Results
Freshman Amy Lee and junior Kyung Kim won their final match-ups while junior Annie Park halved hers and the No. 1 Southern Califoria University women's golf team held the decisive edge on tie-breakers to win the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic for the second year in a row at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia on Sunday
The Trojans, who sneaked into the top bracket Friday, tied for seventh, before defeating top seed UCLA, 3-2, and then defeated Duke, 4-1, on Saturday, squared off against the host Bulldogs in Sunday's final and came back to retain the title after trailing for much of the day.
USC held the tiebreaker, 8-5, with the larger differential in matches won.
Lee won her match decisively, 6 and 4 over Roclo Sanchez. Kim then edged Sammi Lee, 2 and 1, for USC's other point. Sophomore Karen Chung fell, 2 and 1, to Harang Lee while sophomore Gabriella Then lost to Manuela Carbajo, 3 and 2.
Park trailed in her match for most of the back 9 until she was able to halve it with a par on 18.
The win is USC's fourth this year, second in a row, and the fifth straight top 2 finish and seventh overall.
Duke finished third overall by beating Northwestern 4-1.
Other Sunday results:
Baylor 3, South Carolina 2.
UCLA 3, Arkansas 2.
Labels: Student golf
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