The Colorado women’s golf team earned a split Monday after two rounds of match play in San Diego State’s March Mayhem at The Farms Golf Club in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
Seeded as the No. 9 team, the Buffaloes fell to No. 8 seed Oregon, 3-2-0 in their opening round, which moved them into the consolation bracket of the tournament. Colorado bounced back in the afternoon with a strong performance, beating No. 16 seed UC Irvine, 4-0-1.
Colorado senior Alexis Keating won her match against Oregon’s Marcella Pranovla 4 and 2 to begin the day. The match remained all-square through the first seven holes. Keating gradually built her lead to secure the win. The Elma, Wash., native followed that by winning 3 and 1 against UC Irvine’s Samantha Chan.
Sophomore Brittany Fan joined Keating as the only Buffs to win both of their matches. In her first match against Oregon, Fan defeated Petra Salko, 2-up and closed out the day with a 4 and 3 victory over UC Irvine’s Joy Kim.
Simpson selected to U.S. College National Training Team
University of Colorado junior-to-be Gabby Simpson has been selected to the USA Volleyball Collegiate National Training Team-Europe Tour 12-player roster.
The squad, which is part of USA Volleyball’s High Performance pipeline, will train and compete from July 6-16. The CNT-Europe squad will have training matches against an Italian Federation Team July 7, July 8 and July 9 near Milan, Italy, before heading to Pula, Croatia, to play in the Global Challenge July 11-14.
Results
(8) Oregon def. (9) Colorado, 3-2-0
Alexis Keating (CU) def. Marcella Pranovla (UO), 4 and 2
Cathleen Santoso (UO) def. Gillian Vance (CU), 3 and 2
Carolina Inglis (UO) def. Esther Lee (CU), 3 and 2
Brittany Fan (CU) def. Petra Salko (UO), 2-up
Kathleen Scavo (UO) def. Natalie Vivaldi (CU), 5 and 4
Team scores – first round
(1) Southern California def. (16) UC Irvine, 4-0-1
(2) UCLA def. (15) Delaware, 4-0-1
(3) Arizona def. (14) Memphis, 5-0-0
(4) Stanford def. (13) Texas State, 3-2-0
(5) Arizona State def. (12) UC Davis, 3-2-0
(11) Kansas def. (6) California 3-2-0
(7) San Diego State def. (10) TCU, 3-2-0
(8) Oregon def. (9) Colorado, 3-2-0
(9) Colorado def. (16) UC Irvine, 4-0-1
Alexis Keating def. Samantha Chan, 3 and 1
Gillian Vance def. Camille Wagg, 5 and 3
Esther Lee def. Kelsey Kawaguchi, 3 and 2
Brittany Fan def. Joy Kim, 4 and 3
Natalie Vivaldi tied Breanne Jones, AS
