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DIVISION I WOMEN’S GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK 2017 Championship 2 History 4 Team Finishes 6 All-Time Team Championships Results 8 All-Time Team Regionals Results 14 Honors and Awards 22 WGCA All-Americans by Year 22 WGCA All-Americans by School 29 2017 CHAMPIONSHIP HIGHLIGHTS Arizona St. Wins Record Eighth NCAA Division I Women’s Golf National Championship SUGAR GROVE, Ill. – Arizona St. defeated Northwestern, 3-1-1, to claim the 2017 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf National Championship at Rich Harvest Farms. The title is the eighth for the Sun Devils in school history, their first since 2009 and an NCAA record. “Wow … we’re all floating on cloud nine,” said Arizona St. head coach Missy Farr-Kaye. “We keep saying, is this real, is this real, and it is. This is a grueling championship now with the format, and it’s an exciting format, but you have to be ready to play a lot of golf. “We took it one day at a time, we didn’t get ahead of ourselves. We didn’t worry about the future. We were working hard about staying in the present and enjoying the moment, and that’s where -- that’s where we are, so we’re going to enjoy this moment.” In the first match of the day, Arizona St.’s Olivia Mehaffey won the first three holes against Sarah Cho of Northwestern. Mehaffey would build a lead as large as five before finishing with a 4 & 3 victory. Mehaffey went a perfect 3-0 in match play over the last two days. The Sun Devils put their second point on the board as Roberta Liti posted a 5 & 4 win over Janet Mao. Liti led by one as they made the turn before winning four straight holes on the back nine to bring Arizona St. within a point of the national championship. Northwestern’s Kacie Komoto gave the Wildcats a point as she defeated Sophia Zeeb, 3 & 1, with a par to win the 17th hole. On the 15th, Linnea Strom clinched the title for Arizona St.. After seeing her lead cut to one on the 11th hole, Strom won four consecutive holes to defeat Stephanie Lau and give the Sun Devils their eighth national title. Individual national champion Monica Vaughn was beginning a 19th hole in her match against Hannah Kim when Strom clinched the match. Vaughn becomes the first player since Annie Park (Southern California) in 2013 to win both the individual and team national championship; she is the third player in Arizona St. history to complete that double, joining Emilee Klein in 1994 and Kristel Mourgue d’Algue in 1995. “It’s an incredible week,” said Vaughn. “Everyone keeps saying that they can’t believe it, but I can totally believe it. We thought it all year, we believed in it every single day all year long, and we accomplished it. To be an individual winner and to win as a team is just incredible. The team win for me is a really special thing, more special than my individual win.” In the morning semifinals, both Arizona St. and Northwestern completed comebacks, 3-2, to advance to the afternoon finals. The Sun Devils, who trailed 2-1 to Stanford entering the morning’s resumption of semifinal play, rallied behind extra-hole victories from Vaughn and Strom. On her first hole of the morning, Vaughn chipped her third shot to within a tap-in birdie to win the 18th and force extra holes. On the first extra hole, Vaughn’s par gave Arizona St. the point to even the match, 2-2. In the deciding group, Strom also needed a 19th hole to earn the third, and deciding, point for the Sun Devils. In the second semifinal, Northwestern came into the day trailing in four of the five pairings, with no points having yet been decided. Sarah Cho put a point on the board for the Wildcats with a 2 & 1 victory and Hannah Kim turned around her match to win 2 & 1, giving Northwestern a 2-0 lead. Southern California’s Tiffany Chan put a point on the board for the Trojans with a 2 & 1 victory in the fifth match out. The remaining two matches both needed a 19th hole to produce winner; Muni He evened the match with a victory for Southern California before Janet Mao clinched the match for Northwestern with a with a 19th hole par. Round 2017 TEAM RESULTS Pos. Team Scores Total Clemson 321-314-309 944 Three-Round Totals 22. Texas Tech 335-313-303 951 (Par 288-864) 23. Pepperdine 330-320-308 958 24. Oregon 333-319-308 960 Round Pos. Team Scores Total Stroke play reduced to three rounds in 2017 due to inclement 1. Northwestern 301-298-298 897 weather. Saturday’s round cancelled. Cut to eight for quarterfi- 2. Stanford 311-298-296 905 nals made after Monday’s third round. 3. Arizona St. 311-309-289 909 4. Ohio St. 311-299-303 913 5. Southern California 315-303-296 914 Quarterfinals Florida 320-302-292 914 May 23 at Rich Harvest Farms, Sugar Grove, Ill. 7. Baylor 311-300-306 917 Stanford def. Baylor 3-2 8. Kent St. 303-304-312 919 Arizona St. def. Florida 5-0 9. North Carolina 314-310-296 920 Northwestern def. Kent St. 3-2 10. South Carolina 313-300-310 923 Southern California def. Ohio St. 3-1-1 11. Purdue 315-306-304 925 12. Furman 323-302-301 926 Semifinals 13. Texas 317-303-307 927 May 23 at Rich Harvest Farms, Sugar Grove, Ill. (suspended/completed 14. California 319-306-303 928 May 24) Alabama 328-313-287 928 Semifinal #1 – Arizona St. def. Stanford 3-2 16. Michigan 315-315-299 929 Semifinal #2 – Northwestern def. Southern California 3-2 Miami (FL) 316-303-310 929 18. Duke 325-309-300 934 19. Michigan St. 317-317-304 938 20. Florida St. 325-310-309 944 2017 Championship 2 Championship Match Results Round Pos. Player, Team Scores Total May 24 at Rich Harvest Farms, Sugar Grove, Ill. Grace Choi, Michigan 80-78-74 232 Arizona St. def. Northwestern 3-1-1 Nikolette Schroeder, Ohio St. 78-76-78 232 1. Olivia Mehaffey, Arizona St., def. Sarah Cho 4&3 Katelyn Dambaugh, South Carolina 80-78-74 232 2. Hannah Kim, Northwestern, vs. Monica Vaughn, Arizona St., all square Jaclyn Lee, Ohio St. 79-74-79 232 through 18 Ana Pelaez, South Carolina 75-76-81 232 3. Kacie Komoto, Northwestern, def. Sophia Zeeb, Arizona St., 3&1 Linnea Strom, Arizona St. 83-79-70 232 4. Roberta Liti, Arizona St., def. Janet Mao, Northwestern, 5&4 57. Ana Paula Valdes, Clemson 77-80-76 233 5. Linnea Strom, Arizona St., def. Stephanie Lau, Northwestern, 5&3 Emily White, Michigan 79-77-77 233 Shannon Aubert, Stanford 77-81-75 233 Muni He, Southern California 80-77-76 233 2017 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Olivia Mehaffey, Arizona St. 79-80-74 233 Karoline Stormo, Kent St. 73-78-82 233 Through Three Rounds Victoria Morgan, Southern California 76-78-79 233 Nadine White *, Campbell 83-77-73 233 (Par 72-216 - Saturday’s round cancelled due to weather) Lydia Gumm, Florida St. 81-79-73 233 Round 66. Kathleen Scavo, Oregon 82-80-72 234 Pos. Player, Team Scores Total Kim Metraux, Florida St. 79-79-76 234 1. Monica Vaughn, Arizona St. 74-72-71 217 Bianca Pagdanganan *, Gonzaga 80-81-73 234 2. Leona Maguire, Duke 77-71-70 218 Bryana Nguyen, North Carolina 77-83-74 234 Jennifer Kupcho *, Wake Forest 74-70-74 218 Melati Putri, Purdue 79-78-77 234 4. Elodie Van Dievoet, Michigan 72-79-68 219 Roberta Liti, Arizona St. 79-81-74 234 August Kim, Purdue 72-73-74 219 Sophia Zeeb, Arizona St. 79-78-77 234 6. Andrea Lee, Stanford 77-71-72 220 73. Lucia Gutierrez, California 79-79-77 235 7. Amy Lee, Baylor 77-74-70 221 74. Lauren Stephenson, Alabama 85-75-76 236 8. Haylee Harford, Furman 76-75-71 222 Alice Hewson, Clemson 81-78-77 236 Tiffany Chan, Southern California 77-76-69 222 Cara Gorlei *, Arkansas 84-77-75 236 10. Cheyenne Knight, Alabama 78-76-69 223 Brynn Walker, North Carolina 80-79-77 236 Ainhoa Olarra, South Carolina 76-70-77 223 Alice Chen, Furman 80-78-78 236 Albane Valenzuela, Stanford 77-73-73 223 Cova Sanjuan, Purdue 84-76-76 236 13. Janet Mao, Northwestern 73-77-74 224 Gabriella Then, Southern California 82-78-76 236 14. Kacie Komoto, Northwestern 78-72-75 225 81. Gabby Barker, Texas Tech 86-78-73 237 Alex White *, Brigham Young 77-74-74 225 Momoka Kobori, Pepperdine 82-81-74 237 Maddie Szeryk *, Texas A&M 76-74-75 225 Maria Herraez Galvez, California 80-80-77 237 17. Kristen Gillman, Alabama 78-78-70 226 Haley Mills, Texas 83-76-78 237 Maria Vesga, Baylor 78-74-74 226 85. Sydney Legacy, Clemson 81-78-79 238 Katja Pogacar, Ohio St. 74-77-75 226 Matilda Castren, Florida St. 84-75-79 238 Maria Torres, Florida 81-73-72 226 Jiyoon Jang, California 88-75-75 238 Hannah Kim, Northwestern 75-78-73 226 Marianne Li, California 83-76-79 238 22. Marthe Wold, California 77-76-74 227 89. Ana Belac, Duke 83-79-77 239 23. Michaela Finn, Kent St. 75-72-81 228 Madeline Chou, Stanford 84-79-76 239 24.