Ducks Head To Stanford For Final Fall Tournament

STANFORD, Calif. - The Oregon women's golf team will wrap its fall season this weekend at the Stanford Intercollegiate at Stanford Golf Course. The Ducks, ranked No. 4 in the nation by Golfweek, will play 18 holes a day on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Oregon has racked up a stellar 32-3 competitive record through three fall tournaments, headlined by a comeback win at the Molly Collegiate Invitational. The Ducks are a combined 73-under par in nine rounds of golf with two individual wins - freshman Kiara Romero tied for first at the Annika Intercollegiate in her Oregon debut, and Ashleigh Park won the Molly Collegiate Invitational by four strokes.

UO will play at the Stanford Intercollegiate for the 19th time since the fall of 2000. The Ducks last competed in the event in 2021 when they finished fourth, matching the program's best-ever finish at Stanford.

Stanford Intercollegiate
Dates: Friday, Oct. 20 - Sunday, Oct. 22
Location: Stanford, Calif.
Course: Stanford Golf Course
Par/Yards: 71/6,269
Format: 54 holes of stroke play; 18 holes each day

How To Follow
Live scoring for the Stanford Intercollegiate will be available at Golfstat.com. Live updates will be provided throughout the tournament on Twitter at @OregonWGolf.

LIVE SCORING LINK

The Field (19 Teams)
Arizona, Arizona State, Auburn, California, Colorado, Denver, Georgia, Iowa State, Michigan, Northwestern, Oregon, Oregon State, San Jose State, Stanford, Texas, UCLA, USC, Virginia, Washington

Teeing Off For The Ducks (Season Scoring Average)
1. Ching-Tzu Chen (71.55)
2. Kiara Romero (69.89)
3. Ashleigh Park (70.44)
4. Ting-Hsuan (Tiffany) Huang (NA)
5. Baylee Hammericksen (NA)

Numbers To Know
-65 - The Ducks have shot a combined 65-under par on par-5 holes through their first three tournaments of the season.
8 - Oregon's win at the Molly Collegiate Invitational was its eighth under head coach Derek Radley, all coming since the spring of 2021.
10 - Ching-Tzu Chen is 10 birdies away from 300 career birdies, ranking seventh in program history. Briana Chacon is No. 6 all-time with 306 career birdies.
39 - Oregon has had 39 individual medalists in its history after Kiara Romero and Ashleigh Park earned wins at the Annika Intercollegiate and Molly Collegiate Invitational, respectively.

Huang, Hammericksen Set For Season Debuts
There are two new additions to Oregon's lineup this weekend, as fifth-year Briana Chacon and senior Minori Nagano are away competing in the second stage of LPGA Q-School. Highly-touted freshman Ting-Hsuan (Tiffany) Huang will make her Oregon debut after arriving in Eugene earlier this month. The winner of the 2022 Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific Championship, Huang was an elite offseason signing for head coach Derek Radley and is currently the highest-ranked Duck in the World Amateur Golf Rankings at No. 40. Hammericksen will play in her third career tournament and first of her junior season, earning a spot in the lineup during Oregon's qualifying play back in Eugene during the week.

Chen, Chacon Fuel Top-Three Finish In Chicago
Late-round dramatics by fifth-year seniors Ching-Tzu Chen and Briana Chacon helped the Ducks move up and snag a third-place finish at the Windy City Collegiate Classic on Oct. 3 in Chicago. The Ducks ended the final round with an 8-under 280 to close in third place at 22-under par, just one stroke ahead of Duke, Texas and Wake Forest. Oregon's four counting scorers combined to shoot 5-under par on the final two holes of the day, including 4 under from Chen and Chacon. Chen capped her best tournament of the fall with a birdie-birdie finish, and Chacon holed out from 86 yards for eagle on her final hole. Following a 3-under 69 and 2-under 70 in the first two rounds, Chen fired another 3-under 69 to finish as the top Duck on the leaderboard in a tie for fourth overall at 8 under. Chacon's eagle gave her a 2-under 70 to put her in a tie for 11th overall at 6 under, and freshman Kiara Romero continued her phenomenal start to her career in a tie for 14th at 5 under.

Park, Ducks Win Molly Collegiate Invitational
The first career win for senior Ashleigh Park powered Oregon to its first team victory of the 2023-24 season and eighth under head coach Derek Radley at the Molly Collegiate Invitational. After entering the final day of competition at Bayonet Golf Course in third place and three strokes off the lead, the Ducks put together a stellar 11-under 277 in the final round to overtake San Jose State and finish in a tie for first with California at 28-under par. Oregon won the fifth-score tiebreaker with the Golden Bears to secure the team title. The trio of Park, Minori Nagano and Kiara Romero combined to shoot 11-under par in the final round and fuel Oregon's comeback win. Park put together a stellar 68-67-68 week to win the tournament by four strokes at 13-under par, while Nagano (-8) tied for fifth and Romero (-6) finished 10th to give Oregon three players in the top 10. Ching-Tzu Chen also performed well as an individual in a tie for 13th overall at 4 under, and Briana Chacon tied for 20th at 1 under to put five total Ducks in the top 20. The Ducks tied with California for the most birdies in the field with 70, and Park's 16 total birdies tied for second-most in the field.

Romero Dazzles In Collegiate Debut
Oregon's 2023-24 season opener was headlined by true freshman Kiara Romero, who finished as the co-champion in her collegiate debut while leading the Ducks to a runner-up finish. Romero fired a stellar 5-under 67 in her first round as a Duck, and followed that up with a 1-under 71 and 2-under 70 to tie as the individual medalist at 8-under par. Romero was second in the field with 15 total birdies and made just seven bogeys, including zero in her terrific opening round. The Ducks put together a phenomenal finish in the final round to jump past defending NCAA champion Wake Forest and place second, shooting a combined 13-under par over the final five holes. Oregon was 6-under par on the 18th hole alone in round three, fueled by eagles from both Briana Chacon and Minori Nagano. Chacon earned a top-five finish in a tie for fifth at 7-under par, Nagano tied for 15th at 5 under, and Ashleigh Park gave the Ducks four players in the top 20 in a tie for 18th at 2 under.

Radley Hires Krissy Carman As Assistant Coach
With Monica Vaughn moving into a volunteer role with the Ducks and taking on a new opportunity with the Oregon Golf Association, Derek Radley announced the hiring of Krissy Carman as the Ducks' new assistant coach. An Oregon native and graduate from Portland State, Carman was the 2022 USGA Mid-Amateur Champion and competed over the summer as the U.S. Women's Open and the U.S. Women's Amateur.