Colorado State University teammates Katrina Prendergast and Ellen Secor will make a return trip to the round of 16 at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball Championship, while Colorado high school golfers Hailey Schalk and Charlotte Hillary fell just short in Monday’s match play round of 32 in Tarzana, Calif.
Prendergast and Secor, who tied for sixth place in the stroke-play portion of the event, defeated sisters Calynne and Chandler Rosholt of Cedar Park, Texas, 4 and 2 in the round of 32.
Meanwhile, four-time U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur champion Meghan Stasi of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and Dawn Woodard of Greenville, S.C., fended off Schalk and Hillary, the top two finishers in last year’s AJGA Hale Irwin Colorado Junior, 1 up.
Despite Schalk feeling ill before and during Monday’s match, three times she and Hillary rallied from a deficit to square the score, including coming from 2 down after eight holes. But the Coloradans, who made it into the national field after originally being alternates, never could take the lead. They won the 17th hole with a birdie to pull within 1 down, but the teams halved No. 18 with pars to give Stasi and Woodard the victory.
Schalk and Hillary, who each made three birdies on Monday, finished 1 under par for the day in the better-ball compeitition.
As for Prendergast and Secor, both set to compete in the Women’s NCAA Regionals as individuals, they won the first hole with a birdie and never looked back. They were 3 up after six holes and finished 4 under par for 16 holes.
Prendergast and Secor (pictured in a USGA photo, with Secor at left) also made it to the round of 16 last year. That was when they fell 4 and 3 to 2016 U.S. Curtis Cup team members Monica Vaughn and Bailey Tardy. Vaughn would go on to win the NCAA Division I individual title last May.
Meanwhile, stroke play medalists Annick Haczkiewicz and Sydney Smith of Las Vegas were ousted in the round of 32, 3 and 1 by Katherine Gravel-Coursol of Canada and Paige Nelson of Farmers Branch, Texas. Smith is a future CSU women’s golfer.
Both the round of 16 and the quarterfinals will be contested on Tuesday.
Here are the scores for the local teams that are competing this week:
MATCH PLAY ROUND OF 32
CSU teammates Katrina Prendergast/Ellen Secor def. Calynne Rosholt and Chandler Rosholt of Cedar Park, Texas, 4 and 2
Meghan Stasi of Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Dawn Woodard of Greenville, S.C. def. Charlotte Hillary of Cherry Hills Village/Hailey Schalk of Erie, 1 up
STROKE PLAY
6. CSU teammates Katrina Prendergast/Ellen Secor 70-67–137
15. Charlotte Hillary of Cherry Hills Village/Hailey Schalk of Erie 70-70–140
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