The final rosters have been announced for the inaugural East Lake Cup in Atlanta, Ga., as the four semifinalists from the 2015 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Golf Championships will reconvene at East Lake Golf Club on Monday and Tuesday, Nov. 2-3 for a collegiate match play championship, airing live on Golf Channel each day from 2-5 p.m. ET.
The participating universities include:
Women’s Division
Stanford University (2015 NCAA Women’s National Champions); Baylor University (2015 Women’s National Championship runner-up); the University of Southern California (USC), currently the top-ranked team in the country in both the Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings and Golfstat Relative Ranking; and six-time National Champions Duke University. The women’s division features three programs currently ranked in the top-six in the Golfstat Relative Ranking.
Men’s Division
Louisiana State University (LSU), the reigning 2015 NCAA Men’s National Champions; USC, who lost to LSU in the championship match; the University of Illinois, who has won three of their last four fall collegiate events and is currently the top-ranked team in the country according to the GCAA Coaches Rankings, and the University of Georgia, two-time national champions.
EAST LAKE CUP WOMEN’S DIVISION ROSTERS
Stanford University: Shannon Aubert (Sophomore), Casey Danielson (Junior), Quirine Eijkenboom (Junior), Lauren Kim (Senior), Mariah Stackhouse (Senior), Head Coach: Anne Walker
Baylor University: Maggie Beth Byers (Junior), Louise Gateau-Chovelon (Junior), Laura Lonardi (Senior), Giovana Maymon (Sophomore), Lauren Whyte (Sophomore), Head Coach: Jay Goble
Duke University: Celine Boutier (Senior), Sandy Choi (Junior) Virginia Elena Carta (Freshman) Leona Maguire (Sophomore), Gurbani Singh(Sophomore), Head Coach: Dan Brooks
USC: Tiffany Chan (Junior), Karen Chung (Junior) Kyung Kim (Senior),Robynn Ree (Freshman), Gabriella Then (Junior), Head Coach: Andrea Gaston
EAST LAKE CUP MEN’S DIVISION ROSTERS
LSU: Sam Burns (Freshman), Nathan Jeansonne (Freshman), Brandon Pierce(Junior), Eric Ricard (Junior), Zach Wright (Senior), Head Coach: Chuck Winstead
USC: Sean Crocker (Sophomore), Rico Hoey (Junior), Andrew Levitt (Senior),Justin Suh (Freshman), Jonah Texeira (Sophomore), Head Coach: Chris Zambri
University of Illinois: Alex Burge (Senior), Charlie Danielson (Senior), Thomas Detry (Senior), Nick Hardy (Sophomore), Dylan Meyer (Sophomore), Head Coach: Mike Small
University of Georgia: Zach Healy (Sophomore), Lee McCoy (Senior), Jaime Lopez Rivarola (Junior), Greyson Sigg (Junior), Sepp Straka (Senior), Head Coach: Chris Haack
FORMAT
MATCH PLAY
Two match-play tournaments will be contested simultaneously at East Lake Golf Club for the women’s and men’s divisions, with five players competing for each team. Monday, Nov. 2 will feature the semifinals:
Women’s Division:
Stanford vs. Duke
Baylor vs. USC
Men’s Division:
LSU vs. Georgia
USC vs. Illinois
The finals and consolation matches will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Stanford claimed their first NCAA Women’s Team National Championship in May over Baylor 3 to 2 when Stanford’s Mariah Stackhouse defeated Baylor’s Hayley Davis on the first playoff hole in the fifth and final match. In the semifinal matches, Baylor defeated Duke 3 to 2 and Stanford defeated USC 3 to 2.
LSU won its first men’s golf NCAA Men’s Team National Championship in 50 years this past June, defeating USC 4 to 1 after senior All-American Ben Taylor earned the deciding point by rolling in a nine-foot par putt to claim a 1-up victory. In the semifinal matches, LSU defeated Georgia 3-1-1 and USC defeated Illinois, also 3-1-1.