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Allisen Corpuz
No. 12 USC Headed To Bruin Wave Invitational
February 23, 2018 | Women's Golf, Features
Trojans coming off second-place finish, third top 2 of the season.
The No. 12 USC women's golf team, a two-time winner this fall but with a vastly changed lineup for the spring semester, marches through the 2017-18 spring season with a stop next week at the Bruin Wave Invitational, Monday and Tuesday (Feb. 26-27), at the San Luis Obispo (Calif.) C.C.
Under 22nd-year head coach Andrea Gaston, the Trojans are coming off their 21st consecutive season reaching the NCAA Championships and the 12th straight year posting an NCAA top 5 finish.
They will look to continue their streak with a lineup made up of strictly freshmen and sophomores and without a full-time starter from last season.
Bruin Wave Invitational
USC has won the event three times (2010-13-14) times in the eight-year history of the tournament and has posted two individual victories with Annie Park (2013) and Kyung Kim (2014).
This year's field includes hosts Pepperdine and UCLA, California, Cal Poly, Colorado, CSUN, Fresno State, Hawai'i, New Mexico State, Sacramento State, San Diego State, San Francisco, San Jose State, Stanford, USC, Washington.
Teams will play 36 holes Monday with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. followed by a final round 7:50 a.m. start on Tuesday. Results will be available at Golfstat.com.
TROJAN REBOOT
USC's 2017-18 lineup has a new look with four additions to help fill the void with the departures of All-Americans Robynn Ree and Muni He, both of whom turned pro after the fall semester. Ree earned full status on the 2018 LPGA Tour after her top 10 finish at the final stage of Q School in December while He will compete on the Symetra Tour after reaching the Q School final stage as well.
The three returning Trojans from the fall season are sophomore Allisen Corpuz (USC's only player in the program for more than one season), sophomore transfer Divya Manthena and freshman Alyaa Abdulghany.
The trio welcomes a quartet of newcomers in spring-semester freshmen enrollees Jennifer Chang (Cary, N.C.), Amelia Garvey (Christchurch, New Zealand) and Gabi Ruffels (Sandringham, Australia) as well as sophomore transfer Aiko Leong (Honolulu, Hawaii).
Chang, Garvey and Ruffels all made their debut at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge last week, when the Trojans finished 10th. Leong will make her debut in San Luis Obispo.
USC showed the new look can turn in strong results as it finished second at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate last week while Chang tied for second, Corpuz tied for fourth and Abdulghany tied for sixth. All were their best finishes as a Trojans.
Abdulghany now has a trio of top 20 finishes this season while Corpuz has four top 26 finishes. Manthena's biggest success came in the East Lake Cup match play semifinals and finals, where she won both of her matches, including the clincher in the final.
FALL SEASON IN SUMMARY
USC won two of three fall events in which it competed at full strength. The Trojans captured their season-opener, taking the Minnesota Invitational at 26-under 838 (282-276-280) for a nine-shot win. The Trojans' 26-under performance was their third-most under par total in a 54-hole tournament. Sophomore Muni He tied for first at 10-under 206 (70-67-69), which is tied for fifth most under par in program history. Junior Robynn Ree tied for third at 8-under 208 (71-68-69).
He, Ree and sophomore Divya Manthena each won matches to give USC a 3-2 victory over Stanford in the East Lake Cup match play final at the East Lake G.C. in Atlanta to close fall play on Nov. 1. That followed a 4-1 win over Northwestern in the semifinals.
Ree led USC at the Annika Intercollegiate with a tie for ninth at 2-under 214 (68-74-72) as the Trojans finished seventh overall. The Trojans were short-handed at the rain-shorthanded Pac-12 Preview in Kona, Hawaii, sending just three players. Sophomore Allisen Corpuz and freshman Alyaa Abdulghany led the trio with a tie for 26th at 4-over 150.
Manthena Wins Community Award.
Manthena was one of two recipients of the 3rd annual Tom Cousins Award announced in conjunction with the East Lake Cup in Atlanta. Manthena and Vanderbilt's Will Gordon were selected by a panel of industry leaders aiming to recognize a male and female collegiate golfer whom best represent the values of the award: exceling in academics, engagement in his or her community, and a demonstrated ability to overcome adversity.
A sophomore business administration major at USC, Manthena (Moorpark, Calif.) is following in the footsteps of family members from generations before her through a commitment to bettering the lives of others, latching on to causes with personal significance to her. The founder of her own non-profit organization, Krishak, she has spearheaded five separate golf outings in the past six years to benefit organizations such as the American Red Cross, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Special Olympics, among others. In 2013, Manthena also was the recipient of the USGA/AJGA Presidents' Leadership Award, which recognizes a male and female junior golfer who demonstrate leadership, character and community service through volunteerism.
PROGRAM SUPERLATIVES
Under 22nd-year head coach Andrea Gaston, the Trojans are coming off their 21st consecutive season reaching the NCAA Championships and the 12th straight year posting an NCAA top 5 finish.
They will look to continue their streak with a lineup made up of strictly freshmen and sophomores and without a full-time starter from last season.
Bruin Wave Invitational
USC has won the event three times (2010-13-14) times in the eight-year history of the tournament and has posted two individual victories with Annie Park (2013) and Kyung Kim (2014).
This year's field includes hosts Pepperdine and UCLA, California, Cal Poly, Colorado, CSUN, Fresno State, Hawai'i, New Mexico State, Sacramento State, San Diego State, San Francisco, San Jose State, Stanford, USC, Washington.
Teams will play 36 holes Monday with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. followed by a final round 7:50 a.m. start on Tuesday. Results will be available at Golfstat.com.
TROJAN REBOOT
USC's 2017-18 lineup has a new look with four additions to help fill the void with the departures of All-Americans Robynn Ree and Muni He, both of whom turned pro after the fall semester. Ree earned full status on the 2018 LPGA Tour after her top 10 finish at the final stage of Q School in December while He will compete on the Symetra Tour after reaching the Q School final stage as well.
The three returning Trojans from the fall season are sophomore Allisen Corpuz (USC's only player in the program for more than one season), sophomore transfer Divya Manthena and freshman Alyaa Abdulghany.
The trio welcomes a quartet of newcomers in spring-semester freshmen enrollees Jennifer Chang (Cary, N.C.), Amelia Garvey (Christchurch, New Zealand) and Gabi Ruffels (Sandringham, Australia) as well as sophomore transfer Aiko Leong (Honolulu, Hawaii).
Chang, Garvey and Ruffels all made their debut at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge last week, when the Trojans finished 10th. Leong will make her debut in San Luis Obispo.
USC showed the new look can turn in strong results as it finished second at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate last week while Chang tied for second, Corpuz tied for fourth and Abdulghany tied for sixth. All were their best finishes as a Trojans.
Abdulghany now has a trio of top 20 finishes this season while Corpuz has four top 26 finishes. Manthena's biggest success came in the East Lake Cup match play semifinals and finals, where she won both of her matches, including the clincher in the final.
FALL SEASON IN SUMMARY
USC won two of three fall events in which it competed at full strength. The Trojans captured their season-opener, taking the Minnesota Invitational at 26-under 838 (282-276-280) for a nine-shot win. The Trojans' 26-under performance was their third-most under par total in a 54-hole tournament. Sophomore Muni He tied for first at 10-under 206 (70-67-69), which is tied for fifth most under par in program history. Junior Robynn Ree tied for third at 8-under 208 (71-68-69).
He, Ree and sophomore Divya Manthena each won matches to give USC a 3-2 victory over Stanford in the East Lake Cup match play final at the East Lake G.C. in Atlanta to close fall play on Nov. 1. That followed a 4-1 win over Northwestern in the semifinals.
Ree led USC at the Annika Intercollegiate with a tie for ninth at 2-under 214 (68-74-72) as the Trojans finished seventh overall. The Trojans were short-handed at the rain-shorthanded Pac-12 Preview in Kona, Hawaii, sending just three players. Sophomore Allisen Corpuz and freshman Alyaa Abdulghany led the trio with a tie for 26th at 4-over 150.
Manthena Wins Community Award.
Manthena was one of two recipients of the 3rd annual Tom Cousins Award announced in conjunction with the East Lake Cup in Atlanta. Manthena and Vanderbilt's Will Gordon were selected by a panel of industry leaders aiming to recognize a male and female collegiate golfer whom best represent the values of the award: exceling in academics, engagement in his or her community, and a demonstrated ability to overcome adversity.
A sophomore business administration major at USC, Manthena (Moorpark, Calif.) is following in the footsteps of family members from generations before her through a commitment to bettering the lives of others, latching on to causes with personal significance to her. The founder of her own non-profit organization, Krishak, she has spearheaded five separate golf outings in the past six years to benefit organizations such as the American Red Cross, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and Special Olympics, among others. In 2013, Manthena also was the recipient of the USGA/AJGA Presidents' Leadership Award, which recognizes a male and female junior golfer who demonstrate leadership, character and community service through volunteerism.
PROGRAM SUPERLATIVES
- USC has won 32 events (including ties for first) since the start of the 2012-13 season. In addition to the two wins this fall the Trojans won 3 times in the 2017 season, six times in 2016, five times in 2015, nine in 2014 and seven in 2013.
- The Trojans have reached the NCAA Championships finals a national-best 20 straight seasons and have won NCAA title in 2003, 2008 and 2013.
- The Trojans' second-place finishes in 2010 (Purdue, one stroke), 2012 (Alabama, one stroke) and 2014 (Duke, two strokes) were by a combined four strokes.
- USC has made it to the NCAA Championships match play bracket each of the last three years since it was instituted, one of just two teams to do so.
- USC has finished in the NCAA top 5 a national-best 12 straight years.
- USC players have won a combined 20 events in the last 5-plus years, including two NCAA titles.
- Ten different Trojan players have earned a combined 19 All-American honors in the last 5 years.
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