May 27, 2015 Golf Channel Notable Quotes
NCAA Women's Golf Championships
Championship Match
Baylor vs. Stanford
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
The Concession Golf Club
Bradenton, Fla.
**Stanford defeated Baylor 3 to 2 to give Stanford its first NCAA Women's Team National Championship**
**Stanford's Mariah Stackhouse defeated Baylor's Hayley Davis on the first extra hole (19 holes total) in the final match to clinch Stanford's national championship**
On the 2015 NCAA Women's Golf Championships
Kay Cockerill - "I'm really pleased with the fact that this Women's NCAA Championship is now in a match play format. We all can say it ended up with an incredible match down the stretch. It really showcases how good these women really are."
Kay Cockerill - "Both of these teams can be very proud of their effort. For Stanford, 30 times to the national championships, and their first title."
Karen Stupples - "I can't remember having goose bumps walking down the fairways thinking about the enormity of what these players were achieving out there and the type of golf they were playing. And I'm not even from Stanford or Baylor and I was feeling these emotions walking with them today. It was amazing."
Stanford's Mariah Stackhouse, speaking with Golf Channel's Karen Stupples following the match on whether she knew the championship would come down to her match
Mariah Stackhouse - "I knew, no doubt about it. Last night, I could not sleep at all because I knew it was going to come down to this."
Baylor coach Jay Goble speaking with Golf Channel's Phil Parkin following the championship match
Jay Goble - "I feel really great about the future. My heart is hurting right now for Hayley. She has been the heart and soul of our team and she has single-handedly elevated our team to this position. My heart is really hurting for her right now. This group is amazing and they are winners and we are going to see we did a lot of great things this year."
On Mariah Stackhouse defeating Hayley Davis in the final match on the 19th hole
Kay Cockerill - "There is not enough superlatives to say about her. She is one of those types of players that welcomes the spotlight and performs under pressure."
On Baylor's Hayley Davis' shot from the hazard on 16 that almost went in the hole, carding a birdie
Curt Byrum - "Are you kidding, that almost hit the hole. That was the best shot of the day."
Kay Cockerill - "That was phenomenal, there were so many things that could have gone wrong with that."
Kay Cockerill - "That had to have been one of the most incredible birdies we've seen all week
Kay Cockerill - "One of Hayley's strengths is that she doesn't fear anything."
On the final match between Stanford's Mariah Stackhouse and Baylor's Hayley Davis
Bob Papa - "How about the golf we have seen from Mariah Stackhouse and Hayley Davis in this final match."
Kay Cockerill - "Incredible shot after incredible shot for Mariah. It started with the 14th after her debacle at 13. It has been steady since."
Curt Byrum - "Mariah Stackhouse has responded time and time again in this final match."
On Baylor, 2015 NCAA Runner-Up
Kay Cockerill - "From the start it was a pretty equal matchup. I think Baylor has to hold their head up high. They fought hard. They did so many good things this season."
Curt Byrum - "Baylor has had a tremendous amount of momentum over the past month. They had momentum, confidence and a great leader in Hayley Davis."
Kay Cockerill - "They fight and the never give up. You can't ask for two better ingredients in college golf."
On Concession Golf Club
Curt Byrum - "You get out of position on Concession, you are going to be punished."
Karen Stupples - "I was out here looking at the course this morning and I saw the groundskeeper putting in the hole location for No. 11. I thought, `Wow that's brutal.' He told me the members like it here. Those are some tough members."
Curt Byrum - "If you are a little bit off here, this course will just take you apart. It is relentless."
Phil Parkin - "The players that really think around this golf course are prevailing today."
Karen Stupples - "No. 13 is a beast of a hole today. It does not give you anything."