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W. Golf: Seminoles Advance To Final Round Of NC State Match Play Championship
4/3/2023 7:20:26 PM | Women's Golf
RALEIGH, N.C. – No. 11 and second-seeded Florida State advanced to the final round of the Wolfpack Match Play Invitation after defeating the University of Virginia 3-1-1 at Lonnie Poole Golf Course in Monday’s second round of the tournament.
In a first round that saw the Seminoles fall 3-2 to Virginia Tech in the Quarterfinals of the Wolfpack Match Play Invitation, Florida State quickly recuperated with three victories in the semifinals round.
Originally, in the quarterfinals, two Seminoles, Kaylah Williams and Lottie Woad, won their matches, each capturing a 3&2 victory against Virginia Tech. Ginnie Lee, Becca DiNunzio, and Alyssa Montgomery of Virginia Tech each won their individual matches to secure a 3-2-0 victory over Florida State.
Lottie Woad and Madison Hewlett started off strong in the opening holes of the tournament, leading 1-up after two holes against their opponents. Hewlett advanced the match to 2-up after gaining a stroke on Becca DiNunzio on the third hole.
Hewlett kept a consistent lead on DiNunzio up until the 13th hole. With a tied score on No. 13, DiNunzio took control of the match and won three consecutive holes to close out the match 3&2.
Coming straight off a phenomenal Augusta National Women’s Amateur performance, Woad kept control of her lead in the match against Virginia Tech’s Morgan Ketchum. Throughout the 18 holes, Woad only wavered her lead to a tie twice, but ultimately finalized her victory on the 16th hole, 3&2.
Kaylah Williams fought a consistent battle against match play competitor Symone Henriques. Through the first six holes, there was a constant back-and-forth between the two players, with Henriques taking the lead on hole six 1-up.
Hole No. 6 would be the last time Henriques saw a lead in the match, as Williams played tremendous golf on the back-nine to finalize the score on hole No. 16 at 3-up.
Alice Hodge and Amelia Williamson were unable to find a lead in the 18 holes played in the Quarterfinals. Hodge scored a six on the opening hole, immediately going 1-down against Ginnie Lee.
Although she was able to tie the score on holes three and 10, Lee managed to maintain a 2-up lead going into the 18th hole and ended the match 2&1.
Starting with a tie on the first two holes, Williamson ended the front-nine 2-down against opponent Alyssa Montgomery. She got a stroke back at the turn, but lost on holes 11 and 15 to finalize the match 3&2 in favor of Virginia Tech.
The Seminoles did not let a first round loss get in their way of making it to the Wolfpack Match Play Finals. Playing against the third-seeded University of Virginia, Amelia Williamson was the first to enter the clubhouse at 3-up, giving Florida State their first win of the match.
Kaylah Williams won her second match of the day after leading her opponent to a 3&2 victory, never once wavering her lead which was as high as 4-up after the first nine.
With two victorious matches in for the Seminoles, Madison Hewlett sealed the advance to the finals by winning her match 4&3. In a match that saw her opponent holding a 1-up lead over Hewlett thru seven holes, Hewlett gained five strokes on Virginia’s Smythe on the back-nine to win the match.
Alice Hodge tied her match after beating her opponent on the 18th hole. Katherine Cook fell 3&2 in her first match play event as a Seminole.
Lottie Woad will tee off the Seminoles at 8am ET in the final round of the Wolfpack Match Play Invitation tomorrow, April 4th. Live scoring can be found on golfstat.com.