By Ryan Thorpe
The University of Indianapolis (UIndy) Women’s Golf Team is the top women’s Division II golf team in the country. Last month the Lady Greyhounds won the 2024 NCAA Division II National Championship in dramatic fashion in Winter Haven, Florida. After UIndy battled St. Mary’s (Texas) to a stalemate in the final of the match-play round, the Lady Greyhounds earned a single-stroke win in the first sudden-death playoff hole to claim its third national title since 2015.
The teams ended the final round in a tie. Outside of Anci Dy’s impressive 67 and six-stroke win, the other four pairs were separated by a combined three strokes. Freshman Caroline Whallon earned a point for UIndy, thanks in part to a clutch birdie on the 16th hole. Jess Haines battled to a tie in her pairing, while Ava Ray and Matilda Cederholm each lost by a single stroke.
The tiebreaker was once again in order, but unlike the quarterfinal’s total-score metric, the final demanded that the teams play it out on the golf course. The 18th hole was selected as the first sudden death hole and all 10 players—two fivesomes—returned to the 18th tee.
In the playoff, UIndy’s combined team score was -1 (one-under-par) which was good enough to beat St. Mary’s by a single, solitary stroke.
Well done to the Lady Greyhounds of UIndy.
