They began the season winless and searching for an identity.
They ended it by winning six of their last seven tournaments,
including the Pac-10 Championships, the NCAA West Regionals and the
NCAA Championships.
The members of the No. 1 UCLA women’s golf team knew they
had it in them all along, it was all just a matter of putting it
all out on the course.
And defying the odds.
Though they set team records for lowest score in a tournament
and most wins in a season, much of the attention on the collegiate
women’s golf scene was centered on a formidable Duke
squad.
When the Bruins went toe-to-toe with their Blue Devil
counterparts at the NCAA Championships, UCLA was the only team left
standing.
Led by junior All-American Charlotte Mayorkas and freshman
Hannah Jun, the Bruins steamrolled the competition en route to
winning only the second title in the program’s history.
Compiled by Seth Fast Glass, Bruin sports senior
staff.