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All-American Lottie Woad gained two wins, but the Florida State Women’s Golf team fell to both Duke (2-3-0) and South Carolina (1-3-1) on the first day of the Old Barnwell Derby Match Play Championship at the Old Barnwell Golf Club. The Seminoles face Mississippi State on the final day of the competition as they close out their regular season and continue preparations for the upcoming ACC (April 18-21), NCAA Regional (May 6-8) and NCAA Championships (May 17-22).
Both the ACC and NCAA Championship Finals utilize a match play format to crown the league and NCAA Champions. The Seminoles have advanced to the match play single-elimination rounds at the ACC Championships in two out of the last three seasons, and at the NCAA Championships in both of the last two seasons.
The Seminoles are one of just three teams - Florida State, Stanford, and Texas A&M - who have advanced to match play in the NCAA Championship Finals in the last two seasons.
“We will be better in the long run because of the aspects of match play that we learned today,” said Head Coach Amy Bond. “We put our players in difficult pairings with the goal for them to become better at match play. We certainly achieved that goal. Hopefully in the next month we will clean up the things we need to and have the opportunities to play, and beat, any players in college golf.”
Woad gained a victory over Katie Li in the first match of the day against Duke’s Katie Li by a 3&2 margin. The victory by Woad against Li was significant because Li won the individual championship of the Florida State Match Up at the Seminole Legacy Golf Course with a three-stroke victory over Woad. The Seminoles’ All-American won three of the final six holes contested to gain the victory.
Woad’s match play skills were also on display in her victory over South Carolina’s Vairana Heck in the Seminoles’ afternoon match against the Gamecocks. After losing the first two holes of the match, Woad stormed back to tie the match with three holes remaining and won the decision as she claimed the final hole of the match.
Florida State’s sophomore All-American Mirabel Ting also gained a win for the Seminoles as she topped Duke’s Andie Smith by a 3&1 mark in the morning match.
Old Barnwell Derby Matchplay/March 25-26, 2024
Old Barnwell Golf Club/Aiken, S.C./Par 73
Florida State vs. Duke (Duke wins, 3-2-0)
Mirabel Ting (FSU) def. Andie Smith (Duke), 3&1
Anne Chen (Duke) def. Alice Hodge (FSU), 2Up
Lottie Woad (FSU) def. Katie Li (Duke), 3&2
Phoebe Brinker (Duke) def. Madison Hewlett (FSU), 4&3
Emma McMyler (Duke) def. Charlotte Heath (FSU), 2&1
Florida State vs. South Carolina (South Carolina wins, 3-1-1)
Alice Hodge (FSU) and Maylis Lamoure (USC), tied
Mia Lussand (USC) def. Mirabel Ting (FSU), 4&3
Sophia Burnett (USC) def. Katherine Cook (FSU), 4&3
Lottie Woad (FSU) def. Vairana Heck (USC), 1Up
Louise Rydqvist (USC) def. Charlotte Heath (FSU), 2&1
All-American Lottie Woad gained two wins, but the Florida State Women’s Golf team fell to both Duke (2-3-0) and South Carolina (1-3-1) on the first day of the Old Barnwell Derby Match Play Championship at the Old Barnwell Golf Club. The Seminoles face Mississippi State on the final day of the competition as they close out their regular season and continue preparations for the upcoming ACC (April 18-21), NCAA Regional (May 6-8) and NCAA Championships (May 17-22).
Both the ACC and NCAA Championship Finals utilize a match play format to crown the league and NCAA Champions. The Seminoles have advanced to the match play single-elimination rounds at the ACC Championships in two out of the last three seasons, and at the NCAA Championships in both of the last two seasons.
The Seminoles are one of just three teams - Florida State, Stanford, and Texas A&M - who have advanced to match play in the NCAA Championship Finals in the last two seasons.
“We will be better in the long run because of the aspects of match play that we learned today,” said Head Coach Amy Bond. “We put our players in difficult pairings with the goal for them to become better at match play. We certainly achieved that goal. Hopefully in the next month we will clean up the things we need to and have the opportunities to play, and beat, any players in college golf.”
Woad gained a victory over Katie Li in the first match of the day against Duke’s Katie Li by a 3&2 margin. The victory by Woad against Li was significant because Li won the individual championship of the Florida State Match Up at the Seminole Legacy Golf Course with a three-stroke victory over Woad. The Seminoles’ All-American won three of the final six holes contested to gain the victory.
Woad’s match play skills were also on display in her victory over South Carolina’s Vairana Heck in the Seminoles’ afternoon match against the Gamecocks. After losing the first two holes of the match, Woad stormed back to tie the match with three holes remaining and won the decision as she claimed the final hole of the match.
Florida State’s sophomore All-American Mirabel Ting also gained a win for the Seminoles as she topped Duke’s Andie Smith by a 3&1 mark in the morning match.
Old Barnwell Derby Matchplay/March 25-26, 2024
Old Barnwell Golf Club/Aiken, S.C./Par 73
Florida State vs. Duke (Duke wins, 3-2-0)
Mirabel Ting (FSU) def. Andie Smith (Duke), 3&1
Anne Chen (Duke) def. Alice Hodge (FSU), 2Up
Lottie Woad (FSU) def. Katie Li (Duke), 3&2
Phoebe Brinker (Duke) def. Madison Hewlett (FSU), 4&3
Emma McMyler (Duke) def. Charlotte Heath (FSU), 2&1
Florida State vs. South Carolina (South Carolina wins, 3-1-1)
Alice Hodge (FSU) and Maylis Lamoure (USC), tied
Mia Lussand (USC) def. Mirabel Ting (FSU), 4&3
Sophia Burnett (USC) def. Katherine Cook (FSU), 4&3
Lottie Woad (FSU) def. Vairana Heck (USC), 1Up
Louise Rydqvist (USC) def. Charlotte Heath (FSU), 2&1
