South Carolina’s Match Play Bid At NCAA Championship Falls Short

May 22, 2017

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP
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GAMECOCK SCORECARDS

1. Ainhoa Olarra
Round 1: 76 (+4)
Round 2: 70 (-2)
Round 3: 77 (+5)
To Par: +7
Place: T10

2. Ana Pelaez
Round 1: 75 (+3)
Round 2: 76 (+4)
Round 3: 81 (+9)
To Par: +16
Place: T50

3. Katelyn Dambaugh
Round 1: 80 (+8)
Round 2: 78 (+6)
Round 3: 74 (+2)
To Par: +16
Place: T50

4. Marion Veysseyre
Round 1: 82 (+10)
Round 2: 83 (+11)
Round 3: 81 (+9)
To Par: +30
Place: T116

5. Anita Uwadia
Round 1: 94 (+22)
Round 2: 76 (+4)
Round 3: 78 (+6)
To Par: +32
Place: T122

Pos.	Team	R1	R2	R3	Total
1.	Northwestern	301	298	298	897 (+33)
2.	Stanford	311	298	296	905 (+41)
3.	Arizona State	311	309	289	909 (+45)
4.	Ohio State	311	299	303	913 (+49)
T5.	Southern Cal	315	303	296	914 (+50)
T5.	Florida	320	302	292	914 (+50)
7.	Baylor	311	300	306	917 (+53)
8.	Kent State	303	304	312	919 (+55)
9.	North Carolina	314	310	296	920 (+56)
10.	South Carolina	313	300	310	923 (+59)
11.	Purdue	315	306	304	925 (+61)
12.	Furman	323	302	301	926 (+62)
13.	Texas	317	303	307	927 (+63)
T14.	California	319	306	303	928 (+64)
T14.	Alabama	328	313	287	928 (+64)
T16.	Michigan	315	316	299	929 (+65)
T16.	Miami	316	303	310	929 (+65)
18.	Duke	325	309	300	934 (+70)
19.	Michigan State	317	317	304	938 (+74)
T20.	Florida State	325	310	309	944 (+80)
T20.	Clemson	321	314	309	944 (+80)
22.	Texas Tech	335	313	303	951 (+87)
23.	Pepperdine	330	320	308	958 (+94)
24.	Oregon	333	319	308	960 (+96)

Dates: May 19-24

Location: Sugar Grove, Ill.

Course: Rich Harvest Farms

Par: 72

Yards: 6,343

SUGAR GROVE, Ill. — South Carolina’s bid for a match-play berth at the 2017 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship fell short Monday after the Gamecocks finished just outside the top eight at Rich Harvest Farms. Carolina, which posted a third-round 310 (+22), finished 10th and four shots off the top-eight cut line with a 54-hole mark of 923 (+59).

Ainhoa Olarra earned a top-10 finish for the Gamecocks, as the San Sebastian, Spain, native tied for 10th after totaling a 223 (+7). Birdies on No. 2 and No. 6 handed her a share of the individual lead Monday, and a bogey on the par-4 ninth resulted in a front-nine 35 (-1) for the junior. Olarra added another birdie on No. 11 before posting a final-round 77 (+5).

Carolina freshman Ana Pelaez and senior Katelyn Dambaugh tied for 50th with a three-day mark of 232 (+16). Dambaugh paced the Gamecocks Monday with a 74 (+2) in a round highlighted by a birdie on No. 18, the final hole of the Goose Creek, S.C., native’s illustrious collegiate career. She totaled three birdies on the day and finished with seven for the week. Pelaez tallied 10 pars on her round, six of which came after the turn.

Sophomore Marion Veysseyre placed in a tie for 116th (246, +30) following her final-round 81 (+9), while Gamecock freshman Anita Uwadia tied for 122nd (248, +32). Uwadia carded one birdie in round three, tallying it on the par-5 second.

No. 12 Northwestern finished atop the leaderboard at 33-over 897, while No. 1 Stanford (905, +41), No. 7 Arizona State (909, +45), No. 25 Ohio State (913, +49) rounded out the top four spots. Sixth-ranked Southern Cal (T5, +50), No. 3 Florida (T5, +50), No. 17 Baylor (7th, +53) and No. 14 Kent State (8th, +55) marked the remaining schools to advance to match play, and Monica Vaughn of the Sun Devils captured the individual title with a three-round total of 217 (+1).

Quoting Coach Kalen Anderson

“It was not our day really. We just needed to finish a little better, and we got off to a difficult start as well. The group played really solid all week for the most part, and they fought really hard. Ainhoa had a phenomenal week, and in general we did great. They preserved, and we just didn’t get the job done today. At the end of the day, Kate has carried our program for a long time. She has broken all our records, and I am so proud of the way she has carried herself.”

Round Changer

Carolina senior standout Katelyn Dambaugh closed her collegiate career in style, carding a birdie on the par-4 18th Monday. Dambaugh was one of two Gamecocks to notch three birdies in the final round.

Notable

South Carolina’s performance this week resulted in the program’s fourth top-10 finish at the NCAA Championship. Three of its top-10 showings at the tournament have come under coach Kalen Anderson.
The Gamecocks end their 2016-17 campaign with a 291.48 stroke average, the lowest single-season mark in school history.
Senior Katelyn Dambaugh closes her time at Carolina with the best career scoring average (72.67) ever by a Gamecock. Her 71.62 stroke average as a junior and 71.68 scoring average as a senior mark the top-two single-season averages in program history.
Dambaugh’s 15 career top-five finishes (2nd) and 21 top-10 showings (3rd) both rank in the top-five all-time in school history.
Ainhoa Olarra’s 10th-place finish marked the fifth-best individual showing at the NCAA Championship in program history. The San Sebastian, Spain, native closed her junior campaign with back-to-back top-10 showings.