Marissa Chow of Pepperdine earned medalist honors and the Waves rallied in the final round to win their 14th consecutive title in the West Coast Conference Women’s Championship at Saticoy Country Club in Somis.
The Waves trailed Gonzaga by two strokes entering the final round, but wound up at 311-312-306–929 to win by 16 strokes over San Francisco, which came in at 318-308-319–945.
Santa Clara was third at 325-305-325–955, followed by Gonzaga at 317-304-335–956 and Brigham Young at 324-316-323–963.
“Yesterday was a real struggle,” said Coach Laurie Gibbs, who was selected Coach of the Year in the WCC for the 12th time. “The girls were grinding, but it was tough. We had a really good team-bonding experience last night.
“The girls came together and wanted it so bad. They showed a lot of heart, determination and toughness today, showing that they could go out there and get it done. It wasn’t easy. The course played really tough. This really helps going into regionals.”
Chow, a junior from Honolulu, posted a score of 74-80-74–228, 12-over-par, to claim her second title of the season by one stroke over teammate Somin Lee, a senior from Denver, who finished at 80-77-72–229.
“This is so surreal right now,” said Chow, the WCC Player of the Year. “We worked so had and we know how to win. We pulled it off, so it’s a feeling of accomplishment for us.”
Emelie Lundstrom of San Francisco shot 77-75-79–231 and tied for third with two players from Gonzaga, Alice Kim, who finished at 78-74-79–231, and Ciera Min, who wound up at 81-70-80–231.
Ayaka Suzuki of San Francisco finish sixth at 78-77-77–232, followed by Han Wu of Gonzaga at 77-77-80–234, while Kristin Le of Santa Clara totaled 82-75-78–235 to tie for eighth with Alex White of BYU, who came in at 78-75-82–235.
Rounding out Pepperdine’s scoring, Katherine Zhu was 10th at 78-78-80–236, Tatiana Wijaya finished 12th at 79-79-80–238, and Alina Ching was 21st at 88-78-83–249.
