Carlota Ciganda birdied the final two holes to win the Meijer LPGA Classic on Sunday for her first LPGA Tour victory in more than 8 1/2 years, while Lexi Thompson had two late bogeys to dash her bid to end a long drought of her own.

Ciganda hit to a foot to set up her birdie on the par-4 17th, then made a 4-foot comebacker on the par-5 18th to avoid a playoff with playing partner Hye-Jin Choi.

“It feels amazing, obviously, after all these years,” the 35-year-old Spanish player said. “I knew I could do it, but obviously once the years keep going and you start getting older you start doubting yourself.”

Part of a six-way tie to start the day at Blythefield County Club, Ciganda shot a 5-under 67 — her fourth straight round in the 60s — to finish at 16-under 272 on the tree-lined layout in the final event before the major KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Texas.

“I love coming here,” Ciganda said.

Ciganda won for the first time since the 2016 Lorena Ochoa Invitational, a span of 8 years, 7 months, 2 days. She has three LPGA Tour victories and has won eight times on the Ladies European Tour, the last in December in the Spanish Women’s Open.a

Thompson had a 70 to tie for fourth with Celine Boutier (67) and Nanna Koerstz Madsen (70). The 30-year-old from Florida ran into trouble on the par-4 16th. She tried to leave the ball below the hole on the elevated green, but her approach rolled off the front and down a hill into rough. She hit a flop shot to 8 feet and missed the par putt. On 17, she missed a 3-footer.

College baseball

Right-hander Jacob Morrison allowed five hits and struck out seven over 7 2/3 innings to help lead Coastal Carolina to a 6-2 win over Oregon State on Sunday in a game between 1-0 teams at the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.

After allowing a solo home run to the Beavers’ Easton Talt to lead off the third inning, Morrison retired 15 straight batters through the seventh inning.

Zion Rose’s two-run single gave Louisville its first lead during a six-run eighth inning and the Cardinals knocked Arizona out of the College World Series with an 8-3 win. The Cardinals will face Oregon State on Tuesday in another elimination game. Arizona has lost six straight CWS games over three appearances since 2016.

Tennis

German qualifier Tatjana Maria proclaimed herself “Queen of Queen’s” on Sunday after winning the Wimbledon warm-up tournament at the Queen’s Club for the biggest title of her career.

Maria, 37, claimed her first WTA 500 title with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over eighth-seeded Amanda Anisimova in the grass-court final in London. The 86th-ranked Maria won in front of her daughters Charlotte and Cecilia, and her husband and coach Charles-Edouard Maria.

On the way to her fourth WTA title, she eliminated four top 20 players, including Karolina Muchova, Elena Rybakina and Madison Keys, to become the oldest singles champion on the WTA Tour since 2020, when Serena Williams won the Auckland Classic at age 38.

Gabriel Diallo captured his first ATP Tour title at the Libema Open in the Netherlands on Sunday. The 23-year-old from Montreal defeated Belgium’s Zizou Bergs 7-5, 7-6 (8).

Diallo was down 6-4 in the tiebreaker before rallying to win.

Track & field

Mondo Duplantis lifted his pole vault world record to 6.28 meters at a Diamond League meet at the Olympic Stadium in Stockholm on Sunday. The Olympic and world champion added a centimeter at his first attempt to the previous record he set at the end of February in France. It was the 12th pole vault world record for the 25-year-old Swede and the first time in front of home fans.

Cycling

Tadej Pogacar produced a dominant display ahead of his Tour de France defense by winning the Critérium du Dauphiné for the first time. The UAE Team Emirates rider finished 59 seconds ahead of second-placed Jonas Vingegaard overall after controlling the eighth and final 133-kilometer (83-mile) stage on Sunday from Val-d’Arc to the Plateau du Mont-Cenis.

Pogacar will seek his fourth Tour de France title in July. The Slovenian finished third Sunday with the same time as his major rival, two-time Tour champion Vingegaard of Visma-Lease a Bike, who was second.

Lenny Martinez won the final stage in 3 hours, 34 minutes, 18 seconds for Bahrain Victorious.