
Lee Ties for Fifth at WCC Championships
4/19/2025 3:16:00 PM | Women's Golf
Zag junior cards a 71 in the final round
FAIRFIELD, Calif. – Gonzaga's Grace Lee tied for fifth at the 2025 West Coast Conference Women's Golf Championship at Green Valley Country Club.
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Lee closed the 54-hole, three-day event carding a 71 (-1) in the final round, making the largest climb on the leaderboard in the 33-golfer field. The junior finished at three-over (219) in the tournament. Her final round featured four birdies and 11 pars. She was three-under (2.75) on the course's Par-3 holes, which matched the lowest in the event. It was Lee's fourth Top-10 finish of the season, and third in the Top-5.
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The Bulldogs placed sixth as a team at 19-over (307). GU's lowest round was on Day 1 at 11-over (299).
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Carys Baek tied for 13th at six-over (222). She opened with a 74 (+2), was one-over (73) in Round 2, and finished with a 75 (+3). Darby Rickel placed 27th at 25-over (241).
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The West Coast Conference individual title was decided in a playoff, as Oregon State's Raya Nakao defeated San Francisco's Eva Pett on the second playoff hole to secure medalist honors. Nakao (66-74-72) and Pett (71-71-70) each finished the 54-hole tournament with a 4-under 212. Both individuals recorded a bogey on the first playoff hole. On the second playoff hole, Nakao's chip shot from behind the bunker came to a rest five feet from the cup. Following a bogey by Pett, Nakao sunk her par putt and captured the individual crown.
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The Beavers secured the conference title by two strokes over defending champion Pepperdine. Oregon State finished the conference championship with a 5-over 869 (286-290-293).
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Lee closed the 54-hole, three-day event carding a 71 (-1) in the final round, making the largest climb on the leaderboard in the 33-golfer field. The junior finished at three-over (219) in the tournament. Her final round featured four birdies and 11 pars. She was three-under (2.75) on the course's Par-3 holes, which matched the lowest in the event. It was Lee's fourth Top-10 finish of the season, and third in the Top-5.
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The Bulldogs placed sixth as a team at 19-over (307). GU's lowest round was on Day 1 at 11-over (299).
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Carys Baek tied for 13th at six-over (222). She opened with a 74 (+2), was one-over (73) in Round 2, and finished with a 75 (+3). Darby Rickel placed 27th at 25-over (241).
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The West Coast Conference individual title was decided in a playoff, as Oregon State's Raya Nakao defeated San Francisco's Eva Pett on the second playoff hole to secure medalist honors. Nakao (66-74-72) and Pett (71-71-70) each finished the 54-hole tournament with a 4-under 212. Both individuals recorded a bogey on the first playoff hole. On the second playoff hole, Nakao's chip shot from behind the bunker came to a rest five feet from the cup. Following a bogey by Pett, Nakao sunk her par putt and captured the individual crown.
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The Beavers secured the conference title by two strokes over defending champion Pepperdine. Oregon State finished the conference championship with a 5-over 869 (286-290-293).
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