Women's Golf . May 19, 2025

No. 3 Gamecocks Finish T-10th at NCAA Championship

South Carolina Athletics

Fourth top-10 finish under head coach Kalen Anderson ; Galitsky finishes T-5th to match best individual finish by a Gamecock at NCAA finals in program history

CARLSBAD, Calif. – It was a tough end to an incredible season on Monday as No. 3 South Carolina finished T-10^th at the NCAA Championship, two shots shy of punching the team’s ticket to the match play quarterfinals on Tuesday morning. The Gamecocks shot 9-over (297) in the final round led by a bogey free 68 (-4) from standout freshman Eila Galitsky.

Galitsky made a flurry of birdies late putting circles on her scorecard at holes six, seven and nine (team started on hole 10 today). The Chaing Mai, Thailand native logged a 72-hole total of 282 (-6) to finish T-5^th and earn NCAA All-America distinction (top-15 individual finish). She becomes the second player in program history and the first freshman to earn a top-five finish at the NCAA Championship. Former All-American Katie Burnett finished 5^th at the 2012 NCAA Championship at Vanderbilt Legends Club.

The SEC Co-Freshman of the Year has enjoyed a standout spring after enrolling in January. She had four top-five finishes in six stroke play starts including a win at the Moon Golf Invitational back in mid-February. She is one of four finalist for the WGCA National Freshman of the Year. Her scoring average of 71.26 is the lowest in program history by any first-year player.

Senior All-Americans Louise Rydqvist and Hannah Darling each shot 76 (+4) today in round four. Rydqvist, who was 1-under on the day with three holes to play, caught a brutal break late at the par-4 seventh hole as her tee shot got stuck in a tree. The duo finishes their careers as two of the most decorated players in program history and likely four-time All-Americans. Darling finishes her career with the lowest scoring average in program history at 72.09. Rydqvist finishes her career with the third-lowest scoring average in program history at 72.68.

Graduate Sophia Burnett, a key stalwart in the lineup all season for Carolina after being in-and-out of the lineup last season, was the final counting score today for the Gamecocks with a 77 (+5). Sophomore Maylis Lamoure also shot 77 (+5). She was 1-under thru 11 holes but was hurt by a slew of bogeys coming into the clubhouse.

The top-10 finish is the sixth in program history at the NCAA Championship. Four of those top-10 finishes have come under head coach Kalen Anderson.

2025 NCAA Championship Leaderboard

1. No. 1 Stanford – 1,125(-27)

2. No. 5 Oregon – 1,146 (-6)

3. No. 11 Northwestern – 1,154 (+2)

4. No. 4 Florida State – 1,155 (+3)

5. No. 9 Southern Cal – 1,156 (+4)

6. No. 2 Arkansas – 1,158 (+6)

7. No. 6 Texas – 1,160 (+8)

8. No. 10 Virginia – 1,167 (+15)

9. No. 8 Arizona State – 1,168 (+16)

T10. No. 3 South Carolina – 1,169 (+17)