Ducks Tied For Lead After 36 Holes

Monday, September 15

Lake Blluff, Ill.

All Day

University of Oregon

Jackson T. Stephens Cup

09/15/25 | Women's Golf

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By: Nate Krueger

LAKE BLUFF, Ill. – The Oregon women's golf team sits in a three-way tie for the lead after playing 36 holes to open the 2025 Jackson T. Stephens Cup on Monday at Shoreacres Golf Club.

The No. 2 Ducks fired the low score of the day in the opening round with a 5-under 275 before carding a 7-over 287 in the second round. Playing in an elite six-team field that is made up entirely of top-15 teams, the Ducks are tied with No. 1 Stanford and No. 11 Wake Forest, with No. 3 Texas six strokes back in fourth.

The top four teams following Tuesday's final round of stroke play will advance to match play on Wednesday, with the top two teams in stroke play squaring off in the championship match.

Oregon was led once again by star junior Kiara Romero, the No. 1 ranked amateur golfer in the world and two-time first-team all-American. Romero is alone in second place and just one stroke off the lead at 4-under par after opening the week with a 3-under 67 and a 1-under 69.

How it Happened: Romero picked up where she left off after going sub-70 in the final two rounds of the ANNIKA Intercollegiate last week, once again shooting in the 60s in both rounds on Monday. Romero was even on the front nine in round one before a stretch of four birdies in six holes to kick off the back nine catapulted her to a 3-under 67, tied for the low individual round of the day.

Romero kept up her steady play in round two, starting on the back nine and bouncing back from a bogey at No. 12 with two birdies and four pars going into the turn. Romero shot even on the front side to finish with a 69, her 28th career sub-70 round and 54th par-or-better performance in 68 career rounds.

Sophomore Suvichaya Vinijchaitham is also in the top five through 36 holes, sitting in a tie for fifth at 1-under par. A second-team all-American as a true freshman last year, Vinijchaitham fired an even-par 70 with five birdies in the opening round before finishing with a 1-under 69 in round two. She had a stretch of three straight birdies in round one and finished round two with three birdies and no bogeys in her final eight holes.

Oregon got solid contributions from true freshmen Sophie Han and Shyla Singh, who both opened with a 1-under 69. It was the second straight round in the 60s for Han following a stellar 6-under 66 in the final round of the ANNIKA Intercollegiate last week.

Han is tied for 12th overall at 2 over following a 4-over 74 to close the day, and Singh is tied for 19th at 5 over to give Oregon four players in the top 20.

Ducks on the Leaderboard:
T1. #2 Oregon — 275-287 — 562 (+2)
2. Kiara Romero — 67-69 — 136 (-4)
T5. Suvichaya Vinijchaitham — 70-69 — 139 (-1)
T12. Sophie Han — 69-74 — 143 (+3)
T19. Shyla Singh — 69-76 — 145 (+5)
32. Tong An — 79-75 — 154 (+14)

Notable: Oregon is looking to advance to the championship match of the Stephens Cup for the second straight year ... UO finished first in stroke play last year before falling to Arkansas in the championship match ... Oregon leads the field in both birdies (36) and par-4 scoring (4.08) ... Vinijchaitham and Han are tied for the most birdies in the field with 10, and Han leads the field in par-5 scoring (4.00).

Up Next: The Ducks will tee off in the final round of stroke play beginning at 10:24 a.m. PT on Tuesday. Golf Channel will have live coverage beginning at 1 p.m.