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Vakasioula's state title extends team success
7/2/2026 10:00:00 AM | Women's Golf
GCU duo head to U.S. Women's Amateur in August; Maguire goes to Euro event
Big moments for Grand Canyon women's golf did not stop when the season ended.
An offseason of success continued Saturday when GCU sophomore Alexis Vakasiuola won the Airzona Amateur Women's Championship at Terravita Golf and Country Club in Scottsdale. Vakasiuola, an NCAA regional qualifier as a freshman, made a 10-foot putt on the tournament's 54th hole to capture the Kachina Trophy and a corresponding expemption to the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, where she will join incoming GCU freshman Gianna Singh in competition.
Before the San Tan Valley, Arizona, native starred for the Lopes as a freshman, Vakasiuola had missed the Arizona Amateur Women's Championship by one stroke last summer. This time, Vakasiuola held the lead after opening the tournament with a 2-under, bogey-free first round and topped the 62-player field by finishing 2 under, one stroke ahead of TCU junior Gracie McGovern.Â
Vakasiuola, an NCAA regional qualifer, and Singh, who is from Elk Grove, California, will play in the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship on Aug. 4-9 at The Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tennessee. Singh was one of two U.S. Women's Amateur Championship qualifers at an earlier regional tournament.
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An offseason of success continued Saturday when GCU sophomore Alexis Vakasiuola won the Airzona Amateur Women's Championship at Terravita Golf and Country Club in Scottsdale. Vakasiuola, an NCAA regional qualifier as a freshman, made a 10-foot putt on the tournament's 54th hole to capture the Kachina Trophy and a corresponding expemption to the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship, where she will join incoming GCU freshman Gianna Singh in competition.Before the San Tan Valley, Arizona, native starred for the Lopes as a freshman, Vakasiuola had missed the Arizona Amateur Women's Championship by one stroke last summer. This time, Vakasiuola held the lead after opening the tournament with a 2-under, bogey-free first round and topped the 62-player field by finishing 2 under, one stroke ahead of TCU junior Gracie McGovern.Â
Vakasiuola, an NCAA regional qualifer, and Singh, who is from Elk Grove, California, will play in the U.S. Women's Amateur Championship on Aug. 4-9 at The Honors Course in Ooltewah, Tennessee. Singh was one of two U.S. Women's Amateur Championship qualifers at an earlier regional tournament.
"Getting the exemption means so much to me," Vakasiuola told azgolf.com. "USGA events are just top tier, and the best players all over the world compete. Just to be there and represent Arizona and my roots means a lot.
"It means so much. Right now I can't grasp the whole thing, but later today I'm going to be like, 'Oh my gosh, I just won it.' It's very special. I played in it last year and finished runner-up, but to get the win under my hands, it just feels great."
Singh, who won this year's San Francisco City Championship, finished sixth in the Arizona Amateur Women's Championship with Vakasiuola's older sister and former GCU golfer, Alyzzah, placing 11th.
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