NCAA Women’s Golf Championships 2015: Winner, Leaderboard Standings and More

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Published: May 28, 2015

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The 2015 NCAA women's golf championships have been hampered by weather delays, but there were no issues for the final day of match play as Stanford captured its first national title by defeating Baylor 3-2 in thrilling fashion.     

The fourth-ranked Cardinal came into the match as a slight underdog against No. 3 Baylor, but they also had the best overall player in the match in Mariah Stackhouse. She used two birdies on the final two holes of regulation to force a sudden-death playoff against Hayley Davis. 

On the first playoff hole, Davis left a short par putt to the right of the hole that would give Stackhouse the win and Stanford the championship. 

Here's the final leaderboard from the team championship final on Wednesday.



Both Baylor and Stanford were coming off marathon sessions on Tuesday, needing to complete two rounds of play against Duke and USC, respectively, to secure their spots in the finals. 

Baylor freshman Lauren Whyte told NCAA.com after yesterday's team win over Duke that fatigue and adrenaline were working against each other:

“It was a long day,” Whyte said. “There was a lot of adrenaline at the end there but I think it's sunk in this has happened and everybody is ready to go for tomorrow and really excited about what can happen.”

Whyte, who came through her Tuesday battle with Duke star Lisa Maguire all square, seemed to be fighting the fatigue issue on Wednesday. The freshman was fighting a losing battle most of the day before falling to Shannon Aubert, four and three. 

Aubert deserves credit for coming into her own during match play. GolfWeek's Beth Ann Nichols noted Stanford's star freshman has been terrific coming into Wednesday:



Jason Dill of the Bradenton Herald noted on Twitter it wasn't unusual to see players struggle o...
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