The Oregon Ducks won their first regional championship on Wednesday afternoon. Briana Chacon became the first Duck to earn individual medalist honors at an NCAA regional.
Oregon has all of the momentum in the world going into the NCAA Championships at Grayhawk Golf Club later this month.
After a dominant first and second day of the NCAA regionals in Albuquerque, the Ducks kept their foot on the gas on Wednesday afternoon and ran away with the tournament win, posting a 4-under 860 for the week. The Texas Longhorns came in second place at 1-over 863.
Chacon, who shot a career-best 65 on Monday, won the individual tournament at 9-under, winning by four strokes. It was the first collegiate win of Chacon’s career and now gives the Ducks claim to an NCAA individual champion, along with the 2022 Pac-12 Champion in Hsin-Yu (Cynthia) Lu.
Lu finished the tournament in 8th place with a 1-over finish.
Now heading into the NCAA Championships, the Ducks are among the favorites to potentially take down the title. They will be the No. 2-ranked team in the field — No. 1 Stanford also advanced out of their regional — and will try to capture their first national championship in program history.
The first round of the NCAA Championship will take place on Friday, May 20th, at Grayhawk Country Club in Arizona.
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