<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0uONaS_0vjXDXam00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0uONaS_0vjXDXam00" width="1980" height="1114" ><p>2024-25 season begins with fifth-annual Big Match vs. California</p><ul><li>The 2024-25 season gets underway for the defending national champions as Stanford women’s golf teams up with men’s golf for the annual Big Match vs. California.</li><li>Matches officially begin on Thursday, Sept. 26 at 12:00 pm at Menlo Country Club in Woodside. This event features a seven-match, mixed-gender, best-ball match play format.</li><li>2024 marks the fifth year of this event, with California winning in 2023 by a final of 4-3. Stanford’s only win in the Big Match came in 2022.</li><li>This marks the first time that Stanford begins its season with the Big Match.</li><li>All eyes are on the Cardinal as it begins its national championship title defense. Stanford claimed its third-ever national championship in 2024, beating UCLA 3-2 in the title match. Kelly Xu, Megha Ganne, and Rachel Heck were the three individual match winners who clinched team points for the Card.</li><li>While this year’s Stanford team looks as different as any in recent years, it is arguably just as talented. Stanford lost Sadie Englemann and Rachel Heck following four years, but added four freshmen who helped the Cardinal earn the best recruiting class in the country, per Golf Channel.</li><li>All five in the projected Stanford lineup were named preseason All-Americans: Paula Martin Sampedro (First Team), Kelly Xu + Meja Ortengren + Andrea Revuelta (Second Team), Megha Ganne (Honorable Mention).</li><li>The Big Match is the first of three regular season events for Stanford that includes match play. The Cardinal will also do match play at the NB3 Match Play at Twin Warriors and the Battle of the Bay.</li><li>Pairings and times for the Big Match are as follows: </li></ul><ul><li>7, 12pm - Kaylyn Noh / Sihao Cong (Cal) vs. Kelly Xu / TK Chantananuwat (Stanford)</li><li>6, 12:10pm - Jieming Yang / Ziqin Zhou (Cal) vs. Meja Ortengren / Jay Leng (Stanford)</li><li>5, 12:20pm - Marie-Agnes Fischer / Matthew Miyamoto (Cal) vs. Andrea Revuelta / Nathan Wang (Stanford)</li><li>4, 12:30pm - Adora Liu / Tony Chen (Cal) vs. Paula Martin Sampedro / Kush Arora (Stanford)</li><li>3, 12:40pm - Olivia Lee / Wenliang Xie (Cal) vs. Leigh Chien / Logan Kim (Stanford)</li><li>2, 12:50pm - Claudia Lara Miravitlles / Daniel Heo (Cal) vs. Nora Sundberg / SK Dobson (Stanford)</li><li>1, 1pm - Constance Fouillet / Charlie Berridge (Cal) vs. Megha Ganne / Ethan Gao (Stanford)</li></ul></div></body>

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2024-25 season begins with fifth-annual Big Match vs. California. The 2024-25 season gets underway for the defending national champions as Stanford women’s golf teams up with men’s golf for the annual Big Match vs. California. Matches officially begin on Thursday, Sept. 26 at 12:00 pm at Menlo Country...