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Michigan Falls to Nebraska on Final Hole at East & West Match Play
9/19/2017 5:39:00 PM | Women's Golf
» With a 3-2 loss to Nebraska, Michigan finished eighth at the East & West Match Play Challenge held at Wisconsin's University Ridge Golf Course.
» Nebraska's Audrey Judd birdied the 18th hole to defeat senior Elodie Van Dievoet in the deciding match.
» Seniors Megan Kim (3-and-2) and Emily White (3-and-1) notched U-M's two wins.
» Senior Kathy Lim dropped a 1-up decision to Oregon State's Mari Nishiura and finished runner-up in the individual bracket.
» Michigan and Wisconsin rotate hosting the East & West Match Play Challenge, which is in its fourth year.
Site: Madison, Wis.
Course: University Ridge Golf Course (par 72, 6,297 yards)
Tournament: East & West Match Play Challenge
Result: Nebraska 3, Michigan 2 (7th/8th Place)
Next U-M Event: Mon-Wed., Sept. 25-27 -- at Golfweek Conference Challenge (Vail, Colorado)
MADISON, Wis. -- With the deciding match coming down to its final hole, the University of Michigan women's golf team dropped a 3-2 decision to sixth-seeded Nebraska today (Tuesday, Sept. 19) to finish eighth at the East & West Match Play Challenge played at Wisconsin's University Ridge Golf Course.
"We definitely have some positives to take away from our first tournament," said U-M head coach Jan Dowling. "We had the second-lowest stroke play round in the afternoon on Sunday and both our matches were close and came down to the final holes. We had some really nice stretches of golf. However, the bottom line is that we got outplayed in both matches. We have some work to do, and I am excited to get back to work before heading to Vail next week."
With the seventh-place match knotted at 2-2, U-M's fate lay in the hands of senior Elodie Van Dievoet in her battle with the Cornhuskers' Audrey Judd. Starting off the 10th tee, the pairing split two holes apiece before a missed putt on the ninth gave Judd a 1-up lead heading to the front side.
Just as Van Dievoet squared the match by taking the first hole, Judd answered on No. 2 and then took the fourth hole to go 2 up. Wins on Nos. 5 and 7 helped Van Dievoet square the match again, and the duo headed to the final hole. With their approaches to the green, Van Dievoet found herself 12 feet away, while Judd was about six feet away. After Van Dievoet just missed her birdie putt and tapped in for par, Judd made her putt to take the final hole and win the match for the Cornhuskers, 3-2.
Seniors Emily White and Megan Kim rebounded from losses in the consolation semifinal yesterday to notch U-M's wins today. White won the final two holes for a 3-and-1 decision over Noor Ahmed, while Kim earned a 3-and-2 decision over Haley Thiele.
In the individual bracket, senior Kathy Lim battled with Oregon State's Mari Nishiura for the individual title. After Nishiura won the first hole, Lim answered on the par-3 third with a birdie and followed with another birdie the front's second par 3, the fifth hole, to take a 1-up lead. However, Nishiura rebounded with wins on Nos. 5 and 8 to make the turn 1 up.
A third birdie of the round by Lim squared the match on the 12th, but Nishiura answered on the 13th to reclaim the lead. Heading into the final three holes, Lim took the 16th but missed her birdie attempted on the 17th, giving way to Nishiura as she won the hole and then held on for the 1-up victory.
The Wolverines will get little rest as they leave this weekend for Golfweek's Conference Challenge, Monday through Wednesday (Sept. 25-27) at Red Sky Golf Club in Vail, Colorado.
No. 6 Nebraska 3, No. 5 seed Michigan 2
Kate Smith (NEB) d. Ashley Kim (U-M), 3 & 2
Annie Sritragul (NEB) d. Alisa Snyder (U-M), 3 & 1
Megan Kim (U-M) d. Haley Thiele (NEB), 3 & 2
Emily White (U-M) d. Noor Ahmed (NEB), 3 & 1
Audrey Judd (NEB) d. Elodie Van Dievoet (U-M), 1 up
Individual Match Play Championship
No. 1 Mari Nishiura (Oregon State) d. No. 2 Kathy Lim (U-M), 1 up
Team Match Play
Championship
No. 2 Iowa State d. No. 4 Wisconsin, 4-1
3rd & 4th Place
No. 3 Ohio State d. No. 1 Oregon, 3-2
5th & 6th Place
No. 8 Oregon State d. No. 7 UC Davis, 3-2
7th & 8th Place
No. 6 Nebraska d. No. 5 Michigan, 3-2
Individual Match Play
Championship
No. 1 Mari Nishiura (Oregon State) d. No. 2 Kathy Lim (U-M), 1 up
3rd & 4th Place
No. 4 Tzu Yu Chou (Iowa State) d. No. 3 Hannah Suh (UC Davis), 1 up
5th & 6th Place
No. 6 Sofia Seldemirova (Ohio State) d. No. 8 Bobbi Stricker (Wisconsin), 2 up
7th & 8th Place
No. 5 Mackenzie Hahn (Wisconsin) d. No. 7 Hannah Thiele (Nebraska), 21 holes
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