Second Place Finish in Lake Bluff – Stanford Cardinal

LAKE BLUFF, Ill. — Something about Stanford and Wake Forest at all times makes for nail-biting match play. That was the case once more within the Jackson T. Stephens Cup championship match between No. 1 Stanford and No. 12 Wake Forest, going down all afternoon at Shoreacres. The Cardinal in fine condition on the halfway level, however a few shut matches flipped late, ensuing within the Demon Deacons taking the crown. 

Despite teeing off final, Andrea Revuelta completed first amongst Stanford winners, taking her match 4&3 in opposition to Chloe Kovelesky. She gained the primary two holes and dropped just one gap all afternoon, pushing it to 4up by means of 11. She closed it out with a birdie on 15 to take the match, incomes her third profession match play victory.

Megha Ganne earned the second level for the Cardinal, a vital one given the state of the general match and the standard of the opponent. Macy Pate was her reverse for the Demon Deacons, the person champion of the Stephens Cup. Ganne by no means trailed after profitable the primary gap, and pushed the result in 2up by means of 10. Pate obtained one again on 15, creating quite a lot of drama with three holes remaining. Ganne squashed that drama rapidly, profitable on 16 and flattening a par putt on 17 to safe a 2&1 win, tying the general match at 2-2.

The first group that teed off, Kelly Xu and Anne-Sterre den Dunnen, was the group that determined the match. den Dunnen gained the primary gap, however Xu battled again on three to win, the primary of 4 gap wins for Xu to erase deficits. The final of these got here on 17, the place she trailed by one gap with two remaining. Xu got here up clutch with a birdie, and after each golfers went for par on 18, the match went right into a playoff.

They reset on the tenth gap, the place each Xu and den Dunnen had been even at par. On 9, each golfers scored a 4 once more, in order that they went again to 10 for the 21^st gap of the match. Xu obtained off the green on her tee shot, and that put her in a tricky spot in comparison with den Dunnen, who was centered. den Dunnen obtained onto the inexperienced on her third shot and went for par, whereas Xu was simply off on an 11-foot par putt that might have prolonged the match, securing the win for Wake Forest.

Match play continues for Stanford with the annual Big Match in opposition to No. 25 California, going down on Thursday, Sept. 25 at Menlo Country Club in Woodside. The girls will pair up with the boys in a seven-match, mixed-gender, best-ball match play format. Tee instances start at 12:00 p.m.

No. 12 Wake Forest def. No. 1 Stanford, 3-2

1. Anne-Sterre den Dunnen (WF) def. Kelly Xu (STAN), 21 holes

2. Casey Weidenfeld (WF) def. Meja Örtengren (STAN), 1up

3. Morgan Ketchum (WF) def. Paula Martín Sampedro (STAN), 4&3

4. Megha Ganne (STAN) def. Macy Pate (WF), 2&1

5. Andrea Revuelta (STAN) def. Chloe Kovelesky (WF), 4&3

Order of Finish: 3, 2, 5, 4, 1*