Overbey Overcomes at W Match Play

 

19^th Carolinas Women’s Match Play Championship
Overbey dethrones Hetzel and overcomes Cox to win championship

ADVANCE, N.C. – (July 8, 2016) – Semifinal and Final match results from 19th Carolinas Women's Match Play Championship hosted by Bermuda Run Country Club (West) in Advance, N.C. on Friday, July 8, 2016  (5737 yards, par 35-36--71, Course/Slope Rating: 73.5/137).

 

Match Play Brackets

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Defending champion Mallory Hetzel of Waynesville, N.C. knew that if she continued to play mistake-free golf and threw in some birdies, it was going to take an impressive performance to wrestle away the Carolinas Women’s Match Play Championship trophy away from her. Cecily Overbey of High Point, N.C. knew it was going to take a great showing to move past the two-time defending champion and into the Final match. “I knew she was going to hit some really good shots and I had to just stay patient and stay in the match,” Overbey said. The match turned into a back and forth affair featuring high caliber play from both competitors. Hetzel managed to take a two-up lead into the back-nine, but Overbey buckled down and won the 11^th and 14^th holes to square the match. From there, the Western Carolina University coach and the North Carolina State University rising junior halved their way to No. 18. Hetzel hit her approach just inside of 20 feet but Overbey managed to play an even better shot, hitting her approach to nine feet. Hetzel left her putt just short and Overbey capitalized on her opportunity to knock out the two-time defending champion. She knocked in her birdie putt to win one-up and advance to the Final match. “I had 94 yards in, which is a perfect distance for me. I hit it to nine feet and then I saw the line on my putt and rolled it in,” Overbey said.  

Kayla Thompson of Whiteville, N.C. and Maddisen Cox of Easley, S.C. met in the other semifinal match. Thompson took an early lead after winning the first hole, but Cox quickly responded, winning the next three holes to take a two-up lead. The UNC Wilmington rising junior cut Cox’s lead in half on No. 6, but Cox stretched the lead back to two-up on No. 7. This type of back and forth was the story of the match, but Thompson was never able to square the match. Cox won consecutive holes at Nos. 14-15 to take a three-up lead with three to play. The James Madison rising junior punched her ticket to the Final match with a birdie on No. 16 to win three-and-two.

Cox once again fell behind early in the Final match. This time, however, coming back proved to be far more difficult. Overbey carried her impressive play from the morning match into the final. “I think I was three under, I was playing really well,” Overbey said. Those birdies allowed the Wolfpack golfer to take a commanding four-up lead to the back nine. Cox had the advantage of having her sister Morgan Cox, who overcame a four-hole deficit earlier in the championship, as her caddie. Perhaps that helped the elder Cox win back-to-back holes to cut Overbey’s lead in half on No. 11. Cox proceeded to miss a lengthy birdie putt on No. 12 that would have gotten her within one. Overbey won the 13^th hole to get her lead back to three-up. Cox looked to be in position to bounce back and win the 14^th hole until Overbey holed an impressive sixty-foot birdie putt, which allowed her to keep the momentum and go four-up. “You definitely can’t expect to make putts like that, but in match play things like that happen,” Overbey said. Overbey carried that momentum to No. 15 and made yet another birdie to close out Cox five-and-three. The 19^th Carolinas Women’s Match Play is Cecily Overbey’s first CGA women’s championship.

 

July 8 PM Match Play Results

Championship Flight -- (Final)

Cecily Overbey, High Point, N.C.  (5) def. Maddisen Cox, Easley, S.C.  (11), 5 and 3

 

July 8 AM Match Play Results

Championship Flight -- (Semifinal)

Cecily Overbey, High Point, N.C.  (5) def. Mallory Hetzel, Waynesville, N.C.  (1), 1 up

Maddisen Cox, Easley, S.C.  (11) def. Kayla Thompson, Whiteville, N.C.  (15), 3 and 2

First Flight -- (Final)
Jacqueline Twitty, Chapin, S.C.  (4) def. Kate Collom, Charlotte, N.C.  (7), 4 and 3

Second Flight -- (Final)
Sydney Legacy, Central, S.C.  (2) def. Alaina Yeatts, Durham, N.C.  (1), 3 and 2

July 7 AM Match Play Results  

Championship Flight -- (Round of 16)

Mallory Hetzel, Waynesville, N.C.  (1) def. Pendleton Bogache, Myrtle Beach, S.C.  (16), 1 up

Hailey Cleary, Lexington, S.C.  (9) def. Sarah Bertram, Concord, N.C.  (8), 3 and 1

Carley Cox, China Grove, N.C.  (13) def. Emily Stinson, Charlotte, N.C.  (4), 3 and 1

Cecily Overbey, High Point, N.C.  (5) def. Ann Elizabeth Gore, Lexington, S.C.  (12), 2 and 1

Kayla Thompson, Whiteville, N.C.  (15) def. Sarah Bae, Pinehurst, N.C.  (2), 19 holes

Ashley Thompson, Clyde, N.C.  (7) def. Annie Collom, Charlotte, N.C.  (10), 1 up

Lea Venable, Simpsonville, S.C.  (14) def. Ashlii Thompson, Brown Summit, N.C.  (3), 1 up

Maddisen Cox, Easley, S.C.  (11) def. Madison Corley, Charlotte, N.C.  (6), 6 and 4

First Flight -- (Quarterfinal)
Jaelyn Tindal, Rock Hill, S.C.  (1) def. Julie Streng, Greensboro, N.C.  (8), 6 and 4
Jacqueline Twitty, Chapin, S.C.  (4) def. Abby Parsons, Pinehurst, N.C.  (5), 4 and 3
Kate Collom, Charlotte, N.C.  (7) def. Morgan Laird, Waxhaw, N.C.  (2), 19 holes
Killian Casson, Greenville, N.C.  (6) def. Rhea Bhatia, Wake Forest, N.C.  (3), 5 and 4

Second Flight -- (Quarterfinal)

Alaina Yeatts, Durham, N.C.  (1) def. Samantha Vodry, Mooresville, N.C.  (8), 3 and 2

Morgan Cox, Easley, S.C.  (4) def. Alexis Kershaw, Winston-Salem, N.C.  (5), 19 holes

Sydney Legacy, Central, S.C.  (2) def. Hannah Craver, Winston Salem, N.C.  (7), 1 up

Susan Beaupied, Pittsboro, N.C.  (6) def. Mary Katherine Donovan, Hampstead, N.C.  (3), Withdrew

Third Flight -- (Semifinal)
Savanah Goodman, Easley, S.C.  (1) - BYE
Meghan Symonds, Cary, N.C.  (2) def. Alexis Jarrell, Davidson, N.C.  (3), 6 and 4

 

July 7 PM Match Play Results  

Championship Flight -- (Quarterfinal)

Mallory Hetzel, Waynesville, N.C.  (1) def. Hailey Cleary, Lexington, S.C.  (9), 7 and 5

Cecily Overbey, High Point, N.C.  (5) def. Carley Cox, China Grove, N.C.  (13), 3 and 1

Kayla Thompson, Whiteville, N.C.  (15) def. Ashley Thompson, Clyde, N.C.  (7), 3 and 2

Maddisen Cox, Easley, S.C.  (11) def. Lea Venable, Simpsonville, S.C.  (14), 3 and 2

First Flight -- (Semifinal)
Jacqueline Twitty, Chapin, S.C.  (4) def. Jaelyn Tindal, Rock Hill, S.C.  (1), 1 up
Kate Collom, Charlotte, N.C.  (7) def. Killian Casson, Greenville, N.C.  (6), 1 up

Second Flight -- (Semifinal)
Alaina Yeatts, Durham, N.C.  (1) def. Morgan Cox, Easley, S.C.  (4), 5 and 4
Sydney Legacy, Central, S.C.  (2) def. Susan Beaupied, Pittsboro, N.C.  (6), 5 and 3

Third Flight -- (Final)
Meghan Symonds, Cary, N.C.  (2) def. Savanah Goodman, Easley, S.C.  (1), 5 and 4

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