Megha Ganne made a 7-foot birdie putt on the 20 th hole to defeat world No. 1 Lottie Woad and vault Stanford into the NCAA DI women’s national championship final. The Cardinal will face Northwestern Wednesday at La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad,

Paula Martin Sampedro rallied from 3 down with five holes to play Tuesday to win her opening match as top-seeded Stanford overcame a sluggish start to beat Virginia in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Women's Golf Championship.

The best-case scenario happened for Virginia. The Sun Devils slipped, allowing the Cavaliers to take a one-stroke lead and narrowly squeeze into match play. Virginia shot 15-over across the four rounds. Arizona State finished at 16-over. “Even when we made the turn not doing so well, we knew it still wasn’t over,” Scott said.