Miller’s Title Highlights Buffs Mid-Season Break

BOULDER — University of Colorado freshman Morgan Miller won the 90^th Doherty Women’s Amateur Championship earlier this month at the Coral Ridge Country Club in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., highlighting a busy mid-season break for the women’s golf team.
 

Miller, a native of Cedar Park, Texas, defeated Ina Kim-Schaad of New York, N.Y., 2 & 1 to take the match play title on Jan. 13.
 

Qualifying as the third seed, Miller cruised to a pair of 5&4 wins over No. 14 Noelle Maertz in the first round and No. 11 seed and University of Iowa senior Lea Zeitler in the quarterfinals. Miller had a tighter match in the semifinals, edging Ashley Zagers 3&2.
 
Miller adds her name to a list of former Doherty winners that includes LPGA Tour professionals Lexi Thompson and Alexa Pano and World Golf Hall of Famers Babe Zaharias and Marlene Stewart-Streit.
 
Miller, who played in 14 rounds during the fall season for the Buffaloes, also competed in the Women’s Orlando International Amateur Championship, Jan. 4-6, and tied for 47^th with a 54-hole total of 222.
 
Junior Hailey Schalk and sophomore Natalie Vo competed at The Patriot All-America at The Wigwam in Litchfield Park, Ariz., Dec. 29-31, featuring some of the best collegiate players in the nation.
 
Vo tied for 18^th place after shooting an even-par, 210, at the 54-hole event. She was 3-over after the first round, but finished strong with consecutive rounds of 1-under, 69, and 2-under, 68. Schalk tied for 47^th at 11-over par, 221.
 
Sophomore Lauren Gooding and incoming freshman Carolyn Fuller played in the Cactus Collegiate Challenge, Dec. 28-30, at the Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Ariz. Fuller tied for 18^th at 9-over, 227 while Gooding tied for 33^rd at 18-over, 231.
 
Freshman Makenzie Cooper participated in the Joanne Winter Arizona Silver Belle Championship at the Briarwood CC in Sun City West, Ariz., tying for 56^th at 13-over, 229.
 
Colorado will begin the spring portion of its schedule Feb. 13-14 at San Diego State’s Lamkin Invitational at The Farms Country Club in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.