OSU Women's Golf Wins West Coast Conference Championship

FAIRFIELD, California - The Oregon State Beavers women’s golf team held on to win the West Coast Conference Championship with a two-stroke victory on Saturday.

Raya Nakao claimed the individual title in a playoff, where she won on the second hole.

The Beavers concluded the three-day, 54-hole championship with a 5-over 286-290-293—869 at the par-72, 6,180-yard Green Valley Country Club to win their first conference title in program history. The previous best finish was a tie for second at the 2022 Pac-12 Championship.

Pepperdine finished second at the WCC Championship with a 7-over 871.

With the conference title, Oregon State earned an automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championships and will find out Wednesday, April 23 where it will play. The official announcement will be at 10:00 a.m. PT on the Golf Channel and streamed live on the Golf Channel website.

OSU women’s golf team has made it to the NCAA Division I National Championships the last two years and finished 22nd last year.

Nakao, a sophomore from Kaneohe, Hawai’i, shot a 4-under 66-74-72—212 and was tied with Eva Pett of San Francisco (71-71-70) for first place after 54 holes. The two went to a playoff that Nakao won on the second hole. Nakao had 14 birdies at the WCC Championship.

It was the eighth Top 10 finish in Nakao’s two-year Oregon State career with the previous best a tie for fourth place at the Nanea Invitational this past fall. Her 6-under 66 in the first round was a career best.

Kyra Ly of Portland, finished fourth for the Beavers with a 2-over tournament. Ly notched her fifth Top 10 finish of the season, and eighth in her collegiate career.

Madde Sund, a senior from Skollersta, Sweden, finished in a tie for 13th place with a 6-over. Sund had seven birdies over the three rounds of the WCC Championship.

Rebecca Kim, a sophomore from South Surrey, B.C., had her best finish as a collegian, a tie for 15th place with a 7-over.

True freshman Clara Alevag, a native of Gothenburg, Sweden, finished in a tie for 21st place with a 12-over for her best finish this season.

The NCAA Championships play will take place Monday, May 5 through Wednesday, May 7 at six regional sites, with a total of 396 student-athletes competing. All six regional sites will have 12 teams and six individuals.

The top five teams (30 total) and top two low individuals not on an advancing team from each regional site will advance to play in the NCAA Championships at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif., from May 16-21.

REGIONAL SITES

• Charlottesville, Virginia – Birdwood Golf Course

• Columbus, Ohio - OSU Golf Club – Scarlet Course

• Golf Canyon, Arizona - Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club

• Lexington, Kentucky - University Club of Kentucky

• Lubbock, Texas – The Rawls Course

• Norman, Oklahoma - Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club