Claisse and Darling both finish T-5th at 3-under to lead the Gamecocks in season opener
LAKE ELMO, Minn. – No. 4 South Carolina shot a final round 291 (+3) on Wednesday to T-4th in a strong field at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate. The Gamecocks posted a 54-hole total of 865 (+1). No. 2 Wake Forest shot 285 (-3) today to win by four shots over Texas at 6-under overall as a team for the tournament.
Senior Justine Fournand led the Gamecocks in round three with a 2-under 70. She was bogey free with a trio of birdies on the back nine.
Freshman Mia Sandtorv Lussand shot 73 (+1). She got off to a hot start with birdies on three of her first four holes. Sandtorv Lussand, a Bergan, Norway native, had a solid Gamecock debut this week with a T-19th finish at 3-over.
Graduate transfer Katherine Muzi and sophomore All-American Hannah Darling were the final counting scores with 2-over 74s. Senior Mathilde Claisse also shot 74 (+2). Her and Darling T-5th this week at 3-under to pace Carolina. It’s Claisse’s first career top-five finish and Darling’s sixth. Darling led the team with five top-five finishes as a freshman in 2021-22.
Amanada Sambach of Virginia held on for the wire-to-wire victory. She shot 207 (-9) to win by two shots over Texas’ Bohyun Park and Wake Forest’s Lauren Walsh.
South Carolina led the field in par-5 scoring average this week (4.67, -20) and birdies (57).
The Gamecocks will be back in action again at the Windy City Collegiate (Oct. 3-4) in Chicago.
2022 ANNIKA Intercollegiate R3 Results
1. No. 2 Wake Forest – 858 (-6)
2. No. 16 Texas – 862 (-2)
3. No. 10 Virginia – 863 (-1)
T4. No. 4 South Carolina – 865 (+1)
T4. T-No. 20 Duke – 865 (+1)
6. No. 3 Oregon – 866 (+2)
7. No. 14 Florida – 871 (+7)
8. No. 7 Arizona State – 876 (+12)
9. T-No. 20 Michigan – 880 (+16)
10. No. 13 Auburn – 883 (+19)
11. No. 17 Alabama – 892 (+28)
12. Minnesota – 908 (+44)
*rankings via WGCA Preseason Coaches Poll
2022 ANNIKA Intercollegiate R3 Gamecock Results
T5. Hannah Darling – 213 (-3)
T5. Mathilde Claisse – 213 (-3)
T19. Mia Sandtorv Lussand – 219 (+3)
T29. Justine Fournand – 221 (+5)
45. Katherine Muzi – 224 (+8)
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