No. 4 South Carolina Finishes Runner-Up at Old Barnwell Derby Matchplay

AIKEN, S.C. – No. 4 South Carolina finished runner-up at the 2025 Old Barnwell Derby Matchplay on Tuesday. The Gamecocks fell, 3-2, to No. 9 Wake Forest in a tightly contested title match that came down to the wire.

Freshman Eila Galitsky went 3-0 in her matches at Old Barnwell over the last two days putting the first point on the board for Carolina with a 4&3 victory over Wake’s Macy Pate. Sophomore Maylis Lamoure also went 3-0 in her matches this week putting the second point on the board today for the Gamecocks today with a birdie on 18 to win 1-up.

Senior All-Americans Louise Rydqvist and Hannah Darling dropped close matches that ended on hole 17 so it came down to the anchor match between sophomore Vairana Heck and Wake’s Sky Sload. Heck made eagle on 16 to pull within 1-shot but Sload won the match for the Demon Deacons 2&1 with a par at 17.

Carolina picked up a pair of top-25 wins this week with impressive 4-1 victories over No. 22 Duke in the quarterfinals and No. 12 Virginia in the semifinals on Monday.

Darling, Galitsky and Rydqvist will all compete in the upcoming Augusta National Women’s Amateur April 2-5.

The team will be back in action at the SEC Championship April 14-18. Pelican Golf Club in Belair, Fla. will host the conference tournament for the second straight year. Teams will play 54-holes Monday thru Wednesday with the top eight teams advancing to match play on Thursday. The title match will take place Friday, April 18, and air live on SEC Network.

2025 Old Barnwell Derby Matchplay Championship Match

Maylis Lamoure (SC) def. Chloe Kovelesky (WF), 1-up

Carolina Chacarra (WF) def. Louise Rydqvist (SC), 2&1

Eila Galitsky (SC) def. Macy Pate (WF), 4&3

Anne-Sterre den Dunnen (WF) def. Hannah Darling (SC), 2&1

Sky Sload (WF) def. Vairana Heck (SC), 2&1

FINAL: No. 9 Wake Forest def. No. 4 South Carolina, 3-2

2025 Old Barnwell Derby Matchplay Semifinal Match

J. LaHa (Virginia) def. Hannah Darling (SC), 1-up

Eila Galitsky (SC) def. R. Skoler (Virginia), 3&2

Maylis Lamoure (SC) def. M. Propeck (Virginia), 3&2

Vairana Heck (SC) def. A. Sambach (Virginia), 2&1

Sophia Burnett (SC) def. C. Schiavone (Virginia), 2-up

FINAL: No. 4 South Carolina def. No. 12 Virgina, 4-1

2025 Old Barnwell Derby Matchplay Quarterfinal Match

Maylis Lamoure (SC) def. C. De Troia (Duke), 4&3

Eila Galitsky (SC) def. A. Smith (Duke), 1-up

K. Li (Duke) def. Sophia Burnett (SC), 3-up

Hannah Darling (SC) def. R. Heflin (Duke), 5&4

Louise Rydqvist (SC) def. A. Canado Espinal (Duke), 5&4

FINAL: No. 4 South Carolina def. No. 22 Duke, 4-1

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