Final Results

SANTEE, California " The Pepperdine women's golf team ended up on the wrong side of the closest West Coast Conference championships finish in history and the tournament's first-ever playoff on Wednesday.

Both BYU and Pepperdine finished play with identical scores of 900 at the par-72 Carlton Oaks Golf Club, but the Cougars would go on to win their third consecutive league title.

All five players took part in the playoff, which was contested on hole number 10. Four of the five scores were counted, and BYU came up with a total of 17 strokes to Pepperdine's 18.

The Waves had a one-stroke lead after the first round and a five-shot lead after the second round. The lead grew to double-digits midway through the third round before the Cougars came storming back with a flurry of birdies on the back nine. BYU took the lead late, but a pair of birdies by Tatiana Wijaya on 16 and 18 helped get the Waves back into contention.

Pepperdine has won 17 of the 22 league tournaments ever contested, and this was the Waves' fourth second-place finish.

PLAYER SCORES

• Junior Hira Naveed (Perth, Australia) finished in a tie for second place at 221 (75-71-75). She had three birdies during her final round. Her total of nine birdies was second-most in the tournament.
• Senior Tatiana Wijaya (Jakarta, Indonesia) posted the best WCC Championships finish of her four-year career, fourth place at 222 (74-77-71). Her 1-under 71 was one of only two below-par rounds on the day and it had a total of three birdies.
• Sophomore Momoka Kobori (Rangiora, New Zealand) tied for fifth place at 225 (74-75-76). She had 38 pars for the tournament, more than any other player.
• Senior Katherine Zhu (Vancouver, B.C.) tied for 14th place at 234 (82-74-78).
• Junior Hannah Haythorne (Honolulu, Hawai'i/IMG Academy) shot her second 80 (80-DQ-80).

UP NEXT

The NCAA Regionals field will be announced next Wednesday (April 25) at 2:30 p.m. on the Golf Channel. NCAA Regional play will be May 7-9.

THE NUMBERS

Team Standings: 1. BYU 304-301-295=900; 2. Pepperdine 303-297-300=900; 3. San Francisco 311-302-304=917; 4. Gonzaga 309-312-312=933; 5. Santa Clara 315-316-314=945.

Individual Leaders: 1. Rose Huang (BYU) 74-71-69=214; T2. Hira Naveed (Pepperdine) 75-71-75=221; T2. Kendra Dalton (BYU) 76-69-76=221; 4. Tatiana Wijaya (Pepperdine) 74-77-71; T5. Momoka Kobori (Pepperdine) 74-75-76=225; T5. Joan Soewondo (San Francisco) 80-72-73=225.

Other Pepperdine Scores: 14. Katherine Zhu 82-74-78=234; -- Hannah Haythorne 80-DQ-80.