University of Washington Huskies roll to title

University of Washington's Vivian Lu is hugged by a teammate after her tournament-tying birdie on the final hole Wednesday.

By MATTHEW THAYER

         Led by co-medalist Vivian Lu, University of Washington won the 2025 Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational women's collegiate golf tournament hosted by the University of Hawaii this week at the Royal Kaanapali Course on Maui.

         Lu drained a 6-foot birdie putt on her final hole of the three-day, 54-hole tournament to tie Gonzaga University's Grace Lee for the individual crown at 11-under par. University of Washington posted a 19-under total to run away with team honors. Sacramento State was second at 8-under and Oregon State University took third at 7-under. Host University of Hawaii finished 16th out of 17 teams at 37-over. Denver's Emma Bryant and Oregon State's Kyra Ly tied for third at 7-under.

Individual co-champions Vivian Lu of the University of Washington (left) and Gonzaga University's Grace Lee pose with the winner's trophy Wednesday. The pair had to work out who got the trophy and who had to wait to receive a duplicate in the mail.

         Co-champs Lu and Lee entered the final day of the tourney tied for the lead at 9-under. Playing bogey-free, Lee carded 16 pars and a pair of birdies, the last on her 14th hole, to hold a one-shot margin at 2-under going into the final hole. Lu was in the midst of an up-and-down round with four bogeys and five birdies as she headed into her last hole, the Royal's par-5 18th. Knowing she needed a birdie to have a chance, Lu played position golf along the lagoon lining the length of the 18th fairway's right side. Laying up to the middle of the fairway about 100 yards from the pin, she knocked her chip pin-high. Her 6-foot birdie putt broke a few inches left before settling into the middle of the cup for the tie.

University of Washington players and head coach Mary Lou Mulflur pose with the Dr. Donnis Thompson championship trophy Wednesday on the Kaanapali Royal Course's 18th green.

         The tourney honors Thompson, who was University of Hawaii at Manoa's first female athletic director and founder of the Rainbow Wahine.

Denver's Haven Ward blasts from a bunker on the Kaanapali Royal Course's 5th hole Wednesday.

Montana State's Becca Tschetter gets a high-five from playing partner Maya Benita of San Diego State after her hole-in-one on the Kaanapali Royal Course's 17th hole during Wednesday's final round. Her ace was one of two on Wednesday. The other, by University of Washington's Kennedy Knox, came on the same 121-yard, par-3 hole over the lagoon.

Tschetter celebrates on the 17th tee after her ace.

University of Washington's Kennedy Knox poses with her hole-in-one flag after acing No. 17 Wednesday.

University of Hawaii head coach Julie Brooks (right) presents the team championship trophy to University of Washington head coach Mary Lou Mulflur. Mulflur has announced she is retiring at the end of the season after 42 years coaching at the university. She also played for the Huskies during her own college career.

Oregon State's Kyra Ly strides off the oceanside green on No. 5 with a birdie Wednesday. She tied for third.

Denver's Emma Bryant follows the flight of her tee shot on No. 7 Wednesday. She tied for third.

Arkansas State head coach M.J. Desbiens Shaw (right) gives golfer Morgan Beaulieu a high-five after her tee shot on No. 15 Wednesday.

University of Hawaii's Varnika Achanta watches her sand shot on No. 5 settle near the cup Monday.

University of Hawaii's Emiko Sverduk chips to the second green Wednesday.

University of Hawaii's Wendy Song chips to the green on No. 6 Monday. She shot an opening-round, four-under-par 68 to be tied for the lead going into round two. She finished tied for 46th at 6-over.

Sam Houston's Cari Denson watches her birdie putt on No. 6 fall into the cup on No. 6 Monday.

Sacramento State's Caitlin Maurice tees off on No. 14. Maurice posted four eagles in her first two rounds on her way to tying for ninth place at 3-under.

UC-Riverside's Gabrielle Kiger escapes a trap guarding the green on No. 6 Monday.

Gonzaga University's Grace Lee tees off on No. 14 Wednesday. She went on to tie for medalist honors.

University of Washington's Athena Ni putts on No. 6 Wednesday.

Co-champ Lu tees off on No. 7 Wednesday.