2014-15 WOMEN S GOLF NOTES Last Update: February 27, 2015 2014-15 SEASON A 14th consecutive West Coast Conference title and the team s 12th trip to the NCAA Championships are among the goals for the Pepperdine women s golf team. Laurie Gibbs, in her 22nd season as head coach, has one All-American among her fi ve returning players, plus two newcomers. ROSTER The eight-player breakdown is two seniors, one junior, two sophomores and two freshmen. CHOW Junior Marissa Chow (Honolulu, Hawaii/Iolani HS) is the team s top returner. This past summer, she played in the U.S. Open (and actually led early in the fi rst round when she birdied four of the fi rst six holes). Last season, she earned Golfweek All-American third team status and ranked #29 nationally by both Golfstat and Golfweek/Sagarin. Her scoring average of 72.83 was the sixth-best mark in school single-season history. Her career average of 73.05 currently ranks second all-time at Pepperdine. In 2014-15, she s already won her fi rst college tournament (capturing the Golfweek Conference Challenge by four strokes), plus fi nishes of T-4th at the Stanford Intercollegiate and sixth at the Dick McGuire Invitational. Her stroke average this season is 71.56 and 10 of her 18 rounds have been below-par. She was named the WCC Player of the Month for September (her second such honor of her career). OTHER RETURNERS Juniors Alina Ching (Honolulu, Hawaii/ Punahou School) and Somin Lee (Denver, Colo./Overland HS) have both earned sports on the All-WCC fi rst team twice in their three years. Sophomores Alessandra Arza (Asuncion, Paraguay) and Andrea Unson (Manilla, Philippines) saw limited action last year as freshmen. NEWCOMERS The Waves went international to add their two newest players: Tatiana Wijaya (Jakarta, Indonesia/Shenton College) and Katherine Zhu (Vancouver, B.C./Zhuji Hailiang Private School). GOLFWEEK CONFERENCE CHALLENGE Pepperdine and Tennessee were neck-and-neck the entire tournament, but the Waves were able to edge the Lady Vols by one shot and claim their third straight Golfweek Conference Challenge title (Sept. 22-24 at Red Sky Golf Club in Wolcott, Colo) and fourth in six years. Marissa Chow shot a 6-under 210 to earn medalist honors by four strokes. SPRING SCHEDULE The Waves have four events before the championship season begins. They re at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge (Feb. 8-10), the UC Irvine Invitational (Feb. 23-24), the Bruin Wave Invitational (March 2-3) and The Farms Invitational (March 23-25). ONLINE Follow the Pepperdine golf team on Facebook at Pepperdine Women s Golf or on Twitter at @WavesGolf. PEPPERDINE GOLF HISTORY Under the direction of Laurie Gibbs, who is now in her 22nd season as head coach, Pepperdine has been established as one of the nation s top golf programs. The Waves have appeared in the NCAA Championships 11 times in 16 years, with eight top-10 fi nishes and four top-fi ve showings, including a program-best secondplace result in 2003. The Waves have won West Coast Conference championships in 16 of the last 17 years, including a current streak of 13 titles that began in 2002. Twelve different players have earned All-American honors a total of 26 times. LPGA Tour players have included Katherine Hull, Lindsey Wright, Tamie Durdin, Nadina (Taylor) Light, Misun Cho, Carolina Llano, Danielle Kang and Taylore Karle. Hull was the 2003 National Player of the Year and was inducted into the WGCA Hall of Fame in 2012. Kang won back-to-back U.S. Amateur Championships in 2010 and 2011. Gibbs has been honored 11 times as the WCC s Coach of the Year, was tabbed the West Region Coach of the Year on two occasions and was selected the 2004-05 National Coach of the Year by Golfweek magazine. ABOUT PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY Pepperdine boasts a one-of-a-kind athletic department with unprecedented success for a school of its size. The Waves have won NCAA Division I championships in fi ve different men s sports one of just 17 schools to have accomplished this feat and nine overall. Of this elite group, Pepperdine has the smallest undergraduate enrollment, is the only school without football and is the only university that has not been affi liated with a major conference. The Waves have won a total of 23 team or individual national championships in their history. Pepperdine has also earned the Division I-AAA All-Sports Trophy, an award based on postseason success that s given to the top non-football school, three times (most recently in 2011-12). Located in scenic Malibu, Calif., the university overlooks the Pacifi c Ocean and its campus and athletic facilities are regularly voted among the nation s most beautiful. Pepperdine, which is affi liated with the Church of Christ, ranks #54 overall on U.S. News and World Report s list of America s best colleges. @WAVESGOLF
QUICK FACTS @WAVESGOLF WOMEN S GOLF COACHES WOMEN S GOLF HISTORY Location... Malibu, Calif. 90263 Founded...1937 (Malibu Campus 1972) Enrollment... 8,000 (3,000 undergraduate) Nickname... Waves Colors...Blue, Orange and White Conference... West Coast President...Andrew K. Benton Athletic Director...Dr. Steve Potts Athletic Department phone... (310) 506-4150 Ticket Offi ce phone...(866) WAVE-TIX Head Coach...Laurie Gibbs experience... 22nd season phone... (310) 506-4482 e-mail...laurie.gibbs@pepperdine.edu Assistant Coach... Leanne Craig experience... 4th season phone... (310) 506-4059 e-mail...leanne.craig@pepperdine.edu NCAA Championships Appearances... 11 last... 2012 (21st place) best fi nish...2003 (2nd place) NCAA Regional Appearances...16 last...2014 (9th place) best fi nish...2002 (T-1st place) WCC Championship Titles...16 last...2014 (13 consecutive) ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 2014-15 WOMEN S GOLF ROSTER Name Ht. Yr. Exp. Hometown (High School/Last School) Alessandra Arza 5-7 So. 1V Asuncion, Paraguay (Asuncion Christian Academy) Alina Ching 5-6 Sr. 3V Honolulu, Hawai i (Punahou School) Marissa Chow 5-3 Jr. 2V Honolulu, Hawai i (Iolani HS) Somin Lee 5-5 Sr. 3V Denver, Colo. (Overland HS) Andrea Unson 5-4 So. 1V Manila, Philippines (Walkersville Christian) Tatiana Wijaya 5-2 Fr. HS Jakarta, Indonesia (Shenton College) Katherine Zhu 5-6 Fr. HS Vancouver, B.C. (Zhuji Hailiang Private School) Director/WGOLF Contact... Roger Horne offi ce phone... (310) 506-4455 cell phone... (805) 279-4551 e-mail...roger.horne@pepperdine.edu Associate Dir...Dena Meiste e-mail...dena.meiste@pepperdine.edu Assistant Dir...Jacob Breems e-mail...jacob.breems@pepperdine.edu Assistant Dir./Video...Olivia Arns e-mail... olivia.arns@pepperdine.edu Address... 24255 Pacifi c Coast Highway... Malibu, Calif. 90263 Fax... (310) 506-7459 Website...www.pepperdinesports.com Facebook... Pepperdine Women s Golf... Pepperdine Athletics Twitter...@WavesGolf... @PepperdineWaves
2014-15 WOMEN S GOLF STATISTICS Dates Tournament (Host) Par Finish Total +/- Par RD. 1 RD. 2 RD. 3 Top Individual Sept. 15-16 Dick McGuire Invitational (New Mexico) 73 4th/16 883 +7 302 296 285 Chow 6th Sept. 22-24 Golfweek Conference Challenge 72 1st/17 862-2 284 298 280 Chow 1st Sept. 28-30 Annika Intercollegiate 72 10th/12 877 +13 295 293 289 Chow T-11th Oct. 17-19 Stanford Intercollegiate 71 6th/17 855 +3 286 291 278 Ching/Chow T-4th Feb. 8-10 Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge (Ohio St.) 71 13th/16 914 +62 302 306 306 Chow T-24th Feb. 23-24 UC Irvine Invitational 72 9th/13 894 +30 293 302 299 Chow T-7th March 2-3 Bruin Wave Invitational (Pepperdine/UCLA) 72 March 23-25 The Farms Invitational (San Diego State) April 13-15 WCC Championships (Pepperdine) May 7-9 NCAA Regionals May 22-27 NCAA Championships (South Florida) TOTALS 5,285 1,762 1,786 1,737 AVERAGES 880.8 / 293.6 / 73.4 293.7 297.7 289.5 2014-15 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Player Events Rounds Strokes Average Wins Top 10 Top 20 -Par Rds Alessandra Arza 3 9 702 78.00 0 0 0 0 Alina Ching 6 18 1,346 74.78 0 1 3 5 Marissa Chow 6 18 1,288 71.56 1 4 5 10 Somin Lee 5 15 1,141 76.07 0 0 1 2 Andrea Unson 1 3 240 80.00 0 0 0 0 Tatiana Wijaya 6 18 1,330 73.89 0 1 2 4 Katherine Zhu 5 15 1,141 76.07 0 0 0 1 CAREER INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Player Seasons Events Rounds Strokes Average Wins Top 10 Top 20 - Par Rds Alessandra Arza 2014, 15 7 21 1,656 78.86 0 0 0 0 Alina Ching 2012, 13, 14, 15 35 105 7,967 75.88 0 7 14 15 Marissa Chow 2013, 14, 15 26 78 5,698 73.05 1 12 18 24 Somin Lee 2012, 13, 14, 15 35 105 8,041 76.58 0 7 10 8 Andrea Unson 2014, 15 2 6 480 80.00 0 0 0 0 Tatiana Wijaya 2015 6 18 1,330 73.89 0 1 2 4 Katherine Zhu 2015 5 15 1,141 76.07 0 0 0 1 THE LAST TIME Pepperdine s team won an event: Golfweek Conference Challenge (Sept. 22-24, 2014) Pepperdine had an individual medalist: Marissa Chow (Golfweek Conference Challenge, Sept. 22-24, 2014) A Pepperdine individual had a hole-in-one: Somin Lee (WCC Championships, April 17, 2012)
2014-15 PEPPERDINE WOMEN S GOLF TOURNAMENT RESULTS Branch Law Firm/ Dick McGuire Invitational Sept. 15-16, 2014 UNM Championship Course Albuquerque, N.M. Par 73 6,192 Yards 16 Teams 93 Players 1st Northwestern....... 290-289-289 868 (-8) 2nd UNLV............. 289-294-293 876 (E) 3rd UC Davis......... 292-298-292 882 (+6) 4th Pepperdine....... 302-296-285 883 (+7) 5th San Diego State.. 304-296-286 886 (+10) 1st Dana Finkelstein, UNLV.. 68-72-70 210 (-9) 6th Marissa Chow......... 73-71-72 216 (-3) T-19th Tatiana Wijaya........ 74-75-73 222 (+3) T-27th Somin Lee........... 79-75-70 224 (+5) T-34th Katherine Zhu........ 76-79-70 225 (+6) T-60th * Alessandra Arza.... 74-79-80 233 (+14) T-67th Alina Ching......... 86-75-75 236 (+17) T-82nd * Andrea Unson...... 79-80-81 240 (+21) Golfweek Conference Challenge Sept. 22-24, 2014 Red Sky Golf Club - Fazio Course Wolcott, Colo. Par 72 6,249 Yards 17 Teams 90 Players 1st Pepperdine........ 284-298-280 862 (-2) 2nd Tennessee......... 285-297-281 863 (-1) 3rd Denver........... 293-301-276 870 (+6) 4th Campbell........ 290-302-289 881 (+17) 5th Louisville........ 293-301-295 889 (+25) 1st Marissa Chow......... 73-70-67 210 (-6) T-6th Tatiana Wijaya........ 68-78-71 217 (+1) T-11th Alina Ching.......... 68-78-75 221 (+5) 17th Somin Lee........... 79-73-70 222 (+6) T-21st Katherine Zhu........ 75-77-72 224 (+8) Annika Intercollegiate Sept. 28-30, 2014 Reunion Resort - Watson Course Orlando, Fla. Par 72 6,247 Yards 12 Teams 60 Players 1st South Carolina..... 282-290-282 854 (-10) 2nd Arizona........... 280-293-288 861 (-3) 3rd Oklahoma State..... 287-292-283 862 (-2) 4th Stanford........... 286-293-285 864 (E) 5th Duke............ 293-286-288 867 (+3) 10th Pepperdine...... 295-293-289 877 (+13) 1st Justine Dreher, So. Car.. 68-68-71 207 (-9) T-11th Marissa Chow......... 74-70-71 215 (-1) T-18th Alina Ching.......... 73-71-73 217 (+1) T-34th Tatiana Wijaya........ 71-79-71 221 (+5) 54th Somin Lee.......... 80-77-74 231 (+15) T-55th Katherine Zhu....... 77-75-80 232 (+16) Stanford Intercollegiate Oct. 17-19, 2014 Stanford Golf Course Palo Alto, Calif. Par 71 6,130 Yards 17 Teams 89 Players T-1st USC............. 284-279-274 837 (-15) T-1st Stanford.......... 282-280-275 837 (-15) 3rd UCLA............ 279-281-278 838 (-14) 4th Washington........ 288-278-285 851 (-1) 5th Northwestern...... 282-288-283 853 (+1) 6th Pepperdine....... 286-291-278 855 (+3) 1st Bronte Law, UCLA...... 65-71-69 205 (-8) T-4th Marissa Chow......... 69-72-67 208 (-5) T-4th Alina Ching........... 67-73-68 208 (-5) T-31st Tatiana Wijaya........ 71-73-72 216 (+3) T-65th Somin Lee.......... 80-75-71 226 (+13) 82nd Alessandra Arza..... 79-73-81 233 (+20) Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge Feb. 8-10, 2015 Palos Verdes Golf Club Palos Verdes, Calif. Par 71 6,017 Yards 16 Teams 88 Players 1st Baylor...........281-289-293 863 (+11) 2nd USC............ 287-292-288 867 (+15) 3rd Arizona......... 296-292-292 880 (+28) T-4th Oklahoma State... 292-297-294 883 (+31) T-4th UCLA........... 297-305-281 883 (+31) 13th Pepperdine...... 302-306-306 914 (+62) 1st Bronte Law, UCLA...... 68-69-71 208 (-5) T-24th Marissa Chow....... 73-70-80 223 (+10) T-38th Tatiana Wijaya....... 75-76-75 226 (+13) T-60th Katherine Zhu....... 75-78-77 230 (+17) T-78th Somin Lee.......... 82-82-74 238 (+25) T-81st Alina Ching......... 79-82-80 241 (+28) UC Irvine Invitational Feb. 23-24, 2015 Santa Ana Country Club Santa Ana, Calif. Par 72 5,903 Yards 13 Teams 72 Players 1st Washington....... 283-283-288 854 (-10) 2nd USC............. 287-290-288 865 (+1) 3rd Texas A&M........ 286-292-292 870 (+6) 4th UNLV............ 301-294-276 871 (+7) 5th SMU............. 298-291-283 872 (+8) 9th Pepperdine...... 293-302-299 894 (+30) 1st M. Navarro, Texas A&M.. 72-68-71 211 (-5) T-7th Marissa Chow......... 73-70-73 216 (E) T-30th Alina Ching.......... 71-77-75 223 (+7) T-42nd Tatiana Wijaya....... 75-80-73 228 (+12) T-51st Katherine Zhu....... 74-75-81 230 (+14) T-62nd Alessandra Arza..... 78-80-78 236 (+20)
2014-15 PEPPERDINE WOMEN S GOLF INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Player Tournament Finish Total +/- Par RD. 1 RD. 2 RD. 3 - Par Low Alessandra Dick McGuire Invitational T-60th 233 +14 74 79 80 0 +1 74 Arza Stanford Intercollegiate 82nd 233 +20 79 73 81 0 +2 73 UC Irvine Invitational T-62nd 236 +20 78 80 78 0 +6 78 Totals 0 Top 10 9 rds / 702 231 232 239 0 +1 74 Average 0 Top 20 78.00 77.0 77.3 79.7 Alina Dick McGuire Invitational T-67th 236 +17 86 75 75 0 +2 75 Ching Golfweek Conference Challenge T-11th 221 +5 68 78 75 1-4 68 Annika Intercollegiate T-18th 217 +1 73 71 73 1-1 71 Stanford Intercollegiate T-4th 208-5 67 73 68 2-4 67 Northrop Grumman Reg. Challenge T-81st 241 +28 79 82 80 0 +8 79 UC Irvine Invitational T-30th 223 +7 71 77 75 1-1 71 Totals 1 Top 10 18 rds / 1,346 444 456 446 5-4 67 Average 3 Top 20 74.78 74.0 76.0 74.3 Marissa Dick McGuire Invitational 6th 216-3 73 71 72 2-2 71 Chow Golfweek Conference Challenge 1st 210-6 73 70 67 2-5 67 Annika Intercollegiate T-11th 215-1 74 70 71 2-2 70 Stanford Intercollegiate T-4th 208-5 69 72 67 2-4 67 Northrop Grumman Reg. Challenge T-24th 223 +10 73 70 80 1-1 70 UC Irvine Invitational T-7th 216 E 73 70 73 1-2 70 Totals 4 Top 10 18 rds / 1,288 435 423 430 10-5 67 Average 5 Top 20 71.56 72.5 70.5 71.7 Somin Dick McGuire Invitational T-27th 224 +5 79 75 70 1-3 70 Lee Golfweek Conference Challenge 17th 222 +6 79 73 70 1-2 70 Annika Intercollegiate 54th 231 +15 80 77 74 0 +2 74 Stanford Intercollegiate T-65th 226 +13 80 75 71 0 E 71 Northrop Grumman Reg. Challenge T-78th 238 +25 82 82 74 0 +3 74 Totals 0 Top 10 15 rds / 1,141 400 382 359 2-3 70 Average 1 Top 20 76.07 79.5 75.0 71.3 Andrea Dick McGuire Invitational T-82nd 240 +21 79 80 81 0 +6 79 Unson Totals 0 Top 10 3 rds / 240 79 80 81 0 +6 79 Average 0 Top 20 80.00 79.0 80.0 81.0 Tatiana Dick McGuire Invitational T-19th 222 +3 74 75 73 0 E 73 Wijaya Golfweek Conference Challenge T-6th 217 +1 68 78 71 2-4 68 Annika Intercollegiate T-34th 221 +5 71 79 71 2-1 71 Stanford Intercollegiate T-31st 216 +3 71 73 72 0 E 71 Northrop Grumman Reg. Challenge T-38th 226 +13 75 76 75 0 +4 75 UC Irvine Invitational T-42nd 228 +12 75 80 73 0 +1 73 Totals 1 Top 10 18 rds / 1,330 434 461 435 4-4 68 Average 2 Top 20 73.89 72.3 76.8 72.5 Katherine Dick McGuire Invitational T-34th 225 +6 76 79 70 1-3 70 Zhu Golfweek Conference Challenge T-21st 224 +8 75 77 72 0 E 72 Annika Intercollegiate T-55th 232 +16 77 75 80 0 +3 75 Northrop Grumman Reg. Challenge T-60th 230 +17 75 78 77 0 +4 75 UC Irvine Invitational T-51st 230 +14 74 75 81 0 +2 74 Totals 0 Top 10 15 rds / 1,141 377 384 380 1-3 70 Average 0 Top 20 76.07 75.4 76.8 76.0