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The three-day, 54-hole stroke play event features seven top-25-ranked programs. Fans can follow the action with this live scoring link.
“We’re looking forward to heading up to Northern California this week for our fourth tournament of the fall season,” said UCLA head coach Alicia Um Holmes. “We’ve got a new mix of Bruins in the lineup with Jennifer Seo making her first start this year. We’ve had a different starting five each tournament, a great reflection of our team’s depth.
“Since returning from Medinah, we’ve focused on short game and putting in hopes of shedding a few strokes off our score. I’m very interested in seeing how our team handles Stanford’s undulating greens and thick rough. That’ll be something we pay particular attention to in our practice round and game plan. Three of our starters played Stanford last year, so I’m hoping they can lean on their knowledge and experience. We may switch up our coaching strategy and walk with our two that haven’t seen the venue to help them navigate the tricky layout. Luckily, Erynne (Yoo) and I are quite familiar with Stanford Golf Course having competed and coached there many times.”
UCLA Lineup: Tiffany Le, Natalie Vo, Francesca Fiorellini, Meghan Royal and Jennifer Seo.
*The Field (20): Virginia, (4) Texas, Iowa State, San Jose State, Denver, (8) Arizona State, (5) UCLA, SMU, Cal State Fullerton, (1) Stanford, San Diego State, (12) LSU, (3) USC, Colorado, UC Davis, (23) Pepperdine, Washington, Princeton, California and Oregon State.
* rankings from the Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) Poll
Weather Report: Sunny, temperatures in the mid-to-high 70s.
Bruins in the WAGR (as of Oct. 15, 2024)
6. Zoe Antoinette Campos (2nd-ranked American)
19. Francesca Fiorellini (8th-ranked European, 1st-ranked Italian)
83. Caroline Canales (32nd-ranked American)
Last Time Out
UCLA finished the second half of its two-week Midwest road trip with a fourth-place finish (-19, 845) at the Illini Women’s Invitational at Medina Country Club on Oct. 8. Senior Zoe Antoinette Campos finished in a tie for seventh (-8; 69-66-73) after shooting +1, 73 in the third round. The placement marked her first top-10 of the season and 19th of her career. Campos’ two rounds under par on Monday moved her into sole possession of fifth on UCLA’s career under par rounds list with 42.
Tiffany Le posted back-to-back 67s in rounds two and en route to her first top-20 of the season (13th, -6).
History at the Stanford Intercollegiate
UCLA makes its return to the Stanford Intercollegiate, last competing in the event in Oct. 2023 which resulted in a fifth-place finish. The Bruins have competed at the event 15 times in the last 18 seasons and have won the team title four times (2008, ’11, ’16 and ’17). UCLA has seen remarkable individual performances on The Farm, winning six consecutive medals from 2013 to 2018. Bronte Law was a three-time champion at the event.
Stanford Intercollegiate Medalists
2018: Mariel Galdiano (-8, 205)
2017: Patty Tavatanakit (-6, 207)
2016: Bronte Law (-7, 135)
2015: Bronte Law (-8, 205)
2014: Bronte Law (-8, 205)
2013: Alison Lee (-7, 206)
2023-24 In Review
UCLA concluded one of the most dominant seasons in program history with its fifth-ever runner-up finish at the NCAA Championships under the direction of first-year head coach Alicia Um Holmes in 2023-24. Um Holmes won four team titles and secured the third-best scoring average (287.8) in program history in year one, earning her Golfweek Women’s Coach of the Year.
UCLA was victorious in Um Holmes’ second tournament as head coach at the Windy City Collegiate Classic where the Bruins ousted nine top-25 teams with a score of -32, 832 to tie the lowest 54-hole mark in program history. UCLA had a stretch of three consecutive wins to begin the spring at The Match in the Desert, the Nanea Pac-12 Preview and The Show. The four wins were the most for the program since the 2017-18 season.
The Bruins’ memorable postseason run began by making the eight-team cut line for match play at the NCAA Championships hosted at Omni La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, Calif. UCLA toppled Texas A&M in the Quarterfinals, 3-0-2, and Oregon in the Semifinals, 3-1-1, before falling to top-seeded Stanford in the Finals, 3-2. The result marked the fifth runner-up finish in program history.
Six of Um Holmes’ eight golfers recorded multiple top-10 individual finishes in 2023-24, led by consensus First Team All-American and ANNIKA Award Finalist Zoe Antoinette Campos and WGCA Honorable Mention All-American Caroline Canales. Campos was named to the All-Pac-12 First Team while three Bruins were recognized as Honorable Mention: Canales, Meghan Royal and Kate Villegas.
Um Holmes’ offseason recruiting prowess led to much success in 2023-24. Three of the four transfers she signed to her first-year roster – Royal, Villegas and Natalie Vo – were in the starting lineup for UCLA’s NCAA Championship run.
Preseason Recognition
Three UCLA women’s golfers hauled in several preseason All-America accolades while the team was listed in all three major preseason polls. Zoe Antoinette Campos was a consensus Preseason First Team All-American according to both Golfweek and Golf Channel. Francesca Fiorellini was listed on the Second Team by Golfweek and Third Team by Golf Channel, and Caroline Canales was tabbed to Golf Channel’s Third Team.
The Bruins start the 2024-25 season ranked No. 3 in the WGCA Preseason Coaches Poll and No. 4 in both Golfweek and Golf Channel’s Preseason Top 25.
Bruins and the ANNIKA Award
For an eighth straight season, at least one UCLA women’s golfer was listed to the Preseason/Fall ANNIKA Award Watch List. Zoe Antoinette Campos made her second appearance on the Watch List along with incoming freshman Francesca Fiorellini, it was announced by the organization in September.
Created in 2014, the ANNIKA Award is annually given to the top female U.S. collegiate golfer; the winner voted on by players, coaches and members of the college golf media. UCLA’s Alison Lee (2013-15) was the first to take home the award in 2014 and Bronte Law (2013-16) earned the honor the next season in 2015.
Senior Leaders
The Bruins’ lineup is led by seniors Zoe Antoinette Campos and Caroline Canales who, together, have started a combined 76 collegiate tournaments and played in 211 rounds. Campos and Canales own a wealth of postseason experience with each playing 12 rounds of stroke play (eight) and match play (four) at the NCAA Championships over their previous three years.
For the second straight season in 2023-24, Campos was a consensus First Team All-American (WGCA & Golfweek), an ANNIKA Award Top 10 Finalist and an All-Pac-12 First Team selection. She led UCLA with four wins, a 70.7 scoring average, nine top-10 finishes, 21 rounds under par, 10 rounds in the 60s and was the only Bruin to have all rounds count towards the team score. Campos’ four medals are tied for the most in UCLA single-season history while her 21 rounds under par set a program record. Two of Campos’ wins came at Spanish Trail Country Club in Las Vegas, Nev., the latter of which was at NCAA Regionals with a score of -6, 210. She is the seventh Bruins’ golfer to medal at an NCAA Regional.
Canales received the first All-American recognition of her career last season, being named WGCA Honorable Mention. The Calabasas, Calif. native ranked second on the team with a 72.6 scoring average, four top 10s and 12 rounds under par. Canales concluded the year with an unblemished 3-0-0 record in the match play portion of the NCAA Championships. Canales’ 7&5 victory against Oregon’s Karen Tsuru in the Semifinals was the largest margin of victory by a UCLA golfer at the NCAA Championships.
Campos and Team USA
Zoe Antoinette Campos represented the Red, White and Blue in two major summer competitions. In the first of two events played in Europe, Campos helped Team USA to an Arnold Palmer Cup win for a second straight year at Lahinch Golf Club in Ireland in July, defeating Team International by a score of 32.5-27.5 Campos went 1-2-1 with a 1UP foursome victory in her matches.
One month later, Campos became the 11th Bruin to compete at the 43rd Curtis Cup at Sunningdale Golf Club in England where Team USA finished second to Team Great Britain & Ireland, 10.5-9.5. Campos went 1-2-1 in her matches with a 2&1 foursome victory with her partner Catherine Park (USC) on day two of the competition.
Summer Success
Senior Natalie Vo won the 58th California Women’s Amateur at The Peninsula Golf and Country Club in San Mateo on July 27, earning her an automatic exemption at U.S. Women’s Amateur. Vo defeated Amelia Garibaldi (Fresno State) in the championship match, 2&1, with the help of an excellent approach shot on the par-4 17th which fell two feet from the pin to set up the title-clinching putt. Vo’s title marked the second straight year and the fourth time ever a Bruins’ golfer won the California Women’s Amateur. Previous winners include Kate Villegas (2023), Ty Akabane (2018), Cindy Scholefield (1986) and Mary Enright (1980).
Vo and Zoe Antoinette Campos made their second and fifth U.S. Women’s Amateur appearances, respectively, at Southern Hills Country Club in Oklahoma in August. Campos placed third in the stroke play portion with scores of 72-68 (-2) before being ousted in the Round of 64 by Bailey Shoemaker (USC), 1UP.
The B1G Day is Here
UCLA officially joined the Big Ten Conference Aug. 2, ushering in a new era in the Bruins’ storied and illustrious athletic tradition. UCLA, along with previous conference foes Oregon, USC and Washington, have moved to an 18-team Big Ten Conference with a footprint spanning from the Pacific to the Atlantic.
UCLA’s approaching membership in the Big Ten Conference was initially announced more than two years ago, on June 30, 2022.
“The day has finally come,” said Martin Jarmond, The Alice and Nahum Lainer Family Director of Athletics. “After two years of planning and preparation, UCLA is proud and excited to join the Big Ten Conference. I am grateful for the energy and effort that has been put into shaping this pivotal move by our hard-working staff members, as well as our coaches and student-athletes. The investments we have made into our programs and student-athletes over the past 24 months have set us up to continue to compete at the elite level that defines UCLA Athletics.”
Three of the Big Ten’s newest members, UCLA (three), USC (three) and Washington (one), have combined for all seven of the conference’s NCAA Women’s Golf Championships.
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