VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. – South Carolina shot a season-best 7-under round of 273 on Monday in the final round of stroke play at SEC Match Play. The Gamecocks finished 11th at 5-under overall through 54 holes.
Carolina faces Ole Miss in the 11-seed vs. 7-seed matchup on Tuesday. Fifth-year senior Evans Lewis will be the first player off for the Gamecocks in the leadoff match at 9:45 a.m. (ET) at Old Overton Club.
Sophomore Nathan Franks, who made it to the round of 16 this summer at the U.S. Amateur, paced Carolina today with a career-best 65 (-5). He made six birdies and had just one bogey all day. Lewis and junior Rafe Reynolds also posted red numbers with 1-under 69s.
Redshirt senior transfer Lansdon Robbins shot 70 (E) and was the final counting score in his debut in Garnet and Black. He finished T-41st at 1-over and opened with a career-best 66 (-4) in the first round on Sunday morning. Sophomore Gene Zeigler finished with a 73 (+3) today.
2022 SEC Match Play Leaderboard
1. No. 1 Vanderbilt – 801 (-39)
2. No. 12 Tennessee – 805 (-35)
3. No. 13 Auburn – 807 (-33)
4. No. 17 Texas A&M – 819 (-21)
5. No. 32 Alabama – 820 (-20)
6. No. 16 Georgia – 821 (-19)
7. Mississippi State – 823 (-17)
T8. No. 23 Ole Miss – 829 (-11)
T8. No. 21 LSU – 829 (-11)
10. No. 3 Florida – 831 (-9)
11. No. 33 South Carolina – 835 (-5)
12. No. 14 Arkansas – 841 (+1)
13. No. 41 Missouri – 844 (+4)
14. Kentucky – 850 (+10)
* – rankings via Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll (Sept. 9)
2022 SEC Match Play Gamecock Leaderboard
T23. Evans Lewis – 207 (-3)
T36. Nathans Franks – 209 (-1)
T41. Lansdon Robbins – 211 (+1)
T61. Rafe Reynolds – 217 (+7)
65. Gene Zeigler – 218 (+8)
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