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Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic
Bulldogs Reach Liz Murphey Collegiate Match Play Championship
March 28, 2015 | Women's Golf
Highlights from Saturday's action at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic being held at the UGA Golf Course.
March 28, 2015
ATHENS, Ga. --- The Georgia women's golf team went 2-0 in match play on Saturday at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic to advance to Sunday's championship match against No. 1 Southern Cal.
The Bulldogs topped South Carolina, 3-2, in the morning with Sammi Lee, Sanchez Lobato and Harang Lee all winning on 2-and-1 decisions. Georgia then bested Northwestern on a tiebreaker in a wire-to-wire match that finished tied at 2.5-2.5.
"A great day, especially in our sport," head coach Josh Brewer said. "We don't get to play head-to-head, but once or twice a year. So it's two wins. We beat South Carolina, maybe the best team in the SEC, and beat Northwestern, a top-10 team program who's a favorite to win a national title, so two great wins. My thing is just seeing their faces. They're excited. They're happy and they deserve it. They've worked so hard. They deserve a chance to celebrate some victories and "Ring The Bell" as we're going to say in Athens."
It was senior Rocio Sanchez Lobato's decisive 4-and-3 win over Kaitlin Park that broke the tiebreaker in the afternoon match versus Northwestern.
"It makes me feel great, especially as a senior," Sanchez Lobato said. "I want to contribute as much as I can to the team so it's just a great feeling. You don't know when you're out there, but you know that your ups count because of the format that we play. I just tried to win as fast as I could so it's a great feeling."
Sanchez Lobato was the first Bulldog to win her match in Saturday afternoon's competition creating an hour gap between her finish and sophomore Sammi Lee, the last golfer to finish.
"It's been a hard hour," Sanchez Lobato said. "I haven't been that nervous in a long time. I just went around and watched everybody. I tried to cheer them on and tell them that I won so that gives them confidence."
Lee was the last match on the course Saturday afternoon winning No. 18 to halve her match versus Suchaya Tangkamolprasert. That left the Bulldogs and Wildcats tied at 2.5-2.5; however, Sanchez Lobato's win tipped the decision to Georgia's favor.
"It was crazy. This morning, too, I won on 17," Lee said. "She (South Carolina's Justine Dreher) put the pressure on me on 15. So I had that this morning and then this afternoon on 16, she (Tangkamolprasert) made probably a 100-foot putt to save par and then I had to get up-and-down from the bunker to match that. We both messed up on 17 and ending up halving. On 18, I had to back off shots a couple times just because the pressure was crazy. It was tough out there, but it feels great to have fought through it."
On Sunday, the Bulldogs will meet the No. 1 Southern Cal in the final round at 9:20 a.m.
"(They just need to) stay the same," Brewer said. "That's all we can do. You have some momentum right now so you try to ride it. Like today, we just have to play well. When you're playing a team that's No. 3 or No. 4 in the country you just have to go out and play as well as you can. You have to fight, too, because every hole and every shot matters. You're always looking for some change in momentum out there to get it in your favor."
Southern Cal defeated UCLA Saturday morning, 3-2. In the semifinal on Saturday afternoon, the Trojans defeated Duke, 4-1. Southern Cal will look to defend its 2014 Liz Murphey title on Sunday.
On Sunday, Duke and Northwestern will face off to determine a third place winner. Baylor and South Carolina will compete for the fifth place spot and the winner between UCLA and Arkansas will determine seventh place.
The final round will begin on Sunday at 9:00 a.m. at the University of Georgia Golf Course. No admission will be charged. Live scoring will be available at www.birdiefire.com.
43rd Annual Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic
March 27-29
University of Georgia Golf Course
Athens, Ga.
Par 72; 6,404 Yards
Saturday's Morning Match Agate
Red Bracket
Southern Cal 3, UCLA 2
Karen Chung, Southern Cal, def. Erynne Lee, UCLA, 2-and-1
Amy Lee, Southern Cal, def. Bronte Law, UCLA, 4-and-5
Gabriella Then, Southern Cal, def. Erin Choi, UCLA, 3-and-2
Lydia Choi, UCLA, lead Annie Park, Southern Cal, 1-up thru 17
Louise Ridderstrom, UCLA, lead Kyung Kim, Southern Cal, 1-up thru 15
Duke 3, Baylor 2
Laura Lonardi, Baylor, def. Lisa Maguire, Duke, 1-up
Celine Boutier, Duke, def. Dylan Kim, Baylor, 3-and-2
Hayley Davis, Baylor, def. Sandy Choi, Duke, 5-and-4
Gurbani Singh, Duke, def. Giovana Maymon, Baylor, 6-and-5
Leona Maguire, Duke, def. Lauren Whyte, Baylor, 5-and-3
Northwestern 4, Arkansas 1
Hana Lee, Northwestern, def. Summer Roachell, Arkansas, 6-and-4
Kaitlin Park, Northwestern, def. Jordy LaBarbera, Arkansas, 2-and-1
Kacie Komoto, Northwestern, def. Samantha Marks, Arkansas, 3-and-2
Regina Plasencia, Arkansas, def. Hannah Kim, Northwestern, 4-and-3
Suchaya Tangkamolprasert, Northwestern, def. Gabriela Lopez, Arkansas, 2-up
Georgia 3, South Carolina 2
Harang Lee, Georgia, def. Katelyn Dambaugh, S. Carolina, 2-and-1
Rocio Sanchez Lobato, Georgia, def. Ainhoa Olarra, S. Carolina, 2-and-1
Jiaxin Yang, S. Carolina, def. Sylvie Brick, Georgia, 1-up
Sarah Schmelzel, S. Carolina, def Manuela Carbajo Ré, Georgia, 3-up
Sammi Lee, Georgia, def. Justine Dreher, S. Carolina, 2-and-1
Black Bracket
Purdue 3, Auburn 2
Johanna Tillström, Purdue, def. Victoria Trapani, Auburn, 4-and-3
Sophia Schubert, Auburn, def. August Kim, Purdue, 1-up
Marta Martin, Purdue, def. Kelli Murphy, Auburn, 2-and-1
Alex Harrell, Auburn, def. Aurora Kan, Purdue, 3-and-2
Anna Appert Lund, Purdue, def. Jamin Yun, Auburn, 4-and-3
Alabama 2.5, Stanford 2.5
Lauren Kim, Stanford, vs. Emma Talley, Alabama, All square
Quirine Eijkenboom, Stanford, def. Nicole Morales, Alabama, 2-up
Janie Jackson, Alabama, def. Casey Danielson, Stanford, 5-and-4
Mariko Tumangan, Stanford, def. Cammie Gray, Alabama, 4-and-3
Mia Landegren, Alabama, def. Mariah Stackhouse, Stanford, 1-up
Saturday's Afternoon Match Agate
Red Bracket
Southern Cal 4, Duke 1
Karen Chung, Southern Cal, def. Lisa Maguire, Duke, 2-up
Amy Lee, Southern Cal, def. Gurbani Singh, Duke, 4-and-3
Annie Park, Southern Cal, def. Sandy Choi, Duke, 2-and-1
Celine Boutier, Duke, def. Gabriella Then, Southern Cal, 1-up
Kyung Kim, Southern Cal, vs. Leona Maguire, Duke, 2-up
Georgia 2.5, Northwestern 2.5
Hana Lee, Northwestern, vs. Harang Lee, Georgia, All square
Rocio Sanchez Lobato, Georgia, def. Kaitlin Park, Northwestern, 4-and-3
Kacie Komoto, Northwestern, def. Sylvie Brick, Georgia, 3-and-2
Hannah Kim, Northwestern, vs. Manuela Carbajo Ré, Georgia, All square
Suchaya Tangkamolprasert, Northwestern, vs. Sammi Lee, Georgia, All square
Baylor 3.5, UCLA 1.5
Bronte Law, UCLA, def. Lauren Whyte, Baylor, 3-and-2
Louise Ridderstrom, UCLA, vs. Giovana Maymon, Baylor, All square
Dylan Kim, Baylor, def. Lydia Choi, UCLA, 1-up
Laura Lonardi, Baylor, def. Erin Choi, UCLA, 7-and-6
Erynne Lee, UCLA, vs. Hayley Davis, Baylor, All square
South Carolina 3.5, Arkansas 1.5
Regina Plasencia, Arkansas, def. Sarah Schmelzel, S. Carolina, 3-and-2
Justine Dreher, S. Carolina, vs. Gaby Lopez, Arkansas, All square
Katelyn Dambaugh, S. Carolina, def. Samantha Marks, Arkansas, 6-and-5
Ainhoa Olarra, S. Carolina, def. Jordy LaBarbera, Arkansas, 2-up
Jiaxin Yang, S. Carolina, def. Summer Roachell, Arkansas, 3-and-2
Black Bracket
Purdue 3, Alabama 2
August Kim, Purdue, def. Nicole Morales, Alabama, 5-and-4
Marta Martin, Purdue, def. Cammie Gray, Alabama, 4-and-3
Janie Jackson, Alabama, def. Johanna Tillström, Purdue, 2-up
Emma Talley, Alabama, def. Anna Appert Lund, Purdue, 2-up
Aurora Kan, Purdue, def. Mia Landegren, Alabama, 4-up
Stanford 4 , Auburn, 1
Quirine Eijkenboom, Stanford, def. Kelli Murphy, Auburn, 2-and-1
Victoria Trapani, Auburn, def. Lauren Kim, Stanford, 2-up
Mariah Stackhouse, Stanford, def. Alex Harrell, Auburn, 2-and-1
Casey Danielson, Stanford, def. Sophia Schubert, Auburn, 3-and-2
Mariko Tumangan, Stanford, def. Jamin Yun, Auburn, 1-up
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