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Jennifer Chang
No. 4 USC To Try To Defend Title At Windy City Collegiate
September 27, 2019 | Women's Golf, Features
Trojans set for 36 holes Monday, 18 Tuesday.
The No. 4 USC women's golf team, a seven-time winner last season with eight golfers back who have started -- including five All-Americans – heads back to the Midwest to defend last year's title at the Windy City Collegiate, Monday and Tuesday (Sept. 30-Oct. 1), at the Glen View Club in Golf, Ill.
In addition to tournament host Northwestern and USC, the field includes Arizona, Arizona State, Augusta State, Duke, Florida, Iowa State, Michigan, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Purdue, South Carolina, USC, Vanderbilt and Virginia.
Teams will play 36 holes Monday beginning at 5:30 a.m. PT with a final round Tuesday starting at the same time. Results will be available at Golfstat.com.
USC won the tournament last year at even 864, while junior Gabriela Ruffels won her first career event at 10-under 206 (69-66-71).
Ruffels, however, will not be there to defend her individual crown while playing at the Japan Women's Open. USC starting lineup this week features seniors Aiko Leong and Allisen Corpuz, juniors Jennifer Chang and Amelia Garvey and sophomore Malia Nam.
Leong led USC in its season opener at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate, posting a career-best tie for sixth at 3-under 213 (74-66-73) with a career-best 66 in the second round. The Trojans finished fifth.
The Trojans, under second-year head coach Justin Silverstein and first-year assistant coach Katie Mitchell, will feature two seniors in the starting lineup for the second time in a row after not doing it once since the 2016-17 season.
Chang leads USC's returning All-American contingent as USC's lone first-teamer while Ruffels and sophomore Malia Nam are second teamers and Abdulghany and junior Amelia Garvey were honorable mention picks.
2018-2019 HIGHLIGHTS
* USC advanced to the 2019 NCAA Championships match play last season, extending its national-best streak of top 5 finishes to 14 straight. USC advanced to the NCAA Championships match play bracket for the fifth year in a row since it was instituted, one of just two teams to do so (Stanford is the other).
* USC's wins at the Windy City, Stanford Intercollegiate, East Lake Cup, Clover Cup, PING/ASU, Pac-12 Championships and NCAA Cle Elum Regional were the first seven for then-new head coach Justin Silverstein.
* Troy's seven wins matches its total in 2013 for the second most in program history behind only its record nine wins in 2014. USC has now won at least four tournaments in six of the past seven season.
* Chang, Ruffels, Nam and Garvey all earned 2019 All-Pac-12 first team honors, the second career honor for Chang. Abdulghany and Corpuz claimed honorable mention notice, the second in a row for both.
2019 SUMMER SUCCESS
The USC women's golf team, No. 1 for much of the 2018-19 season, had a huge off-season led by junior Gabriela Ruffels winning the 2019 U.S. Amateur and the 2019 North & South Amateur.
Ruffels, on a hot streak unmatched in amateur golf this year, used three birdies over the final four holes to defeat Stanford's Albane Valenzuela, 1up, to win the 119th U.S. Women's Amateur on Aug. 11 at Old Waverly G.C. in West Point, Miss.
Ruffels won the North & South Amateur Championship in July with five straight match play wins and then made it an amazing 11 match play victories in a row, defeating six top fellow amateurs to become USC's fourth U.S. Amateur winner. She joined USC's previous title holders in Jennifer Song (2009), Becky Lucidi (2002) and Jill McGill (1993).
Ruffels won the North & South with a 1up semifinal win and a 2up win over fell Aussie Doey Choi in the final.
She joined Jennifer Chang and Malia Nam in the Arnold Palmer Cup. Ruffels, finishing 2-1-1 during the event, helped the International side defeat the U.S. Overall, USC's trio finished 6-3-3 in their combined action.
USC came close to holding both the U.S. and Ladies British Am trophies as junior Amelia Garvey was a finalist in the latter in June, falling in the final on the 18th hole, 1 down. Garvey was among the top 3 in stroke play and won five matches to reach the final.
Garvey joined Ruffels and teammates Allisen Corpuz, Malia Nam and Jennifer Chang in the match play of the North & South. Corpuz was medalist in the event at 3-under 139 and reached the quarterfinals, as did Chang. In the U.S. Am, Ruffels was joined by Corpuz and Nam again, Corpuz reaching the round of 16.
Junior Alyaa Abdulghany was the the low amateur at the Women's California State Open, taking second overall, and followed it with the title at the SCGA Women's Amateur while sophomore Katherine Muzi posted a top 5 finish.
In addition to tournament host Northwestern and USC, the field includes Arizona, Arizona State, Augusta State, Duke, Florida, Iowa State, Michigan, Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Purdue, South Carolina, USC, Vanderbilt and Virginia.
Teams will play 36 holes Monday beginning at 5:30 a.m. PT with a final round Tuesday starting at the same time. Results will be available at Golfstat.com.
USC won the tournament last year at even 864, while junior Gabriela Ruffels won her first career event at 10-under 206 (69-66-71).
Ruffels, however, will not be there to defend her individual crown while playing at the Japan Women's Open. USC starting lineup this week features seniors Aiko Leong and Allisen Corpuz, juniors Jennifer Chang and Amelia Garvey and sophomore Malia Nam.
Leong led USC in its season opener at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate, posting a career-best tie for sixth at 3-under 213 (74-66-73) with a career-best 66 in the second round. The Trojans finished fifth.
The Trojans, under second-year head coach Justin Silverstein and first-year assistant coach Katie Mitchell, will feature two seniors in the starting lineup for the second time in a row after not doing it once since the 2016-17 season.
Chang leads USC's returning All-American contingent as USC's lone first-teamer while Ruffels and sophomore Malia Nam are second teamers and Abdulghany and junior Amelia Garvey were honorable mention picks.
2018-2019 HIGHLIGHTS
* USC advanced to the 2019 NCAA Championships match play last season, extending its national-best streak of top 5 finishes to 14 straight. USC advanced to the NCAA Championships match play bracket for the fifth year in a row since it was instituted, one of just two teams to do so (Stanford is the other).
* USC's wins at the Windy City, Stanford Intercollegiate, East Lake Cup, Clover Cup, PING/ASU, Pac-12 Championships and NCAA Cle Elum Regional were the first seven for then-new head coach Justin Silverstein.
* Troy's seven wins matches its total in 2013 for the second most in program history behind only its record nine wins in 2014. USC has now won at least four tournaments in six of the past seven season.
* Chang, Ruffels, Nam and Garvey all earned 2019 All-Pac-12 first team honors, the second career honor for Chang. Abdulghany and Corpuz claimed honorable mention notice, the second in a row for both.
2019 SUMMER SUCCESS
The USC women's golf team, No. 1 for much of the 2018-19 season, had a huge off-season led by junior Gabriela Ruffels winning the 2019 U.S. Amateur and the 2019 North & South Amateur.
Ruffels, on a hot streak unmatched in amateur golf this year, used three birdies over the final four holes to defeat Stanford's Albane Valenzuela, 1up, to win the 119th U.S. Women's Amateur on Aug. 11 at Old Waverly G.C. in West Point, Miss.
Ruffels won the North & South Amateur Championship in July with five straight match play wins and then made it an amazing 11 match play victories in a row, defeating six top fellow amateurs to become USC's fourth U.S. Amateur winner. She joined USC's previous title holders in Jennifer Song (2009), Becky Lucidi (2002) and Jill McGill (1993).
Ruffels won the North & South with a 1up semifinal win and a 2up win over fell Aussie Doey Choi in the final.
She joined Jennifer Chang and Malia Nam in the Arnold Palmer Cup. Ruffels, finishing 2-1-1 during the event, helped the International side defeat the U.S. Overall, USC's trio finished 6-3-3 in their combined action.
USC came close to holding both the U.S. and Ladies British Am trophies as junior Amelia Garvey was a finalist in the latter in June, falling in the final on the 18th hole, 1 down. Garvey was among the top 3 in stroke play and won five matches to reach the final.
Garvey joined Ruffels and teammates Allisen Corpuz, Malia Nam and Jennifer Chang in the match play of the North & South. Corpuz was medalist in the event at 3-under 139 and reached the quarterfinals, as did Chang. In the U.S. Am, Ruffels was joined by Corpuz and Nam again, Corpuz reaching the round of 16.
Junior Alyaa Abdulghany was the the low amateur at the Women's California State Open, taking second overall, and followed it with the title at the SCGA Women's Amateur while sophomore Katherine Muzi posted a top 5 finish.
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