Blue Devils Advance to Match Play at Stephens Cup

Tuesday, October 11

Juno Beach, Fla. (Seminole Golf Club)

Duke University

Jackson T. Stephens Cup

Photo by: Todd Drexler

Blue Devils Advance to Match Play at Stephens Cup

10/11/2022 10:18:00 PM | Women's Golf

SCORING - STROKE PLAY SCORING - MATCH PLAY

JUNO BEACH, Fla. – The 10th-ranked Duke women's golf team shot 11-under-par over the final two rounds en route to placing third through 54 holes of stroke play at the Jackson T. Stephens Cup, which was contested at the 6,200-yard, par-72 Seminole Golf Club. Duke now moves on to match play and will face South Carolina on Wednesday.

The Blue Devils carded rounds of 288, 282 and 283 over the last two days to finish with an 11-under, 853, ledger. Wake Forest placed first as a team with a 19-under, 845, while Stanford was second with a 13-under, 851. South Carolina carded a 7-under, 857, to finish fourth.

As a team, Duke registered four golfers in the top-18 led by senior Erica Shepherd's back-to-back rounds of 69 on her way to finishing with a 4-under, 212, and was seventh overall.

How It Happened
•   Duke closed the second round on Tuesday morning by finishing with a 6-under, 282, which was a season-low score for the Blue Devils. With a 6-under, 570, overall through 36 holes, Duke was third overall behind Wake Forest (558) and Stanford (569).
•   In the final round, Shepherd had her putter working early as she drained an eight-foot putt for birdie on No. 1, a 22-footer for birdie on No. 2 and then 2-putted for birdie on No. 3 to move to 3-under-par. She would par the next 10 holes and move to 4-under with another two-putt birdie on a par-5 (No. 14). After her lone bogey on No. 15, she parred the final three holes to finish with a 69. Shepherd hit 15 greens, 12 fairways and rolled 33 putts.
•   Junior Anne Chen turned in a tied for 12th placement with rounds of 75, 70 and 69 for a 2-under, 214. She got things going on No. 2 as she hit her 9-iron from 121 yards to 13 feet for birdie and then 2-putted for birdie on No. 3 to get to 2-under. Chen parred the next four holes and then went 2-over-par in a span of five holes. She closed strong with an 8-footer for birdie on No. 14, 10-foot birdie on No. 15 and 7-footer for birdie on No. 16 to get to 3-under. Chen rolled 29 putts on the day.
•   With a 1-under, 215, freshman Andie Smith closed the stroke play portion with a career-best tied for 14th finish in her home state of Florida. After 13 holes on Tuesday, Smith was 4-over, but reached the par-5 14th and 15th greens in two and 2-putted for birdie. After a bogey and par on the next two holes, she drained a 40-footer for birdie on No. 18 to close with a 74.
•   Junior Phoebe Brinker registered her second top-20 finish of the season with rounds of 70, 76 and 71 for a 217. In the final round, she parred the first seven holes and then sank a 12-foot downhill birdie on No. 8 to get in the red. After three pars and a bogey, Brinker registered a tap-in for birdie on the 140-yard, par-3 13th. Brinker then rolled in a 6-foot birdie on No. 14 to get to 2-under for the day. She closed the afternoon with three pars and a bogey.
•   After totaling rounds of 72 and 74, sophomore Rylie Heflin had a 78 on Tuesday to finish in 27th with a 224. She had birdies on No. 3 and No. 16 on the day.

Notes
•   The 6-under, 282, by the Blue Devils in the second round, which was a season-low 18-hole score. It was two strokes lower than the 284 in the second round of the ANNIKA Intercollegiate.
•   Erica Shepherd had a career-best 35-hole bogey-free streak that spanned from the first through third rounds.
•   Shepherd now owns eight career rounds in the 60s and collected her second collegiate tournament with back-to-back rounds in the 60s.
•   Anne Chen owns four rounds of even or under par on the year, while Phoebe Brinker has a team-best six.
•   Duke will face former Blue Devil golfer and Duke assistant coach Kalen Anderson, who is the head coach of South Carolina, in match play Wednesday.
•   Rachel Kuehn of Wake Forest won the individual title with a 10-under, 206.
•   Stanford and Wake Forest will play in match play for the team title on Wednesday as the top two seeds.

Quotes
"Of course, we wanted a chance to win, so there's disappointment. But we really closed the gap coming in.   We'll fight hard against South Carolina tomorrow." -- Duke head coach Dan Brooks

Up Next
The Blue Devils will take on fourth-seeded South Carolina for third place in the event with a start time slated for 11:40 a.m., on Wednesday. The Golf Channel will feature live coverage on Wednesday from 3-6 p.m. There will be an encore aired from 7-10 p.m., and 3-6 a.m. (Oct. 13).

Duke vs. South Carolina
11:40 a.m. – Phoebe Brinker vs. Hannah Darling (South Carolina)
11:50 a.m. – Erica Shepherd vs. Mathilde Claisse (South Carolina)
12:00 p.m. – Anne Chen vs. Katherine Muzi (South Carolina)
12:10 p.m. – Andie Smith vs. Justine Fournand (South Carolina)
12:20 p.m. – Rylie Heflin vs. Louise Rydqvist (South Carolina)

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Duke Results
T10 7 Erica Shepherd Duke 74   69 69       212 -4
T16 T12 Anne Chen Duke 75   70 69       214 -2
T6 T14 Andie Smith Duke 72   69 74       215 -1
T19 T18 Phoebe Brinker Duke 70   76 71       217 +1
T19 27 Rylie Heflin Duke 72   74 78       224 +8

1 2 3 Team Scores
1 1 1 Wake Forest 281 277 287       845 -19
2 2 2 Stanford 283 286 282       851 -13
5 3 3 Duke 288 282 283       853 -11
4 5 4 South Carolina 287 292 278       857 -7
3 4 5 Southern California 285 288 293       866 +2
6 7 6 LSU 296 291 281       868 +4
7 6 7 Arkansas 299 284 292       875 +11

Start Finish Player Team Scores
1 1 Rachel Kuehn Wake Forest 67   69 70       206 -10
T3 2 Carla Tejedo Mulet LSU 72   68 68       208 -8
T14 T3 Rachel Heck Stanford 71   73 67       211 -5
9 T3 Carolina Lopez-Chacarra Wake Forest 70   72 69       211 -5
2 T3 Brianna Navarrosa Southern California 69   70 72       211 -5
T10 T3 Hannah Darling South Carolina 70   73 68       211 -5
T10 7 Erica Shepherd Duke 74   69 69       212 -4
T22 T8 Ingrid Lindblad LSU 74   73 66       213 -3
T6 T8 Lauren Walsh Wake Forest 74   67 72       213 -3
T3 T8 Sadie Englemann Stanford 72   68 73       213 -3
T14 T8 Miriam Ayora Arkansas 73   71 69       213 -3
T16 T12 Anne Chen Duke 75   70 69       214 -2
T10 T12 Rose Zhang Stanford 70   73 71       214 -2
T6 T14 Andie Smith Duke 72   69 74       215 -1
T6 T14 Amari Avery Southern California 68   73 74       215 -1
T3 T16 Mimi Rhodes Wake Forest 71   69 76       216 E
T16 T16 Mathilde Claisse South Carolina 74   71 71       216 E
T19 T18 Phoebe Brinker Duke 70   76 71       217 +1
T16 T18 Kajal Mistry Arkansas 71   74 72       217 +1
T22 T20 Brooke Seay Stanford 75   72 71       218 +2
T10 T20 Megha Ganne Stanford 70   73 75       218 +2
T28 T22 Justine Fournand South Carolina 77   73 69       219 +3
T22 T22 Cindy Kou Southern California 72   75 72       219 +3
32 24 Latanna Stone LSU 75   76 70       221 +5
T19 T25 Emilia Migliaccio Wake Forest 73   73 76       222 +6
T33 T25 Katherine Muzi South Carolina 70   82 70       222 +6
T19 27 Rylie Heflin Duke 72   74 78       224 +8
T28 28 Christine Wang Southern California 79   71 75       225 +9
T33 T29 Julia Gregg Arkansas 79   73 74       226 +10
27 T29 Giovanna Fernandez Arkansas 80   69 77       226 +10
T22 T29 Reagan Zibilski Arkansas 76   71 79       226 +10
26 32 Louise Rydqvist South Carolina 73   75 80       228 +12
T28 33 Catherine Park Southern California 76   74 80       230 +14
36 T34 Taylor Riley LSU 79   75 77       231 +15
37 T34 Kendall Jackson * Howard University 75   81 75       231 +15
T28 T36 Aine Donegan LSU 75   75 82       232 +16
38 T36 Eve Worden * Navy 77   81 74       232 +16
T33 38 Marley Franklin * Howard University 74   78 83       235 +19
39 39 Jayla Rogers * North Carolina A & T 93   87 85       265 +49