Seventh-ranked USC came from behind in the final round to win the Silverado Showdown by five strokes over arch-rival UCLA, and Ellie Slama of Oregon State held off Allisen Corpuz of USC for the individual title at Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa.
The Trojans claimed their fourth victory of the season with a score of 291-290-281—862, 2-under-par, and the Bruins finished at 288-289-290—867, while Oregon State was third at 291-291-303—885, and Oregon totaled 295-298-293—886 to tie for fourth with Arizona State, which finished at 292-296-298—886.
“That was a really impressive round on an incredibly difficult PGA Tour golf course,” USC Coach Justin Silverstein said. “We got great effort from everyone in our lineup and that is what it’s going to take to succeed in the postseason.
“Malia (Nam) gave us a huge round (a 67 to tie for 13th) today and we needed every bit of it. Allisen continued her insanely good play and she should be considered one of the favorites for National Player of the Year.”
Washington was sixth at 290-304-304—898, while San Jose State shot 295-307-297—899 to tie for seventh with Iowa State, which finished at 299-304-296—899, and Northwestern was ninth at 300-301-302—903, followed by California at 304-305-300—909.
San Diego State was 13th at 308-311-295—914.
Slama, an Oregon State senior from Salem, Ore., captured her third college title with a score of 67-68-73—208, followed by Corpuz, a USC senior from Hawaii, at 70-71-68—209, while Yuki Yoshihara of UCLA shot 70-72-72—214 to tie for third with her Bruins teammate, Emma Spitz, who finished at 71-70-73—214.
Annabel Wilson of UCLA was fifth at 73-73-69—215, followed by Alessandra Fanali of Arizona State at 70-73-73—216 and Briana Chacon of Oregon at 74-73-70—217.
Amelia Garvey of USC carded a score of 73-72-73—218 to tie for eighth with her Trojans teammate Alyaa Abdulghany, who totaled 72-73-73—218, Kajsa Arwefjall of San Jose State, who finished at 74-72-72—218, Taglao Jeeravivitaporn of Iowa State, who shot 74-73-71—218, and Alexandra Forsterling of Arizona State, who wound up at 74-72-72—218.
Tzu-Yi Chang led Cal in solo 19th at 77-76-69—222, while Sara Kjellker of San Diego State tied for 20th at 73-79-71—223.
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