Host Aztecs Edge Buffaloes 3-2 In March Mayhem Match Play

Tuesday, March 27

Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.

All Day

Colorado

Second Round

Kirsty Hodgkins won her match over Sarah Kjellker 3&1

Host Aztecs Edge Buffaloes 3-2 In March Mayhem Match Play

March 27, 2018 | Women's Golf

Round 3 Match Results

Buffs Round Out Match Play Wednesday vs. Cal

By: Troy Andre, Associate SID

RANCHO SANTE FE, Calif. – Colorado picked up wins from sophomores Robyn Choi and Kirsty Hodgkins but it wasn't enough to top host San Diego State as the Aztecs pulled out a 3-2 match play win in the consolation round of the SDSU March Mayhem at The Farms Golf Course on Tuesday.

San Diego State's Milagros Chaves made par at the par-5 No. 9 to clinch her match with Colorado junior Gillian Vance, 2&1, sending the Aztecs to the consolation final against UCLA. Colorado will face California in its final match play of the tournament on Wednesday.

"It was another tough loss, and although things haven't quite come together for us this trip, I feel good about how the team is hitting the ball and a lot of other things," Colorado head coach Anne Kelly said. "We just need to clean up a few sloppy mistakes such as missing greens with wedges. We all need to putt a little better. Hopefully we can finish up this trip with the win tomorrow against Cal."

The Vance-Chaves battle was the tightest of the five individual matches, playing at 1 up or all squared for the majority of the round. With the match starting all square after the opener at No. 11, Chaves won the next two holes to briefly go 2 up. Vance erased that lead immediately taking the next two holes with a par at No. 14 and a birdie at No. 15.

Vance took the lead 1 up at No. 17 with a par, but Chaves birdied No. 18 to square the match through eight holes. Chaves reclaimed the lead at No. 1 with a par and stayed 1 up through the No. 4 hole.

Vance birdied the par-3 No. 5 to square the match one final time, but Chaves took the lead for good at No. 6 with a par. The golfers played square the next two holes, but Chaves clinched the match on the 17^th hole when she carded par on the par-5 No. 9 while Vance bogeyed.

Choi cruised to a 7&5 decision over Haleigh Krause. After falling behind one hole early, Choi took the lead for good on the fifth hole of the match with a par-3 at No. 14. Choi birdied five of the next eight holes, claiming wins on all five, including the clincher on the par-3 No. 4.

Hodgkins also used the birdie to her advantage in defeating Sarah Kjellker, 3&1. Kjellker took an early lead at 1 up with a birdie on the par-4 No. 13 and the match stayed that way over the next five holes until Hodgkins birdied the par-4 No. 1 to square the match. Hodgkins then birdied three of her next six to build a 3 up lead with three to go after a birdie on the par-4 No. 8. Kjellker cut the lead to 2 up with a birdie at No. 9, but Hodgkins sealed the match by carding a par-4 at No. 10.

Senior Brittany Fan dropped her match to Gioia Carpinelli, 4&3. Fan had an early 1 up lead after a par-4 at No. 11 and held that through three holes. A bogey on No. 14 for Fan, put the match at all squared and Carpinelli took the lead for good with back-to-back birdies at the par-4 No. 15 and par-3 No. 16. Fan was able to knock one hole off the lead with a par-4 at No. 4, but Carpinelli picked the hole back up at No. 5 and clinched the match when both golfers logged par-4 at No. 6.

Freshman Elle Otten fell in her match to Georgia Lacey, 4&3. Otten led early, going 2 up after pars at No. 12 and No. 13. Lacey squared the match by winning the next two holes, with a birdie at No. 14 and a par at No. 15. After playing square for the next two, Lacey went up for good with a par at No. 17 and built that lead to 3 up with back-to-back birdies at No. 18 and No. 1. Otten picked up one hole with a par at No. 2, but lacey closed out the match after a birdie at No. 7.

"We actually scored ok today," head coach Anne Kelly said. "Robyn was 5-under par and I think Kirsty was about 3-under. Brittany was maybe only 1-over and Gillian possibly 2-or-3 over. But San Diego State played very well on their home course and won the match."

San Diego State def. Colorado 3-2
Robyn Choi (CU) def. Haleigh Krause (SDSU), 7&5
Gioia Carpinelli (SDSU) def. Brittnay Fan (CU), 4&3
Georgia Lacey (SDSU) def. Elle Otten (CU), 4&3
Kirsty Hodgkins (CU) def. Sarah Kjellker (SDSU), 3&1
Milagros Chaves (SDSU) def. Gillian Vance (CU), 2&1