Martin Sampedro, Revuelta finish 1-2, respectively, as No. 1 Stanford rolls to team title in Bruin Wave Invitational

 

   Getting a 1-2 finish from its Spanish standouts, Stanford continued its march toward a date in May in the match-play bracket in the NCAA Championship as the Cardinal rolled to a 22-shot victory in the Bruin Wave Invitational, presented by capillus, which wrapped up Feb. 23^rd at Valencia Country Club in Santa Clarita, Calif.

   Paula Martin Sampedro, a junior and No. 2 in the Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR), made a birdie at the 18^th hole to edge teammate and fellow Spaniard Andrea Revuelta, a sophomore and No. 3 in the Women’s WAGR, by a shot for the individual title, her third collegiate victory.

   Martin Sampedro and Revuelta were two-thirds of the Spanish team that lost on a tiebreaker to the United States in the Women’s World Amateur Team Championship last fall in Singapore after Spain, the U.S. and South Korea finished in a tie atop the leaderboard at Tanah Merah Country Club.

   Martin Sampedro put the disappointment of Stanford’s loss to Northwestern in the NCAA Championship’s Final Match at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. last spring behind her and embarked on a huge summer of 2025.

   Martin Sampedro captured titles in The Women’s Amateur Championship at Nairn Golf Club in Scotland and in the European Women’s Amateur Championship at Frankfurter Golf Club in Frankfurt, Germany and was the low amateur in the AIG Women’s Open Championship at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Wales.

   Martin Sampedro had a share of the lead going into the final round as she opened with a 4-under-par 68 over 6,238-yard, par-72 Valencia layout and added a 69 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round Feb. 22^nd.

   Revuelta trailed her teammate by three shots as she opened with a 3-under 69 and added a 71 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round.

   It looked like Revuelta might have caught Martin Sampedro when Revuelta closed with an eagle at the par-5 18^th hole to complete a 2-under 70 that gave her a 6-under 210 total.

   But Martin Sampedro was able to make a birdie at the par-5 finisher for an even-par 72 that left her a shot ahead of Revuelta with a 7-under 209 total. It was only the second birdie of the day for Martin Sampedro, offsetting two bogeys in a really steady round.

   Martin Sampedro became the fourth individual champion of the wraparound 2025-2026 season for Stanford, joining Revuelta, who had opened the spring season by taking the title in the Arizona Thunderbird Collegiate, Meja Ortengren, a sophomore from Sweden and No. 4 in the Women’s WAGR, and Megha Ganne, a senior from Holmdel, N.J. and No. 5 in the Women’s WAGR.

   Stanford, playing out of the Atlantic Coast Conference, opened the Bruin Wave Invitational with a solid 7-under 281 followed by an 8-under 280 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round. The Cardinal closed with a 6-under 282 for a 21-under 843 total.

   The victory in the Bruin Wave Invitational did nothing to threaten Stanford’s spot atop the Scoreboard, powered by clippd, rankings.

   The tournament co-hosts, Pepperdine, a perennial West Coast Conference power, and UCLA, Stanford’s one-time Pac-12 rival and now part of the Big Ten’s West Wing, accounted for the next two spots in the team standings.

   The Waves opened with a 1-under 287 and matched par in the afternoon of the opening-day’s double round with a 288 before closing with a 2-over 290 to earn runnerup honors with a 1-over 865 total.

   Pepperdine was led by Kylee Choi, a freshman from Murietta, Calif. who finished a shot behind Revuelta in third place in the individual standings with a 5-under 211 total. After opening with a 1-under 71, Kylee Choi carded back-to-back 2-under 70s in the final two rounds.

   Another Pepperdine Choi, Eunseo Choi, a sophomore from New Zealand and No. 64 in the Women’s WAGR, finished in the top 10 as she ended up in a tie for ninth place with New Mexico State’s Emma Bunch, a senior from Denmark, at 1-under 215.

   After opening with a 1-over 73, Eunseo Choi recorded back-to-back 1-under 71s in the final two rounds.

   Pepperdine failed to advance to the NCAA Championship last spring as a seven seed in the Lexington Regional. The Waves fell two spots in the Scoreboard rankings from No. 8 to No. 10 with their runnerup finish at Valencia.

   The Bruins finished a shot behind Pepperdine in third place with a 2-over 866 total. UCLA struggled in the opening round with an 8-over 296, but bounced back in a big way with the low team round of the tournament, a sizzling 15-under 273, in the afternoon of the opening-day double round.

   UCLA struggled again in the final round, but its 9-over 297 total enabled it to hold third place.

   The Bruins were led by Kacy Ly, a freshman from Thousand Oaks, Calif. and No. 99 in the Women’s WAGR who shared fourth place with Stanford’s Kelly Xu, a senior from Claremont, Calif. and No. 20 in the Women’s WAGR, each landing on 4-under 212.

   After opening with a 2-under 70, Ly contributed a sparkling 5-under 67 to UCLA’s second-round surge that left her tied atop the leaderboard with Martin Sampedro. Ly closed with a 3-over 75.

   UCLA reached the NCAA Championship last spring by finishing in fifth place as a five seed in the Charlottesville Regional, but was unable to make a run at a spot in the match-play bracket at La Costa. UCLA is No. 11 in the Scoreboard rankings following its third-place finish in the Bruin Wave Invitational.

   Reigning Big West Conference champion Cal State Fullerton finished 10 shots behind UCLA in fourth place with a 12-over 876 total.

   After opening with a solid 3-under 285, the Titans added a 7-over 295 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round before closing with an 8-over 296.

   Cal State Fullerton was led by Kaitlyn Zermeno Smith, a senior from Covina, Calif., and Davina Xanh, a senior from England, as they finished in a tie for sixth place with Stanford’s Ortengren at 3-under 213.

   After opening with a 1-over 73, Zermeno Smith, the reigning Big West individual champion, added a 1-under 71 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round before closing with a solid 3-under 69. Xanh opened with a sparkling 4-under 68 and added a 2-over 74 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round before closing with a 1-under 71.

   It was a historic spring for the Titans a year ago as they finished in fifth place as a 10 seed in the Gold Canyon Regional to earn a trip to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in the history of the program. Cal State Fullerton sits at No. 36 in the Scoreboard rankings following its fourth-place finish in the Bruin Wave Invitational.

   It was 20 more shots back to Oregon State in fifth place with a 32-over 896 total as the Beavers opened with a solid 4-over 292 and added a 303 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round before closing with a 301.

   Orphaned by the sudden collapse of the Pac-12, Oregon State found refuge in the West Coast Conference and proceeded to capture the conference championship last spring. The Beavers failed to advance to the NCAA Championship as an eight seed in the Norman Regional.

   Oregon State is No. 49 in the Scoreboard rankings following its fifth-place finish in the Bruin Wave Invitational.

   Cal State Northridge finished three shots behind Oregon State in sixth place in the 14-team field with a 35-over 899 total as the Matadors opened with an 8-over 296 and added a 302 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round before closing with a 301.

   Cal State Northridge, one of Cal State Fullerton’s Big West rivals, is 101^st in the latest Scoreboard rankings.

   Backing up Martin Sampedro and Revuelta for Stanford was Xu, who finished in a tie for fourth place with UCLA’s Ly at 4-under.

   Sometimes overshadowed in the star-studded Stanford lineup, Xu was typically solid at Valencia. After matching par in the opening round with a 72, Xu added a 1-under 71 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round before closing with a solid 3-under 69.

   Ortengren was in contention for the individual title as she got off to a hot start in the final round after she had matched par in the opening round with a 72 and added a 3-under 69 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round.

   Ortengren cooled off on the incoming nine at Valencia and closed with another even-par 72 to get a share of sixth place with the Cal State Fullerton pair of Zermeno Smith and Xanh at 3-under.

   Rounding out the Stanford lineup was Anna Song, a freshman from Los Angeles, Calif. who finished in a tie for 14^th place with a 1-over 217 total. Song posted a pair of 1-over 73s in the opening day’s double round before closing with a 1-under 71.

   Anne Walker, the Margot and Mitch Milias director of women’s golf at Stanford, brought along two players to compete as individuals with both Kaila Elsayegh, a freshman from Pacific Palisades, Calif., and Leigh Chien, a sophomore from Irvine, Calif., finishing in the group tied for 54^th place at 236.

   Elsayegh registered a pair of 80s in the opening-day double round before closing with a 4-over 76. Chien opened with a 4-over 76 and added a 78 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round before closing with an 82.

   Conspicuous by her absence was Ganne, winner of the U.S. Women’s Amateur last summer at the Bandon Dunes Resort on Oregon’s rugged coastline.

   Ganne competed as an individual in the Arizona Thunderbird Intercollegiate and sat out the Bruin Wave Invitational.

   The entire normal Stanford starting lineup, Martin Sampedro, Revuelta, Ortengren, Ganne and Xu, will be in the field when the Augusta National Women’s Amateur Championship tees off April 1 at Champions Retreat Golf Club.

   New Mexico State’s Bunch opened with a solid 3-under 69 and matched par in the afternoon of the opening day’s double round with a 72 before closing with a 74 to join Pepperdine’s Eunseo Choi in a tie for ninth place at 1-under.

   The Aggies, a Conference USA representative, finished in eighth place in the team standings with a 50-over 914 total. They are No. 105 in the latest Scoreboard rankings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liljeberg's strong finish powers Missouri to team crown in Westbrook Invitational

 

   Behind a sizzling 7-under-par 65 in the final round from Ebba Liljeberg, a freshman from Sweden, Missouri overtook Arizona to capture the team title in the Westbrook Invitational, which wrapped up Feb. 23^rd at the Vistas Course at Westbrook Village Golf Club in Peoria, Ariz.

   It was the third tournament win of the wraparound 2025-2026 season for Missouri, a Southeastern Conference representative playing in its spring opener.

   The Tigers had opened with a sparkling 11-under 277 over the 6,293-yard, par-72 Vistas Course layout at Westbrook Village and added a 9-under 279 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round Feb. 22^nd.

   That left them just two shots behind Big 12 power Arizona, which had opened with a 12-under 276 and added a 10-under 278 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round.

   But with Liljeberg going off, Missouri closed with the tournament’s low team round, a sizzling 17-under 271, for a 37-under 827 total. The Tigers had begun the weekend at No. 35 in the Scoreboard, powered by clippd, rankings and the team title in the Westbrook Invitational enabled them to move up three spots to No. 32.

   Arizona, which maintained its No. 23 spot in the Scoreboard rankings in the aftermath of its runnerup finish in the Westbrook Invitational, closed with a 13-under 275 to finish two shots behind Missouri with a 35-under 829 total.

   Liljeberg led the way for Missouri as she added a 2-under 70 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round to her opening-round 69 before unleashing that 7-under closing kick that left her alone in third place in the individual standings with a 12-under 204 total.

   Nobody was ever able to quite catch Kansas State’s Noa van Beek, a senior from The Netherlands who blistered the Vistas Course with an 8-under 64 in the opening round, for the individual title. That 64 was the low individual round of the tournament.

   Noa van Beek added a 1-under 71 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round and closed with a 5-under 67 for a 14-under 202 that was a program record for the Plains Wildcats. It was her first career individual title.

   The Missouri program seems to be going places. Overshadowed in the ultra-competitive SEC, the Tigers were unable to land a berth in an NCAA regional last spring. Looks like that is going to change this spring.

   Arizona was led by Nena Wongthanavimok, a senior from Thailand who finished a shot behind Missouri’s Liljeberg in a tie for fourth place in the individual standings with Minnesota’s Luismariana Mesones, a senior from Peru, each landing on 11-under 205.

   Wongthanavimok ripped off a pair of 4-under 68s in the opening-day double round before closing with a 3-under 69.

   Kinsley Ni, a freshman for the Desert Wildcats from Los Angeles, Calif., competed as an individual and earned a top-10 finish with an 8-under 208 total. Ni recorded back-to-back 3-under 69s in the opening-day double round before closing with a 2-under 70. Might have earned some consideration for a spot in the first five for Arizona.

   Arizona failed to advance to last spring’s NCAA Championship at the La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. as a three seed in the Lubbock Regional. That counts as a disappointing spring for the Desert Wildcats, who won the most recent of their three national championships in 2018.

   Kansas State, behind Noa van Beek, was another eight shots behind Big 12 rival Arizona in third place with a 27-under 837 total, a program record for 54 holes on a par-72 course.

   The Plains Wildcats opened with an 11-under 277 and added a 3-under 285 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round before closing with their best round of the tournament, a 13-under 275.

   Kansas State reached the NCAA Championship for the first time in program history last spring by finishing in third place as a five seed in the Lexington Regional, although the Plains Wildcats were unable to earn a spot in the match-play bracket at La Costa.

   Kansas State dropped three spots in the Scoreboard rankings from No. 26 to No. 29 following its third-place finish in the Westbrook.

   Nebraska, a Big Ten representative, finished a shot behind Kansas State in fourth place with a 26-under 838 total. Breanne Hall is in her first year as the head coach at Nebraska.

   The Cornhuskers, No. 75 in the Scoreboard rankings following the Westbrook Invitational, closed with a sizzling 16-under 272 to charge up the leaderboard. They had opened with a 4-under 284 and added a 6-under 282 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round.

   Two Nebraska freshmen cracked the top 10 as Kaleigh Babineaux from Austin, Texas, and Ailis Tribolet from Chandler, Ariz. finished among a foursome tied for sixth place at 9-under 207 that also included UNLV’s Amber Chen, a sophomore from Taiwan, and Rutgers’ Grace Lu, a redshirt senior from Edison, N.J.

   Babineaux registered a pair of 2-under 70s in the opening-day’s double round before closing with a sparkling 5-under 67. Tribolet got off to a fast start with a 5-under 67 and added a 1-under 71 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round before closing with a 3-under 69.

   Kansas, another Big 12 entry, finished two shots behind Nebraska in fifth place with a 24-under 240 total. The Jayhawks were really steady, posting back-to-back 8-under 280s in the opening-day’s double round before closing with a 10-under 278.

   Kansas was led by Layla Louderbaugh, a junior from Buffalo, Mo. who finished a shot behind Kansas State’s Noa van Beek in second place with a 13-under 203 total.

   Louderbaugh, who made an impressive march to the semifinals of the U.S. Women’s Amateur at the Bandon Dunes Resort on Oregon’s rugged coastline last summer, opened with a 3-under 67 at the Vistas Course and added a 2-under 70 in the second round before nearly catching Noa van Beek with a sizzling 6-under 66 in the final round.

   Louderbaugh was the runaway individual champion in the Columbus Regional at The Ohio State University’s tough Scarlet Course last spring, leading the Jayhawks to the first regional team title in program history.

   Kansas was unable to earn a spot in the match-play bracket in the NCAA Championship at La Costa.

   The Jayhawks dropped a spot in the Scoreboard rankings from No. 37 to No. 38 with its fifth-place finish in the Westbrook Invitational.

   Georgia, a rival of Missouri in the SEC, finished nine shots behind Kansas in sixth place with a 15-under 849 total as the Bulldogs opened with a 2-under 278 and added a 1-under 287 in the afternoon of the opening day’s double round before closing with a 4-under 284.

   Georgia is No. 58 in the Scoreboard rankings following its sixth-place finish in the Westbrook Invitational.

   Little bit of a disappointing 12^th-place finish in the 15-team field for Big Ten entry Penn State as the Nittany Lions ended up with a 9-over 873 total. After opening with a 7-over 295, Penn State carded a 4-over 292 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round before closing with an encouraging 2-under 286.

   Penn State is No. 68 in the Scoreboard rankings following its trip to the Westbrook Invitational.

   Backing up Liljeberg for Missouri was Jade Zimora, a senior from San Clemente, Calif. who finished just outside the top 10 in the group tied for 11^th place at 7-under 209.

   Fleur van Beek, a junior from The Netherlands, and the sister of Noa, the Westbrook Invitational individual champion from Kansas State, finished among the trio tied for 16^th place with a 6-under 210 total.

   Fleur van Beek contributed a 5-under 67 to the Tigers’ fast start and added a 1-over 73 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round before closing with a 2-under 70.

   Melanie Walker, a senior from Burke, Va., finished just outside the top 20 for Missouri in the group tied for 21^st place with a 4-under 212 total. Walker struggled to a 3-over 75 in the opening round, but bounced back with a 5-under 67 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round before closing with a 2-under 70.

   Rounding out the Missouri lineup was Addie Dobson, a senior from Jacksonville, Ill. who finished among the group tied for 31^st place. Dobson matched par with a 72 in the opening round, but struggled to a 4-over 76 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round.

   Dobson, however, came up huge for the Tigers with a sizzling 6-under 66 in the final round that was a big reason, along with Liljeberg’s 65, that they were able to overtake Arizona for the team title.

   Missouri head coach Caroline Westrup Gaeta brought along Addie Surber, a freshman from Montgomery, Texas, to compete as an individual and Surber joined her teammate Fleur van Beek in the group tied for 16^th place at 6-under.

   Surber sandwiched an even-par 72 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round with a pair of 3-under 69s.

   Minnesota’s Mesonas added a sparkling 5-under 67 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round to her opening-round 68 and closed with a 2-under 70 to join Arizona’s Wongthanavimok in the tie fourth place at 11-under.

   Minnesota, another Big Ten representative, finished in ninth place with a 7-under 857.

   UNLV’s Chen closed with a sparkling 6-under 66 to join the quartet tied for sixth place at 9-under. Chen had opened with a 3-under 69 before matching par in the afternoon of the opening-day double round with a 72.

   UNLV, the reigning Mountain West Conference champion, finished in a tie for seventh place in the team standings with the Big Ten’s Rutgers, each landing on 14-under 850.

   Lu led the way for Rutgers as she joined Chen and Nebraska’s Babineaux and Tribolet in the foursome tied for sixth place at 9-under. Lu added back-to-back 2-under 70s in the final two rounds to the sparkling 5-under 67 she fired in the opening round.

   Leading the way for Penn State was Audrey Lam, a freshman from Belgium who finished among the group tied for 31^st place with a 2-under 214 total. Lam, who was the Lions’ best player in the fall, added a 1-over 73 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round to her opening-round 74 before finishing strong with a 5-under 67.

   Sophomore Hannah Rabb, the PIAA Class AA champion in 2022 as a junior at Warrior Run and the reigning Pennsylvania Women’s Amateur champion, finished in the group tied for 50^th place with a 3-over 219 total for Penn State. Rabb matched par with a 72 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round after opening with a 2-over 74 before closing with a 73.

   Penn State’s Lillian Guleserian, a freshman from Westwood, Mass., and Yaya Jiratthitinun, a sophomore from Thailand, both landed in the group tied for 54^th place at 4-over 220.

   Guleserian sandwiched a 2-over 74 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round with a pair of 73s. After opening with a 2-over 74, Jiratthitinun tallied back-to-back 73s in the final two rounds.

   Rounding out the Penn State lineup was Myranda Quinton, a senior from Canada who finished alone in 83^rd place with a 237 total. Quinton opened with a 3-over 75 and added a 5-over 77 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round, but struggled to an 85 in the final round.

   Penn State head coach Kristen Simpson brought along Zeyep Sualp, a sophomore from Turkiye, to complete as an individual and Zualp opened with a 2-over 74, struggled to an 80 in the afternoon of the opening-day double round and closed with a solid 73 to finish in the group tied for 73^rd place with a 227 total.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taylor helps Drexel finish fifth in Oldfield Classic; Georgia Southwestern captures team crown

 

   Drexel opened the spring portion of its schedule for the wraparound 2025-2026 season this week with a trip to Okatie, S.C. and ended up in fifth place in the Oldfield Classic at the Oldfield Golf Club.

   Looks the start of a scheduled double round Monday was delayed by weather, probably the passing of the bottom end of the bomb cyclone that just hammered the New England coast with feet of snow and hurricane-force winds.

   As a result, the second round had to be completed Tuesday morning followed by the third round.

   Pretty sure the Drexel guys have been limited to simulator sessions in the awful winter we’re having in the Philadelphia area.

   The Dragons, playing out of the Coastal Athletic Association, opened with a 17-over-par 305 over the par-72 Oldfield layout in difficult conditions. They completed a 9-over 297 when second-round play resumed Tuesday morning and matched par in the final round with a 288 for a 26-over 890 total.

   Drexel was led by Caleb Taylor, a senior from Woodbine, Md. who closed with a sparkling 3-under 69 to finish among a group of four players tied for eighth place at 1-over 217. Taylor had opened with a 3-over 75 before adding a 73 in the second round.

   The field for the Oldfield Classic, hosted by South Carolina Beaufort, was largely comprised of Division II schools, although the four teams that finished ahead of Drexel are all among the top 12 teams in the latest Scoreboard, powered by clippd, D-II rankings.

   Speaking of hurricanes, it was the Hurricanes of Georgia Southwestern State, getting a tie for second place from Sam Brown, a junior from Bulgaria, who finished strong in the final two rounds to claim a two-shot victory in the team chase with a 5-over 869 total.

   Georgia Southwestern, a Peach Belt Conference representative and No. 8 in Scoreboard’s D-II rankings, opened with a 12-over 300 and added a 4-under 284 in the second round before closing with a 3-under 285 to hold off Catawba, No. 9 in Scoreboard’s D-II rankings.

   Brown led the way for Georgia Southwestern as he added back-to-back 2-under 70s in the final two rounds to his opening round of 1-over 73 to end up in a tie for second place with Catawba’s Paul Esnault, a senior from France, and Anderson’s Sam McMillan, a junior from Mount Pleasant, S.C., each landing on 3-under 213.

  Emmanuel’s Gabriel Hull, a freshman from South Daytona, Fla., captured the individual title in the Oldfield Classic as he matched par in the opening round with a 72, seized control with a sparkling 4-under 68 in the second round and closed with a 1-under 71 for a 5-under 211 total that was two shots clear of the trio tied for second place.

   Jordan Jones, a sophomore from New Zealand, gave Georgia Southwestern another top-10 finisher as he was part of the foursome tied for eighth place at 1-over 217. Jones struggled in the difficult conditions of the opening round with a 6-over 78, but bounced right back with a 4-under 68 in the second round before closing with a 1-under 71.

   Catawba, a South Atlantic Conference representative, struggled to an opening-round 305, but bounced back with a 2-under 286 in the second round and made a run at Georgia Southwestern with a final round of 8-under 280, the best team round of the tournament, but came up just short with a 7-over 871 total.

    Esnault led the way for the Indians as he bounced back from an opening round of 4-over 76 with a 2-under 70 in the second round before fueling Catawba’s final-round surge with a sparkling 5-under 67, the low individual round of the tournament, that earned him a share of runnerup honors with a 3-under total.

   Catawba had another strong showing from Ilia Antoniadis, a sophomore from Germany who finished in a tie for sixth place with Wingate’s Lewis Beeden, a senior from England, as they both landed on 1-under 215.

   Antoniadis opened with a solid 2-under 70 in some difficult conditions and added a 2-over 74 in the second round before closing with a 3-under 69.

   Wingate, No. 6 in Scoreboard’s D-II rankings, finished a shot behind Catawba with an 8-over 872 total.

   The Bulldogs, who reached the NCAA Division II semifinals last spring at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., held the lead following a solid opening round of 6-over 294 in Monday’s difficult conditions. Wingate added an 8-over 296 in the second round before closing with a 6-under 282.

   Breeden led the way for Wingate as he added a pair of 1-under 71s in the final two rounds to get his share of sixth place with Catawba’s Atoniadis at 1-under.

   The Bulldogs had another top-10 finisher in Mattia D’Errico, a sophomore from New Zealand who was part of the foursome tied for eighth place at 1-over. D’Errico added back-to-back 1-under 71s in the final two rounds to his opening round of 3-over 75.

   Columbus State, a rival of Georgia Southwestern in the Peach Belt Conference, finished 11 shots behind Wingate in fourth place with a 19-over 883 total as the Cougars opened with a 304 and added a 4-over 292 in the second round before closing with a 1-under 287.

   Leading the way for Columbus State, No. 12 in Scoreboard’s D-II rankings, was William Partner, a freshman from England who finished alone in fifth place in the individual standings with a 2-under 214 total. After opening with a 1-over 73, Partner matched par in the second round with a 72 before closing with a 3-under 69.

   Drexel was another seven shots behind Columbus State in fifth place with its 26-over 890 total. The Dragons came up just short of a CAA title last spring when they lost in a playoff to Elon in the conference championship at Union League National Golf Club at the Jersey Shore.

   Backing up Brown and Jones for Georgia Southwestern was Stefan Rojas, a redshirt freshman from Luxembourg who finished among the group tied for 12^th place at 2-over 218. Rojas bounced back from an opening round of 5-over 77 with a 2-under 70 in the second round before closing with a 71.

   Sacha Corlouer, a freshman from France, finished in the group tied for 25^th place at 9-over 225 for the Hurricanes. Corlouer matched par with a 72 in the tough conditions of the opening round, but struggled to an 80 in the second round before closing with a 1-over 73.

   Rounding out the Georgia Southwestern lineup was Joao Costa, a senior from Portugal who finished among the group tied for 58^th place at 233. Costa added a 4-over 76 in the second round to his opening-round 78 before closing with a 79.

   Oscar Hammar, a senior from Sweden, competed as an individual for Georgia Southwestern and had a decent showing, ending up among the trio tied for 35^th place at 228. Hammar struggled in the opening round with an 82, but rebounded with a 3-over 75 in the second round before closing with a solid 1-under 71.

   Anderson’s McMillan added back-to-back 2-under 70s to his opening round of 1-over 73 to join Georgia Southwestern’s Brown and Catawba’s Esnault in the trio tied for second place at 3-under.

   Host USC Beaufort’s Octavio Laurent, a freshman from France, rounded out the foursome tied for eighth place at 1-over as he bounced back from an opening round of 4-over 76 with a 1-under 71 in the second round before closing with a 70.

   Backing up Taylor for Drexel was senior Kevin Lydon, who was a scholastic standout at Central Bucks West and earned a trip to the U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club last summer.

   Lydon matched par in the second round with a 72 after opening with a 3-over 75 before closing with a 71 to finish among the group tied for 12^th place at 2-over 218.

   Junior John Keba, who starred scholastically at Allentown Central Catholic, was also solid in the Oldfield Classic for Drexel as he finished in a tie for 23^rd place with a 6-over 222 total. After shaking off the rust in an opening round of 5-over 77, Keba added a 1-over 73 in the second round before closing with a 1-under 71.

   Sophomore John Stevenson, a La Salle High standout and the Golf Association of Philadelphia’s Junior Player of the Year in 2024, finished among a trio of players tied for 70^th place at 238 for Drexel. Stevenson bounced back from an opening-round 83 with a 6-over 78 in the second round before closing with a 77.

   Rounding out the Drexel lineup was Isaiah Marseille, a redshirt freshman from Linden, N.J. who played his scholastic golf at Blair Academy and Mercersburg Academy, as he finished among a trio of players tied for 78^th place at 242. After opening with a 6-over 78, Marseille added an 81 in the second round before closing with an 83.

   Sophomores Matt Normand and Nathan Guertler, scholastic rivals at Rancocas Valley and Haddon Heights, respectively, and pals as junior golfers, competed as individuals for Drexel at Oldfield.

   Both showed some rust from a long winter in the Philadelphia area.

   After opening with an 83, Normand added an 86 in the second round before closing with an 84 to finish in 87^th place with a 253 total. Guertler struggled to an opening-round 94 and added an 86 in the second round before closing with an 81 to finish in 89^th place with a 261 total.