Duke's Maguire sisters advance to NCAA quarters
Lisa and Leona Maguire. Picture via Beth Ann Nichols/Twitter
Lisa and Leona Maguire are through the quarter-finals of the NCAA Division One Championship in Oklahoma where Duke will face Southern California for a place in the semi-finals in Oklahoma.
It’s the third time in the last four years that the Duke women’s golf team has advanced to the match play stage of the Championship.
Duke finished sixth overall after 72 holes of strokeplay qualifying at Karsten Creek Golf Club in Stillwater.
The top eight teams that advanced to match play were UCLA (1161), Alabama (1161), Southern California (1168), Northwestern (1173), Stanford (1180), Duke (1182), Kent State (1184) and Arizona (1185).
Arizona defeated Baylor in a playoff to claim the No. 8 seed.
In match play, No. 1 seed UCLA will face No. 8 seed Arizona; No. 2 seed Alabama will take on No. 7 seed Kent State; No. 3 seed Southern California vs. No. 6 seed Duke and No. 4 seed Northwestern against No. 5 Stanford.
Leona Maguire finished tied 13th on one-over-par 289 in her final amateur event, closing with a two-under 70 to clinch her third top 15 finish in NCAA Championship.
She finished her Duke career with 87 career rounds of even or under par, which is a Duke record and the second-most in NCAA history.
Lisa Maguire carded a 78 and was tied 79th.
Duke last played in match play in 2015 and 2016, advancing to the semifinals both years.
D1 Women's National Championship, Quarter-finals
- Alabama v Kent St
- USC v Duke
- UCLA v Arizona
- Northwestern v Stanford
Qualifiers
T1 UCLA 294 279 297 291 1161 +9
T1 Alabama 292 286 284 299 1161 +9
3 Southern California 291 298 296 283 1168 +16
4 Northwestern 299 293 290 291 1173 +21
5 Stanford 308 291 291 290 1180 +28
6 Duke 298 298 293 293 1182 +30
7 Kent State 296 299 296 293 1184 +32
T8 Arizona 301 291 288 305 1185 +33
Non-qualifiers
T8 Baylor 313 295 287 290 1185 +33
10 Arkansas 308 300 289 289 1186 +34
11 Furman 312 293 294 289 1188 +36
T12 Washington 303 300 299 290 1192 +40
T12 Florida State 301 294 299 298 1192 +40
T12 Texas 309 300 291 292 1192 +40
15 Louisville 301 300 302 296 1199 +47
Individual
1 Jennifer Kupcho Wake Forest 65 74 70 71 280 -8
T2 Bianca Pagdanganan Arizona 71 68 71 72 282 -6
T2 Andrea Lee Stanford 77 69 71 65 282 -6
4 Cheyenne Knight Alabama 70 69 70 74 283 -5
T5 Jaclyn Lee Ohio State 72 72 66 74 284 -4
T5 Morgane Metraux Florida State 70 72 74 68 284 -4
T13 Leona Maguire Duke 72 76 71 70 289 +1
T79 Lisa Maguire Duke 77 79 83 78 317 +29
