NCAA Women’s Golf Championships 2016: Winner, Leaderboard Standings and More

One of the youngest players on the course stepped up in a big way for the University of Washington, as freshman Julianne Alvarez clinched the school’s first-ever NCAA women’s golf national championship with a par on the second extra hole to beat out Stanford senior Lauren Kim. It capped off a dramatic 3-2 win over the defending champions on Wednesday evening in Eugene, Oregon.   

The school sent out a congratulatory tweet shortly after the Huskies’ win:

.@UW_WGolf is the 2016 #NCAAGolf NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! #UWHuskies pic.twitter.com/YHrmo2183c

— Washington Huskies (@UWAthletics) May 26, 2016

With five golfers aside, the finals—like the quarterfinals and semifinals—were in a match-play format. One golfer from one team was matched up against one from the other school, and a point was awarded to the player who posted the better score on each hole. 

The players who win their respective rounds earn a point for their team. The school that gets to three points first is the winner.

Here are the full results of the final round. For the full leaderboard, click here. 

Washington’s Wenyung Keh was the first to grab a point for her school after defeating Sierra Kersten 4 and 3. 

Kersten initially had a lead through the first two holes of the day, but Keh drew things even at No. 3, took the lead on No. 4 and never looked back. 

By the ninth hole, she was up by as much as five and clinched her match by the 15th. 

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