LaHa claims individual title, leads Virginia to team crown in Terps Invitational with conference championships on the horizon

 

   The road to the NCAA Championship at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa is about to enter the home stretch with conference championships teeing off later this month.

   Virginia, out of the Atlantic Coast Conference, took that road all the way to the match-play bracket at La Costa a year ago before the Cavaliers finally fell to powerful Stanford in the quarterfinals.

   It says here, if you’re one of those last eight teams standing for match play at the NCAA Championship, you were a great team and you had a great season.

   Virginia’s final tuneup before the ACC Championship gets under way April 16 at Porter’s Neck Country Club in Wilmington, N.C. came in the Terps Invitational, which wrapped up Monday at the University of Maryland Golf Course in College Park, Md.

   Virginia, behind individual champion Jaclyn LaHa, a junior from Pleasanton, Calif., overtook Kentucky, out of the Southeastern Conference, to capture the team crown, its first of the wraparound 2025-2026 season with a 4-under-par 860 total.

   LaHa was in the lineup for Virginia in that quarterfinal match with Stanford nearly a year ago and delivered the lone full point the Cavaliers earned.

   An Easter Sunday double round was played in changeable conditions. Pretty sure it was still fairly warm in the morning with rain bringing in a change in the weather – and a brief interruption of play -- during the first round. By the end of the day, the temperatures were falling and some wind was bringing in a return to more March-like conditions.

   LaHa struggled a little in the morning with a 2-over 74 over the 6,244-yard, par-72 University of Maryland layout, but unfurled the best individual round of the tournament, a 5-under 67, to take a three-shot lead into Monday’s final round.

   A final round of 1-under 70 in chilly, windy conditions gave LaHa a 5-under 211 and a four-shot victory, her first collegiate win.

   Virginia, No. 37 in the latest Scoreboard, powered by clippd, rankings, opened with a 3-over 291 and, fueled by LaHa’s sparkling effort, added a 6-under 282 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round before closing with a 1-under 287 in Monday’s final round.

   Virginia ended up with four top-10 finishers in the Terps Invitational.

   Kennedy Swedick, a sophomore from Albany, N.Y., finished among a trio of players tied for third place with a 1-over 217 total. After matching par in the opening round with a 72, Swedick added a 2-over 74 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round before contributing a critical 1-under 71 to the Cavaliers’ closing push.

   Elsie MacCleery, a freshman from Crozet, Va., and Mira Berglund, a junior from Sweden, finished among a group of five players who landed in a tie for sixth place at 2-over 218.

   MacCleery added a solid 1-under 71 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round to her opening round of 2-over 74 before closing with a 1-over 73. After matching par in the opening round with a 72, Berglund added back-to-back 1-over 73s in the final two rounds.

   Kentucky, the highest-ranked team in the Terps Invitational field at No. 33 in the Scoreboard rankings, was right on Virginia’s heels the whole way.

   After matching Virginia’s opening round of 3-over 291, the Wildcats matched par in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round with a 288 that left them six shots behind the Cavaliers going into the final round.

   Kentucky actually had the lead at one point in Monday’s final round and its 5-under 283 was the best round of the day. But the Wildcats’ 2-under 862 total left them two shots behind Virginia in second place.

   Virginia and Kentucky were the only two teams to finish in red figures in the team competition.

   Kentucky was led by Karlie Campbell, a sophomore from Ethridge, Tenn. who was the only other player to finish under par as she earned runnerup honors with a 1-under 215 total that left her four shots behind LaHa.

   After struggling to a 4-over 76 in the opening round, Campbell carded a sparkling 3-under 69 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round before closing with a 2-under 70.

    The Wildcats had two other top-10 finishers in the individual standings.

   C.A. Carter, a sophomore home girl from Lexington, Ky., closed with a 3-under 69 to join Virginia’s Swedick and High Point’s Makayla Grubb, a freshman from Stafford, Va., in the tie for third place at 1-over. Carter had opened with a 1-over 73 before adding a 3-over 75 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round.

   Kentucky’s Raleygh Simpson, a sophomore from Kerrville, Texas, landed in the group tied for sixth place at 2-over as she matched par in the final round with a 72 after posting a pair of 1-over 73s in Sunday’s double round.

   The Wildcats would appear to be in pretty good shape to earn an at-large bid to an NCAA regional after failing to hear their name called a year ago when Kentucky hosted the Lexington Regional on its home course.

   The SEC Championship, the most competitive conference championship in the country, tees off April 17 at the Pelican Golf Club Belleair, Fla.

   It was 23 shots back from Kentucky to host Maryland, No. 72 in the Scoreboard rankings, in third place in the team standings with a 21-over 885 total.

   After opening with a 10-over 298, the Terrapins, a Big Ten representative, added a 5-over 293 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round before closing with a 294.

   Maryland was led by Anna Pillard, a sophomore from France who landed among the quintet of players tied for sixth place at 2-over. Pillard sandwiched an even-par 72 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round with a pair of 1-over 73s.

   High Point, a Big South Conference entry, finished two shots behind Maryland in fourth place with a 23-over 887 total. The Panthers, No. 62 in the Scoreboard rankings, bounced back from an opening-round 304 with a 5-over 293 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round and a 2-over 290 in the final round.

   High Point was led by Grubb, who closed with a solid 2-under 70 to join Virginia’s Swedick and Kentucky’s Carter in the tie for third place at 1-over. Grubb had opened with a 3-over 75 before matching par in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round with a 72.

   The Panthers will tee off in the Big South Championship April 19 at the Fripp Island Golf Resort on Fripp Island, S.C.

   A couple more Big Ten entries, Wisconsin and Michigan, accounted for the next two spots in the team standings as the Badgers, No. 91 in the Scoreboard rankings, finished in fifth place with a 24-over 888 total, and the Wolverines, No. 57 in the Scoreboard rankings, ended up sixth with a 28-over 892 total.

   Wisconsin bounced back from an opening-round 302 with a 4-over 292 in Sunday afternoon’s second round and a 294 in the final round.

   After opening with a 300, Michigan put together a solid 2-over 290 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round before closing with a 302.

   Delaware, No. 110 in the Scoreboard rankings, capped a pretty solid wraparound 2025-’26 season by finishing three shots behind Michigan in seventh place with a 31-over 895 total.

   The Blue Hens added an 11-over 299 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round to their opening-round 303 before closing with a solid 5-over 293.

   Delaware will tee it up in the Conference USA Championship for the first time beginning April 20 at Stonebriar Country Club in Frisco, Texas.

   Penn State, No. 73 in the Scoreboard rankings, was another six shots behind Delaware in eighth place with a 37-over 901 total as the Nittany Lions opened with an 11-over 299 and added a 304 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round before closing with a 298.

   The Nittany Lions, playing out of the Big Ten, were led by sophomore Hannah Rabb, the Pennsylvania high school champion in Class AA in 2022 as a junior at Warrior Run and the reigning Pennsylvania Women’s Amateur champion, as she rounded out the fivesome tied for sixth place at 2-over.

   Rabb, who has been solid for Penn State after transferring from James Madison, sandwiched a 4-over 76 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round with a pair of 1-under 71s.

   It was the final tuneup for the Big Ten contingent in the field for the Terps Invitational -- host Maryland, Wisconsin, Michigan and Penn State -- before the conference championship, which, in a nod to the conference’s new West Wing, heads west and will tee off April 24 at Oakmont Country Club in Glendale, Calif.

   Richmond, which claimed the Atlantic 10 team title in its first year in the conference a year ago, finished five shots behind Penn State in ninth place in the 16-team field with a 32-over 906 total.

   After opening with an 11-over 299, the Spiders, No. 143 in the Scoreboard rankings, added a 302 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round before closing with a 305.

   Richmond will open defense of its A-10 title back at the Evermore Resort in Orlando, Fla. where it captured the crown and the Charlottesville Regional bid that went with it last spring, when the conference championship tees off April 20.

   Rounding out the lineup for Virginia was Remi Bacardi, a freshman from Miami, Fla. who finished in the group tied fore 14^th place with a 5-over 221 total. Bacardi added a 1-under 71 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round to her opening round of 1-over 73 – both counters for the Cavaliers – before closing with a 77.

   Miranda Lu, a freshman from Canada, competed as an individual for Virginia and finished among the group tied for 28^th with a 9-over 225 total. Lu added a 2-over 74 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round to her opening-round 76 before finishing up with a 75.

   Leading the way for Delaware was sophomore Kate Roberts, the District One Class AAA champion in 2023 as a senior at Phoenixville who finished among the trio tied for 25^th place with an 8-over 224 total.

   Roberts, who earned a runnerup finish while competing as an individual for Delaware in last month’s Nashville Invitational at the Presidents’ Reserve Golf Club in Hermitage, Tenn., sandwiched a 4-over 76 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round with a pair of 2-over 74s.

   It was another solid showing for junior Marissa Marosh, a two-time PIAA Class AAA qualifier at South Fayette who finished in the group tied for 28^th place with a 9-over 225 total. Marosh added a 3-over 75 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round to her opening-round 78 before matching par in the final round with a 72.

   Junior Mary Grace Dunigan, who helped Unionville claim a state team crown in Class AAA as a sophomore in 2020, finished in the group tied for 34^th place for the Blue Hens with a 226 total. Dunigan struggled in Sunday’s double round, adding an 80 to her opening round of 4-over 76, but finished strong, closing with a 2-under 70.

   Anushka Sawant, a sophomore from South Brunswick, N.J., finished in the group tied for 43^rd place with a 228 total as she opened with a 3-over 75, added a 76 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round and closed with a 77.

   Rounding out the Delaware lineup was Hyunji Kim, a sophomore from England who finished in a tie for 67^th place with a 233 total. Kim bounced back from an opening-round 81 by matching par in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round with a 72 before struggling again in the final round with an 80.

   Backing up Rabb for Penn State was Audrey Lam, a freshman from Belgium who finished among the group tied for 28^th place with a 9-over 225 total. Lam, who has been solid all season for the Nittany Lions, recorded a pair of 1-over 73s in Monday’s double round before closing with a 79.

   Mara King, a freshman from Lake Mary, Fla., finished in the group tied for 43^rd place at 228 as she added a 6-over 78 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round to her opening-round 76 before closing with her best round of the tournament, a 2-over 74.

   Jiratchaya Jiratthitinun, a sophomore from Thailand, finished among the group tied for 63^rd place with a 232 total. Jiratthitinun added a 5-over 77 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round to her opening-round 80 before finishing up with her best round of the tournament, a 3-over 75.

   Rounding out the Penn State lineup was Lillian Guleserian, a freshman from Westwood, Mass. who finished in a tie for 84^th place with a 239 total. After opening with a 7-over 79, Guleserian struggled to an 82 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round before closing with a 78.

   Penn State head coach Kristen Simpson brought along Lauren Thompstone, a sophomore from France, to compete as an individual and Thompstone just might have earned herself a spot in the starting lineup for the Big Ten Championship as she finished alone in 13^th place with a 4-over 220 total.

   After opening with a 4-over 76, Thompstone added a 1-over 73 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round before finishing strong with a 1-under 71 in Monday’s final round.

   Lam had led the way by finishing in a tie for 11^th place in the individual standings as Penn State finished in seventh place with a 28-over 892 total in the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic, which wrapped up March 30^th at the University of Georgia Golf Course in Athens, Ga.

   Lam closed with a solid 1-under 71 to end up with a 3-over 219 total.

   When Richmond tees it up in the A-10 Championship at the Evermore Resort, senior Hannah Lydic, who starred scholastically at Sussex Academy, will be defending the individual title she won a year ago that sparked the furious rally that gave the Spiders the conference championship.

   Lydic tuned up for her title defense by finishing among the group tied for 43^rd place with a 228 total in the Terps Invitational. Lydic opened with a solid 1-over 73, but struggled a little after that, adding a 78 in the afternoon of Sunday’s double round before closing with a 77.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

State College's McGraw goes low at Indian Spring to claim a Philly Junior Tour victory

 

   Luke McGraw will be one of the top returning scholastic players in Pennsylvania when he tees off for his senior season late this summer.

   McGraw, a Boalsburg resident, finished in a tie for ninth place in the individual standings in the PIAA Class AAA Championship at Penn State’s Blue Course last fall and then capped his junior season by helping the Little Lions come up just short of a state Class AAA team crown as they finished in a tie for second place with Radnor, a shot behind state champion Unionville.

   McGraw took an Easter weekend road trip to Indian Spring Country Club in Marlton, N.J. on a spectacular first Saturday in April for golf and carded a sparkling 1-under-par 69 to capture a Philadelphia Section PGA Junior Tour victory in the 16-to-18 division.

   McGraw made birdies on the second, third, fifth and 10^th holes and had 11 pars on his scorecard. He got it to 3-under through 14 holes before making a couple of late bogeys.

   Ravi Gohel of Mount Laurel, N.J. earned runnerup honors as he made birdies at the third, ninth and 14^th holes and had 10 pars on his card, including a string of four straight pars from 10 through 13, as he finished four shots behind McGraw with a solid 3-over 73.

   Joey Higgins, a junior on the Philadelphia Academy Charter School golf team, made a birdie on the ninth hole and had nine pars on his card as he finished five shots behind Gohel in third place with a 78.

   Tyler Sharpe of Woolwich Township, N.J. took fourth place with a 79 and Matthew Perez of Linwood, N.J. finished fifth with an 80.

   The foursome of David Dempsey of Franklinville, N.J., Shea Henefer of Moorestown, N.J., Ryan Stankoski of Mullica Hill, N.J. and Benjamin Perticari of West Deptford, N.J. finished in a tie for sixth place, each signing for an 81.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 16-to-18 division was Tim Croyle, a District One Class AAA qualifier as a junior at Pennridge last fall, as he finished in 10^th place with an 82.

   A couple of graduates from a very competitive 12-and-under division in 2025, Helmut Dang of Newtown Square and Preston Minio of Lansdale, finished 1-2, respectively, in the 13-to-15 division.

   Dang opened his round with a birdie at the first hole and had 12 pars on his scorecard, including a run of seven straight pars from six through 12, as he claimed a Philly Junior Tour victory among the younger guys with a 4-over 74.

   Minio had 11 pars on his card, including a string of six straight pars from the fifth through the 10^th holes, as he earned runnerup honors with a 78.

   David Padgett of Barnegat, N.J. made a birdie on the 12^th hole and had eight pars on his card, closing his round with three straight pars, as he finished in third place with a 79.

   Rithvik Nimma, a District One Class AAA qualifier as a freshman at Council Rock North last fall, took fourth place with an 80 and Jackson Roy, playing close to his Marlton, N.J. home, was fifth with an 81.

   The quartet of Mark Westfall, another guy playing close to his Marlton, N.J. home, Jonah Lowenberg of Villanova, Jack Gilbert of Bryn Mawr and Lucas Solano of Vineland, N.J. finished in a tie for sixth place, each recording an 82.

   Rounding out the top 10 in the 13-to-15 division was the pair of Jason Leekley of Moorestown, N.J. and Beckett Kush of Yardley as they finished in a tie for 10^th place, each tallying an 83.

   It was a home game for Siena Cohen, a Marlton, N.J. resident, and she made a birdie on the 13^th hole and had nine pars on her scorecard to earn a Philly Junior Tour victory in the girls 16-to-18 division with an 84.

   It was a tight battle for the top spot as Morgan Tyhanic of Little Egg Harbor, N.J. had six pars on her card as she finished a shot behind Cohen in second place with an 85.

   Rounding out the field in the 16-to-18 division was Christina St. Pierre, who wrapped up her scholastic career at Pennsbury last fall, as she had a pair of pars on the incoming nine at Indian Spring to finish in third place with a 96.

   Mallie Heenan of Ocean City, N.J. made pars on the ninth and 13^th holes as she finished atop the leaderboard in the 13-to-15 division with a 91.

   Madison Cabot of Newtown, the reigning Player of the Year in the 13-to-15 division, had three pars on her scorecard as she finished three shots behind Heenan in second place with a 94.

   Emma Cowan of Moorestown, N.J. made a par on the third hole as she finished in third place with a 97.

   Sophia Carvalho of Downingtown took fourth place with a 101 and Molly Wagner of Newark, Del. rounded out the field in the 13-to-15 division as she finished fifth with a 104.

   Grayson Wright of Philadelphia had five pars on his scorecard as he bested the field of 12-and-under nine-holers with a 4-over 39.

   Brody Rollins of Milton, Del. had three pars on his card, closing out his round with back-to-back pars at the eighth and ninth holes, as he earned runnerup honors with a 41.

   Joey Charpentier of Schwenksville had four pars on his card, including a string of three straight pars at the fifth, sixth and seventh holes, as he finished a shot behind Rollins in third place with a 42.

   Caden Bartra of Yardley took fourth place with a 43, James Schneider of Penn Valley and Victor Wang of Hockessin, Del. shared fifth, each registering a 45, and Kash Gray of Eagleville finished seventh with a 46.

   Ben Cho of Chesterbrook took eighth place with a 47, Luke George of Mullica Hill, N.J. was ninth with a 48 and Alex Cheng of Wilmington, Del. rounded out the top 10 in the boys 12-and-under division as he finished 10^th with a 51.

   Charlotte Cabot, another member of Newtown’s Team Cabot, bested the field of 12-and-under nine-holers with a 54.

   Addison Sabatini of West Chester rounded out a short field in the girls 12-and-under division as she finished in second place with a 58.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fang, Stout share medalist honors, lead Oklahoma State to team crown in Maridoe Collegiate

 

   Oklahoma State head coach Alan Bratton trotted out the same lineup that defeated Virginia in the NCAA Championship’s Final Match at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa last spring and delivered a 12^th national title for the Cowboys in last week’s Maridoe Collegiate at the Maridoe Golf Club in Carrollton, Texas.

   And wouldn’t you know it, that same lineup rolled to an 18-shot victory with an 11-over 875 total for Oklahoma State’s third team title of the wraparound 2025-2026 season and second of the spring campaign.

   Oklahoma State, the reigning Big 12 champion, came into the Maridoe Collegiate at No. 7 in the Scoreboard, powered by clipped, rankings and moved up a spot to No. 6 following its victory.

   The reality is that the team that won the national championship a year ago has done nothing but get better and more experienced, particularly when it comes to match play. If the Cowboys can figure out a way to fight their way into the match-play bracket when they return to La Costa and Carlsbad, Calif. next month, they are going to be a tough, tough out.

   It was a dominant performance by Oklahoma State on a 7,569-yard, par-72 Maridoe layout that seems to have played plenty tough, particularly in Tuesday’s final round.

   Ethan Fang, a junior from Plano, Texas and No. 8 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR), and Preston Stout, a junior from Richardson, Texas and No. 3 in the WAGR, shared medalist honors as they were the only players to finish under par, each ending up with a 1-under 215 total.

   Eric Lee, a junior from Fullerton, Calif. and No. 29 in the WAGR, finished in a tie for fourth place at 1-over 217 for the Cowboys.

   Oklahoma State basically put the team chase away with an opening round of 5-under 283. The Cowboys added a 5-over 293 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to take a 14-shot lead over Big 12 rival Arizona State into Tuesday’s final round.

   Oklahoma State closed with an 11-over 299 to expand its final margin of victory over the Sun Devils to 18 shots.

   Fang had five birdies, including three straight at the 12^th, 13^th and 14^th holes against a lone bogey in an opening round of 4-under 68 that matched the low individual round of the tournament.

   He matched par in the afternoon of Monday’s double round with a 72 to take a two-shot lead over his teammate Stout going into the final round before stumbling a little with a 3-over 75 that left him at 1-under.

   Stout made a birdie at the third hole, ripped off three straight birdies at five, six and seven and added another birdie at 13 to get it to 5-under in the opening round. Closing bogeys at the 17^th and 18^th holes left him with a 3-under 69.

   Back-to-back 1-over 73s left him with a share of medalist honors with Fang at 1-under. It was Stout’s second win of the season and fifth career victory.

   Fang and Stout carried the momentum of Oklahoma State’s national championship at La Costa into the summer last year.

   Fang took a hop over the pond and became the first American since Drew Weaver in 2007 to capture the title in The Amateur Championship at Royal St. George’s Golf Club.

   It will be interesting see how well Maridoe prepares Fang for the big stage because that victory in The Amateur Championship earned him a starting time in next week’s Masters.

   Stout was the medalist in qualifying in the U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club in San Francisco, Calif. and reached the round of 16 in match play.

   A couple of weeks later Stout delivered the point that clinched an outright victory for the United States in its 17-9 victory over Great Britain & Ireland in the Walker Cup Match at the iconic Cypress Point Club on northern California’s Monterey Peninsula.

   Fang was also on that winning U.S. side at Cypress Point.

   Lee contributed a 2-under 70 to Oklahoma State’s fast start, added a 1-over 73 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round and closed with a 2-over 74 to get a share of fourth place with Alabama’s William Jennings, a sophomore from Greenville, S.C. and No. 59 in the WAGR, each ending up at 1-over.

   Lee has established some pretty strong match-play chops of his own. All he did at La Costa last spring was pull out the clinching point in both the Cowboys’ semifinal victory over Mississippi and again in the Final Match against Virginia.

   In August, Lee reached the semifinals of the U.S. Amateur at The Olympic Club before falling to eventual champion Mason Howell, the talented teen from Thomasville, Ga.

   Oklahoma State’s other victory this spring came in the Cabo Collegiate, which wrapped up March 3^rd at the Twin Dolphin Club in Los Cabos, Mexico. Stout ran away with the individual title by seven shots to lead the way for the Cowboys.

   Hoping to get a chance to see Fang, Stout and Lee in action this summer when the U.S. Amateur comes to our backyard in Philadelphia at Merion Golf Club’s historic East Course in the Ardmore section of Haverford Township.

   Arizona State, which maintained its No. 9 spot in the Scoreboard rankings, earned runnerup honors with a 29-over 893 total.

   After opening with a 4-over 292, the Sun Devils added a 10-over 298 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 303.

   Arizona State was led by freshman Bowen Mauss, the bomber from Draper, Utah who finished among a trio tied for eighth place at 4-over 220. After opening with a 3-over 75, Mauss added a 1-under 71 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 2-over 74.

   Arizona State advanced to the NCAA Championship last spring by finishing in second place as the top seed in the Bremerton Regional, but never really got it going at La Costa.

   Baylor, another Big 12 entry, and host North Texas, playing out of the American Athletic Conference, outperformed their rankings by finishing in third and fourth place, respectively.

   The Bears only trailed Oklahoma State by six shots following an opening round of 1-over 289, but struggled to a 309 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 299 that left them in third place with a 33-over 897 total.

   Baylor got a couple of top-10 finishes individually as Alex Heard, a junior from Boca Raton, Fla., finished in sixth place with a 2-over 218 and Jonas Appel, a senior from Encinitas, Calif. joined Arizona State’s Mauss and Texas Rio Grande Valley’s Jorge Martin Sampedro, a freshman from Spain, in the trio tied for eighth place at 4-over 220.

   Heard opened with a solid 1-under 71 and added a 2-over 74 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 1-over 73.

   After opening with a 1-over 73, Appel added a 4-over 76 in the afternoon of  Monday’s double round before closing with a solid 1-under 71.

   Baylor was No. 94 in the Scoreboard rankings following its solid showing in the Maridoe Collegiate.

   The Mean Green added a 7-over 295 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to their opening-round 299 before closing with a 305 as they finished two shots behind Baylor in fourth place with a 35-over 899 total.

   North Texas was a spot ahead of Baylor at No. 93 in the Scoreboard rankings in the aftermath of the Maridoe Collegiate.

   Oklahoma State’s ancient in-state rival, Oklahoma, finished five shots behind North Texas in fifth place with a 40-over 904 total.

   The two teams are no longer Big 12 rivals with the Sooners’ move to the Southeastern Conference in the fall of 2024. The rivalry between the two schools might be its most intense in men’s golf and the golf gods gave us an Oklahoma State-Oklahoma matchup in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship last spring at La Costa, the Cowboys winning the match on their way to the national title.

   Oklahoma opened with a solid 1-over 289 in the Maridoe Collegiate, but struggled after that as the Sooners added a 311 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 304.

   Oklahoma was led Ryder Cowan, a senior home boy from Edmond, Okla. and No. 27 in the WAGR who finished in third place in the individual standings, a shot behind Oklahoma State’s Fang and Stout with an even-par 216 total.

   Cowan matched Fang’s opening round of 4-under 68 and struggled a little with a 4-over 76 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before matching par in the final round with a 72.

   Alabama, one of Oklahoma’s SEC rivals, finished three shots behind the Sooners in sixth place in the 13-team field with a 43-over 907 total.

   The Crimson Tide, who dropped a spot in the Scoreboard rankings from No. 16 to No. 17 following the Maridoe Collegiate, opened with an 11-over 299 and added a 302 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 306.

   Jennings led the way for Alabama as he added a solid 2-under 70 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to his opening round of 2-over 74 before closing with a 73 to get a share of fourth place with Oklahoma State’s Lee at 1-over.

   It was a disappointing end to the wraparound 2024-’25 season for Alabama last spring as the Crimson Tide failed to advance to the NCAA Championship as a three seed in the Reno Regional.

   Backing up the trio of Fang, Stout and Lee for Oklahoma State was Gaven Lane, a junior from Argyle, Texas and No. 79 in the WAGR, as he finished alone in 24^th place with a 228 total.

   Lane added a 3-over 75 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round to his opening-round 76 before closing with a 77.

   Rounding out the Oklahoma State lineup was Filip Fahlberg-Johnsson, a sophomore from Sweden who finished among the group tied for 29^th place at 231. After opening with a 4-over 76, Fahlberg-Johnsson added a 78 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before finishing up with a 77.

   Also in the group at 231 was Oklahoma State’s Collin Bond, a redshirt freshman from Norman, Okla. who was competing as an individual. Bond opened with a solid 1-over 73, but struggled a little after that, adding a 78 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with an 80.

   Boston College’s Markus Lam, a junior from Hong Kong, finished alone in seventh place with a 3-over 219 total. After opening with a solid 2-under 70, Lam added a 1-over 73 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with a 76.

   The Eagles, an Atlantic Coast Conference representative, finished last of the 13 teams with a 67-over 931 total.

   Rounding out the trio tied for eighth place at 4-over was UTRGV’s Martin Sampedro as he bounced back from an opening round of 6-over 78 with a 2-under 70 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before matching par in the final round with a 72.

   UTRGV, which plays out of the Southland Conference, finished in seventh place in the team standings with a 50-over 914 total.

   Sophomore Nick Gross, the 2021 Pennsylvania champion in Class AAA as a sophomore at Downingtown West, was in the lineup for Alabama and finished among a trio tied for 57^th place with a 237 total.

   Gross struggled at Maridoe as he opened with a 6-over 78 and added a 79 in the afternoon of Monday’s double round before closing with an 80.

   Alabama has one more regular-season tournament, the Mossy Oak Collegiate, hosted by SEC rival Mississippi State in West Point, Miss. April 13 and 14.

   That will be the final tuneup for the Crimson Tide before the SEC Championship tees off April 22 at the Sea Island Resort on St. Simons Island, Ga.