No. 5 SJSU Women’s Golf Begins Quest for National Championship on Friday!

2022 NCAA Championships
Dates: Friday-Wednesday, May 20-25
Course: Grayhawk Golf Course, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Par/Yardage: Par 72, 6,399 yards
Live Scoring –https://results.golfstat.com/public/leaderboards/gsnav.cfm?pg=team&tid=24975

Schedule:
Thursday, May 19: Practice Round
Friday, May 20: First Round – Spartans begin off the first tee at 11:30 a.m. PT.
Saturday, May 21:  Second Round – Spartans begin off the 10th tee at 6:30 p.m. PT.
Sunday, May 22: Third Round: Tee times start at 6:30 a.m. PT. Time will be determined by results after the second round.
Monday, May 23:  Fourth Round – Top-15 teams and 9 individuals (not from an advancing team) begin play at 10 a.m. PT.
Tuesday, May 24: Match Play – quarterfinals begin at 6:20 a.m. PT; Semifinals at 12:45 p.m.
Wednesday, May 25: Championship Match Play begins at 1:35 p.m. PT.

TEE TIMES: Tee times for the first and second rounds are determined by seeding. San José State will start the championship on Friday the 20th at 11:30 a.m. PT off of the first tee. On Saturday the 21st, SJSU will be in the first group to tee off on the 10th tee beginning at 6:30 a.m. PT. The Spartans will play the first two rounds with Wake Forest (4th seed) and Oklahoma State (6th seed). Tee times for Sunday, the 22nd, will be determined by the results after two rounds.

TV COVERAGE: The Golf Channel will provide live coverage of the final three days of the championship.
Monday, May 23 – 2-6 p.m. PT (individual national championship)
Tuesday, May 24 – 9 a.m.-11:30 a.m. PT (quarterfinals)
Tuesday, May 24 – 2-6 p.m. PT (semifinal matches)
Wednesday, May 25 – 2-6 p.m. PT (championship match)

SOCIAL MEDIA: Be sure to follow the Spartans journey toward a fourth national championship on the team’s various social media platforms and on www.sjsuspartans.com.
Twitter – @SanJoseStWGolf
Instagram – SJSUWGolf
Facebook – /SJSUWomen’sGolf

WELCOME TO THE CHAMPIONSHIPS: The fifth-ranked San José State women’s golf team is making its 22nd appearance at the NCAA Championships. The Tom Fazio-designed Raptor course unfolds over the gentle hills and across shaded natural arroyos found in this corner of the Sonoran Desert. The course is listed among the best public golf courses in Arizona by Golfweek and Golf Magazine. The course will play at par 72 and 6,399 yards.

CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT: All 24 teams and 12 individuals will complete 54 holes of stroke play.  Following 54-holes of competition on Sunday, the top-15 teams along with the top nine individuals not on an advancing team will advance for one additional day of stroke play to determine the top eight teams for match play competition and the 72-hole stroke-play individual champion.

The top eight teams after 72 holes of stroke play will be placed into a bracket with the No. 1 seed playing the No. 8 seed, the No. 2 seed playing the No. 7 seed, the No. 3 seed playing the No. 6 seed and the No. 4 seed playing the No. 5 seed in match play.  Ties for the top 15 teams as well as the top 9 individuals, will be broken by use of a sudden-death playoff.  Otherwise, the use of the established non-sudden-death tie-breaking procedures will be used for determining advancement.

Additionally, ties for the top eight teams and NCAA individual champion will be broken by a sudden-death playoff or, if necessary, by the established non-sudden-death tie breaking procedures.

SPARTAN LINEUP: San José State will travel the same lineup that has played in the past seven tournaments – Natasha Andrea OonLucia Lopez OrtegaAntonia MalateKajsa Arwefjälland Louisa CarlbomJordyn Parr is the alternate.

The lineup started this run by finishing fifth at the Illini Women’s Invitational before finishing either first or second at the next seven tournaments including two wins over No. 1 Stanford.

SAN JOSE STATE AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS:  The Spartans are making their 22nd appearance at an NCAA Championship and have won three national titles – 1987, 1989 and 1992. Current head coach Dana (Lofland) Dormann finished tied for 17th individually at the 1987 championship.

The Spartans last competed at the NCAA Championships in 2019 at the Blessings Golf Club in Fayetteville, Ark. The team finished 19th in the three-round stroke play portion of the tournament, shortened due to inclement weather. Natasha Andrea Oon finished ninth in the individual standings at 3-over 222 (par 73). She was the first Spartan to finish in the top-10 at an NCAA Championship since Janice Moodie finished second at the 1997 NCAA Championships. A complete listing of all 21 years of team finishes can be found on page 24.

Pat Hurst is the only San José State player to win an individual title. In all, 13 Spartans finished in the top-10 a total of 22 times at the NCAA Championships. Janice Moodie finished in the top-10 in all four years she competed for San José State, finishing second in 1997. A complete listing is on page 25.

SPARTAN COACHING STAFF: Head coach Dana Dormann is in her fourth year at the helm of the women’s program and her 18th season affiliated with the San José State golf program. Named the head coach of the program in June of 2018, she has twice been honored by her peers as the Mountain West Coach of the Year, 2019 and 2022.

Kortnie Barrett is in her second year as the assistant coach for the Spartan program. She joined the program in January of 2021 and made an immediate impact on the team.

GOLFSTAT RANKINGS: Four Spartans rank among the top-100 players in the country.
4. Natasha Andrea Oon – Record vs. Top-100 players – 73-2
35. Antonia Malate – Record vs. Top-100 players – 42-23
46. Kajsa Arwefjäll – Record vs. Top-100 players -32-33
94. Lucia Lopez Ortega – Record vs. Top-100 players – 12-53

WAGR RANKINGS: Four San José State players are currently ranked among the top 160 amateur players on the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR).
8th – Natasha Andrea Oon
65th – Kajsa Arwefjäll
125th – Antonia Malate
157th – Lucia Lopez Ortega

U-M COURSE RECORDS: San José State rewrote two records at the U-M Golf Course last week after sweeping the team and individual titles. The Spartans shot an 862 for the three rounds, the second-lowest women’s 54-hole total at the course. Natasha Andrea Oon set the record for the women’s individual 54-hole total at 6-under 207 en route to winning the title.

G5 REPRESENTED: San José State is the only school not from a Power 5 conference to qualify for the 2022 NCAA team championship. The Spartans are representing the Mountain West for the second time in three years (2019) as the 2020 championships were canceled due to COVID.  Kajsa Arwefjäll represented the Spartans at the 2021 championships as she qualified as an individual and finished tied for 36th after shooting a 294 (77-71-72-74).

WHAT A RECORD!: The Spartans have produced one of the best win-loss records in school history this spring. The team has won five of the six tournaments played for a 73-1 record. For the 2021-22 season, San José State enters the championships with a 124-8-1 record this season. The tie came in the second tournament of the fall when SJSU tied with UCLA at The Molly Collegiate Invitational.

FINALS AND GRADUATIONS: While the Spartans are at the championships, finals are going on at San José State (18, 19, 20, 23, 24). Graduations will be held on the 25th, 26th and 27th.  Antonia Malate is graduating this semester with her ceremony scheduled for Wednesday, the 25th at 4 p.m., the same time as the championship match play.