LAKE ELMO, Minn. – Freshman Michelle Xing (-9, 207) on the UCLA women’s golf team fired a final-round, 7-under 65 to capture individual medalist honors in her first collegiate tournament at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate, hosted at Royal Golf Club on Wednesday. Xing finished the event at 9-under with rounds of 70-72-65, one stroke ahead of Wake Forest’s Chloe Kovelesky.
After making par on her first five holes of the final round, Xing followed with a stretch of seven birdies over eight holes to move to 9-under for the tournament with five holes to play. Her lone bogey of the day came on her 16th hole, the par-3 seventh, but she responded with a birdie on her final hole to secure the individual title by one stroke.
Xing’s final-round 65 tied the UCLA freshman 18-hole record, joining Bronte Law, Mariajo Uribe and Jane Park, and marked the lowest round ever by a Bruin in her first collegiate tournament. She became the first UCLA freshman to claim an individual title since Francesca Fiorellini won the 2025 Bruin Wave Invitational.
UCLA (+3, 867) posted the second-best team score of the day at 12-under to finish tied with Virginia for sixth place. Wake Forest (-24, 840) won the team title by 10 strokes over runner-up USC.
Xing is the second Bruin in as many years to win an individual title in her first 54-hole event with UCLA, joining Jen Lee, who earned medalist honors at the 2025 Windy City Collegiate Classic.
Junior Angela Liu (+1, 217) posted a third-round score of 5-under 67 after playing her final 10 holes bogey-free at 7-under. Liu and Xing each recorded eight birdies in the final round.
Junior Jen Lee (+13, 229) also posted an under-par final round, shooting a 1-under 71 with four birdies. Sophomore Kacey Ly (+5, 221) rounded out the Bruins’ scoring lineup with a third-round score of 1-over 73.
UCLA recorded 26 of its 49 birdies in the final round, climbing from eighth place into a tie for sixth in the team standings. The Bruins opened the season with a 5-5-1 head-to-head record.
The Bruins return to action Sept. 21-22 at the Canadian Collegiate Invitational. The event will be held at Beacon Hall Golf Club in Xing’s home province of Ontario.
UCLA Final Individual Leaderboard
1. Xing (-9; 70-72-65)
T-15. Liu (+1; 75-75-67)
32. Ly (+5; 75-73-73)
T-48. Lee (+13; 80-78-71)
50. Seo (+14; 76-75-79)
Day Two Recap – Xing Remains Top 5
Monday, Sept. 7
UCLA (+16, 592) held steady on Tuesday in the second round the ANNIKA Intercollegiate, remaining in eighth place going into the final day of its season-opening event. Freshman Michelle Xing (-2) fired a team-low score of even-par 72, remaining in a tie for fourth place on the individual leaderboard going into the final round.
Xing closed her second round with two birdies in the final two holes, the back-to-back par-5 seventeenth and eighteenth. She maintained the second-best par-5 scoring average of any individual through the first two rounds, at 4-under par.
Sophomore Kacey Ly (+4) posted a team-high four birdies in her second round, carding a total of 1-over 73. Ly and Xing were the two Bruins to finish the front nine under-par for the round, each firing a team-low 1-under 35 on the outward side.
Senior Jennifer Seo (+7) finished her second round at 2-under par in her final seven holes on her way to carding a 3-over 75 for the day. Junior Angela Liu (+6) rounded out the scoring team for UCLA, also recording a round of 3-over 75.
Wake Forest (-20, 556) widened its first-place lead to 15 strokes after two rounds. The Bruins, at 16-over par, are two shots behind North Carolina for seventh place in the 12-team field.
UCLA returns to Royal Golf Club on Wednesday morning for the final round. Tee times to be announced Tuesday evening.
Day Two Individual Leaderboard
Xing (-2; 70-72)
Ly (+4; 75-73)
Liu (+6; 75-75)
Seo (+7; 76-75)
Lee (+14; 80-78)
Day One Recap – Xing Currently Top 5 at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate
Monday, Sept. 7
UCLA freshman Michelle Xing opened her collegiate career with a 2-under 70 Monday in the first round of the ANNIKA Intercollegiate at Royal Golf Club. Xing, the world’s 95th-ranked amateur, is in a four-way tie for third place.
Xing played her final 10 holes without a bogey after recording her lone bogey on the par-4 eighth. She was one of three Bruins to record three birdies, joining sophomore Kacey Ly (3-over 75) and junior Jen Lee (8-over 80).
UCLA is eighth in the 12-team field after posting an 8-over 296. Wake Forest holds the clubhouse lead at 7-under 279. Among their three Big Ten Conference opponents, the Bruins trail USC (E, 288) and Oregon (+3, 291) and lead Minnesota (+21, 309).
Joining Xing and Ly among UCLA’s counting scorers were junior Angela Liu (+3, 75) and senior Jennifer Seo (+4, 76). The four combined to play the final five holes bogey-free at 5 under.
UCLA returns to Royal Golf Club on Tuesday morning for the second round. Tee times will start at 6:30 a.m. PT.
UCLA Day One Individual Leaderboard
Xing (-2; 70)
Ly (+3; 75)
Liu (+3; 75)
Seo (+4; 76)
Lee (+8; 80)