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No. 2 Gamecocks to Face No. 17 Demon Deacons at Stephens Cup – University of South Carolina Athletics

No. 2 Gamecocks to Face No. 17 Demon Deacons at Stephens Cup – University of South Carolina Athletics

NICHOLS HILLS, Okla. – No. 2 South Carolina will face No. 17 Wake Forest in the consolation championship match at the 2024 edition of the Stephens Cup on Wednesday. Only the top-four teams on the men’s and women’s side advance to match play. It’ll be the Gamecocks’ fourth match play appearance at the Stephens Cup with the lone title appearance coming in 2021 at The Alotian Club.

The Gamecocks finished T-4th with No. 9 Florida State and Oklahoma State, advancing to match play via tiebreaker because of low total fifth score amongst the team’s counting five scores.

Scoring was difficult all week with firm and fast greens to alongside high winds. Carolina Chacarra of Wake Forest, the individual champion, was the only player in the 36-women field to break par, posting a 54-hole total of 206 (-4). Oregon’s Kiara Romero was runner-up medalist at even par (210).

Senior All-American Hannah Darling paced Carolina in stroke play with a 54-hole total of 222 (+12) that slotted her T-11th. She shot 73 (+3) in round two, which was her low score for the week. Darling was the only player in the field to make an eagle as she carded a three at the par-5 fifth hole in round two.

Sophomore Vairana Heck (T-13th), All-American Louise Rydqvist (T-16th) and sophomore Maylis Lamoure (T-19th) also recorded top-20 finishes. Graduate Sophia Burnett finished T-26th.

Golf Channel will again provide live coverage from 4-7 p.m. (ET) tomorrow for match play.

Live scoring will be available via Clippd here. Lamoure will be the first player out for the Gamecocks at 12:30 p.m. from hole one.

2024 Stephens Cup Final Stroke Play Leaderboard

  1. No. 1 Arkansas – 867 (+27)
  2. No. 13 Oregon – 881 (+41)
  3. No. 17 Wake Forest – 890 (+50)
  4. No. 2 South Carolina – 893 (+53)
  5. No. 9 Florida State – 893 (+53)
  6. Oklahoma State – 893 (+53)

2024 Stephens Cup Final Gamecock Leaderboard

T11. Hannah Darling – 222 (+12)

T13. Vairana Heck – 223 (+13)

T16. Louise Rydqvist – 226 (+16)

T19. Maylis Lamoure – 227 (+17)

T26. Sophia Burnett – 230 (+20)

2024 Stephens Cup Third-Place Match

Maylis Lamoure (SC) vs. Macy Pate (WF)

Sophia Burnett (SC) vs. Sky Sload (WF)

Vairana Heck (SC) vs. Anne-Sterre den Dunnen (WF)

Louise Rydqvist (SC) vs. Denisa Vodickova (WF)

Hannah Darling (SC) vs. Carolina Chacarra (WF)

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