NO. 1 USC WOMEN S GOLF SET FOR NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS TITLE DEFENSE

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1 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS HER 103 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA TELEPHONE: (213) FAX: (213) SPORTS INFORMATION OFFICE PAUL TIM TESSALONE, GOLDBERG, GOLF DIRECTOR SID FOR RELEASE: May 16, 2014 NO. 1 USC WOMEN S GOLF SET FOR NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS TITLE DEFENSE LOS ANGELES -- The No. 1 USC women s golf team, the defending NCAA champion and a winner of a school-record nine of its 12 tournaments this season while sporting the nation s top ranking all season, will look to complete its amazing year at the 2014 NCAA Championships, May 20-23, at the Tulsa (Okla.) C.C. The Trojans have won three NCAA titles and sport a national-best streak of eight consecutive NCAA top 5 finishes. Their programbest nine wins this season broke the previous record of seven set last year. USC is coming off a one-stroke win at the NCAA West Regional, which was its fifth straight regional title and NCAA record 10th overall. USC will tee off in Tuesday s opening NCAA Championships round with fellow regional winners UCLA and Vanderbilt beginning at 12 p.m. CT. The Trojans will also be paired with the Bruins and Commodores for their 7:30 a.m. start time on Wednesday. The Tulsa C.C. is a par 70 course over 6,194 yards. Live results will be available NCAA. com and the final two rounds will feature live streaming from Holes * Prior to this year, the Trojans had never won more than one event to start a season. This year s team won its first five events, including four in the fall, and used a different lineup in four of the five victories. Not until the final win at the Pac-12 Preview did the Trojans feature the lineup they used during their postseason run to the title last spring, which included seniors Sophia Popov and Rachel Morris, junior Doris Chen and sophomore Annie Park and Kyung Kim. The win streak ended at eight with a second-place finish at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate where the Trojans fell by six strokes to No. 2 UCLA. USC then won three more in a row before taking second again in its final regular-season event and tying for second at the Pac-12 Championships. USC won again at the NCAA West Regional. USC has used seven different lineups in its 12 events this year, but the Trojans have settled on the fivesome of Popov, Park, Chen, Kim and freshman Karen Chung, who will play for the third time in a row and the sixth time overall at the NCAA Championships. The quintet won the first three times it started together at the Stanford Intercollegiate, the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge and the SDSU Farms Invitational before tying for second at the Pac- 12s. It won for a fourth time in five tries at the NCAA West Regional. USC s eight-event win streak eclipsed the four consecutive wins it had to close the 2008 NCAA season. The Trojans have now won 12 of their past 15 outings, 15 of 19 and 16 of 21 dating back to the fall of last season. Of the five times USC did not win, it finished lower than second only once. As a point of comparison for USC s exploits, Arizona State won 11 consecutive events between the and seasons. That streak including the NCAA title to end the 1994 season and all 10 events in The Sun Devils won a combined 18 events between the and seasons. Duke won a combined 19 events during the (10) and (nine) seasons and 17 between (nine) and (eight) seasons. The Blue Devils won 15 between the (nine) and (six) seasons. USC NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY USC has won three NCAA titles -- spread out five years apart -- in 2003, 2008 and USC is one of only five schools with at least three NCAA team titles. Arizona State has seven, Duke has five while USC, San Jose State and UCLA have three. The Trojans finished 21 strokes better than Duke in 2013 (the biggest margin at the NCAA Championships since Arizona won by the same amount in 2000), six strokes ahead of UCLA in 2008 and were 15 strokes better than second-place Pepperdine in This is USC s 27th overall NCAA Championship final appearance and 17th in a row, the current streak all coming under 18th-year head coach Andrea Gaston. In addition to winning three titles, the Trojans have finished second four times (2012, 2010, 2006 and 1994) and also finished third in 2009 and 1986, fourth in 2007, 2000 and 1987, fifth in 1993 and tied for fifth in In fact, USC s combined 14 NCAA top 5 finishes trail only conference rival Arizona State (15) and are tied with UCLA for second The Trojans second-place finishes in 2010 (Purdue) and 2012 (Alabama) were by just one stroke... USC has won four NCAA individual titles, including Jennifer Rosales in 1998, Mikaela Parmlid in 2003 (in a one-hole playoff), Dewi Claire Schreefel in 2006 and Annie Park in USC s four individual titles are tied for second most with Arizona. Arizona State has five... In addition to its four individual champions, USC players have posted 10 other top five finishes. Jennifer Song (2009) was second, Paola Moreno (2007) tied for second, Irene Cho (2003), Candie Kung (2001) and Dana Arnold (1990) all tied for third, Jill McGill (1994) and Belen Mozo (2008) finished fourth, Rosales tied for fourth (1999) and Leila Chartrand (2000) and Song (2010) tied for fifth... The NCAA title in 2008 was USC s fourth consecutive tournament win at the time, a then-first in program history... USC had five All-Americans in 2008 for the first time in school history (Dewi Claire Schreefel, Paola Moreno, Belen Mozo, Stefanie Endstrasser, Lizette Salas) while all five of USC s finishers at the 2013 NCAAs finished in the top In 1998, Rosales was 9-under par after three rounds, tying for the best score in NCAA Championship history through three rounds... USC s best combined round at an NCAA Championship is 276, set in the second round in 2013 Troy s best individual round at an NCAA Championships is 66, carded by Jennifer Rosales during her title run in 1998 The Trojans finished at 19-under 1133 ( ) in its 2013 win, shattering the previous NCAA Championship record for most strokes under par, which was previously four (UCLA, 2004).

2 OVERVIEW Troy, under the guidance of three-time national coach of the year Andrea Gaston, returns all five players from last year s team that won the NCAA team title by a record 21 strokes, four of them All-Americans. Gaston has also added a pair of top prep golfers that makes USC arguably the most talented team, from top to bottom, in the nation. USC s complete returning starting lineup features seniors Sophia Popov and Rachel Morris, junior Doris Chen and sophomores Annie Park and Kyung Kim. Park, Popov and Kim were WGCA All- American first teamers last year while Chen was second team. Morris earned All-Pac-12 honors. Added to the group are talented freshman Gabriella Then and Karen Chung, both of whom come to USC with distinguished junior careers. The Trojans finished the 2013 season by winning all three postseason events, sweeping the Pac-12, NCAA West Regional and NCAA Championships. POPOV, PARK, KIM EARN ALL PAC-12 FIRST TEAM HONORS USC senior Sophia Popov and sophomores Annie Park and Kyung Kim were named to the All-Pac-12 Women s Golf first team while junior Doris Chen and freshman Karen Chung earned second team honors, the conference announced May 1. This is Popov s third All- Pac-12 first team honor to go with a second team pick in Like Popov, Park and Kim are repeating as first teamers from Chen received her second straight second team nod after earning first team honors as a 2012 freshman. This is the second year in a row No. 1 USC has had five golfers among the three All-Pac-12 teams announced and the fifth year in a row with at least four. The most USC has had was six in It is also the seventh year in a row the Trojans have featured at least two women on the first team. TEAM NOTES * USC completed a wire-to-wire season as the No. 1 ranked team in the Golf World/WGCA women s Division I Coaches poll, topping the rankings for the 16th time in a row, dating back to October, That is the longest streak since the poll resumed in the season and USC is only the third team to stay No. 1 all season. Only two other teams have gone all season ranked No. 1 USC is ranked in the top 5 for the 24th time in a row and in the top 10 for the 68th straight poll (dating back to November, 2006), which is also the longest stretch ever since the poll resumed in the season. * USC features five players ranked in Golfweek.com s top 24, the only school to do so, including No. 2 Annie Park, No. 6 Kyung Kim, No. 21 Karen Chung, No. 22 Sophia and No. 24 Doris Chen. * Troy also has five players in the top 50 of the World Amateur Golf Rankings. Park is No. 4, Kim is No. 13, Chen is No. 14, Chung is No 37 and Popov is No. 49. * Two Trojans are currently within striking range of USC s season record for stroke average, set last year by Annie Park (71.36). Park is currently under her record at with Kyung Kim at * USC s nine wins this year broke the school record of seven set last year. * USC set team records for lowest 18, 36 and 54 holes in its win at the 2013 Stanford Intercollegiate. Troy s second-round of 272 broke the school record of 275 set at the 2010 Idean Ihlanfeldt Invitational. The first and second rounds ( =548) was a 36-hole record while the 54-hole total (831) also set a new school standard. * USC won its first two, three, four and five events this season for the first time in program history. * USC s final round of its first event this year and its first round of the third event (276) are tied for third lowest in school history. * USC boasted an NCAA-best 11 players on the LPGA Tour in 2013 and has the same in 2014, including rising star Lizette Salas, the 2013 Solheim Cup team member who finished No. 15 on the 2013 money list. She is currently No. 15 on the 2014 money list. Other former Trojans in the top 125 of this year s money list include Dewi Claire Schreefel (39), Candie Kung (71), Nicole Castrale (83), Paola Moreno, (84), Belen Mozo (93), Jennifer Song (104), Irene (Cho) Coe (116), Jennifer Rosales (120), Lisa McCloskey (121), and Veronica Felibert (134). PLAYER NOTES SOPHIA POPOV * Senior Sophia Popov, a 2014 All-Pac-12 first team selection, is USC s career leader in rounds in the 60s with 21 (including five this season). * Popov led Trojan golfers with a stroke average (with at least nine rounds played) in fall play and had two top 3 finishes and three in the top 17. * She now has six top 13 finishes and seven in the top 17 in eight starts. * She is fourth on the team with a stroke average of * Popov s 207 ( ) that left her second at the Stanford Intercollegiate tied her for seventh-best in school history while her opening round tied a collegiate best. * She tied for third at the Pac-12 Preview at 6-under 213 ( ). She tied for 10th at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge at 4-over 217 ( ) and tied for 11th at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate at 3-under 213 ( ) for her third and fourth top 11s in a row. She finished the regular season with a tie for sixth at the Silverado Showdown at 1-under 215 ( ). * Popov is a three-time All-American and looking to become only USC women s golf s second four-time selection. Current PGA star Lizette Salas was the first. ANNIE PARK * Sophomore Annie Park, the 2013 WGCA and Pac-12 Player and Freshman of the Year and the 2013 Honda Sports Award winner for golf, has maintained her strong play from last year and boasts a team-best stroke average in 32 rounds and has nine top 11 finishes in a row, earning Golfweek.com s No. 2 individual ranking. Her stroke average is under her school record set last year (71.36). * Park, a 2014 All-Pac-12 first team selection, is also ranked fourth in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. * She has already broken USC s season record for rounds in the 60s with 10, breaking the previous mark of eight shared by Irene Cho (2006) and Jennifer Song (2010). She had five in 25 rounds as a freshman, giving her 15 for her career, tied for second most on Troy s career chart. * She tied USC s career record for wins (five) with a dominating victory at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge to open the spring season at 6-under 207 ( ). She won by seven strokes despite a stretch of five straight bogeys during her final round back 9. Her 207 was USC s best ever at the course (by five strokes) and one off the tournament record (held by former Arizona star Lorena Ochoa). She has four other top 3 finishes, including a second-place at the Pac-12 Preview with a 7-under 212 ( ) ties for 2nd at the NCAA West Regional at 1-under 215 ( ) and at the Bruin Wave Invitational at 2-under 214 ( ) and tied for third at the Stanford Intercollegiate at 5-under 208 ( ). * Park s other top 10s include a tie for eighth at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate at 4-under 212 ( ), a tie for ninth at the Silverado Showdown at even 216 ( ) and a tie for seventh at the Pac-12s at 2-over 218 ( ). She also tied for 11th at the SDSU Farms Invitational at 2-over 218 ( ). * Park s final-round 64 at the Stanford Intercollegiate is tied for USC s second-lowest round ever. * Park was in the mix for a top 10 finish at the Windy City Collegiate, but signed for an incorrect card and was disqualified. * Park was one of 10 amateurs invited to play at the LPGA Kraft Nabisco Championship, April 3-6, at Mission Hills C.C. in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Park did not make the cut, however, after late struggles in her second round. * Park was one of eight amateur Americans selected to play for the U.S. in the 2014 Curtis Cup match, set for June 6-8 in St. Louis.

3 KYUNG KIM * Sophomore Kyung Kim, ranked No. 6 and a 2014 All-Pac-12 selection, is second on the team in stroke average (71.55) and rounds in the 60s (nine), easily surpassing her total for last season. Her nine rounds in the 60s are second-most ever at USC, behind only Park s 10 from this year. * Kim won her team-best second event this season and the third of her career by outlasting teammates Doris Chen and Annie Park (who both tied for second) to win the Bruin Wave Invitational at 3-under 213 ( ). Kim s three career wins are tied for sixth on Troy s career chart. * Kim s 15 career rounds in the 60s are tied for second on USC s career chart. * She became the first Trojan since Dewi Claire Schreefel in the fall of 2007 to go under 70 in all three rounds of an event by taking first at the 2013 Fall Preview at 6-under 204 ( ). Her three-round total is tied for the second lowest in school history, joining Schreefel s 204 at the aforementioned 2007 event (also a Fall Preview). * Kim extended her streak of rounds in the 60s to five in a row with a 69 and a 68 at the Windy Collegiate Championship (a USC record to start the season as well as at any point during the season) en route to a tie for second at 3-under 210 ( ). * Kim is ranked 13th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. * Kim has four top t finishes, six in the top 10 and eight in the top 13 this season. In addition to her two wins and her tie for second, she tied for fourth at the NCAA West Regional at even 216 ( ), tied for seventh at the Pac- 12s at 2-over 218 ( ) and was eighth at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate at 4-under 212 ( ). * Kim was named Pac-12 Women s Golfer of the Month for September for her efforts in the season s first two events. She has four top 13 finishes on the year and has just two rounds higher than 73. * Kim was one of 8 amateur Americans selected to play for the U.S. in the 2014 Curtis Cup match, set for June 6-8 in St. Louis. DORIS CHEN * Junior Doris Chen, a two-time All-American ranked No. 24 and a 2014 All-Pac-12 second teamer, posted three top 13 finishes in the fall, highlighted by a second-place finish at the Pac-12 Preview at 7-under 212 ( ). * She also tied for ninth at the Windy City Collegiate Championship at 3-over 216 ( ) and tied for 13th at the Stanford Intercollegiate at even 213 ( ). * Chen registered her third top 10 this year with a tie for second at the Bruin Wave Invitational at 2-under 214 ( ) and her fourth top 11 with a tie for 11th at the SDSU Farms Invitational at 2-over 216 ( ). She notched her third top 3 with a third at the Pac-12s at -1 under 215 ( ). * She has a career-best three rounds in the 60s this year, giving her five for her career. * Chen is ranked 14th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. * Chen just missed being one of eight amateur Americans selected to play for the U.S. in the 2014 Curtis Cup match, set for June 6-8 in St. Louis. She was tabbed as an alternate. KAREN CHUNG * Freshman Karen Chung, ranked No. 21 and a 2014 All-Pac-12 second teamer, has four top 10 finishes, including her first collegiate win at the SDSU Farms Invitational at 8-under 208 ( ). * She had her best finish since her win at the NCAA West Regional, tying for 10th at 6-over 222 ( ). * She is third on the team in stroke average (72.68) and tied for thirds in rounds in the 60s (five). Her 66 at the SDSU Farms included a 29 front 9, a personal best for the freshman. * She saw action in only two fall events, but made them count with a pair of top 6 finishes, churning out three rounds in the 60s in six tries. She claimed sixth at the Windy City Collegiate Championship at 1-over 214 ( ) and tied for third at the Stanford Intercollegiate at 5-under 208 ( ). * Chung is ranked 37th in the World Amateur Golf Rankings. RACHEL MORRIS * Senior Rachel Morris played in two fall events and was part of USC s team win at the Pac- 12 Preview. She played as an individual at the Matador Invitational and led Trojan finishers with a tie for fourth at 8-over 224 ( ). * In best outing this year, Morris tied for 17th as an individual participant at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate at even 216 ( ). Her first and third rounds were her best two this year. GABRIELLA THEN * Freshman Gabriella Then posted a trio of top 40 finishes in her first collegiate fall session, highlighted by a 23rd at the Dale McNamara Fall Preview at 6-over 216 ( ). * She finished a career-best tied for fifth at 1-over 217 ( ) at the SDSU Farms Invitational, among four top 40s to open spring play, which also included a tie for 27th at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate at 2-over 218 ( ). * She was a starter in two of USC s five wins to start the year with four counting rounds and also played in USC s win at the Bruin Wave Invitational and in Troy s win at the Liz Murphey Invitational. VICTORIA MORGAN, KIM SANTIAGO, ELLIE CHAI * USC s sophomore reserves saw their first action of the season at the Matador Invitational. For Victoria Morgan, it was her first career event as a Trojan and she opened with a pair of 72s and, despite a final round 81, tied for sixth at 9-over 225.., Morgan made her first appearance in USC s starting lineup at the Liz Murphey Invitational. She helped USC finish fourth in stroke play and won one of her three match play matches to help Troy take first at the event She started again at the Silverado Showdown, tying for 25th at 7-over 223 ( ). * Santiago tied for eighth at 11-over 227 ( ) while Chai tied for 32nd at 27-over 243 ( ). Head Coach Andrea Gaston Andrea Gaston is in her 18th year as the Head Coach for USC women s golf and has led USC into the NCAA Championships final each of the past 17 years. One of the most successful coaches in the nation, she has guided USC to three national titles (2003, 2008, 2013), 10 NCAA regional championships and four Pac-12 crowns. Four Trojans (Jennifer Rosales, 1998, Mikaela Parmlid, 2003, Dewi Claire Schreefel, 2006, Annie Park, 2013) have won NCAA individual titles under her watch and three have won the Honda Award for women s golf player of the year (Parmlid in 2003, Irene Cho in 2006, Park in 2013). She is a threetime national coach of the year (2013, 2011, 2008). TOURNAMENT RECAPS Dale McNamara Fall Preview Sophomore Kyung Kim won her second career individual title with three straight rounds in the 60s while senior Sophia Popov joined her under par in the final round to lead the No. 1 and defending NCAA champion USC women s golf team to a come-frombehind victory at the 2013 Fall Preview to open the season. The Trojans, who finished the season by winning their final three events (all in the postseason), extended their victory streak to four with a combined 8-over 848 ( ) thanks in part to a 4-under final round that helped them erase a three-stroke second-round deficit. USC also won four events in a row to close out the 2008 season, which culminated with Troy s second NCAA team title. The win is also USC s seventh in its last eight starts dating back to last year. Oklahoma took second at 12-over 852 with Oklahoma State third (855) and Alabama and Duke tied for fourth (856). Kim, who led USC with six rounds in the 60s last year, became the first Trojan since Dewi Claire Schreefel in the fall of 2007 to go under 70 in all three rounds of an event, taking first at 6-under 204 ( ). Her three-round total is tied for the second lowest in school history, joining Schreefel s 204 at the aforementioned 2007 event (also a Fall Preview). Kim, who won last year at the Stanford Intercollegiate, was 1-over through seven holes in her final round before a birdie on 8 gave her a par front 9. She then birdied four holes on the back 9 without a bogey to get to 4-under for the day, tying her second-best round as a Trojan.

4 Windy City Collegiate Championship The No. 1 USC women s golf team overcame strong winds and a scorecard DQ to not only win its school-record fifth consecutive tournament but open a season with two straight wins for the first time as it captured the 2013 Windy City Collegiate Championship at the Northmoor C.C. in Highland Park, Ill. The Trojans five-event win streak that includes the 2013 national championship snaps the previous record of four that closed the 2008 season with an NCAA title. USC has also won eight of its past nine events. USC, led by sophomore Kyung Kim s 3-under 210 ( ) which was good for a tie for second, finished at 1-over 853 ( ), two better than Oklahoma (855) and four better than both Arizona and Stanford (857). The Trojans had built a 10-stroke lead midway through the final round and still led by eight as play finished. But sophomore Annie Park mistakenly signed for an incorrect card, disqualifying her 1-under round and forcing the Trojans to use their low round, which was a 5-over. Fortunately for the Trojans, Kim birdied two of her final three holes while junior Doris Chen and freshman Gabriella Then - whose 5-over was included in USC s final tally - both birded 18 to provide the necessary padding for the win. Stanford Intercollegiate The No. 1 USC women s golf team extended school records for most consecutive wins (six) and victories to start a season (three) as the defending NCAA champion dominated a strong field with three finishers in the top 5 to defend its title at the 2013 Stanford Intercollegiate at the Stanford (Calif.) G.C. The Trojans, led by senior Sophia Popov s 6-under 207 ( ), also set school records for lowest 18-, 36- and 54-hole totals along the way, finishing today at 21-under 831 ( ). USC s second round was a school-record, as was the total from the first two rounds (548) and the final tally of 831. USC held off a strong effort from rival and second-ranked UCLA, which finished second at 16-under 836 ( ). The Bruins secondround was four better than Troy s school-record setting 272 on Saturday. Washington was third at 1-under 851 while host Stanford was 3-over 855. USC, featuring its third different starting five in as many events, has now won 10 of its past 11 starts. Popov, seeking her school record sixth individual title, fell a stroke short of first but tied her collegiate best at 207, tied for seventh-best in school history. Her two opening rounds extended her Trojan career record of rounds in the 60s to 19. Sophomore Annie Park ( ) and freshman Karen Chung ( ) tied for third at 5-under 207. Park s final round was one off the school record, set by Kyung Kim (63) last season. Park s collegiate best featured a 4-under front nine with two birdies and an eagle on the par 4 9th hole and three more birdies on the back 9 without a bogey on the day. Chung, with three rounds in the 60s in her first two events, was 2-over on her front nine but came home at 1-under. Her tie for third complemented her tie for sixth in her debut in USC s previous event. Junior Doris Chen tied for 13th at even 213 ( ) while Kim, who posted a pair of top 2 finishes to open the season, tied for 23rd at 3-over 216 ( ). It was Chen s second straight top 13 finish as well. Pac-12 Preview Sophomore Annie Park and senior Sophia Popov each fired final round 2-under 71s to lead the No. 1 USC women s golf team to a come-from-behind victory as the Trojans extended their school-record win streak to seven on the final day of the Pac-12 Preview at the Nanea G.C. in Kailua Kona, Hawaii, on Nov. 5. The Trojans, whose four consecutive wins to start the season is also a school record, finished at a combined 15-under 861 ( ), leapfrogging second-round leader Washington and secondplace UCLA. The Bruins finished a stroke back of the Trojans at 14-under 862 while the Huskies took third at 7-under 869. USC s lineup of Park, Popov, senior Rachel Morris, junior Doris Chen and sophomore Kyung Kim marked the first time this season Head Coach Andrea Gaston employed the same starting five that won the 2013 NCAA title. Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge On a day when many tee shots went wide, fairway drives fell short and putts lipped out, the No. 1 USC women s golf team, cushioned by strong first and second rounds, held on to win its spring opener at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge at the Palos Verdes (Calif.) G.C. on Feb. 11 and extended its remarkable win streak to eight. In the process, sophomore Annie Park, who, like her team, was buoyed by a big lead, also recorded her schoolrecord tying fifth career win despite a string of five bogeys on the back 9. The Trojans opened play with a 14-stroke lead and overcame some drama near the end of the final round to still win by seven at 14-over 866 ( ) while hard-charging No. 3 Duke finished second at 21-over 873 ( ). The win was USC s third at the Northrop Grumman after titles in 2010 and 2011, though the Trojans also won the 2008 Pac-10 title on the same course. Park s individual crown is Troy s second at the event, joining Irene Cho s 2006 win. Park, who enjoyed a double-digit lead midway through the round thanks to a 3-under front 9, settled for a seven-stroke victory at 6-under 207 ( ). It was USC s best ever 54-hole total at the Palos Verdes G.C. (five better than Paola Moreno s 2008 Pac-10-winning total) and one off the tournament record set by LPGA star Lorena Ochoa in 2002 when she played for Arizona. The Trojans final tally of 866 was also a tournament record, besting Arizona s 2000 winning total by three strokes. USC secured the record despite a final round that was USC s highest since a 301 during the second round of last March s Bruin Wave Invitational. Senior Sophia Popov, whose team record of five career wins Park equaled, was USC s top finisher in the final round and tied for 10th at 4-over 217 ( ), her third top 10 in a row. Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate The No. 1 USC women s golf team, despite a trio of top 11 individual finishes, saw its school-record eight-tournament win streak come to end with a second-place at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate on Feb. 25. The defending NCAA champion Trojans, who finished the 2013 season with three straight wins and began the 2014 slate with five more victories, fell just short of No. 9, finishing at 15-under 849 ( ). No. 2 UCLA, which began the final round with a four-stroke lead, matched USC stroke-for-stroke Tuesday and even increased their lead slightly to win at 21-under 843 ( ). Sophomores Annie Park ( ) and Kyung Kim ( ) tied for eighth at 4-under 212 while senior Sophia Popov tied for 11th at 3-under 213 ( ). Freshmen Gabriella Then ( ) and Karen Chung ( ) tied for 27th at 2-over 218 while senior Rachel Morris, playing individually and not counting toward USC s team score, tied for 17th at even 216 ( ). Bruin Wave Invitational A week after its school-record and nation-long eight-tournament win streak was snapped, the No. 1 USC women s golf team - led by sophomore Kyung Kim s individual win and sophomore Annie Park and junior Doris Chen tying for second -- returned to the winner s circle, cruising to a 13-stroke victory at the Bruin Wave Invitational at the El Caballero C.C. in Tarzana, Calif., on March 4. The Trojans, who built a five-stroke lead after the 36-hole opener, quickly padded the cushion early in the final round and were never threatened, finishing at 1-under 863 ( ), 13 better than second-place Pepperdine and 23 better than No. 2 UCLA, which beat USC last week in New Orleans. The win was USC s sixth in seven starts this year, one off the school season-record seven USC pocketed last year en route to the 2013 NCAA title. Kim earned her third career collegiate title at 3-under 213 ( ), edging Park ( ) and Chen ( ), who finished at 2-under 214. Chen entered the final round with a one-stroke lead over Kim. Senior Sophia Popov took 13th at 6-over 222 ( ) while freshman Gabriella Then tied for 37th at 17- over 233 ( ). Kim wasn t at her sharpest in today s final round, though it was good enough for her second win this year, her third top 2 and her fourth top 8. She went out 2-under and came home at 3-over with four birdies on the day. Park almost caught Kim on the back 9 with a pair of birdies on 16 and 17. Park s final round is her school-record ninth in the 60s, breaking the mark shared by Jennifer Song (2010) and Irene Cho (2006). Park now has 14 for her career, tying her for third on USC s career chart. SDSU Farms Invitational No. 1 USC turned an eight-stroke deficit to start the round into a five-stroke lead nine holes in and then withstood late rallies by UCLA and Stanford to win its school-record-tying seventh event of the season while freshman Karen Chung pocketed her first career collegiate title to close out the SDSU Farms Invitational at the Farms C.C. in Rancho Sante Fe., Calif., on March 26. USC defended its SDSU Farms title from last year at 3-under 861 ( ), passing both Stanford ( ) and UCLA ( ) on the final day as the Pac-12 rivals each finished at par 864. The next closest finisher was Arizona State, which took fourth at 17-over. The win is USC s 10th in its last 11 tournaments, 13th in its last 15 and 14th in its last 17 dating back to last season. Chung won at 8-under 208 ( ), two better than second-place Lauren Kim of Stanford. Her USC career best final round included a personal best 29 on the front 9. The hot start included six birdies and an eagle on the first hole thanks to a 9-iron that trickled in from 126 yards out. She had one bogey against eight pars on the back 9. In addition to her first win, it was her third top 6 finish this year and it marked Troy s fourth individual title in eight outings. Liz Murphey Invitational No. 1 USC - behind victories by sophomore Kyung Kim and freshmen Gabriella Then and Karen Chung - defeated No. 5 Arkansas in the match play final of the Liz Murphey Invitational to win its school-record eighth tournament this season on April 6 at the UGA G.C. in Athens, Ga. The Trojans entered the weekend winners of seven of eight events this year -- all in 54-hole stroke play format. The eighth win came after a fourth-place finish in 18 rounds of stroke play Friday (with the top eight advancing to a winner s bracket) that preceded match play wins over Auburn

5 (3-1) and North Carolina State (3-1) and a win over Arkansas (3-2) in the final. Kim dominated her match over Razorback Gaby Lopez, taking a 4 up lead through five holes, going up 5 after seven holes and clinching it at 5 up after 14. Kim won twice in match play and was leading in her third match against North Carolina State when it was suspended on 15 after USC clinched its win. Chung never trailed in her win over Summer Roachell. She had a 2 up lead reduced to a tie after the seventh hole. But she regained the lead with a par on 9 and clinched the win after a birdie on 13 and pars on 14 and 15. She won all three matches this weekend. Silverado Showdown Senior Sophia Popov tied for sixth while sophomore Annie Park tied for ninth to lead the No. 1 USC women s golf team to second at the Silverado Showdown at the Silverado Resort and Spa in Napa, Calif., on April 15. The Trojans, who finished second for the second time this season to go with their eight victories, combined for a 10-over 874 ( ), 13 back of No. 11 Washington (3-under 861). USC, which played the event without junior All-American Doris Chen and sophomore All-American Kyung Kim, has still won eight of 10 this year and 11 of its past 13, 14 of 17 and 15 of 19. Troy s only other second-place this year came at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate, which UCLA won. The Trojans began the final round one back of the Huskies, but could not generate any momentum, quickly falling behind by five strokes. USC jockeyed for position with Northwestern most of the day as Washington pulled away. Popov tied for sixth at 1-under 215 ( ) for her sixth top 13 finish this year and seventh in the top 17. She was 3-over on the front and even on the back. Park tied for ninth at even 216 ( ) for her seventh straight top 11 finish and sixth in the top 9. She had three birdies against three bogeys during her round. Pac-12 Championships Junior Doris Chen finished third while sophomores Kyung Kim and Annie Park tied for seventh as No. 1 USC just missed defending its conference title, tying for second by one stroke on the final day of the 2014 Women s Golf Pac-12 Championships at the Trysting Tree G.C. in Corvallis, Ore., April 27. USC, which had won three of the past six conference tournaments, combined for a three-day 6-over 870 ( ), tied with host Arizona and one back of Stanford s 869. UCLA was fourth at 871 in what was a four-team race to the finish. The Trojans also finished second by a stroke in Troy has finished first or second in six of the past seven Pac-12 Championships after finishing no better than third between USC did earn five points in the Crosstown Gauntlet, the all-sport competition between the Trojans and the Bruins, by finishing one stroke better than UCLA. Points between men s and women s golf are annually awarded at the conference event to the higher finisher between the two schools. Chen, the 2012 Pac-12 champion, took third at 1-under 215 ( ) while Park ( ) and Kim ( ) finished at 4-over 220. Chen, who was four strokes out of first, had four birdies, including two on a 2-under back 9. Kim had a pair of birdies, one on a 1-under back 9 and Park had three birdies. NCAA West Regional No. 1 USC used a handful of birdies and key pars to erase a late deficit and win the NCAA West Region by one stroke on May 10 at the Tumble Creek Club at Suncadia Resort in Cle Elum, Wash., safely advancing to the NCAA finals. The Trojans, battling cold and windy weather, finished at 12-over 876 ( ), one better than second-place host Washington (877), which enjoyed a five-stroke lead on the back 9. Arizona State was third at 25-over 889. The Trojans win extends their season record to nine while also nailing down their NCAA best 10th regional win, including five in a row. Sophomore Annie Park and freshman Karen Chung led the Trojans today with a pair of 1-over 73s while senior Sophia Popov, junior Doris Chen and sophomore Kyung Kim all posted 4-over 76s Women of Troy Golf Roster Name Height Year Hometown (High School) Ellie Chai 5-7 Sophomore Sherman Oaks, Calif. (Campbell Hall) Doris Chen 5-6 Junior Bradenton, Fla. (IMG Leadbetter Golf Academy) Karen Chung 5-5 Freshman Livingston, N.J. (Zion Academy) Kyung Kim 5-4 Sophomore Chandler, Ariz. (Hamilton) Victoria Morgan 5-11 Sophomore Pasadena, Calif. (Polytechnic) Rachel Morris 5-3 Senior Carlsbad, Calif. (Carlsbad) Annie Park 5-9 Sophomore Levittown, N.Y. (MacArthur) Sophia Popov 5-6 Senior Weingarten, Germany (European School Karlsruhe) Kim Santiago 5-4 Sophomore Lynwood, Wash. (Edmonds-Woodway) Gabriella Then 5-6 Freshman Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (Upland) Head Coach: Andrea Gaston (18th year) Assistant Coach: Justin Silverstein (2nd year)

6 USC Women s Golf Results PLAYER ROUNDS TOURNEYS STROKE AVG. BEST FINISH LOW ROUND Annie Park st (three times) 67 Sophia Popov st 66 Kyung Kim st 63 Doris Chen rd tie 69 Rachel Morris th 68 Kim Santiago th tie 73 Ellie Chai th tie 79 USC TEAM st (6 times) 280 (3 times) Sept Dale McNamara Fall Preview st Kyung Kim st Sophia Popov th tie Gabriella Then rd Annie Park th tie Doris Chen th tie Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Windy City Collegiate Championship st Kyung Kim nd tie Karen Chung th Doris Chen th tie Gabriella Then th tie Rachel Morris * nd Annie Park DQ** Oct Stanford Intercollegiate # st Sophia Popov nd tie Annie Park rd tie Karen Chung rd tie Doris Chen E 13th tie Kyung Kim rd tie Gabriella Then * th tie Nov. 4-5 Pac-12 Preview st Annie Park nd Sophia Popov rd tie Doris Chen th tie Kyung Kim th tie Rachel Morris th tie Feb Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge ## st Annie Park st Sophia Popov th tie Kyung Kim th tie Gabriella Then * rd tie Karen Chung th tie Doris Chen th tie Feb Matador Invitational (USC individual entrees only) Rachel Morris * th tie Victoria Morgan * th tie Kim Santiago * th Ellie Chai * nd tie Feb Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate ### nd Annie Park th tie Kyung Kim th tie Sophia Popov th tie Rachel Morris * E 17th tie Karen Chung th tie Gabriella Then th tie

7 March 3-4 Bruin Wave Invitational st Kyung Kim st Annie Park nd tie Doris Chen nd tie Sophia Popov th Gabriella Then th tie March SDSU Farms Invitational st Karen Chung st Gabriella Then * th tie Annie Park th tie Doris Chen th tie Kyung Kim st tie Sophia Popov st tie April 4-6 Liz Murphey Invitational (Stroke & Match Play)^^ 1st Round st Kyung Kim th tie Karen Chung th tie Doris Chen th tie Gabriella Then th tie Victoria Morgan st tie USC 3, Arkansas 2 Final Regina Plascenia, Arkansas, def. Victoria Morgan, USC, 3-and-2 Gabriella Then, USC, def. Emmy Lavy, Arkansas, 2-up Karen Chung, USC, def. Summer Roachell, Arkansas, 4-and-3 Emily Tubert, Arkansas, def. Doris Chen, USC, 4-and-3 Kyung Kim, USC, def. Gaby Lopez, Arkansas, 5-and-4 USC 3, North Carolina State 1 Semifinal Victoria Morgan, USC, def. Ana Menendez, NC State, 3-and-2 Lindsay McGetrick, NC State, def. Gabriella Then, USC, 3-and-2 Karen Chung, USC, def. Vivian Tsui, NC State, 3-and-2 Doris Chen, USC, def. Augusta James, NC State, 4-and-2 Brittany Marchand, NC State, vs. Kyung Kim, USC, DNF USC 3, Auburn 1 Quarterfinal Victoria Trapani, Auburn, def. Victoria Morgan, USC, 5-and-4 Gabriella Then, USC, def. Diana Fernandez, Auburn, 1-up Karen Chung, USC, def. Claara Baena, Auburn, 3-and-2 Doris Chen, USC, vs. Alex Harrell, Auburn, DNF Kyung Kim, USC, def. Marta Sanz, Auburn, 3-and-2 April Silverado Showdown nd Sophia Popov th tie Annie Park E 9th tie Karen Chung th tie Victoria Morgan th tie Gabriella Then th tie April Pac-12 Championships nd tie Doris Chen rd Kyung Kim th tie Annie Park th tie Karen Chung th tie Sophia Popov th tie May 8-10 NCAA West Regional st Annie Park nd tie Kyung Kim E 4th tie Karen Chung th tie Doris Chen nd tie Sophia Popov th tie * Played Individually ** Signed for incorrect scorecard and had final round disqualified # 2nd Rd. broke school-record by 3 strokes; Combined 1st and 2nd Rds. was 36-hole school record; 54-hole total was school record ## USC set event record with 866 and program best 279 at Palos Verdes G.C.; Park s 207 second-best ever at event, best by Trojan at course ### Eight-tournament win streak dating back to last year and five-tournament win streak to open season both snapped (USC had never opened season with more than one win before this year) ^^ Win is USC s eighth of the year, breaking season record of seven set in

8 ELLIE CHAI EVENT-BY-EVENT RESULTS Feb Matador Invitational nd tie DORIS CHEN EVENT-BY-EVENT RESULTS Sept Dale McNamara Fall Preview th tie Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Windy City Collegiate Championship th tie Oct Stanford Intercollegiate E 13th tie Nov. 4-5 Pac-12 Preview nd Feb Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge th tie March 3-4 Bruin Wave Invitational nd tie March SDSU Farms Invitational th tie April 4-6 Liz Murphey Invitational (Stroke & Match Play) th tie April Pac-12 Championships rd May 8-10 NCAA West Regional nd tie KAREN CHUNG EVENT-BY-EVENT RESULTS Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Windy City Collegiate Championship th Oct Stanford Intercollegiate rd tie Feb Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge th tie Feb Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate th tie March SDSU Farms Invitational st April 4-6 Liz Murphey Invitational (Stroke & Match Play) th tie April Silverado Showdown th tie April Pac-12 Championships th tie May 8-10 NCAA West Regional th tie KYUNG KIM EVENT-BY-EVENT RESULTS Sept Dale McNamara Fall Preview st Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Windy City Collegiate Championship nd tie Oct Stanford Intercollegiate rd tie Nov. 4-5 Pac-12 Preview th tie Feb Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge th tie Feb Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate th tie March 3-4 Bruin Wave Invitational st March SDSU Farms Invitational st tie April 4-6 Liz Murphey Invitational (Stroke & Match Play) th tie April Pac-12 Championships th tie May 8-10 NCAA West Regional E 4th tie VICTORIA MORGAN EVENT-BY-EVENT RESULTS Feb Matador Invitational th tie April 4-6 Liz Murphey Invitational (Stroke & Match Play) st tie April Silverado Showdown th tie RACHEL MORRIS EVENT-BY-EVENT RESULTS Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Windy City Collegiate Championship nd Nov. 4-5 Pac-12 Preview th tie Feb Matador Invitational th tie Feb Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate * E 17th tie

9 ANNIE PARK EVENT-BY-EVENT RESULTS Sept Dale McNamara Fall Preview th tie Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Windy City Collegiate Championship DQ** Oct Stanford Intercollegiate rd tie Nov. 4-5 Pac-12 Preview nd Feb Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge st Feb Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate th tie March 3-4 Bruin Wave Invitational nd tie March SDSU Farms Invitational th tie April Silverado Showdown E 9th tie April Pac-12 Championships th tie May 8-10 NCAA West Regional nd tie SOPHIA POPOV EVENT-BY-EVENT RESULTS Sept Dale McNamara Fall Preview th tie Oct Stanford Intercollegiate nd tie Nov. 4-5 Pac-12 Preview rd tie Feb Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge th tie Feb Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate th tie March 3-4 Bruin Wave Invitational th March SDSU Farms Invitational st tie April Silverado Showdown th tie April Pac-12 Championships th tie May 8-10 NCAA West Regional th tie KIM SANTIAGO EVENT-BY-EVENT RESULTS Feb Matador Invitational th GABRIELLA THEN EVENT-BY-EVENT RESULTS Sept Dale McNamara Fall Preview rd Sept. 30-Oct. 1 Windy City Collegiate Championship th tie Oct Stanford Intercollegiate th tie Feb Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge rd tie Feb Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate th tie March 3-4 Bruin Wave Invitational th tie March SDSU Farms Invitational th tie April 4-6 Liz Murphey Invitational (Stroke & Match Play) th tie April Silverado Showdown th tie

10 USC Women's Golf at the NCAA Championships All-Time Team Results Year Host Finish Score Strokes Back Top USC Individual 1982 Stanford 9th 1, Marta Dotti, 14th (303) 1986 Ohio State 3rd 1, Kim Cathrein, 17th (299) 1987 New Mexico 4th 1, Kim Saiki, 12th tie (296) 1988 New Mexico State 16th 1, Kim Saiki, 50th tie (303) 1989 Stanford 9th 1, Terri Thompson, 27th tie (309) 1990 South Carolina 12th 1, Dana Arnold, 3rd tie (298) 1992 Arizona State 15th tie 1, Jill McGill, 9th (294) 1993 Georgia 5th 1, Heidi Voorhees, 12th (298) 1994 Oregon 2nd 1, Jill McGill, 4th ( 291) 1995 UNC Wilmington 14th 1, Jennifer Biehn, 23rd tie (299) 1998 Wisconsin 7th 1, Jennifer Rosales, 1st (279) 1999 Tulsa 7th Jennifer Rosales, 4th tie (221) 2000 Oregon State 4th 1, Leila Chartrand, 5th tie (295) 2001 Stetson 7th 1, Candie Kung, 3rd tie (287) 2002 Washington 14th 1, Mikaela Parmlid, 19th tie (292) 2003 Purdue 1st 1,197 (won by 15 strokes) Mikaela Parmlid, 1st (297) 2004 Auburn 12th tie 1, Irene Cho, 33rd tie (295) 2005 Oregon 11th tie 1, Dewi Claire Schreefel, 10th tie (292) 2006 Ohio State 2nd 1, Dewi Claire Schreefel, 1st (286) 2007 Central Florida 4th 1, Paola Moreno, 2nd tie (282) 2008 New Mexico 1st 1,168 (won by 6 strokes) Belén Mozo, 4th (290) 2009 Maryland 3rd 1,191 9 Jennifer Song, 2nd (290) 2010 UNC Wilmington 2nd 1,154 1 Jennifer Song, 5th tie (283) 2011 Texas A&M 5th tie 1, Lizette Salas, 22nd tie (295) 2012 Vanderbilt 2nd 1,172 1 Doris Chen, 14th tie (293) 2013 Georgia 1st 1,133 (won by 21 strokes) Annie Park, 1st (278) NCAA Records Held By Women of Troy Golfers Score after three rounds 207, Jennifer Rosales (1998) and Annie Park (2013) -- tied with two others. Top USC Individual Finishes at the NCAA Tournament Annie Park, Fr. 1st, 2013 Dewi Claire Schreefel, So. 1st, 2006 Mikaela Parmlid, Sr. 1st, 2003 Jennifer Rosales, Fr. 1st, 1998 Jennifer Song, Fr. 2nd, 2009 Paola Moreno, Jr. 2nd tie, 2007 Irene Cho, Fr. 3rd tie, 2003 Candie Kung, So. 3rd tie, 2001 Dana Arnold, Sr. 3rd tie, 1990 Belén Mozo, Jr. 4th, 2008 Jill McGill, Sr. 4th, 1994 Jennifer Rosales, So. 4th tie, 1999 Leila Chartrand, So. 5th tie, 2000 Jennifer Song, So. 5th tie, 2010

11 USC NCAA Individual Champions Jennifer Rosales 1998 Jennifer Rosales made her presence known in her 1998 freshman season by walking away with the individual title at the NCAA Championships in Madison, Wisc., where she shot a record-breaking 9-under par. In her sophomore season, Jennifer Rosales was the top Trojan golfer in all 10 tournaments for the season on her way to being named collegiate "Player of the Year." She is now a top player on the LPGA circuit. Mikaela Parmlid 2003 Mikaela Parmlid left behind a legacy at USC that will be tough to surpass. Besides winning the 2003 NCAA individual title at Purdue's Birck Boilermaker Golf Complex, the "Swedish Sensation" was also a two-time All-American firstteam selection and USC's first-ever winner of the Honda Award given to the nation's finest female collegiate golfer. Her other feats include Women of Troy standards for most wins in a season (4) and career (5). She has now moved on to the LPGA tour. Dewi Claire Schreefel 2006 An All-American as a freshman, Dewi Claire Schreefel fought to find her top form as a sophomore until late into the 2006 season. A sixth-place tie at the NCAA Central Regional catapulted Schreefel into the NCAA Championships. Solid first and second rounds kept her within reach of the leaders and a third-round 70 brought her to within three strokes. She took the lead halfway through the final round and held off a host of challengers for the NCAA title. Annie Park 2013 Annie Park completed one of the best seasons in women's collegiate golf history -- as a freshman -- with a six-stroke victory at the 2013 NCAA Championships at 10-under 278. She became just the second woman to sweep all three postseason events (conference, regional and NCAA) in the same season, which helped her tie USC's school record for wins on the season (four). She was named the WGCA and Pac-12 Golfer and Freshman of the Year and then won the Honda Sports Award for golf.