BRADENTON, Fla. – Under normal NCAA circumstances, Andrea Gaston’s USC team would’ve won its fourth national championship on Memorial Day and been on a bird back to L.A. Instead, as Gaston prepared to give her thoughts on her team’s semifinal loss and the NCAA’s shiny new match-play format, a celebration erupted in a nearby tent.
Baylor had defeated Duke in an epic playoff between freshmen ranked 410th and 234th.
“You’ve got two teams that have never won a national championship that are in the finals tomorrow,” Gaston said. “So there you go.”
Stanford gutted Gaston’s top-seeded Trojans in a steamy semifinal round Tuesday at Concession Golf Club.