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FOUNTAIN VALLEY – The University girls golf team began defense of its CIF State championship on Monday the same way it started its historic postseason run last fall – by winning the CIF-SS Southern Team Regional.
Alexis Kim holed two birdies on her bogey-free round to card a 2-under-par 70 to help the Trojans shoot 382 to finish first in the event for the second year in a row and lead a Pacific Coast League sweep of the top three spots on the Classic Course at Mile Square Park Golf Course.
Woodbridge placed second with a 384 and Beckman was third at 386. Those three teams advance to the SCGA Team Qualifying Tournament on Thursday in Oxnard.
“We know that if we play our game, we will do well, so there is not too much pressure,” Kim said. “We are hopeful (to defend the state championship), but we can’t expect anything because it can be anybody’s day. We are just going to keep practicing hard, and hopefully we will get good results.”
Kim posted the second-lowest score of the tournament as La Serna senior Briana Chacon earned medalist honors with a 69.
“It is a little frustrating because I was so close (to the 69), but I was really happy overall because I was so consistent.”
The Trojans overall were quite steady on the Classic Course, as three of the five scoring players shot in the 70s. Nodoka Honda, the Register’s 2017 O.C. Player of the Year, carded a 1-under-par 71 for the Trojans and Dana Choi added a 73.
“This feels great,” University coach Kevin Kasper said. “This is a special year for us because coming off all of the things that we did last year, it was going to be tough after we lost a couple of our really good players (to graduation). We still felt like we had a pretty good core of players and could repeat if we played well.”
In total, 10 of the 15 scoring players for University, Woodbridge and Beckman posted scores in the 70s. The Patriots earned bragging rights among the three programs with four sub-80 scores – Sophie Nguyem (71), Euna Lee (76), Nari Ok (77) and Jae Lee (79).
That came as a bit of surprise to Beckman coach Cheyne Blair because every time he saw one of his girls on the course, it seemed they had missed another green in regulation.
“But we have talked a few times about how important it is to have a good short game,” he said. “While I am surprised we are taking third in such a strong region, I am not surprised they shot these scores. The three of us (Beckman, Uni and Woodbridge) beat up on each other all year long.”
This was the second consecutive season in which the Warriors finished as runner-up behind the Trojans in a regional.
“Since it is to University, it takes away a lot of the sting,” Woodbridge coach Tracy Roberts said. “They are defending state champions, back-to-back champions here, so all you can do is take your hat off. My girls played really well. They didn’t lose. They got beat.”
Yuki Yoshihara (72), Azumi Aria (73) and Caylee Chung (75) led Woodbridge.
Huntington Beach and Los Alamitos tied for fourth place at 392.
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