Women's Golf . May 7, 2025

No. 4 Gamecocks Run Away With NCAA Charlottesville Regional Title

Andy Mead/South Carolina Athletics

Carolina went wire-to-wire capturing its sixth NCAA Regional Championship under head coach Kalen Anderson

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – No. 4 South Carolina, the top seed, went wire-to-wire to win the NCAA Charlottesville Regional on Wednesday at Birdwood Golf Course. It’s the sixth NCAA Regional Title under head coach Kalen Anderson and the first since 2017.

The Gamecocks were the only team in the 12-team field to post a 54-hole score under par finishing at 2-under with a total of 850 (-2), shooting the low team score each day. Carolina won by 12 shots, picking up a trio of top-25 wins against host No. 11 Virgina, No. 16 Ole Miss and No. 21 Florida. Of the six total NCAA Regional winners, the Gamecocks were the only team to win by double-digit strokes.

All five players finished in the top-15 for South Carolina led by its trio of First Team All-SEC selections. Senior All-Americans Hannah Darling and Louise Rydqvist finished T-4^th at even par. Darling logged three straight scores of 71 and finished T-2^nd in the field in par-5 scoring average at 4.58 (-5). Rydqvist shot 67-71-75 and tied for the field lead with 12 birdies. Standout freshman Eila Galitsky also finished T-4^th at even par with scores of 69-72-72 and led the field in par-4 scoring average 3.93 (-2).

Graduate Sophia Burnett T-9^th at 2-over in what was her first career NCAA Regional top-10 finish. The Hilton Head Island, S.C. native fired scored of 72-72-71. Sophomore Maylis Lamoure T-13^th at 3-over with scores of 70-73-73.

In 31 all-time NCAA Regional appearances, it’s the first time in program history all five players in the lineup finished inside the top-15 individually.

The Gamecocks will make the program’s fifth-straight trip to the NCAA Championship next week, which takes place May 16-21 in Carlsbad, Calif. at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa for the second consecutive year. Thirty teams from the six different regional sites will play 54-holes of stroke play with a cut to the top-15 for the final round of stroke play on May 19. The top-eight teams from there will advance to match play to compete for a National Championship.

The five-straight trips for Carolina to NCAA finals is T-6th longest active streak in the country with LSU, Oklahoma State and Baylor. The Gamecocks are one of 10 teams from the SEC that will represent the league at this year’s National Championship.

It marks the program’s 22^nd all-time NCAA Championship appearance, 14 of which have now come under the leadership of Anderson in her 18 seasons as head coach.

2025 NCAA Charlottesville Regional Final Leaderboard

1. No. 4 South Carolina – 850 (-2)

2. No. 16 Ole Miss – 861 (+9)

T3. No. 11 Virginia – 864 (+13)

T3. No. 21 Florida – 864 (+13)

5. UCLA – 869 (+18)

6. NC State – 876 (+24)

7. UCF – 882 (+30)

8. BYU – 888 (+36)

9. Princeton – 892 (+40)

10. College of Charleston – 897 (+45)

11. Richmond – 926 (+74)