<p>SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Gile Bite Starkute holed a 30-foot birdie putt from the fringe on the first extra hole and Arizona, which grabbed the last qualifying spot, stunned top-seeded Stanford in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Women’s Championship.</p>
<p>Stanford earned the No. 1 seed with a 13-shot victory over four rounds of stroke play at Grayhawk Golf Club and had Rachel Heck, who won the individual title.</p>
<p>Heck and Brooke Seay won their matches for the Cardinal. Vivian Hou and her sister, Yu-sang Hou, won for the Wildcats.</p>
<p>It came down to Starkute, who had to take a penalty shot from a bush and make a 4-foot bogey putt on the par-5 18th hole to extend her match against Angelia Ye of Stanford.</p>
<p>Starkute delivered the winner for Arizona, which is going for its second NCAA title the last three times. It was canceled last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>
<p>Since the NCAA switched to match play in 2015, the No. 1 seed has not won the title.</p>
<p>Arizona advanced to play Mississippi, which beat Texas as Andrea Lignell (22 holes) and Smilla Sonderby (21 holes) won two overtime matches.</p>
<p>In other quarterfinals, Anne Chen needed only 13 holes and Gina Kim won in 17 holes as Duke knocked off Arizona State; and Oklahoma State won four of five matches to beat Auburn.</p>
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