Arizona Tops No. 7 Texas A&M To Win NB3 Match Play Championship

SANTA ANA PUEBLO, N.M. – The Arizona girls’s golf staff continued its dominant play this week by defeated No. 7 Texas A&M, 3.5-1.5, to assert the NB3 Match Play Championship at Twin Warriors Golf Club in New Mexico.
 
It marks the fourth match win for second-year head coach Giovana Maymon and the primary win of the 2025-26 season.
 

After going 2-0 on the primary day with wins over New Mexico State (4-1) and New Mexico (5-0), the Wildcats took down the Aggies (3.5-1.5) on Wednesday to win the occasion with 12.5 factors to A&M’s 9.5 factors over the 2 days.
 
Senior Nena Wongthanavimok was the primary pairing out for the Wildcats on Wednesday and took a 2-up lead via six holes in opposition to Natalie Yen. After Yen tied the match via 12 holes, Wongthanavimok gained the par three 13^th gap with a birdie to go 1-up after which closed out the match with a birdie on No. 17 to earn the two&1 victory.
 
The second pairing of the day noticed Arizona freshman Kinsley Ni tackle Louise Reau and Ni was in a 2-down gap via 5 holes. But she gained the sixth and seventh holes to tie the match after which rattled off wins on 10, 11 and 12 to go 3-up after which closed out the match in model with an eagle on No. 16 to get the 4&2 win.
 

In the third pairing, Texas A&M’s Vanessa Borovilos got here away with a 5&4 win over Arizona’s Angela Arora.
 
In the ultimate two matches, the Wildcats simply wanted a half of a degree to safe the match win.
 
Charlotte Back was taking over Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio and neither golfer had a lead bigger than 1-up. Back held a 1-up lead via 13 holes earlier than Garcia Poggio gained the following two holes to go 1-up with simply three holes left. Back evened the match with a par on No. 16 after which the pair matched pars on the ultimate two holes to tie the match and provides Arizona win as a staff.
 
The last match of the day additionally got here all the way down to the top, earlier than Julia Misemer was capable of hit some dazzling iron pictures to shut out the match 2&1 and posted seven birdies on her spherical.
 
Arizona is again in motion on the Stanford Intercollegiate on Oct. 17-19 on the Stanford Golf Course.
 
Final Match Results – Arizona wins, 3.5 to 1.5
Nena Wongthanavimok (ARIZ) def. Natalie Yen (TAMU), 2&1
Kinsley Ni (ARIZ) def. Louise Reau (TAMU), 4&2
Vanessa Borovilos (TAMU) def. Angela Arora (ARIZ), 5&4
Charlotte Back (ARIZ) vs. Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio (TAMU), tied
Julia Misemer (ARIZ) def. Scarlett Schremmer (TAMU), 2&1