NCAA Semifinals: LSU vs. Georgia
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National Champions!
Tigers Defeat Bulldogs in National Semifinals
After knocking off No. 2 seed Vanderbilt by a 3.5-1.5 margin in the national quarterfinals earlier in the day, the Tigers defeated No. 3 seed Georgia by the same scoreline in their semifinal match in the afternoon to advance to the NCAA Championship Match at the 2015 NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championships. The Tigers earned the right to play for their first NCAA title in 60 years where they would meet the No. 5-seeded USC Trojans in the NCAA Championship Match airing live on Golf Channel. The Trojans defeated No. 1 seed Illinois by an identical score of 3.5-1.5 in their national semifinal to set up a title tilt with LSU in the final. While competing as the No. 5 seed in match play, USC opened with a comfortable 4-0 win over No. 4 seed Texas in the quarterfinal round.
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Senior All-American Ben Taylor scored the deciding point for the Tigers to send the team into the NCAA Championship Match as he defeated Georgia’s Zach Healy by a 2-up margin with a strong finish on the back nine. Second-Team All-SEC performers Zach Wright and Eric Ricard both cruised to comfortable victories over their Bulldog rivals as Wright scored a decisive 7-and-6 win over Mookie Demoss and Ricard followed with his 4-and3 win over Greyson Sigg to score the three points needed to win the match for the Tigers. Sophomore Brandon Pierce battled back from a three-hole deficit on the back nine to finish all square with Sepp Straka, while senior Stewart Jolly rounded out the semifinals with a narrow 2-and-1 defeat to Georgia’s Lee McCoy.
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