Former Portland State Golfer Krissy (Peterson) Carman has reached the championship match of the US Mid-Amateur Championship at Fiddlesticks Country Club in Fort Myers, FL.

Carman, the fifth-seeded golfer in match play, knocked off number-one seed Jennifer Peng in a semifinal match on Wednesday afternoon, 3 and 2. She posted a one-under par score over 16 holes of the match.

Carman shot a one-under par 143 in the stroke play portion of the competition earlier in the week to reach the round of 64. She took a 3 and 1 win over the number-60 seed Kathy Hartwiger, then a 6 and 5 win over number-28 Alexandra Austin. In the round of 16 Carman beat number-21 Ana Alicia Malagon Perez, 4 and 3. Then she defeated number-20 seed Kimberly Dinh 4 and 3 to reach the semifinals.

Carman will face the winner of the Aliea Clark vs. Isabella DiLisio match which has been suspended due to dangerous weather in the area.

Carman, who played as Krissy Peterson for the Vikings from 2015-17 while earning her degree at PSU, is a native of Canby, OR who now lives in Eugene. While playing for the Vikings, Carman was a two-time All-Big Sky Conference performer, two-time All-Big Sky Tournament finisher and won the 2016 Oregon Women's Amateur Championship. She recently won the 2022 Oregon Stroke Play Championship.

Carman had stepped away from competitive golf for three years (2018-21) and returned to the game when she and her husband, Mitchell, brought their son, Conrad, to the golf course in a jogging stroller.

The Mid-Amateur Championship Match is scheduled for Thursday at 8 a.m. ET at Fiddelsticks Country Club. Live scoring can be found at the USGA.org website. The US Women's Mid-Amateur Championship originated in 1987 to provide a national competitive arena for amateurs age 25 and older.

Another former Viking, Taya Battistella, also competed in the US Mid-Am Championship. Battistella, who won the 2001 and 2003 Big Sky Conference Individual Championship, was eliminated in the round of 64.

Story from the USGA