Arizona’s women’s golf championship marked the fourth consecutive year in which the women’s Division I national title was won by a Pac-12 team. All four championships were won by different schools (Stanford, 2015; Washington, 2016; Arizona State, 2017; Arizona, 2018). The Pac-12 is the only conference to win four straight golf championships (men or women) with four different schools.
Here are some other statistical notes from the just-concluded NCAA Div. I Women’s Golf Championship:
• This is the second time that Arizona has won the national title the year after rival Arizona State won it. The last time was 1996.
• Arizona now has three women’s golf national championships. The previous two came in 1996 and 2000.
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• Arizona is only the sixth school to win three or more Div. I women’s golf championships, joining Arizona State (8), Duke (6), San Jose State (3), UCLA (3) and USC (3).
• Arizona’s Haley Moore, who earned the clinching point on the 19th hole of her match with Alabama’s Lakareber Abe, was the only Arizona player to win all three of her matches this week.
• Alabama’s Kristen Gillman and Cheyenne Knight also went 3-0. Gillman did not trail in any match.
• Since the match-play format was instituted in 2015, Arizona is the lowest seed (8) to claim the national title. The seeds claiming the national championship were Stanford (4) in 2015; Washington (4) in 2016; and Arizona State (3) in 2017.