Ladies’s Golf | 4/15/2022 10:21:00 PM

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — No. 3 South Carolina leads in two matches, trails in a single and is tied within the different two vs. No. 9 Alabama late within the quarterfinals of SEC Match Play. Play was suspended attributable to darkness late on Friday.
 
Quarterfinal matches, which have been speculated to happen on Saturday, have been moved as much as immediately due to impending extreme climate shifting into the realm. There was a shotgun begin for the sphere at 10 a.m. (ET) this morning.
 
A pair of freshmen in Louise Rydqvist (3-up) and Hannah Darling (2-up) each lead by a number of holes of their matches. The Gamecocks’ junior tandem from France, Mathilde Claisse (through 14) and Justine Fournand (through 15) are each all-square of their matches down the stretch. Fournand trailed by two and battled again to tie her match on the flip. Claisse’s match has been back-and-forth the whole approach and has been tied for eight of her 14 holes.
 
Sophomore Paula Kirner, who has a bulk of expertise in match play, was subbed into the lineup after stroke play ended late this afternoon. She trails by two through 14 holes.
 
The winner between the Gamecocks and Crimson Tide faces the winner of No. 14 LSU and Vanderbilt. The Tigers put the primary level on the board already and lead in three different matches.
 
SEC Match Participant Quarterfinals
Justine Fournand (SC) vs. Emilie Overas (ALA), AS through 15
Mathilde Claisse (SC) vs. Angelica Moresco (ALA), AS through 14
Louise Rydqvist (SC) vs. Isabella van der Biest (ALA), 3-up through 14
Paula Kirner (SC) vs. Benedetta Moresco (ALA), 2-down through 14
Hannah Darling (SC) vs. Polly Mack (ALA), 2-up through 13
 
Carolina took third within the stroke play portion of the event to advance to match play for the fourth time in 4 seasons of the brand new format (began in 2018) earlier within the day. The Gamecocks carded an excellent par 288 within the ultimate spherical.
 
Rydqvist continued her standout play, pacing Carolina with a 3-under 69. She was bogey free till a 4 on her final gap, the tough par-3 second. Rydqvist T-6^th to earn her third top-10 of the season in what was her SEC Championship debut.
 
Darling additionally picked up one other top-10, her team-best sixth of the season as she shot even par (72) in spherical three to complete the event at 1-over. Claisse shot 73 (+1) and T-15^th at 3-over and Fournand carded a 74 (+2) to T-15^th with Claisse and Celina Sattelkau of Vanderbilt.
 
The Gamecocks have been the one staff in stroke play with 4 gamers within the top-20 of the ultimate particular person leaderboard.
 
Graduate switch Tai Anudit shot 76 (+4) within the ultimate spherical and T-36^th at 9-over for the event. She had a trio of birdies however was damage by a pair of double bogeys in her spherical.
 
LSU’s Ingrid Lindblad got here from behind to win medalist honors. She shot a field-best 66 (-6) within the ultimate spherical immediately. Lindblad trailed by one heading into the par-5 18^th gap and sunk a 30-foot eagle putt to win.
 
2022 SEC Ladies’s Golf Championship R3 Leaderboard
1. No. 20 Auburn – 864 (E)
2. No. 14 LSU – 866 (+2)
3. No. 3 South Carolina – 867 (+3)
4. No. 23 Ole Miss – 876 (+12)
T5. No. 10 Florida – 880 (+16)
T5. No. 9 Alabama – 880 (+16)
7. No. 40 Vanderbilt – 881 (+17)
8. Tennessee – 887 (+23)
9. No. 11 Texas A&M – 892 (+23)
10. No. 27 Georgia – 893 (+29)
T11. No. 29 Mississippi State – 895 (+31)
T11. No. 22 Kentucky – 985 (+31)
13. No. 19 Arkansas – 899 (+35)
14. Missouri – 921 (+57)
 
2022 SEC Ladies’s Golf Championship R3 Gamecock Leaderboard
T6. Louise Rydqvist – 216 (E)   
T9. Hannah Darling – 217 (+1)
T15. Justine Fournand – 219 (+3) 
T15. Mathilde Claisse – 219 (+3)
T36. Tai Anudit – 225 (+9) 
 
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