It all came down to the final group and the final hole of a marathon NCAA women's golf championship.

The match play final, tied 2-2 between Alabama and Arizona, the Wildcats had its best player in the No. 5 spot. The Tide's Lakareber Abe was 1-down to Haley Moore facing something of a 2nd-and-26 moment. Her miracle second shot forced an extra hole against the No. 22 women's amateur player.

But it was Moore who made the short birdie putt that Abe missed to give Arizona the stunning national title win. The No. 8 seeded Wildcats needed a playoff just to make the match play round Monday before beating both No. 1 UCLA and No. 2 Alabama on Wednesday.

There were blowout wins for Alabama's Kristen Gillman and Arizona's You-Sang Hou. Both picked up points with 4&3 wins. Cheyenne Knight made it 2-1 Alabama with a 4&2 win in the No. 3 match.

Angelica Moresco of Alabama lost the No. 4 match to set the scene for the Abe vs. Moore showdown.

This wasn't going well for Abe early in the round. She fell down two before rattling off three straight wins on nine, 10 and 11 to take a 1-up lead. They were back to square on 13 where it would stay until Abe found trouble and lost the 17th hole.

"I kinda screwed up on 17 and came to 18, I knew I had to make a birdie or an eagle because Haley has been outdriving all day," Abe said on the Golf Chanel after the round.

This was Alabama's closest shot for its first non-football championship since the men's golf team won back to back crowns in 2013 and 2014. Alabama's lone women's golf national championship remains 2012.