No. 2 Ducks Look To Keep Rolling In Phoenix

EUGENE, Ore. - The No. 2 ranked Oregon women's golf team will look to extend its recent stretch of dominant play this weekend as the Ducks head to Phoenix, Ariz., for the PING/ASU Invitational at Papago Golf Course. Play will begin on Friday with 18 holes, with the second round set for Saturday and the final round scheduled for Sunday.

Oregon heads to Arizona having won two straight tournaments, three in the 2021-22 season, and four in the last calendar year.

2022 PING/ASU Invitational
Dates: Friday, March 25 - Sunday, March 27
Location: Phoenix, Ariz.
Course: Papago Golf Course
Par/Yards: 72/6,426
Format: Three rounds of stroke play, one round each day.

How to Follow
Live scoring for the PING/ASU Invitational will be available at Golfstat.com. Live updates for Oregon will be provided throughout the tournament on Twitter at @OregonWGolf.

The Field (by Golfstat top-25 rankings)
No. 1 Stanford, No. 2 Oregon, No. 7 Virginia, No. 8 Arizona State (host), No. 10 Michigan, No. 15 UCLA, No. 19 Baylor, No. 25 Arizona, Colorado, Denver, Harvard, New Mexico, Northwestern, Oregon State, San Diego State, Washington.

Teeing Off for the Ducks (Scoring Avg.)
1. Hsin-Yu (Cynthia) Lu (72.48)
2. Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen (73.19)
3. Briana Chacon (73.56)
4. Ching-Tzu Chen (73.10)
5. Tze-Han (Heather) Lin (72.62)

Numbers to Know
-26 - Oregon shattered its 54-hole program records with an astounding 26-under 838 to win the 2021 Mason Rudolph Championship.
-17 - Hsin-Yu (Cynthia) Lu was the individual winner at the Mason Rudolph Championship with a program-record 17-under 199.
4 - UO has earned four team tournament victories in the last calendar year after going more than five years without a win.
14 - Oregon's five-player lineup has combined for 14 total top-10 finishes in seven tournaments this season.
25 - Since Derek Radley took over as head coach, the Ducks have recorded 25 top-five finishes in 32 total tournaments.

Impressive Run Comes Full Circle In Phoenix
The No. 2 Ducks have won four tournaments in the last calendar year, an impressive stretch that began with a victory at last year's PING/ASU Invitational. Oregon fired an incredible 9-under 279 in the final round to soar up the leaderboard and tie for first with host Arizona State, earning the program's first tournament win since the spring of 2016. The Ducks return to Papago Golf Course this weekend seeking their third straight victory and fourth of the season, facing a field that features four other top-10 teams - including No. 1 Stanford - and eight total top-25 programs.

Flying High at No. 2
Coming off back-to-back tournament wins, the Ducks held strong at No. 2 in the national Golfstat rankings and also moved up to No. 2 in the latest top 25 released by Golfweek. Oregon has been in the top five on Golfstat for the entirety of the spring season after closing the fall at No. 4, and the Ducks trail only Pac-12 rival Stanford for the top spot in the nation. Prior to this season, a No. 5 ranking at the end of the 1996-97 campaign is believed to be the highest ranking in program history. In seven tournaments this season, Oregon has compiled a competitive record of 28-13-0 against teams currently ranked in the Golfstat top 25.

Team Effort Leads To Second Straight Win
The No. 2 Ducks outlasted a loaded field that featured 10 top-25 programs on March 13-15 at the Northrop Grumman Challenge to earn their second straight tournament win, third of the season, and fourth in the last calendar year. Oregon shot 5 under in the second round and 2 under in the final round to finish as the only team under par at -4 and win the team title by seven strokes. The Ducks got contributions from their entire lineup for the second straight tournament, with all five players finishing in the top 12 on the individual standings. Hsin-Yu (Cynthia) Lu and Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen each tied for fourth at 1 under, while Briana Chacon tied for sixth, Ching-Tzu Chen tied for eighth, and Tze-Han (Heather) Lin tied for 12th.

Living In The Top Five
The Ducks head to Arizona with an impressive history of top-five finishes under head coach Derek Radley. Oregon has placed in the top five in each of its seven tournaments to open 2021-22, headlined by a trio of dominant wins. UO has recorded 19 top-five finishes in its last 21 tournaments dating back to the 2019-20 season, with four total wins during that stretch. Overall, the Ducks have earned 25 top-five finishes in 32 total tournaments since Radley and assistant coach Monica Vaughn took over ahead of the 2018-19 season.

Ducks In The World Amateur Golf Rankings (as of March 23)
Hsin-Yu (Cynthia) Lu - No. 33
Briana Chacon - No. 92
Ching-Tzu Chen - No. 94
Tze-Han (Heather) Lin - No. 105
Sofie Kibsgaard Nielsen - No. 108
Brittany Shin - No. 247