Finishing in a distant second place eight-strokes behind at 8-under, were Arizona's Haley Moore and Miami's Dewi Weber.
Carta, the fourth player in Duke history to win the individual championship fired rounds of 69-68-66-69 to runaway with the title. During the four days Carta tallied 20 birdies, just two bogeys and a double- bogey. Her best round came during Saturday's second round when she carded six birdies en route to a bogey-free 6-under 66. Carta, from Italy, was able to close the medalist honors out with a steady four birdie, one bogey final round.
However, Carta will now have to turn her focus solely to the team aspect of the tournament as match play begins on Tuesday. The eight remaining teams will compete in both the quarterfinals and semifinals on Tuesday before a champion is crowned on Wednesday.
QUARTERFINAL MATCHES
(1) UCLA vs. (8) Oregon (2) Stanford vs. (7) South Carolina (3) USC vs. (6) Duke (4) Washington vs. (5) Virginia
The most surprising team not advancing to the quarterfinals is Alabama. After winning the SEC Championship and spending most of the season ranked near the top nationally the Crimson Tide struggled and tied for 12th.
Another storyline to keep an eye on tomorrow, and throughout the remainder of the tournament is home course advantage. Eugene Country Club is the home course for Oregon and that is something that could work to their advantage.
-Duke athletics contributed to this story