LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Pepperdine women's golf team finished the 2024-25 campaign with a ninth place finish at the NCAA Lexington Regional on Wednesday afternoon.
The 40th-ranked Waves finished in
9th at 14-over after posting a three-day total of 878 (305-284-289) at the 6,095-yard par-72 Keene Trace Golf Club. #3 Florida State (849), #34 Georgia Southern (854), #28 Kansas State (854), #9 USC (857) and #22 Vanderbilt (866) respectively finished in first through fifth and all advanced to the NCAA Championship.
A day after setting a new program record for the lowest 18-hole score by an individual at an NCAA Regional (-6), freshman
Eunseo Choi fired off a bogey free 3-under 69 to finish
tied for 9th and earn the Waves 19th-ever individual finish in the top-10 at an NCAA Regional.
Lauren Gomez recorded her best round of the week with a 2-under 70 as she finished
tied for 13th and earned her second top-20 finish at an NCAA Regional.
This season, Pepperdine made an NCAA Regional for the 26th consecutive tournament, won the Silicon Valley Showcase and finished in the top-three in six of the 11 tournaments. Individually, the Waves took home two tournament victories as Choi won the Silicon Valley Showcase and Gomez won the Branch Law Firm Dick McGuire Invitational. Additonally, Choi garnered the West Coast Conference (WCC) Freshman of the Year award, while she, Gomez and
Jeneath Wong all made the All-WCC team.
PLAYER SCORES
- Freshman Eunseo Choi (Auckland, New Zealand) carded a bogey free 3-under 69 in the final round to collect her second round under par at the NCAA Lexington Regional. She finished tied for 9th with a three-round score of 214 (79-66-69) (-2) as she earned her third top-10 finish of the year and collected the Waves 19th-ever individual finish inside the top-10 at an NCAA Regional.
- Senior Lauren Gomez (Murrieta, Calif.) posted a 2-under 70 with four birdies as she finished tied for 13th with a three-day total of 215 (73-72-70) (-1). The four-time All-WCC first team award winner finished her career with another finish in the top-20 at an NCAA Regional, having previously finished T-7th at the 2024 East Lansing Regional last season.
- Junior Jeneath Wong (Melbourne, Australia) shot a 5-over 77 in the final round. Wong finished the tournament tied for 46th at 10-over with a total score of 226 (76-73-77).
- Junior Yingzhi Zhu (Nanjing, China) finished her tournament with a 3-over 75 on Wednesday. Zhu ended the regional tied for 52nd with a three-round total of 228 (80-73-75) (+12).
- Freshman Grace Anderson (Burlington, Ontario, Canada) finished in 61st with a three-day score of 233 (77-81-75) (+17). She carded a 3-over 75 with two birdies in the final round.
THE NUMBERS
Team Scores:
1. #3 Florida State 849
T2. #34 Georgia Southern 854
T2. #28 Kansas State 854
4. #9 USC 857
5. #22 Vanderbilt 866
CUT LINE
6. #15 TCU 867
7. #46 Louisville 871
8. Miami 874
9. #40 Pepperdine 878
10. Western Kentucky 884
11. Morehead State 888
12. FDU 916
Individual Scores:
1. Carla Bernat (Kansas State) 204
T2. Mirabel Ting (Florida State) 206
T2. Lottie Woad (Florida State) 206
4. Sofia Barroso Sá (TCU) 210
T5. Olivia Grønborg (Miami) 212
T5. Louise Reau (Georgia Southern) 212
T7. Mary Miller (Georgia Southern) 213
T7. Bailey Shoemaker (USC) 213
T9. Eunseo Choi (Pepperdine) 214
All individual results can be found
here.
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