,192 28 Mikaela Parmlid, 19th tie (292) 2003 Purdue 1st 1,197 (won by 15 strokes) Mikaela Parmlid, 1st (297) 2004 Auburn 12th tie 1,195 47 Irene Cho, 33rd tie (295) 2005 Oregon 11th tie 1,197 27 Dewi Claire Schreefel, 10th tie (292) 2006 Ohio State 2nd 1,177 10 Dewi Claire Schreefel, 1st (286) 2007 Central Florida 4th 1,196 26 Paola Moreno, 2nd tie (282) 2008 New Mexico 1st 1,168 (won by 6 strokes) Belén Mozo, 4th (290) 2009 Maryland 3rd 1,191 9 Jennifer Song, 2nd (290) 2010 UNC Wilmington 2nd 1,154 1 Jennifer Song, 5th tie (283) 2011 Texas A&M 5th tie 1,190 17 Lizette Salas, 22nd tie (295) 2012 Vanderbilt 2nd 1,172 1 Doris Chen, 14th tie (293) 2013 Georgia 1st 1,133 (won by 21 strokes) Annie Park, 1st (278)

NCAA Records Held By Women of Troy Golfers Score after three rounds – 207, Jennifer Rosales (1998) and Annie Park (2013) -- tied with two others.

Top USC Individual Finishes at the NCAA Tournament Annie Park, Fr. 1st, 2013 Dewi Claire Schreefel, So. 1st, 2006 Mikaela Parmlid, Sr. 1st, 2003 Jennifer Rosales, Fr. 1st, 1998 Jennifer Song, Fr. 2nd, 2009 Paola Moreno, Jr. 2nd tie, 2007 Irene Cho, Fr. 3rd tie, 2003 Candie Kung, So. 3rd tie, 2001 Dana Arnold, Sr. 3rd tie, 1990 Belén Mozo, Jr. 4th, 2008 Jill McGill, Sr. 4th, 1994 Jennifer Rosales, So. 4th tie, 1999 Leila Chartrand, So. 5th tie, 2000 Jennifer Song, So. 5th tie, 2010 USC NCAA Individual Champions

Jennifer Rosales Mikaela Parmlid Dewi Claire Schreefel Annie Park 1998 2003 2006 2013 Jennifer Rosales made her presence Mikaela Parmlid left behind a legacy An All-American as a freshman, Dewi Annie Park completed one of the known in her 1998 freshman season at USC that will be tough to surpass. Claire Schreefel fought to find her top best seasons in women's collegiate by walking away with the individual Besides winning the 2003 NCAA indi- form as a sophomore until late into golf history -- as a freshman -- with title at the NCAA Championships in vidual title at Purdue's Birck Boilermaker the 2006 season. A sixth-place tie at a six-stroke victory at the 2013 NCAA Madison, Wisc., where she shot a Golf Complex, the "Swedish Sensation" the NCAA Central Regional catapult- Championships at 10-under 278. record-breaking 9-under par. In her was also a two-time All-American first- ed Schreefel into the NCAA Champi- She became just the second woman sophomore season, Jennifer Rosales team selection and USC's first-ever onships. Solid first and second rounds to sweep all three postseason events was the top Trojan golfer in all 10 winner of the Honda Award given to the kept her within reach of the leaders (conference, regional and NCAA) in tournaments for the season on her way nation's finest female collegiate golfer. and a third-round 70 brought her to the same season, which helped her to being named collegiate "Player of the Her other feats include Women of Troy within three strokes. She took the lead tie USC's school record for wins on Year." She is now a top player on the standards for most wins in a season (4) halfway through the final round and the season (four). She was named the LPGA circuit. and career (5). She has now moved held off a host of challengers for the WGCA and Pac-12 Golfer and Fresh- on to the LPGA tour. NCAA title. man of the Year and then won the Honda Sports Award for golf.