After earning the top seed Friday by finishing first in the 18-hole stroke play competition, the Bruins lost a couple of close matches to eighth-seed USC and fifth-seed Baylor. Scores of both matches were 3-2.
Junior Louise Ridderstrom scored 1.5 points on the day to lead the Bruins. In the first match, she defeated USC's Kyung Kim, 1-up, and in the second match she halved with Baylor's Giovana Maymon.
Freshman Lydia Choi scored one point against USC, defeating Annie Park, 1-up. Sophomore Bronte Law scored a point in the Baylor match, beating Lauren White, 3 and 2.
UCLA meets Arkansas in the seventh place match on Sunday.
Following are Saturday's results.
Match Play Results
USC 3.0, UCLA 2.0
Karen Chung (USC) d. Erynne Lee (UCLA), 2-up
Amy Lee (USC) d. Bronte Law (UCLA), 5 and 4
Lydia Choi (UCLA) d. Annie Park, 1-up
Gabriella Then (USC) d. Erin Choi, 3 and 2
Louise Ridderstrom (UCLA) d. Kyung Kim (USC), 1-up
Baylor 3.0, UCLA 2.0
Law (UCLA) d. Lauren White (B), 3 and 2
Ridderstrom (UCLA) h. Giovana Maymon (B)
Dylan Kim (B) d. L. Choi (UCLA), 1-up
Laura Lonardi (B) d. E. Choi (UCLA), 6 and 5
E. Lee (UCLA) h. Hayley Davis (B)