Saturday, April 15
Birmingham, Ala.
Mississippi State
3
vs
2
Vanderbilt
Women’s Golf Advances To SEC Match Play Championship
April 15, 2023 | Women's Golf
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.– After two rounds of golf on Saturday, the Mississippi State women's golf team has advanced to the SEC Match Play Championship round. The Bulldogs will go head-to-head against Texas A&M, with tee times set for 7:30 a.m. CT. The match will be broadcast live on SEC Network.
The Bulldogs started things on Saturday in the SEC Match Play Championship quarterfinals against Vanderbilt. The Bulldogs won two matches with ease. Surapa Janthamunee (SJ) and Hannah Levi dominated their Saturday matches. The two Bulldogs made quick work, concluding their rounds before the 18th hole, as SJ won 5&4 while Levi won 4&3. With the teams tied at two, everything came down to Abbey Daniel. The senior needed to play sudden death golf to win, but got it done on the 21st hole to clinch the match for State.
Mississippi State advanced to take on LSU in the semifinals later in the day after the Tigers defeated Ole Miss. Similar to the first round of the day, the trio of SJ, Daniel and Levi brought it home for the Bulldogs. Levi continued her strong play from the quarterfinals with another elite performance, winning 5&4. SJ won by a score of 2UP (meaning she won by two strokes, but they still played the 18th hole), while Daniel won by a score of 1UP (meaning she won by a single stroke).
The Bulldogs will be making their second all-time appearance in the SEC Match Play Championship, both under the direction of head coach Charlie Ewing. Ewing guided the team to the championship round back in 2021 before falling to Auburn 3-0. The Bulldogs have never won the SEC Team Championship.
Quoting Head Coach Charlie Ewing
On the team defeating Vanderbilt & LSU to advance to the championship round
"It was a really long day, but it also doesn't feel that way because in the morning you don't know whether or not you'll play in the afternoon, you have to earn that afternoon tee time. You really have to just focus shot-by-shot and I thought our team did a really good job of that and staying patient and staying confident and never viewing themselves as an underdog. The competition was really stiff, LSU and Vanderbilt are fantastic teams. Just great credit to our team. It was definitely challenging, but it was great seeing the preparation that we have been putting in, specifically for moments like this, paid off today and we are looking forward to hopefully doing the same thing tomorrow."
On the strong play of seniors Hannah Levi and Abbey Daniel
"The thing you see with them is the experience. They both played on this same stage two years ago and for both it went very well. You can see that they are using that experience as learning opportunities. Hannah, the golf she played today, just put so much pressure on her opponents. She never really gave them anything, anything the opponents earned was very much earned. She just played really solid golf. You can go back through her entirety for the two matches and she just kept the pressure on her opponent both times. With Abby it was just resilience. She had to play 39 holes today. We pretty much needed her match both times. It came down to her. She knew it, she knew where we stood and for her to be able to perform through that really challenging circumstance, was really impressive and I just know that the experience that she's picked up over the last several years, especially in the same event, on a similar stage two years ago really paid off a lot. You really can't say enough about how much you appreciate those seniors stepping up and playing some really clutch golf when we needed them to earn the opportunity to advance to the finals."
2023 SEC Match Play Championship Quarterfinal & Semifinal results
The Rundown:
2023 SEC Championship
Schedule: Sunday, April 16, 2023 // 7:30 a.m CT
Course: Greystone Golf and Country Club || Birmingham, Ala.
Yardage: 6,301 Yards || Par 72
Live-Scoring: Available www.golfstat.com
For the most up-to-date information on the Bulldogs, follow MSU women's golf on Twitter, like them on Facebook, and join them on Instagram by searching for "HailStateWG."
The Bulldogs started things on Saturday in the SEC Match Play Championship quarterfinals against Vanderbilt. The Bulldogs won two matches with ease. Surapa Janthamunee (SJ) and Hannah Levi dominated their Saturday matches. The two Bulldogs made quick work, concluding their rounds before the 18th hole, as SJ won 5&4 while Levi won 4&3. With the teams tied at two, everything came down to Abbey Daniel. The senior needed to play sudden death golf to win, but got it done on the 21st hole to clinch the match for State.
Mississippi State advanced to take on LSU in the semifinals later in the day after the Tigers defeated Ole Miss. Similar to the first round of the day, the trio of SJ, Daniel and Levi brought it home for the Bulldogs. Levi continued her strong play from the quarterfinals with another elite performance, winning 5&4. SJ won by a score of 2UP (meaning she won by two strokes, but they still played the 18th hole), while Daniel won by a score of 1UP (meaning she won by a single stroke).
The Bulldogs will be making their second all-time appearance in the SEC Match Play Championship, both under the direction of head coach Charlie Ewing. Ewing guided the team to the championship round back in 2021 before falling to Auburn 3-0. The Bulldogs have never won the SEC Team Championship.
Quoting Head Coach Charlie Ewing
On the team defeating Vanderbilt & LSU to advance to the championship round
"It was a really long day, but it also doesn't feel that way because in the morning you don't know whether or not you'll play in the afternoon, you have to earn that afternoon tee time. You really have to just focus shot-by-shot and I thought our team did a really good job of that and staying patient and staying confident and never viewing themselves as an underdog. The competition was really stiff, LSU and Vanderbilt are fantastic teams. Just great credit to our team. It was definitely challenging, but it was great seeing the preparation that we have been putting in, specifically for moments like this, paid off today and we are looking forward to hopefully doing the same thing tomorrow."
On the strong play of seniors Hannah Levi and Abbey Daniel
"The thing you see with them is the experience. They both played on this same stage two years ago and for both it went very well. You can see that they are using that experience as learning opportunities. Hannah, the golf she played today, just put so much pressure on her opponents. She never really gave them anything, anything the opponents earned was very much earned. She just played really solid golf. You can go back through her entirety for the two matches and she just kept the pressure on her opponent both times. With Abby it was just resilience. She had to play 39 holes today. We pretty much needed her match both times. It came down to her. She knew it, she knew where we stood and for her to be able to perform through that really challenging circumstance, was really impressive and I just know that the experience that she's picked up over the last several years, especially in the same event, on a similar stage two years ago really paid off a lot. You really can't say enough about how much you appreciate those seniors stepping up and playing some really clutch golf when we needed them to earn the opportunity to advance to the finals."
2023 SEC Match Play Championship Quarterfinal & Semifinal results
| Def. Vanderbilt – W, 3-2 | Def. LSU – W,3-2 |
| Abbey Daniel def. Davenport [21 holes] | Abbey Daniel def. Donegan [1UP] |
| Hannah Levi def. Sattelkau [4&3] | Hannah Levi def. Lindblad [5&4] |
| Surapa Janthamuee def. Claggett [5&4] | Surapa Janthamuee def. Mulet [2UP] |
| Ding def. Izzy Pellot [1UP] | Hertzman def. Izzy Pellot [1UP] |
| Lim def. Julia Lopez Ramirez [3&2] | Stone def. Julia Lopez Ramirez [2&1] |
The Rundown:
2023 SEC Championship
Schedule: Sunday, April 16, 2023 // 7:30 a.m CT
Course: Greystone Golf and Country Club || Birmingham, Ala.
Yardage: 6,301 Yards || Par 72
Live-Scoring: Available www.golfstat.com
For the most up-to-date information on the Bulldogs, follow MSU women's golf on Twitter, like them on Facebook, and join them on Instagram by searching for "HailStateWG."
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