Women’s Golf Advances To SEC Match Play Championship

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.– After two rounds of golf on Saturday, the Mississippi State women’s golf team has advanced to the SEC Match Play Championship round. The Bulldogs will go head-to-head against Texas A&M, with tee times set for 7:30 a.m. CT.
 
The Bulldogs started things on Saturday in the SEC Match Play Championship quarterfinals against Vanderbilt. The Bulldogs won two matches with ease. Surapa Janthamunee (SJ) and Hannah Levi dominated their Saturday matches. The two Bulldogs made quick work, concluding their rounds before the 18th hole, as SJ won 5&4 while Levi won 4&3. With the teams tied at two, everything came down to Abbey Daniel. The senior needed to play sudden death golf to win, but got it done on the 21st hole to clinch the match for State.
 

Mississippi State advanced to take on LSU in the semifinals later in the day after the Tigers defeated Ole Miss. Similar to the first round of the day, the trio of SJ, Daniel and Levi brought it home for the Bulldogs. Levi continued her strong play from the quarterfinals with another elite performance, winning 5&4. SJ won by a score of 2UP (meaning she won by two strokes, but they still played the 18th hole), while Daniel won by a score of 1UP (meaning she won by a single stroke).
 
The Bulldogs will be making their second all-time appearance in the SEC Match Play Championship, both under the direction of head coach Charlie Ewing. Ewing guided the team to the championship round back in 2021 before falling to Auburn 3-0. The Bulldogs have never won the SEC Team Championship.
 

Quoting Head Coach Charlie Ewing
On the team defeating Vanderbilt & LSU to advance to the championship round
“It was a really long day, but it also doesn’t feel that way because in the morning you don’t know whether or not you’ll play in the afternoon, you have to earn that afternoon tee time. You really have to just focus shot-by-shot and I thought our team did a really good job of that and staying patient and staying confident and never viewing themselves as an underdog. The competition was really stiff, LSU and Vanderbilt are fantastic teams. Just great credit to our team. It was definitely challenging, but it was great seeing the preparation that we have been putting in, specifically for moments like this, paid off today and we are looking forward to hopefully doing the…