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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.
Chicago Tribune
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Chicago Tribune
Northwestern stuns Stanford to capture its first NCAA championship in women's golf
CARLSBAD, Calif. — Northwestern captured its first NCAA women's golf championship Wednesday when Dianna Lee holed a 5-foot par putt on the 18th hole to beat Andrea Revuelta for a 3-2 victory over top-seeded Stanford to end a final hour of high tension. Stanford advanced through stroke play with a record score to win by 21 shots and was poised to win its third NCAA title in four years and become the first team to win back-to-back since the move to match play in 2017. Instead, the Wildcats were screaming with delight at La Costa when Lee — who had twice before missed putts that would have won it — delivered the biggest putt of her life. 'More than doing what people didn't think you could is this group believing what it thought it could do,' said 17-year Wildcats coach Emily Fletcher. Cardinal junior Megha Ganne had a 5-and-4 win in the lead match, while Hsin Tai Lin of Northwestern scored a 3-and-2 victory. Laura Nguyen put the Wildcats on the verge of the title with a 7-foot birdie putt for a 1-up victory over Paula Martin Sampedro. That left the Wildcats needing only one more point from either Dianne Lee, who was 3-up with five holes to play, or Elise Lee, who had taken her first lead over Stanford's Kelly Xu on the 15th hole. The Cardinal didn't go down without a mighty fight. Xu, who missed a 4-foot putt to fall behind for the first time all match, answered with a 15-foot birdie on the par-3 16th and a wedge to 10 feet for birdie on the 17th to regain control. They halved the 18th hole, giving Xu a 1-up victory and team score at 2-all. It came down to the final match that Dianna Lee once had firmly in her grasp. Revuelta bogeyed the 11th and 12th holes to fall 3 down with five holes to play, But she won the 14th with a par and holed a 15-foot birdie putt on the 15th to get within one. Lee was in a back bunker, blasted out to 7 feet and missed her par putt on the 16th. Revuelta, however, pulled her 4-foot par putt to stay 1 down. On the next hole, Lee had a 12-foot birdie putt to win the match and pulled it, running it nearly 5 feet by. Miss that and the match was all square. She holed it to stay 1 up going to the 18th. The par-5 closing hole amounts to a wedge contest with a stream guarding the green. Both players had about 18 feet. Lee's uphill putt spun hard off the left lip and rolled 5 feet by. Revuelta left her downhill putt short, setting up Lee with 5 feet for the win. This time, she made it and the celebration was on for the Wildcats, who had reached the final once before in 2017 but lost to Arizona State. The Wildcats won the 12th national team championship in school history: eight in women's lacrosse, two in field hockey and the 1941 men's fencing title. The women's lacrosse team will play in its 16th Final Four this weekend in Foxborough, Mass.
USA Today
05-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
José María Olazábal cheers on Spanish stars Carla Bernat Escuder, Andrea Revuelta at ANWA
José María Olazábal cheers on Spanish stars Carla Bernat Escuder, Andrea Revuelta at ANWA José María Olazábal shot Andrea Revuelta a question prior to the Augusta National Women's Amateur finale. 'How many more times are you going to play here?' asked Olazábal, the 1994 and 1999 Masters winner. 'One, two,' said Revuelta, a fellow Spaniard. 'Maybe three.' 'Then have fun,' Olazábal said. Revuelta, a Stanford freshman, carded even par on Saturday to finish 8-under for the tournament. The 19-year-old tied for 4th place. 'I had so much fun today,' Revuelta said. 'It was incredible. I mean, playing at Augusta National is something to be so grateful for.' Competing in the penultimate pairing, Revuelta played alongside Carla Bernat Escuder, who became the first Spaniard to capture the Augusta National Women's Amateur. Speaking of her countrywoman, Revuelta said, 'Seeing two Spaniards tee off together at Augusta National is very inspiring. I would say to all the Spanish girls that want to be here someday, I think this can give them so much motivation.' Olazábal waited outside the scorers building to congratulate Revuelta and Carla Bernat Escuder. When reflecting on Escuder's triumph, Revuelta praised her playing partner. 'I've always thought her strength was her putting,' Revuelta said. 'But today it was everything.'
NBC Sports
04-04-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
'I like chasing': Spanish pair eyes Saturday rally at Augusta National
AUGUSTA, Ga. – On a stacked Stanford team that features five players ranked 27th or better in the world, it's difficult to stand out. But Andrea Revuelta, an 18-year-old from Madrid, ended last year with serious momentum after grabbing low-amateur honors over her Spanish teammate Paula Martin Sampedro at the Spanish Open, the Ladies European Tour event in early December where Revuelta tied for fifth. Then the freak accident happened. Revuelta was working out in January when she attempted to re-rack a 40-pound plate. Next thing she knew her right shoulder gave way. 'I looked back and couldn't see my shoulder,' Revuelta said. Luckily, Revuelta's shoulder quickly popped back into place. But the injury still relegated her to the sidelines for months. As she gears up for Saturday's final round of the Augusta National Women's Amateur, Revuelta still favors the shoulder slightly, and yet, there she is, tied for third with another Cardinal in Megha Ganne and fellow Spaniard Carla Bernat, the Kansas State senior who is paired with Revuelta in the penultimate twosome, right in front of co-leaders Lottie Woad and Kiara Romero, who are just one shot clear. 'This is such a magical place,' Revuelta said. 'I feel like you have to make it your own, and you have to play with your game whatever you think it is.' For Revuelta, that's ball-striking at an elite level, including hitting greens at a high percentage (she's tied for first in the field through 36 holes). Bernat, a two-time, second-team All-American last season, doesn't have a glaring weakness, says her college coach Stew Burke, but that didn't stop her from asking countryman Josele Ballester, the reigning U.S. Amateur champion out of Arizona State, for some chipping advice. Carla Bernat Escuder of Spain on the No. 5 green during the second round of the Augusta National Women's Amateur at Champions Retreat Golf Club, Thursday, April 03, 2025. (Photo by Augusta National/)Bernat and Ballester were basically neighbors growing up in Castellon, Spain. They attended the same high school, and when both decided to transition from tennis to golf, they sought the tutelage of Victor Garcia, father of past Masters champion Sergio Garcia. 'He's like my brother,' Bernat said of Ballester. Ballester makes his Masters debut next week, while Bernat is coming off a T-17 showing at last year's ANWA, where she carded a final-round 72 two days after being the only person to break 70 in difficult conditions at Champions Retreat. Burke calls Bernat the ultimate underdog. 'That's a mistake a lot of people make,' Burke said. 'She never gets on the Annika watch list, and I don't know why. She's got that underdog mentality. All her preparation this season has been building to get ready for this event. This is not unexpected. 'She's ready to break through.' Currently No. 29 in WAGR, Bernat is on a streak of four straight top-6 finishes, including a T-3 at last week's Silicon Valley Showcase, where she turned in the exact three-round scores as Revuelta, who was competing as an individual in her first event back from injury while Stanford's A-team was keeping their perfect season alive at Colonial. There was added significance to that event, too, as the host course, Green Hills Country Club in Millbrae, California, is designed by the same architect as Augusta National, Alister Mackenzie. 'We specifically picked that because of this,' Burke said. 'What a way to prepare.' With Friday's practice round over and their preparation finalized, all that is left for Revuelta and Bernat to do is get some rest and wake up ready to compete their hardest. 'I've dreamt it a lot, to be honest,' Revuelta said. 'I've said this speech in my head like probably a thousand times to be honest. I feel golf is a game you have to play shot by shot. … Thinking that whatever happens, it's for a reason. You've come here with your homework done. I've practiced, I know my game, I know I'm ready, and I'm excited to see what tomorrow holds for me.' Added Bernat: 'I think I'm going to sleep OK because I can chase instead of be chased in this moment, right? I like chasing more than being chased. Yeah, I mean, I came here to win, right? I don't want to think about people behind me, just in front.'
