Meaghan Francella

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Golf: Hjorth stops Francella in Match Play NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - Maria Hjorth ended Meaghan Francella's run in the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship, beating the local favorite 4 and 3 in the quarterfinals Saturday.

• Sunday Gazette-Mail
• July 23, 2007

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• Charleston Gazette
• November 20, 2007

• Home-Course Advantage Is Over ; Francella Exits Hsbc in Quarters

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. With hopes of a hometown champion dashed Saturday afternoon, today's superstar-less final four in the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship features the LPGA Tour's distinctive and growing Asian flavor. Korea's Mi Hyun Kim (at No. 10, the highest-seeded player left) and Seon Hwa Lee (who won the final ShopRite Classic last year outside Atlantic City), plus Japan's Ai Miyazato join Swedish veteran Maria Hjorth, who took out Meaghan Francella of Port Chester, N.Y.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• July 22, 2007

• Ball of Fire Too Much for Ochoa

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. As Meaghan Francella bathed in the cheers of her hometown fans Friday after slaying the second top-ranked player of her first full LPGA season, she threw her fist in the air. The fire inside that Lorena Ochoa saw for 18 holes while succumbing 1-up to the 24-year-old Port Chester, N.Y., product in the second round of the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship finally boiled over.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• July 22, 2007

• Francella Falls to Swede

Roundup NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - Maria Hjorth ended former University of Memphis golfer Meaghan Francella's run in the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship, beating the local favorite, 4 and 3, in the quarterfinals Saturday at Wykagyl Country Club.

• The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
• July 25, 2007

• New Yorker Beats Annika in Playoff

HUIXQUILUCAN, Mexico Even Meaghan Francella found it hard to believe: She actually beat Annika Sorenstam in a playoff for her first LPGA Tour victory. I can't describe it. It's something I've worked for my entire life," the 24-year-old New Yorker said Monday after winning the rain- delayed MasterCard Classic in only her sixth tour start. "Annika is the best player in the world and I was a little intimidated. ... I was on the third tee with her and I thought, 'Man, am I really doing this?' I thought I was dreaming. It was pretty exciting.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• March 13, 2007

• Ochoa Knocked Off

Meaghan Francella knocked off another top-ranked player, beating Lorena Ochoa in the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship on Friday in New Rochelle, N.Y. Francella, an LPGA Tour rookie from nearby Port Chester, thrilled her large, vocal gallery with a 1-up, second-round victory over Ochoa, the Mexican star who won the 2006 Sybase Classic on the Wykagyl Country Club course.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• July 22, 2007

• Ochoa Ousted at Women's Match Play

The Associated Press NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - Meaghan Francella knocked off another top- ranked player, beating Lorena Ochoa on Friday in the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship.

• Charleston Gazette
• July 31, 2007

• Francella Tops Sorenstam

HUIXQUILUCAN, Mexico - Even Meaghan Francella found it hard believe: She actually beat Annika Sorenstam in a playoff for her first LPGA Tour victory. Words can't describe how I feel right now," the 24-year-old New Yorker said Monday after winning the rain-delayed MasterCard Classic in only her sixth LPGA Tour start.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• March 28, 2007

• Ochoa Ousted at Women's Match Play

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - Meaghan Francella knocked off another top- ranked player, beating Lorena Ochoa on Friday in the HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship. Francella, an LPGA Tour rookie from nearby Port Chester, thrilled her large, vocal gallery with a 1-up, second-round victory over Ochoa, the Mexican star who won the 2006 Sybase Classic on the Wykagyl Country Club course.

• Charleston Gazette
• July 23, 2007