2018 Curtis Cup Winner and Match Scores

This was the 40th time the Curtis Cup was played and Team USA dominated with a 14-point victory. Following this result, the overall series standing was 29 wins for Team USA, eight wins for Team GB&I, with three ties.

Final Score: United States 17, Great Britain & Ireland 3

Dates Played: June 8-10, 2018

Location: Quaker Ridge Golf Club in Scarsdale, New York

Team Captains: Elaine Farquharson-Black (GB&I) and Virginia Derby Grimes (USA)

Team Rosters: GB&I — India Clyburn, Lily May Humphreys, Annabell Fuller, Sophie Lamb, Paula Grant, Shannon McWilliam, Alice Hewson, Olivia Mehaffey. USA — Mariel Galdiano, Kristen Gillman, Jennifer Kupcho, Andrea Lee, Lucy Li, Sophia Schubert, Lauren Stephenson, Lilia Vu.

Notes: It was the most lopsided tournament in Curtis Cup history to this point. Team USA won all of the five sessions, including two sweeps. One of those sweeps was an 8-0 win in the final singles session. ... Kristen Gillman went 5-0-0 for Team USA, the third player in Curtis Cup history to this point to achieve that perfect record (the first two were Stacy Lewis in the 2008 Curtis Cup and Bronte Law in the 2016 Curtis Cup).

2018 Curtis Cup Results

Day 1

Fourballs
  • Olivia Mehaffey/Sophie Lamb, GB&I, halved with Jennifer Kupcho/Lucy Li, USA
  • Lilia Vu/Kristen Gillman, USA, def. Alice Hewson/Lily May Humphreys, GB&I, 4 and 3
  • Paula Grant/Shannon McWilliam, GB&I, halved with Laura Stephenson/Sophia Schubert, USA
Score after first session: USA 2, GB&I 1

Foursomes

  • Olivia Mehaffey/Sophie Lamb, GB&I, def. Mariel Galdiano/Andrea Lee, USA, 3 and 2
  • Jennifer Kupcho/Lilia Vu, USA, def. Alice Hewson/India Clyburn, GB&I, 2-up
  • Lauren Stephenson/Kristen Gillman, USA, def. Paula Grant/Lily May Humphreys, GB&I, 4 and 2
Score of second session: USA 2, GB&I 1
Cumulative score after two sessions: USA 4, GB&I 2

Day 2

Fourballs
  • Jennifer Kupcho/Kristen Gillman, USA, def. Olivia Mehaffey/Sophie Lamb, GB&I, 3 and 2
  • Mariel Galdiano/Lilia Vu, USA, def. Alice Hewson/Annabell Fuller, GB&I, 2 and 1
  • Lucy Li/Andrea Lee, USA, def. Lily May Humphreys/Shannon McWilliam, GB&I, 3 and 2
Score of third session: USA 3, GB&I 0
Cumulative score after three sessions: USA 7, GB&I 2

Foursomes

  • Olivia Mehaffey/Sophie Lamb, GB&I, def. Jennifer Kupcho, Lilia Vu, USA, 2 and 1
  • Kristen Gillman/Lauren Stephenson, USA, def. Annabell Fuller/India Clyburn, GB&I, 6 and 5
  • Lucy Li/Sophia Schubert, USA, def. Paula Grant/Shannon McWilliams, GB&I, 7 and 5
Score of fourth session: USA 2, GB&I 1
Cumulative score after four sessions: USA 9, GB&I 3

Day 3

Singles
  • Sophia Schubert, USA, def. Olivia Mehaffey, GB&I, 2 and 1
  • Lilia Vu, USA, def. Sophie Lamb, GB&I, 2-up
  • Jennifer Kupcho, USA, def. Lily May Humphreys, GB&I, 2 and 1
  • Andrea Lee, USA, def. Alice Hewson, GB&I, 2 and 1
  • Lauren Stephenson, USA, def. Shannon McWilliam, GB&I, 2 and 1
  • Kristen Gillman, USA, def. Annabell Fuller, GB&I, 5 and 4
  • Lucy Li, USA, def. India Clyburn, GB&I, 5 and 4
  • Mariel Galdiano, USA, def. Paula Grant, GB&I, 1-up

Score of fifth session: USA 8, GB&I 0
Overall and final score: USA 17, GB&I 3

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