CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA – Top-seed Stanford and UCLA each scored a pair of match play victories on Tuesday to advance to the national championship match of the 2024 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championships that will be decided on Wednesday, May 22 at the North Course at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa (6,330 yards/par 72).
Stanford will be looking for its third national title on Wednesday and second in three years, last winning in 2022. The Cardinal also won the team title in 2015. UCLA, which won NCAA team titles in 1991, 2004 and 2011, will be making its first-ever national championship match play final appearance. The match play portion was added to the NCAA Championships prior to the start of the 2015 season. The Bruins last reached the match play semifinals of the NCAA Championships in 2016.
The national semifinals featured four teams from the Pac-12 Conference, with Stanford advancing to the title match with a 3-1 national semifinal win over Southern California. Senior Sadie Englemann put up the first point with a 6&5 win over Southern California’s Cindy Kou. She was backed by wins from sophomores Megha Ganne over Brianna Navarrosa, 2&1, and Kelly Xu over Catherine Park, 3&2.
“We have had a great year, said Stanford Head Coach Anne Walker. “We have won five…
