NCAA Women's Golf Championships 2022: Stanford Beats Oregon for 1st Title Since 2015

The No. 1 Stanford Cardinal defeated the No. 2 Oregon Ducks in the NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championship at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Wednesday to win their second national title and first since 2015.

It was a dominant win for the Cardinal, who rallied to defeat Auburn 3-2 in the semifinals for a berth in the final against Oregon. Three of Stanford's five players won their head-to-head matches Wednesday to seal the victory.

Rose Zhang delivered the winning putt on the 17th hole in her match against Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen to secure Stanford's title.

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2022 NCAA Women's Golf Championship Results

Brooke Seay (Stanford) def. Ching-Tzu Chen (Oregon) 4 and 3

Aline Krauter (Stanford) def. Hsin-Yu Lu (Oregon) 5 and 3

Briana Chacon (Oregon) def. Sadie Englemann (Stanford) 1-up

Tze-Han Lin (Oregon) def. Rachel Heck (Stanford) 3 and 2

Rose Zhang (Stanford) def. Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen (Oregon) 3 and 1

Full scores available at GolfStat.com

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Stanford's Aline Krauter had one of the more dominant performances of the day, going 5-up on Oregon's Hsin-Yu Lu on the seventh hole before going 6-up on the eighth and ninth holes of the day.

Krauter dropped slightly from holes 10 through 14 but finished the day 5-up on the 15th hole.

Stanford's other top player was Brooke Seay, who defeated Ching-Tzu Chen 4 and 3. The two were tied through the first three holes before Seay broke through on the fourth hole to go 1-up.

Seay effectively put an end to her match against Chen on the 12th hole by going 5-up. She dropped back to 4-up on the 13th hole and held that score through the end of the match.

Zhang, who became the school's second straight individual NCAA champion on Monday, held off a strong push by Nielsen to win 3 and 1.

Zhang held a 3-up lead from holes five through 11 before Nielsen began to climb her way back into the match. Nielsen cut Zhang's lead to just 1-up on the 14th hole before the Cardinal regained a 2-up lead on the 15th hole.

Zhang went on to regain her 3-up lead on the 17th hole to secure Stanford's national title.

One of Oregon's most exciting performances of the day came from Briana Chacon, who rallied back from 2-down to tie Stanford's Sadie Englemann on the 17th hole before sealing the 1-up victory on the final hole.

With the loss, Oregon has yet to win a national title in women's golf.