BOULDER CITY, Nev. – The No. 3 (SCOREBOARD Division II ranking by clippd) Flagler College women's golf team edged No. 11 West Texas A&M University 3-2 in the NCAA Division II National Tournament medal match play quarterfinal round this morning at the Boulder Creek Golf Club's Desert Hawk Coyote Run course.

Flagler advances to the semifinal round and will face No. 20 University of Central Missouri at 1:50 p.m. (PDT). The winner heads to the NCAA Division II National Championship Match tomorrow.

The pairings for the quarterfinals will be Seed #1 versus Seed #8; Seed #2 versus Seed #7; Seed #3 versus Seed #6 and Seed #4 versus Seed #5, competing in medal play aka medal match play (stroke play over 18 holes and low score wins). Each team match will consist of five points, with one point being awarded for each individual match, or in the case of a tied matched, two half-points. Winning teams will advance to semifinals and subsequently, the finals. Each individual match will be played to its completion and the first team to win three points within the team match will advance, or in the case of the final match, be declared the national champion. In the event that a team match is tied after all five individual matches, the total strokes of the five players from each team will be calculated with the winning team having the fewest strokes. If still tied, during the quarterfinals and semifinals, the match(es) that are tied will play a sudden-victory hole to determine the advancing team. If still tied after sudden-victory hole, the match(es) will continue playing until a winner is determined. During the championship medal match aka medal match play, all five players will play a sudden-victory play off hole with the low four scores counting to determine the winner. Should a team compete with fewer than five participants, the tie breaker will be awarded to the team posting the highest number of official scores.

Jordyn Hodgson defeated Charlee Thacker by one stroke. Hodgson shot a 2-over 74 while Thacker finished with a 3-over 75. Both players started on the back nine. Thacker took an early lead with a birdie on No. 10. She took a two-stroke lead with a par on the par-5 No. 13 hole. Hodgson birdied the next two holes to draw even. She added another birdie on No. 16 while Thacker had a triple bogey, so Hodgson took a three-stroke lead to the front nine. Both golfers made par on the first four holes but Thacker got two strokes back on No. 5 with a bogey while Hodgson had a triple. Hodgson rallied to produce a birdie on No. 6 to increase her lead to two strokes. She needed the cushion as both golfers made par on the next two holes. Thacker made another par on No. 9 while Hodgson had a bogey to win by one stroke.

Stella Jelinek won her match by three strokes. She carded a 1-under 71 while Anna Nomrowski finished with a 2-over 74. Nomrowski held a two-stroke lead as they started on the back nine. She had two birdies and one bogey while Jelinek made par on the first four holes but had bogeys on Nos. 14 and 15. Jelinek got a stroke back on the par 4, No. 1 hole while Nomrowski had a bogey. On the par-5, No. 5 hole, Jelinek caught Nomrowski. Jelinek's birdie tied the score as Nomrowki settled for par. The par-4, No. 6 hole is where Jelinek took the lead for good. She finished with a par, but Nomorowski had a double bogey. Jelinek birdied the next two holes to take a four-stroke lead with one hole to play. Nomrowski birdied the par-4 No. 9 hole while Jelinek finished with a par.  

Henriette Stranda squeaked out a one-stroke win over Sarah Reed. Stranda finished with a 2-under 70 while Reed carded a 1-under 71. Stranda started with an early lead by recording two birdies and on hole No. 12, she made par while Reed bogeyed the hole. Reed cut the deficit to one stroke with wins on holes No. 14 and 15. Stranda increased her lead to four strokes after holes No. 1 and 2 with a par and birdie. Reed went bogey-bogey. Reed pulled to within one stroke after back-to-back birdies on holes No. 7 and 8. Both players made par on hole No. 9.

In the other two matches, Tabitha Hanely (+8) lost to Gam Songprasert (+1) and Kara Holm (-2) bested Victoria Veator (+3).

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