Sunday, February 12
Palos Verde, CA
All Day
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Therese Hession Regional Challenge
l-r: Associate Head Coach Alicia Um Holmes, Caroline Canales and Annabel Wilson
Women’s Golf to Tee it Up at Therese Hession Regional Challenge
February 10, 2023 | Women's Golf
LOS ANGELES – Coming off two wins, the No. 12 UCLA women's golf team will look to continue its momentum at the Therese Hession Regional Challenge at Palos Verdes Golf Club, beginning with round one Sunday, Feb. 12.
The three-day, 54-hole stroke play event plays a par 71 with a course yardage of 6,017 and features three of the top-five ranked teams in the nation. The Bruins will tee off four round one, beginning at 10:12 a.m. (PT).
Lineup (1-5): Caroline Canales, Zoe Antoinette Campos, Alessia Nobilio, Annabel Wilson and Emilie Paltrinieri. Phoebe Yue is competing individually.
The Field (16 teams): No. 15 Arizona, No. 18 Baylor, Florida, Georgetown, Illinois, No. 24 Kentucky, Ohio State, No. 5 Oregon, Pepperdine, No. 3 San Jose State, No. 21 SMU, No. 1 Stanford, No. 6 Texas, No. 12 UCLA, No. 23 USC and Washington.
Ten of the 16 teams are ranked within the top 25 of the latest GolfStat poll.
Moving Up in the Rankings
The Bruins rose ten spots from No. 22 to No. 12 in GolfStat's most recent poll, released on Tuesday, Feb. 7.
Following the first victory of her career at The Match in the Desert on Jan. 23 and her two match play victories versus then-No. 21 USC last week at The Battle for the Bell, sophomore Caroline Canales jumped eight spots in GolfStat's individual rankings to No. 26.
Zoe Antoinette Campos is ranked at No. 11.
Spring Has Sprung
UCLA is on a roll to open the spring portion of its 2022-23 season, claiming two medals at The Match in the Desert and the inaugural Battle for the Bell over crosstown rival USC.
In its last stroke play event at The Match in the Desert, every Bruin competing had contributed to UCLA's counting score, including Phoebe Yue and Yuki Yoshihara who tied for fourth in the rotation with a 2-over 74. The senior cleaned up their round on the back nine, shooting a collective 4-under after the turn. Yoshihara had three birdies while Yue had two.
At The Battle for the Bell, Yoshihara was one of three Bruins to each win both of their matches, joining Canales and Campos.
Two-Time Defending UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week
Canales' strong performances over the last two weeks have yielded a pair of UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week awards. Canales has shot under par in three of her last four stroke play rounds dating back to the Nanea Pac-12 Preview in the fall, averaging just 69.5 strokes per round in that stretch.
She is also the only Bruin who is a perfect 4-0-0 in match play competition this season following a 2UP victory over USC's Malia Nam in round one of the Battle for the Bell and 5&4 win over Brianna Navarrosa in round two.
C.C. Seeking Birdies
In her last stroke play round at The Match in the Desert, Canales shot a career-low 7-under 65. She totaled eight birdies and just one bogey in her round, shooting a 4-under 32 on the front nine with a string of three consecutive birdies on holes 5-7.
Canales is under par on the season at 2-under (790 strokes) with a team-best 71.8 scoring average in her 11 rounds. She has finished under par in her last two tournaments.
Canales is the only Bruin to have a counting score in each and every round of UCLA's season. She also leads the Bruins with three top-5 finishes.
Canales 2022 Stroke Play Tournament Finishes
USF Intercollegiate (Sept. 12-13): T-4th, -3
Blessings Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 3-5): T-14th, +8
Nanea Pac-12 Preview (Oct. 31-Nov. 2): T-4th, -6
The Match in the Desert (Jan. 23): T-1st, -7
Let's Go Zo
Campos joins Canales as the only other Bruin under par for the season (5-under, 574 strokes), averaging 71.8 strokes per round. She has finished in the top 10 in all three stroke play tournaments she has competed in, including back-to-back 6th finishes at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview and The Match in the Desert.
Campos tied her previous career-low of 68 in her most recent stroke play round at The Match in the Desert.
Offseason Competition
At the 122nd U.S. Women's Amateur at Chambers Bay, Wilson became the first UCLA semifinalist since Lilia Vu in 2017. Wilson never trailed her opponent in the match play portion until the semifinal round, racking up monster victories in the first round (4&3), second round (3&2) and quarterfinals (3&1).
Canales was a semifinalist in the match play portion of the 56th California Women's Amateur in San Luis Obispo, Calif. after tying for 6th (+2, 146; 71-75) in stroke play out of the field of 124.
Most recently, Nobilio won the English Women's Open Amateur at Beau Desert Golf Club in Hazelslade, England in playoff fashion after forcing extra holes with birdies on the 71st and 72nd. Nobilio also tied for 23rd at the European Ladies' Amateur with a 7-under performance over four rounds (69-72-69-73).
Paltrinieri reached the quarterfinal round of the R&A Women's Amateur in Hunstanton, England after victories in the first (3&2), second (1 hole
The three-day, 54-hole stroke play event plays a par 71 with a course yardage of 6,017 and features three of the top-five ranked teams in the nation. The Bruins will tee off four round one, beginning at 10:12 a.m. (PT).
Lineup (1-5): Caroline Canales, Zoe Antoinette Campos, Alessia Nobilio, Annabel Wilson and Emilie Paltrinieri. Phoebe Yue is competing individually.
The Field (16 teams): No. 15 Arizona, No. 18 Baylor, Florida, Georgetown, Illinois, No. 24 Kentucky, Ohio State, No. 5 Oregon, Pepperdine, No. 3 San Jose State, No. 21 SMU, No. 1 Stanford, No. 6 Texas, No. 12 UCLA, No. 23 USC and Washington.
Ten of the 16 teams are ranked within the top 25 of the latest GolfStat poll.
Moving Up in the Rankings
The Bruins rose ten spots from No. 22 to No. 12 in GolfStat's most recent poll, released on Tuesday, Feb. 7.
Following the first victory of her career at The Match in the Desert on Jan. 23 and her two match play victories versus then-No. 21 USC last week at The Battle for the Bell, sophomore Caroline Canales jumped eight spots in GolfStat's individual rankings to No. 26.
Zoe Antoinette Campos is ranked at No. 11.
Spring Has Sprung
UCLA is on a roll to open the spring portion of its 2022-23 season, claiming two medals at The Match in the Desert and the inaugural Battle for the Bell over crosstown rival USC.
In its last stroke play event at The Match in the Desert, every Bruin competing had contributed to UCLA's counting score, including Phoebe Yue and Yuki Yoshihara who tied for fourth in the rotation with a 2-over 74. The senior cleaned up their round on the back nine, shooting a collective 4-under after the turn. Yoshihara had three birdies while Yue had two.
At The Battle for the Bell, Yoshihara was one of three Bruins to each win both of their matches, joining Canales and Campos.
Two-Time Defending UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week
Canales' strong performances over the last two weeks have yielded a pair of UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week awards. Canales has shot under par in three of her last four stroke play rounds dating back to the Nanea Pac-12 Preview in the fall, averaging just 69.5 strokes per round in that stretch.
She is also the only Bruin who is a perfect 4-0-0 in match play competition this season following a 2UP victory over USC's Malia Nam in round one of the Battle for the Bell and 5&4 win over Brianna Navarrosa in round two.
C.C. Seeking Birdies
In her last stroke play round at The Match in the Desert, Canales shot a career-low 7-under 65. She totaled eight birdies and just one bogey in her round, shooting a 4-under 32 on the front nine with a string of three consecutive birdies on holes 5-7.
Canales is under par on the season at 2-under (790 strokes) with a team-best 71.8 scoring average in her 11 rounds. She has finished under par in her last two tournaments.
Canales is the only Bruin to have a counting score in each and every round of UCLA's season. She also leads the Bruins with three top-5 finishes.
Canales 2022 Stroke Play Tournament Finishes
USF Intercollegiate (Sept. 12-13): T-4th, -3
Blessings Collegiate Invitational (Oct. 3-5): T-14th, +8
Nanea Pac-12 Preview (Oct. 31-Nov. 2): T-4th, -6
The Match in the Desert (Jan. 23): T-1st, -7
Let's Go Zo
Campos joins Canales as the only other Bruin under par for the season (5-under, 574 strokes), averaging 71.8 strokes per round. She has finished in the top 10 in all three stroke play tournaments she has competed in, including back-to-back 6th finishes at the Nanea Pac-12 Preview and The Match in the Desert.
Campos tied her previous career-low of 68 in her most recent stroke play round at The Match in the Desert.
Offseason Competition
At the 122nd U.S. Women's Amateur at Chambers Bay, Wilson became the first UCLA semifinalist since Lilia Vu in 2017. Wilson never trailed her opponent in the match play portion until the semifinal round, racking up monster victories in the first round (4&3), second round (3&2) and quarterfinals (3&1).
Canales was a semifinalist in the match play portion of the 56th California Women's Amateur in San Luis Obispo, Calif. after tying for 6th (+2, 146; 71-75) in stroke play out of the field of 124.
Most recently, Nobilio won the English Women's Open Amateur at Beau Desert Golf Club in Hazelslade, England in playoff fashion after forcing extra holes with birdies on the 71st and 72nd. Nobilio also tied for 23rd at the European Ladies' Amateur with a 7-under performance over four rounds (69-72-69-73).
Paltrinieri reached the quarterfinal round of the R&A Women's Amateur in Hunstanton, England after victories in the first (3&2), second (1 hole
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