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NBC Sports
22-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Northwestern credit belief for NCAA title win
Brentley Romine talks with the entire Northwestern women's golf team after winning the NCAA Women's Golf Championship, discussing their belief in each other and themselves.
USA Today
22-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Northwestern shocks Stanford, earns first title in school history at NCAA Women's Championship
Northwestern shocks Stanford, earns first title in school history at NCAA Women's Championship Show Caption Hide Caption Drone flyover video of Omni La Costa North Course par-3 16th hole Omni La Costa is hosting the NCAA mens and womens golf championships for a second year in a row. The North Course's 16th hole is the final par-3. CARLSBAD, Calif. — With a win in the national championship match, Stanford had an argument to be considered the greatest women's college golf team ever. The top-ranked team in the nation didn't lose in stroke play this season, matching a mark accomplished only once by Arizona State three decades ago. On Monday at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa, site of the 2025 NCAA Women's Golf Championship, Stanford completed the best 72-hole performance in the history of the NCAA Championship, finishing at 27-under par and essentially stamping its claim as the best team in college golf. But in match play, the team that was best in stroke play, more often than not, doesn't win the NCAA Championship. Enter Northwestern. The Wildcats won one tournament this year, lost by 29 strokes to Stanford at NCAAs and finished nine shots behind the Cardinal at the NCAA Norman Regional two weeks ago. But none of that matters in match play, and Northwestern is leaving Carlsbad with its first national title. Northwestern claimed the NCAA Women's Championship on Wednesday, topping Stanford 3-2 in the match-play final on a sunny afternoon north of San Diego. It's one of the biggest upsets in the history of NCAAs, with the Wildcats preventing Stanford from winning its second consecutive championship and third in four years. A relentless team that took full advantage of the reset match play provides, and the Wildcats are headed back to campus with extra hardware. 'It's surreal,' Northwestern coach Emily Fletcher said. 'Honestly, things are moving really slow right now. I don't think it's really hit any of us. 'It's about doing what this group thought they could do, and that's all they did. They didn't go out to try to prove anybody wrong. They just went out to just be themselves and to just compete as hard as they could. And that was going to be enough.' Freshman Dianna Lee, who went to high school about 25 miles from Omni La Costa, buried a 5 footer for par on the 18th to beat Andrea Revuelta and give Northwestern the distinction of arguably the biggest upset in women's college golf history. Lee was 3 up with five to play but lost Nos. 14-15, and Revuelta had a 4-foot par putt on the par-3 16th to tie the match but missed. Then on 17, Lee had a 15 footer to win the match but powered it past the hole. She took deep breaths and reminded herself of what Northwestern's sports psychologist taught her about controlling emotions. Drained the comebacker. 1 up heading to the 18th tee. Revuelta hit her approach first into the par 5, finding the back of the green. Lee's shot came up short of the pin and somehow stayed on the green. She hit the first putt and drilled the hole, but the ball was traveling too fast and lipped out about 5 feet to her right. Then Revuelta had a chance to tie the match, but her putt didn't have enough pace and missed low. Lee once again collected herself, stepped over the putt and knocked it in. She proceeded to sprint into her teammates arms, and the celebration was on. 'I'm on such a high right now, especially the championship being at my hometown, it means absolutely everything to me,' Lee said. 'It's so incredibly special. It's like no other. You can't even explain what it means to win a championship in your hometown. It's like you're the main character. That's what I feel like right now.' Freshman Hsin Tai Lin got the first Northwestern point on the board, topping Stanford freshman Meja Ortengren 3 and 2. But the bigger victory that truly turned the tides was Lauryn Nguyen, the senior from Seattle who was 2 up with three holes to play but watched as her opponent, Paula Martin Sampedro, won Nos. 16-17 to tie the match and take control on the 18th tee box. However, when Sampedro missed a birdie putt on the par 5, Nguyen buried hers from beneath the hole, and the ensuing fist pump and scream sent rumbles throughout the golf course. Stanford wasn't done, punching back Kelly Xu battled to win her match 1 up on the 18th green. Megha Ganne, in the first match, had a dominating 5-and-4 win over Ashley Yun, but the rest of the scores were purple for a majority of the afternoon. Northwestern prevented Stanford from winning its second consecutive title and becoming the first team since Duke in 2006-07 to win back-to-back (Duke won in 2005, as well). 'I just know that there's going to be some learnings from this,' Stanford coach Anne Walker said. 'You learn the most when you lose, right? And we haven't lost very much. So a great opportunity to go through that and grow from this moment.' All five of Stanford's starters in match play will return next season. They'll have a chance to build on what they started but were unable to finish. Coming into the national championship, the Wildcats competed in match play only once this year, and it happened on a different continent. Northwestern went 0-3-3 in medal match play at the St. Andrews Links Collegiate in Scotland. 'We haven't had a ton of experience in match play,' Fletcher said. 'Maybe it worked a little bit in our favor and that they didn't really know what they were getting into. They knew what they needed to do to take care of their own business, and they did that.' And the image of Lee's putt and celebration will be remembered as when David defeated Goliath.
Winnipeg Free Press
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
NCAA Women's Golf Championship results
CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Results from the NCAA Women's Golf Championship final Wednesday at La Costa Resort (seeds in parentheses): (3) Northwestern 3, (1) Stanford 2 Megha Ganne, Stanford, def. Ashley Yun, Northwestern, 5 and 4. Laura Nguyen, Northwestern, def. Paula Martin Sampedro, Stanford, 1 up. Hsin Tai Lin, Northwestern, def. Meja Örtengren, Stanford, 3 and 2. Kelly Xu, Stanford, def. Elise Lee, Northwestern, 1 up. Dianna Lee, Northwestern, def. Andrea Revuelta, Stanford, 1 up. ___ AP golf:
USA Today
21-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
NCAA Women's Golf Championship live updates: Scores, championship tee times, highlights
NCAA Women's Golf Championship live updates: Scores, championship tee times, highlights Show Caption Hide Caption Drone flyover video of Omni La Costa North Course par-4 15th hole Omni La Costa is hosting the NCAA mens and womens golf championships for a second year in a row. The North Course's 15th hole is a challenging par 4. CARLSBAD, Calif. — A national champion will be crowned this evening. The final match of the 2025 NCAA Women's Golf Championship is set between top-ranked Stanford and No. 11 Northwestern, with the first match going off at 5:15 p.m. ET Wednesday at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa's North Course. Stanford is looking for its fourth championship while Northwestern is in search of its first. Follow along below for live updates from the championship match at the NCAA Women's Championship: NCAA Women's Golf Championship championship pairings All times ET, first tee start No. 1 Stanford vs. No. 3 Northwestern Championship matches Megha Ganne vs. Ashley Yun, 5:15 p.m., 1st tee Paula Martin Sampedro vs. Lauryn Nguyen, 5:25 p.m. Meja Ortengren vs. Hsin Tai Lin, 5:35 p.m. Kelly Xu vs. Elise Lee, 5:45 p.m. Andrea Revuelta vs. Dianna Lee, 5:55 p.m. NCAA Women's Golf Championship predictions, expert picks Golfweek's college golf expert Cameron Jourdan and senior writer Beth Ann Nichols made predictions for the championship. You can see their entire selections here. How many teams made match play at NCAA Women's Golf Championship? Eight. After Monday's final round of stroke play, the top eight teams advance to match play, which begins Tuesday morning with the quarterfinals. NCAA Women's Golf Championship format Finals play for both championships consists of three days of stroke play on Friday through Sunday (54 holes), after which the top-15 teams and nine individuals not on an advancing team will be determined. That is followed by a final day of 18 holes of stroke play (Monday) to determine the top eight teams that will advance to match play as well as the 72-hole individual champion. The team national champion will be determined by a match-play format that will consist of quarterfinals and semifinals conducted on Tuesday, followed by the finals on Wednesday. NCAA Women's Golf Championship TV information Golf Channel is the TV home for the NCAA Championships. All times ET Wednesday, May 21 Live coverage - 6-10 p.m. NCAA Women's Golf Championship tickets Fans must have tickets to attend this year's NCAA Golf Championships. Here's how to buy them.
Winnipeg Free Press
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Stanford and Oregon women's golf get early scare and advance in NCAAs
CARLSBAD, Calif. (AP) — Paula Martin Sampedro rallied from 3 down with five holes to play Tuesday to win her opening match as top-seeded Stanford overcame a sluggish start to beat Virginia in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Women's Golf Championship. Stanford, the No. 1 seed after a record score to finish 27 shots ahead of Oregon to qualify for match play, trailed early in two other matches before going to a 3 1/2-1 1/2 victory. Oregon nearly didn't make it out of the quarterfinals. The Ducks appeared to have victory in hand until Tong An lost a 3-up lead with six holes to play. An holed a short putt on the 20th hole to beat Lauren Kim of Texas and send Oregon into the semifinals. Lottie Woad, No. 1 in the women's amateur world ranking, and Mirabel Ting carried Florida State to victory over Southern Cal, while Northwestern rallied to knock off Arkansas. Hsin Tai Lin of Northwestern beat Maria Jose Marin, the Arkansas sophomore who won the NCAA title in stroke play. Stanford played Florida State, and Oregon faced Northwestern in the semifinal matches Tuesday afternoon. The championship match is Wednesday. Stanford is going for its third NCAA title in the last four years. ___ AP golf:
