Women’s Golf Wins Twice To Reach Wolfpack Match Play Finals

Megan Streicher, Crista Izuzquiza and Kayla Smith each won both of their matches to lead the University of North Carolina women’s golf team to wins over Virginia and Virginia Tech Monday in the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds of the Wolfpack Match Play Invitational at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course.
 
The No. 6 seed Tar Heels defeated No. 3 Virginia, 3-2, in the morning, and No. 7 Virginia Tech, 5-0, in the afternoon to advance to the championship match for the second year in a row.
 
Carolina plays Duke Tuesday in the championship match, which begins at 9:10 a.m.
 
The fourth-seeded Blue Devils defeated NC State, 4-1, and top-seeded South Carolina, 3-2, to advance to the finals.
 
Streicher, Izuzquiza and Smith provided the three points in the quarterfinal vs. Virginia.
 
In the semifinal, Streicher built a three-hole lead through 13 then held on with a par on the 18^th hole to defeat Ginnie Lee, 1 up.
 
Izuzquiza won the first three holes in her semifinal match against Becca DiNunzio, led by five at the turn and won the 11^th and 12^th holes to close out a 7&6 victory.
 

Smith beat Virginia’s Celeste Valinho 3&2 and had a one-hole lead over the Hokies’ Alyssa Montgomery with two holes to play when the Tar Heels clinched the semifinal win.
 
Krista Junkkari gave Carolina one of its points vs. Virginia Tech with a 2&1 win over Morgan Ketchum and Riley Quartermain was credited with a point as she had a one-hole advantage over Tech’s Symone Henriques through 15 holes.
 
Quarterfinal
No. 6 North Carolina (3) vs. No. 3 Virginia (2)
Megan Streicher (UNC) def. Riley Smyth, 3&2
Crista Izuzquiza (UNC) def. vs. Megan Propeck, 1 up
Kayla Smith (UNC) def. Celeste Valinho, 3&2
Maline Kraus (UVA) def. Krista Junkkari, 2&1
Rebecca Skoler (UVA) def. Riley Quartermain (UNC), 5&4
 
Semifinal
No. 6 North Carolina (5), No. 7 Virginia Tech (0)
Streicher (UNC) def. Ginnie Lee, 1 up

Izuzquiza (UNC) def. Becca DiNunzio, 7&6

Junkkari (UNC) def. Morgan Ketchum, 2&1
Smith (UNC) def. Celeste Valinho (leading by one through 16)
Quartermain (UNC) def. Rebecca Skoler (leading by one through 15)