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Women's Golf

Women's Golf Into March Mayhem Semifinals

March 20, 2017

RANCHO SANTA FE, California " After wins over Washington State and Northwestern on Monday, the Pepperdine women's golf team is into the semifinals at San Diego State's March Mayhem and will meet West Coast Conference foe BYU on Tuesday.

The Waves, seeded seventh in the match-play competition at The Farms Golf Club, knocked off Washington State 3-1 in the first round, then posted a 3-0 upset over second-seeded Northwestern in the quarterfinals.

Sixth-seeded BYU also pulled off an upset, beating third-seeded Arizona 3-1 in the quarterfinals. Tuesday's other semifinal pits #1 USC against either #4 San Diego State or #12 Fresno State. Some matches were not completed due to darkness and will be finished on Tuesday morning.

Once a team gets to three points, any active matches are being abandoned.

Sophomore Patricia Wong (Walnut, Calif./Walnut HS) recorded a pair of victories, winning 2&1 against Washington State's Madison Odiorne and 6&5 against Northwestern's Kacie Komoto.

Juniors Tatiana Wijaya (Jakarta, Indonesia) and Katherine Zhu (Vancouver, B.C.) had the other victories against Washington State, while sophomore Hira Naveed (Perth, Australia) and freshman Momoka Kobori (Rangiora, New Zealand) got the other wins against Northwestern.

Kobori's victory came against the nation's 44th-ranked golfer, Hannah Kim of Northwestern.

The final day of the tournament is Wednesday.

Pepperdine vs. Washington State: Bree Wanderscheld (WSU) def. Hira Naveed, 2&1; Patricia Wong (PEPP) def. Madison Odiorne, 2&1; Tatiana Wijaya (PEPP) def. Marie Lund-Hansen, 3&2; Katherine Zhu (PEPP) def. Cherokee Kim, 6&4; Momoka Kobori (PEPP) led Alivia Brown 4 up through 12.

Pepperdine vs. Northwestern: Hira Naveed (PEPP) def. Sarah Cho, 3&2; Patricia Wong (PEPP) def. Kacie Komoto, 6&5; Momoka Kobori (PEPP) def. Hannah Kim, 5&4; Janet Mao (NW) led Tatiana Wijaya, 3 up through 15; Stephanie Lau (NW) led Katherine Zhu, 1 up through 14.

First-Round Scores: (1) USC def. (16) Yale 3-1; (9) Old Dominion def. (8) UNLV 3-2; (12) Fresno State def. (5) California 3-1; (4) San Diego State def. (13) Iowa 3-2; (6) BYU def. (11) Idaho 3-1; (3) Arizona def. (14) New Mexico 3-2; (7) Pepperdine def. (10) Washington State 3-1; (2) Northwestern def. (15) San Francisco 3-0.

Quarterfinal Scores: (1) USC def. (9) Old Dominion 3-0; (4) San Diego State vs. (12) Fresno State; (6) BYU def. (3) Arizona 3-1; (7) Pepperdine def. (2) Northwestern 3-0.

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Players Mentioned

Momoka Kobori

Momoka Kobori

5' 3"
Freshman
Hira Naveed

Hira Naveed

5' 4"
Freshman
Patricia Wong

Patricia Wong

5' 5"
Freshman
Tatiana Wijaya

Tatiana Wijaya

5' 2"
Freshman
Katherine Zhu

Katherine Zhu

5' 6"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Momoka Kobori

Momoka Kobori

5' 3"
Freshman
Hira Naveed

Hira Naveed

5' 4"
Freshman
Patricia Wong

Patricia Wong

5' 5"
Freshman
Tatiana Wijaya

Tatiana Wijaya

5' 2"
Freshman
Katherine Zhu

Katherine Zhu

5' 6"
Freshman