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No. 11 USC Women's Golf Returns To Stanford Intercollegiate
October 19, 2022 | Women's Golf
Trojans seeking third win at event, second victory of season.
The No. 11 USC women's golf team, with one win in three starts this fall, continues the autumn schedule at the long-running Stanford Intercollegiate, Friday through Sunday (Oct. 21-23), at the Stanford G.C. in Stanford, Calif.
The 18-team field includes host Stanford, USC, Arizona State, Baylor, California, Denver, Florida, UC Davis, Georgia, Iowa State, Miami, Northwestern, Oregon State, San Diego State, San Jose State, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
Action starts on the par 71, 6,269-yard course with morning waves at 7:30 a.m. PT the first two rounds with afternoon waves at 12 p.m. There is a shotgun start beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday. Results will be available at golfstat.com.
USC last won the tournament in the fall of 2018 at 15-under 837 (272-286-279) with a wire-to-wire victory, winning by 15 strokes. Junior Alyaa Abdulghany led the Trojans with a fourth at 5-under 208. USC posted a three-year win streak at the event between 2012-2014, the final year sharing first with the host Cardinal. Kyung Kim (2013), Jennifer Song (2009) and Lizette Salas (2008) have posted individual wins there for the Trojans.
The Trojans have also won NCAA Regionals at the Stanford G.C. in 2022, 2016 and 2013. Amari Avery was medalist in 2022.
Troy was fifth at the event last year.
Starting for the third straight event will be sophomore Amari Avery, junior Brianna Navarrosa, sophomore Xin (Cindy) Kou, freshman Catherine Park and junior Christine Wang.
The Trojans are led by fifth-year head coach Justin Silverstein and first-year assistant coach Tiffany Joh, the All-American first-teamer and LPGA star from UCLA now in her second year of collegiate coaching.
WINNING AT THE WINDY CITY
After a tough season-opener, USC came roaring back in its second event of the fall season, winning the Windy City Collegiate Classic on Oct. 4 by nine strokes while sophomore Amari Avery won her fourth career individual title by a stroke. It marked both USC's third team and individual wins at the event. Avery won at 6-under 210 (67-69-74). Fellow sophomore Xin (Cindy) Kou tied for seventh at 3-over 219 (72-75-72).
THE TROJANS IN THE RANKINGS
Amari Avery is the No. 23-ranked golfer in the NCAA per golfweek.com while Xin (Cindy) Kou is No. 67 and Brianna Navarrosa is No. 76.
TROJAN NOTES
* Amari Avery's win at the Windy City gives her four for her career, tied for fourth on USC's career chart. She has three top 23 finishes in her first three starts as a sophomore.
* She has a team-best three rounds in the 60s this season, giving her 12 career rounds in the 60s, tied for ninth on USC's career chart.
Avery leads USC with a stroke average of 71.56.
* Brianna Navarrosa's tie for third at 5-under 5-under 211 (69-70-72) at the Stephens Cup was her second top 3 finish in her last five and her sixth top 22 in her last eight starts.
* Xin (Cindy) Kou's T7 at the Windy City Collegiate her sixth career top 10 of her young career and second top 17 this season.
* Kou is second on the Trojans with a stroke average of 72.89, which includes six par rounds of 72 in nine rounds.
* Junior Christine Wang tied for 24th at the Windy City and was 28th at the Stephens Cup. Her 1-under 71 at the Stephens Cup marked a season-best.
* Freshman Catherine Park has a pair of top 25 results among her first three career starts, including a season-best tie for 12th at the Windy City, which featured a season-best final-round 70.
TROJAN OVERVIEW
USC returns seven golfers from last year's team that posted a trio of wins, captured the 2022 NCAA Stanford Regional and finished 10th at the NCAA Championships, just outside of match play.
Avery returns following her All-American first-team debut as a 2021-22 freshman — which saw her win three times — while Nam, also an All-American as a freshman, is back after missing last season due to injury. Kou was Pac-12 honorable mention last year and started all 13 events, as did the ever-improving Navarrosa, while Park will make her debut in Cardinal and Gold.
USC saw just one departure from last season as fifth-year senior and All-Pac-12 honorable mention pick Katherine Muzi transferred for her final season to South Carolina.
TROJAN FLASH CARDS ENTERING 2022-23
Avery was a finalist for the 2022 ANNIKA Award as well as the WGCA Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year honor and managed all of that despite joining the Trojans as a spring semester freshman. Collegiately, Avery posted three wins (including at NCAA Regionals), a tie for second, a tie for fifth, a tie for sixth and a tie for eighth among her first eight stroke-play starts.Â
Avery, who tied for fourth at the Augusta National Women's Amateur, finished with seven top 10 finishes (all in the top 8) in nine stroke play events, tied for sixth on USC's all-time season list.
Avery represented the U.S. at the 2022 Curtis Cup and Arnold Palmer Cup.
Amari Avery won her fourth career event at the 2022 Windy City Collegiate Classic. That total is now tie for 5th on USC's career tournament wins list. She now has 12 career rounds in the 60s in less than a full season of collegiate golf, tied for ninth on USC's career chart.
Junior Brianna Navarrosa was a 2022 U.S. Amateur quarterfinalist. She finished second on the Trojans in stroke average (73.63) after starting all 13 events. She had six top 16 finishes and nine in the top 24 to go with 11 top 20s for her career. She led USC at the NCAA Championships, tying for 21st.
Sophomore Xin (Cindy) Kou is USC's other returner who started all 13 events last year. She was just the third Trojan freshman in over 20 years to record four straight top 15s to start the season.
Kou finished with four top 5 finishes, five top 10s and six top 15 results. Her 13-under at the Icon Invitational last year is tied for the third-best total in school history.
Junior Michael Morard came on strong last spring and finished with three top 11s, highlighted by a tie for eighth at The Gold Rush and a tie for 11th at the Icon Invitational. She had 11 rounds of par or better.
Injured last season, graduate senior Malia Nam looks to return to the form this year that made her the 2019 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and a 2019 All-American.
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The 18-team field includes host Stanford, USC, Arizona State, Baylor, California, Denver, Florida, UC Davis, Georgia, Iowa State, Miami, Northwestern, Oregon State, San Diego State, San Jose State, Texas, Virginia and Washington.
Action starts on the par 71, 6,269-yard course with morning waves at 7:30 a.m. PT the first two rounds with afternoon waves at 12 p.m. There is a shotgun start beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Sunday. Results will be available at golfstat.com.
USC last won the tournament in the fall of 2018 at 15-under 837 (272-286-279) with a wire-to-wire victory, winning by 15 strokes. Junior Alyaa Abdulghany led the Trojans with a fourth at 5-under 208. USC posted a three-year win streak at the event between 2012-2014, the final year sharing first with the host Cardinal. Kyung Kim (2013), Jennifer Song (2009) and Lizette Salas (2008) have posted individual wins there for the Trojans.
The Trojans have also won NCAA Regionals at the Stanford G.C. in 2022, 2016 and 2013. Amari Avery was medalist in 2022.
Troy was fifth at the event last year.
Starting for the third straight event will be sophomore Amari Avery, junior Brianna Navarrosa, sophomore Xin (Cindy) Kou, freshman Catherine Park and junior Christine Wang.
The Trojans are led by fifth-year head coach Justin Silverstein and first-year assistant coach Tiffany Joh, the All-American first-teamer and LPGA star from UCLA now in her second year of collegiate coaching.
WINNING AT THE WINDY CITY
After a tough season-opener, USC came roaring back in its second event of the fall season, winning the Windy City Collegiate Classic on Oct. 4 by nine strokes while sophomore Amari Avery won her fourth career individual title by a stroke. It marked both USC's third team and individual wins at the event. Avery won at 6-under 210 (67-69-74). Fellow sophomore Xin (Cindy) Kou tied for seventh at 3-over 219 (72-75-72).
THE TROJANS IN THE RANKINGS
Amari Avery is the No. 23-ranked golfer in the NCAA per golfweek.com while Xin (Cindy) Kou is No. 67 and Brianna Navarrosa is No. 76.
TROJAN NOTES
* Amari Avery's win at the Windy City gives her four for her career, tied for fourth on USC's career chart. She has three top 23 finishes in her first three starts as a sophomore.
* She has a team-best three rounds in the 60s this season, giving her 12 career rounds in the 60s, tied for ninth on USC's career chart.
Avery leads USC with a stroke average of 71.56.
* Brianna Navarrosa's tie for third at 5-under 5-under 211 (69-70-72) at the Stephens Cup was her second top 3 finish in her last five and her sixth top 22 in her last eight starts.
* Xin (Cindy) Kou's T7 at the Windy City Collegiate her sixth career top 10 of her young career and second top 17 this season.
* Kou is second on the Trojans with a stroke average of 72.89, which includes six par rounds of 72 in nine rounds.
* Junior Christine Wang tied for 24th at the Windy City and was 28th at the Stephens Cup. Her 1-under 71 at the Stephens Cup marked a season-best.
* Freshman Catherine Park has a pair of top 25 results among her first three career starts, including a season-best tie for 12th at the Windy City, which featured a season-best final-round 70.
TROJAN OVERVIEW
USC returns seven golfers from last year's team that posted a trio of wins, captured the 2022 NCAA Stanford Regional and finished 10th at the NCAA Championships, just outside of match play.
Avery returns following her All-American first-team debut as a 2021-22 freshman — which saw her win three times — while Nam, also an All-American as a freshman, is back after missing last season due to injury. Kou was Pac-12 honorable mention last year and started all 13 events, as did the ever-improving Navarrosa, while Park will make her debut in Cardinal and Gold.
USC saw just one departure from last season as fifth-year senior and All-Pac-12 honorable mention pick Katherine Muzi transferred for her final season to South Carolina.
TROJAN FLASH CARDS ENTERING 2022-23
Avery was a finalist for the 2022 ANNIKA Award as well as the WGCA Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year honor and managed all of that despite joining the Trojans as a spring semester freshman. Collegiately, Avery posted three wins (including at NCAA Regionals), a tie for second, a tie for fifth, a tie for sixth and a tie for eighth among her first eight stroke-play starts.Â
Avery, who tied for fourth at the Augusta National Women's Amateur, finished with seven top 10 finishes (all in the top 8) in nine stroke play events, tied for sixth on USC's all-time season list.
Avery represented the U.S. at the 2022 Curtis Cup and Arnold Palmer Cup.
Amari Avery won her fourth career event at the 2022 Windy City Collegiate Classic. That total is now tie for 5th on USC's career tournament wins list. She now has 12 career rounds in the 60s in less than a full season of collegiate golf, tied for ninth on USC's career chart.
Junior Brianna Navarrosa was a 2022 U.S. Amateur quarterfinalist. She finished second on the Trojans in stroke average (73.63) after starting all 13 events. She had six top 16 finishes and nine in the top 24 to go with 11 top 20s for her career. She led USC at the NCAA Championships, tying for 21st.
Sophomore Xin (Cindy) Kou is USC's other returner who started all 13 events last year. She was just the third Trojan freshman in over 20 years to record four straight top 15s to start the season.
Kou finished with four top 5 finishes, five top 10s and six top 15 results. Her 13-under at the Icon Invitational last year is tied for the third-best total in school history.
Junior Michael Morard came on strong last spring and finished with three top 11s, highlighted by a tie for eighth at The Gold Rush and a tie for 11th at the Icon Invitational. She had 11 rounds of par or better.
Injured last season, graduate senior Malia Nam looks to return to the form this year that made her the 2019 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and a 2019 All-American.
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