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Cameron Jourdan

NCAA Championship: Match play field, pairings set for 2023 women’s quarterfinals

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The women’s individual national champion has been crowned, which means one thing: it’s time for match play.

Stanford, the defending national champion, earned the top seed and will face No. 8 Pepperdine. The Waves are making their first appearance at NCAA match play. In addition, there will be a Lone Star Showdown between Texas (No. 2 seed) and Texas A&M (No. 7 seed) in the first round. Other matches include No. 3 Wake Forest against No. 6 Florida State and No. 4 South Carolina against No. 5 USC.

A reminder: last year was the first time in the match play era the No. 1 seed (Stanford) went on to win.

NCAATeam scores | Individual scores | Photos

The quarterfinals are set to begin on Tuesday morning and the semifinals to follow in the afternoon. On Wednesday it’ll be the semifinals and the final.(Note: all times ET, which is three hours ahead of Scottsdale).

No. 1 Stanford vs. No. 8 Pepperdine

Quarterfinal matches

  • Rose Zhang vs. Reese Guzman (10:10 a.m. ET, 1st tee)
  • Sadie Englemann vs. Kaleiya Romero (10:20 a.m. ET, 1st tee)
  • Megha Ganne vs. Jeneath Wong (10:30 a.m. ET, 1st tee)
  • Kelly Xu vs. Lion Higo (10:40 a.m. ET, 1st tee)
  • Brooke Seay vs. Lauren Gomez (10:50 a.m. ET, 1st tee)

Stanford

Appearances: Eighth
Match Play Record: 10-5
Golfweek/Sagarin ranking: 2

Pepperdine

Appearances: First
Match Play Record: 0-0
Golfweek/Sagarin: 20

No. 2 Texas vs. No. 7 Texas A&M

Quarterfinal matches

  • Huai-Chien Hsu vs. Zoe Slaughter (9:20 a.m. ET, 1st tee)
  • Sophie Guo vs. Jennie Park (9:30 a.m. ET, 1st tee)
  • Angela Heo vs. Bianca Fernandez Gargia-Poggio (9:40 a.m. ET, 1st tee)
  • Bohyun Park vs. Adela Cernousek (9:50 a.m. ET, 1st tee)
  • Bentley Cotton vs. Hailee Cooper (10 a.m. ET, 1st tee

Texas

Appearances: Third
Match Play Record: 0-2
Golfweek/Sagarin ranking: 13

Texas A&M

Appearances: Second
Match Play Record: 1-1
Golfweek/Sagarin: 5

No. 3 Wake Forest vs. No. 6 Florida State

Quarterfinal matches

  • Emilia Migliaccio vs. Madison Hewlett (9:20 a.m. ET, 10th tee)
  • Rachel Kuehn vs. Amelia Williamson (9:30 a.m. ET, 10th tee
  • Carolina Lopez-Chacarra vs. Lottie Woad (9:40 a.m. ET, 10th tee)
  • Mimi Rhodes vs. Alice Hodge (9:50 a.m. ET, 10th tee)
  • Lauren Walsh vs. Charlotte Heath (10 a.m. ET, 10th tee)

Wake Forest

Appearances: Second
Match Play Record: 2-1
Golfweek/Sagarin ranking: 1

Florida State

Appearances: Second
Match Play Record: 0-1
Golfweek/Sagarin: 9

No. 4 South Carolina vs. No. 5 USC

Quarterfinal matches

  • Mathilde Claisse vs. Malia Nam (10:10 a.m. ET, 10th tee)
  • Justine Fournand vs. Cindy Kou (10:20 a.m. ET, 10th tee)
  • Mia Lussand vs. Catherine Park (10:30 a.m. ET, 10th tee)
  • Louise Rydqvist vs. Brianna Navarrosa (10:40 a.m. ET, 10th tee)
  • Hannah Darling vs. Amari Avery (10:50 a.m. ET, 10th tee)

South Carolina

Appearances: Second
Match Play Record: 0-1
Golfweek/Sagarin ranking: 3

USC

Appearances: Ninth
Match Play Record: 3-5
Golfweek/Sagarin: 8

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