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Tangkamolprasert Wins Twice In Match Play Saturday In Athens
4/2/2016 11:18:00 PM | Women's Golf
ATHENS, Ga. – Senior Suchaya Tangkamolprasert went 2-0 in match play competition on Saturday at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic. The No. 4 Wildcats will tee off against Big Ten rival Purdue in the tournament's fifth-place match on Sunday.
Tangkamolprasert edged Southern California's Amy Lee 2-and-1 in the morning's opening match, but the Wildcats fell 4-1 to the No. 2 ranked Trojans.
In the afternoon the Bangkok native dominated the course in a 7-and-6 win over Josee Doyon of No. 12 Kent State. The Wildcats defeated the Golden Flashes 4.5-0.5, with Kacie Komoto, Sarah Cho and Stephanie Lau also picking up wins.
LIVE RESULTS – 2016 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic
Southern Cal 4, Northwestern 1
Suchaya Tangkamolprasert (NU) def. Amy Lee (USC), 2-and-1
Kyung Kim (USC) def. Kacie Komoto (NU), 3-and-2
Robynn Ree (USC) def. Hannah Kim (NU), 3-and-2
Tiffany Chan (USC) def. Sarah Cho (NU), 2-up through 16
Gabriella Then (USC) def. Stephanie Lau (NU), 4-and-3
Northwestern 4.5, Kent State 0.5
Suchaya Tangkamolprasert (NU) def. Josee Doyon (Kent St.), 7-and-6
Kacie Komoto (NU) def. Taylor Kim (Kent St.), 5-and-3
Sarah Cho (NU) def. Amira Alexander (Kent St.), 2-and-1
Stephanie Lau (NU) def. Wad Phaewchimplee (Kent St.), 3-and-2
Hannah Kim (NU) vs. Michaela Finn (Kent St.), all square
This year's loaded Liz Murphey field includes the No. 1 (Duke), No. 2 (Southern Cal), No. 3 (UCLA), No. 4 (Northwestern), No. 5 (Alabama), No. 6 (Georgia), No. 7 (Arkansas) and No. 14 (Kent State) teams in this week's Golfweek NCAA Women's Rankings.
The University of Georgia Golf Course is a Par-72, 6,307-yards layout, one that Northwestern navigated expertly two years ago in setting a tournament scoring record with an 11-under 277 at the 2014 event.
The Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic is one of the oldest continuous sporting events in all of women's intercollegiate athletics. The tournament began in 1973 as the Georgia Invitational before becoming the Women's Southern Intercollegiate Championship from 1977-94. In 1995 the event was named in honor of Liz Murphey, UGA's Hall of Fame golf coach.
Two years ago the LMCC moved to a combined stroke play/match play format in advance of a similar move by the NCAA Championships. The event began with 18 holes of stroke play on Friday, with the team scores used to seed two brackets of match play competition on Saturday and Sunday.
Tangkamolprasert edged Southern California's Amy Lee 2-and-1 in the morning's opening match, but the Wildcats fell 4-1 to the No. 2 ranked Trojans.
In the afternoon the Bangkok native dominated the course in a 7-and-6 win over Josee Doyon of No. 12 Kent State. The Wildcats defeated the Golden Flashes 4.5-0.5, with Kacie Komoto, Sarah Cho and Stephanie Lau also picking up wins.
LIVE RESULTS – 2016 Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic
Southern Cal 4, Northwestern 1
Suchaya Tangkamolprasert (NU) def. Amy Lee (USC), 2-and-1
Kyung Kim (USC) def. Kacie Komoto (NU), 3-and-2
Robynn Ree (USC) def. Hannah Kim (NU), 3-and-2
Tiffany Chan (USC) def. Sarah Cho (NU), 2-up through 16
Gabriella Then (USC) def. Stephanie Lau (NU), 4-and-3
Northwestern 4.5, Kent State 0.5
Suchaya Tangkamolprasert (NU) def. Josee Doyon (Kent St.), 7-and-6
Kacie Komoto (NU) def. Taylor Kim (Kent St.), 5-and-3
Sarah Cho (NU) def. Amira Alexander (Kent St.), 2-and-1
Stephanie Lau (NU) def. Wad Phaewchimplee (Kent St.), 3-and-2
Hannah Kim (NU) vs. Michaela Finn (Kent St.), all square
This year's loaded Liz Murphey field includes the No. 1 (Duke), No. 2 (Southern Cal), No. 3 (UCLA), No. 4 (Northwestern), No. 5 (Alabama), No. 6 (Georgia), No. 7 (Arkansas) and No. 14 (Kent State) teams in this week's Golfweek NCAA Women's Rankings.
The University of Georgia Golf Course is a Par-72, 6,307-yards layout, one that Northwestern navigated expertly two years ago in setting a tournament scoring record with an 11-under 277 at the 2014 event.
The Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic is one of the oldest continuous sporting events in all of women's intercollegiate athletics. The tournament began in 1973 as the Georgia Invitational before becoming the Women's Southern Intercollegiate Championship from 1977-94. In 1995 the event was named in honor of Liz Murphey, UGA's Hall of Fame golf coach.
Two years ago the LMCC moved to a combined stroke play/match play format in advance of a similar move by the NCAA Championships. The event began with 18 holes of stroke play on Friday, with the team scores used to seed two brackets of match play competition on Saturday and Sunday.
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