No. 3 Gamecocks Conclude Season at NCAA Championship

CARLSBAD, Calif. – No.3 South Carolina’s season came to a close at the NCAA Championship on Sunday. The Gamecocks finished 23^rd at 40-over for the tournament, missing the cut for the top-15.

Carolina teed off in the afternoon wave today and was just outside the top-15 at 17-over needing a solid round to advance. The Gamecocks shot 311 (+23) and slipped three spots down the leaderboard.

Freshman Vairana Heck shot 76 (+4) to lead Carolina in the final round. She made four birdies and closed strong with three circles on her scorecard over the final five holes. Freshman Maylis Lamoure and senior Sophia Burnett shot 76 (+6). Junior All-American Louise Rydqvist shot 79 (+7) to round out the final scores.

Rydqvist, a First Team All-SEC selection and likely All-American again, led the team with a T-41^st finish at 5-over. Lamoure has a solid debut at her first NCAA Championship with a T-57^th finish at 7-over.

2024 NCAA Championship Leaderboard

1. No. 13 Texas A&M – 854 (-10)

2. No. 1 Stanford – 855 (-9)

3. No. 4 LSU – 863 (-1)

4. No. 16 Clemson – 866 (+2)

5. No. 11 Northwestern – 873 (+9)

6. No. 5 UCLA – 874 (+10)

T7. No. 12 Oregon – 876 (+12)

T7. No. 6 Auburn – 876 (+12)

9. No. 10 Arkansas – 877 (+13)

10. No. 7 Southern Cal – 878 (+14)

11. No. 9 Duke – 883 (+19)

12. No. 2 Wake Forest – 884 (+20)

13. No. 23 Mississippi State – 885 (+21)

14. No. 8 Texas – 887 (+23)

15. No. 19 Florida State – 889 (+25)

–top-15 teams advance to medal round on Monday–

16. No. 15 Arizona State – 890 (+26)

T17. No. 30 Michigan State – 892 (+28)

T17. No. 26 San Jose State – 892 (+28)

19. No. 21 Pepperdine – 893 (+29)

20. No. 20 Vanderbilt – 897 (+33)

21. No. 34 Baylor – 899 (+35)

22. No. 43 Oregon State – 900 (+36)

23. No. 3 South Carolina – 904 (+40)

T24. No. 25 SMU – 912 (+48)

T24. No. 39 Oklahoma State – 912 (+48)

T26. No. 27 North Carolina – 913 (+49)

T26. No. 44 Tulsa – 913 (+49)

28. No. 22 Virginia – 914 (+50)

29. No. 31 Purdue – 916 (+52)

30. No. 14 Ole Miss – 917 (+53)

2024 NCAA Championship Gamecock Leaderboard

T41. Louise Rydqvist – 221 (+5)

T57. Maylis Lamoure – 223 (+7)

T86. Vairana Heck – 227 (+11)

T140. Mia Sandtorv Lussand – 237 (+21)

SUB. Sophia Burnett – 158 (+14)

SUB. Hannah Darling – 84 (+12)

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