NICHOLS HILLS, Okla. – No. 3 South Carolina fell 4.5-0.5 to No. 15 Wake Forest in the third-place match at the Stephens Cup on Wednesday. Sophomore Vairana Heck halved her match with a late birdie on hole 15 at Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club, putting the only points on the board for the Gamecocks today.
The Demon Deacons put the first two points on the board with 4&3 and 5&4 wins in the opening two matches. Senior All-American Louise Rydqvist pulled within one shot thru 11 holes to Wake’s Denisa Vodickova but Vodickova took the match 4&2 with birdies on three of her next five holes.
Fellow senior All-American Hannah Darling also dropped her match 4&2 to stroke play champion Carolina Chacarra. Darling got within thru 13 holes but Chacarra closed the match with two wins on the next three holes.
The third-ranked Gamecocks conclude the fall portion of their schedule now and will be off from competition until the Therese Hession Regional Challenge Feb. 2-3 in Palos Verdes, Calif. Carolina is the defending champions at the west coast tournament.
The team will host a pair of tournaments in the spring with the 11th edition of the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (March 3-5) and the second edition of The Old Barnwell Derby Match Play (March 17-18).
2024 Stephens Cup Final Stroke Play Leaderboard
- No. 1 Arkansas – 867 (+27)
- No. 13 Oregon – 881 (+41)
- No. 17 Wake Forest – 890 (+50)
- No. 2 South Carolina – 893 (+53)
- No. 9 Florida State – 893 (+53)
- 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
Macy Pate (WF) def. Maylis Lamoure (SC), 4&3
Sky Sload (WF) def. Sophia Burnett (SC), 5&4
Vairana Heck (SC) vs. Anne-Sterre den Dunnen (WF), tie
Denisa Vodickova (WF) def. Louise Rydqvist (SC), 4&2
Carolina Chacarra (WF) def. Hannah Darling (SC), 4&2
No. 15 Wake Forest def. No. 3 South Carolina, 4.5-0.5
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