Site: Ann Arbor, Mich.
Course: Radrick Farms Golf Course (par 72, 6,292 yards)
Tournament: East & West Match Play Challenge (Day 3 of 3)
Match Play: Michigan 4, Iowa 1 (7th & 8th Place)
Next U-M Event: Fri-Sun., Oct. 17-19 — at Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship (Knoxville, Tenn.)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The University of Michigan women’s golf team defeated Iowa today (Sept. 22) in the final round of match play at the first-ever East & West Match Play Challenge, hosted by U-M at the Radrick Farms golf course.
In the final matchup of the consolation bracket, U-M finished the weekend coming away with a 4-1 victory over the Hawkeyes. Sophomore Grace Choi (Dallas, Texas/Woodrow Wilson HS), the top-seeded player for the Maize and Blue, led things off by winning her second of two matchups on the weekend, defeating Iowa’s Elisa Suarez, 3-and-2.
Freshman Emily White (Saline, Mich./Saline HS) was victorious against the Hawkeyes’ Shelby Phillips, 5-and-4, while senior Lauren Grogan (Columbus, Ohio/Bishop Watterson HS) dispatched of Amy Ihm, 3-and-1, and sophomore Julia Montgomery (Utica, Mich./Utica HS) defeated Jessie Sindlinger, 6-and-4.
Freshman Kathy Lim (Langley, British Columbia/R.E Mountain Secondary) suffered U-M’s lone defeat, a 3-and-2 loss at the hands of Iowa’s Jessica Ip.
In the individual side of the bracket, freshman Megan Kim (Redondo Beach, Calif./Mira Costa HS) was defeated in the final by individual match-play champion Lina Aguillon from Ohio State. Also competing in that portion of the bracket was junior Catherine Peters (Clarence, N.Y./Clarence HS), who earned a 3-and-1 victory over Wisconsin’s Ali Nageotte to claim third place in the individual match-play side of the bracket.
With the home event over, the Wolverines will have a little more than a three-week break before heading to Knoxville, Tenn., Friday through Sunday, Oct. 17-19, for Tennessee’s Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship, which will be held at the Cherokee Country Club. Last year, U-M earned a top-10 finish, tying for 10th as a team, while Grogan led the Maize and Blue, tying for 25th individually.
TEAM RESULTS
Michigan defeats Iowa, 4-1
Grace Choi, U-M defeats Elisa Suarez, Iowa, 3&2
Jessica Ip, Iowa defeats Kathy Lim, U-M 3&2
Emily White, U-M defeats Shelby Phillips, Iowa, 5&4
Lauren Grogan, U-M defeats Amy Ihm, Iowa, 3&1
Julia Montgomery, U-M defeats Jessie Sindlinger, Iowa, 6&4
Individual Results
Lina Aguillon, Ohio State (1st) defeats Megan Kim, Michigan (2nd), 1-up
Catherine Peters, Michigan (3rd) defeats Ali Nageotte, Wisconsin (4th), 3&1
• Previous Results: Day 2 | Day 1
N O T E S
• U-M hosted its first-ever match-play style event as well as its first-ever event at the Radrick Farms Golf Course in Ann Arbor. In addition, the event marks the first event hosted by the Wolverines under second-year head coach Jan Dowling.
• The second-round 73 recorded by Julia Montgomery on Saturday (Sept. 20) set a new career-low 18-hole score for the sophomore transfer. Montgomery bested her previous career low, which she carded last weekend at Michigan State’s Mary Fossum Invitational, by two strokes.
• Freshmen Megan Kim and Kathy Lim also set new career bests on Saturday, with Kim carding a first-round, even-par 72 and Lim shooting a 73 during the day’s second loop.
• Coming off a top-10 finish in the stroke-play portion of the event while competing as an individual, freshman Megan Kim earned a convincing victory in Sunday’s (Sept. 21) first round of match play.
