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Gamecocks Drop Final Match to Texas A&M at Shoal Creek
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Gamecocks Drop Final Match to Texas A&M at Shoal Creek

South Carolina finishes 1-3 at first ever SEC Match Play ; team back action Oct. 17

SHOAL CREEK, Ala. – South Carolina lost 5-0 to Texas A&M on Thursday in its final match of the first ever SEC Match Play Hosted by Jerry Pate. The team finished 1-3 in its four matches over the past three days.
 
Today, the Aggies clinched three points thus ending senior transfer Evans Lewis and senior All-American Ryan Hall’s matches early. Lewis was 1-down thru 15 and Hall was 3-down thru 15.
 
The Gamecocks will be back in action at the Isleworth Collegiate (Oct. 17-19). The tournament was formerly known as the Tavistock Invitational and will take place again at Isleworth Golf & Country Club in Windermere, Fla. It will be another strong field with several SEC teams joining Carolina in Auburn, Florida and LSU.
 
UCF and West Virginia co-host the event every year.
 
SEC Match Play R1 vs. Florida
Evans Lewis (SC) def. Ricky Castillo (UF), 1-up
Gene Zeigler (SC) def. Fred Biondi (UF), 1-up
Rafe Reynolds (SC) def. Joe Pagdin (UF), 1-up
Tyler Wilkes (UF) def. Jack Wall (SC), 4&3
Ryan Hall (SC) def. Yuxin Lin (UF), 4&2
South Carolina – 4 Florida – 1
 
 SEC Match Play Quarterfinals vs. Vanderbilt
Cole Sherwood (VAN) def. Jack Wall (SC), 3&2
Jackson Van Paris (VAN) def. Rafe Reynolds (SC), 4&3
Michael Shears (VAN) def. Gene Zeigler (SC), 1-up (thru 14)  
Gordon Sargent (VAN) def. Evan Lewis (SC), 5&4
Reid Davenport (VAN) def. Ryan Hall (SC), 2-up (thru 14)  
Vanderbilt – 5 South Carolina – 0
 
SEC Match Play Pool Play vs. Alabama
Jack Wall (SC) def. Jones Free (ALA), 4&3
Thomas Ponder (ALA) def. Rafe Reynolds (SC), 4&3
Tyler Lipscomb (ALA) def. Gene Zeigler (SC), 6&5 
JP Cave (ALA) def. Evan Lewis (SC), 3&2
Canon Claycomb (ALA) def. Ryan Hall (SC), 1-up (match ended early)  
Alabama – 4 South Carolina – 1
 
SEC Match Play Pool Play vs. Texas A&M
Daniel Rodrigues (A&M) def. Jack Wall (SC), 4&3
William Paysse (A&M) def. Rafe Reynolds (SC), 3&2
Walker Lee (A&M) def. Gene Zeigler (SC), 3&2
Sam Bennett (A&M) def. Evan Lewis (SC), 1-up (thru 15)
Michael Heidelbaugh (A&M) def. Ryan Hall (SC), 3-up (thru 15)  
Texas A&M – 5 South Carolina – 0

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