[Spiny_Norman]

There should be no doubt by now that Heck is playing until Stanford either wins the NC or loses a match. No way that Coach Walker would insert Sturdza, a frosh with no NCAA championship experience, into the lineup at this stage.

Match play is much different from stroke play. It is definitely more pressured. Every match counts. A player cannot help but feel the weight of their teammates' expectations. Stanford has even more pressure as the #1 seed and the #1 team all season. An opponent like Georgia may feel like they are playing with house money. Less pressure, nothing to lose. I hope that the Stanford players can use the experience that they gained last season when 4 of the 5 (all except Zhang) were in the quarterfinal match which Stanford lost to Arizona. Seay and Heck won. Englemann and Krauter lost. Krauter also played in match play in 2019 when Stanford lost 3-2 to Duke in the quarters. Krauter won her match that year.

Individual records and rankings go out the window for match play (see last year when Gile Bite Starkute ranked about 250th in the world beat 2 time 1st team All American Angelina Ye from Stanford in the deciding match). I'll just say that I trust Coach Walker to put her players in the best position to be successful. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow which is the longest, hardest, and most exciting day in college golf all year. Go Cardinal!!

[Spiny_Norman]

There should be no doubt by now that Heck is playing until Stanford either wins the NC or loses a match. No way that Coach Walker would insert Sturdza, a frosh with no NCAA championship experience, into the lineup at this stage.

Match play is much different from stroke play. It is definitely more pressured. Every match counts. A player cannot help but feel the weight of their teammates' expectations. Stanford has even more pressure as the #1 seed and the #1 team all season. An opponent like Georgia may feel like they are playing with house money. Less pressure, nothing to lose. I hope that the Stanford players can use the experience that they gained last season when 4 of the 5 (all except Zhang) were in the quarterfinal match which Stanford lost to Arizona. Seay and Heck won. Englemann and Krauter lost. Krauter also played in match play in 2019 when Stanford lost 3-2 to Duke in the quarters. Krauter won her match that year.

Individual records and rankings go out the window for match play (see last year when Gile Bite Starkute ranked about 250th in the world beat 2 time 1st team All American Angelina Ye from Stanford in the deciding match). I'll just say that I trust Coach Walker to put her players in the best position to be successful. I'm really looking forward to tomorrow which is the longest, hardest, and most exciting day in college golf all year. Go Cardinal!!