Women's Golf Advances To Final Round Of Stroke Play

Sunday, May 18

Carlsbad, Calif.

Mississippi State

NCAA Championship

Women's Golf Advances To Final Round Of Stroke Play

May 18, 2025 | Women's Golf

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By: William Simmons, Communications Fellow

CARLSBAD, Calif. – For the second consecutive season and third time in program history, the Mississippi State women's golf team made the cut for the final round of stroke play at the NCAA Championship.

The Bulldogs enter the final round looking to slide inside of the top eight to advance to the match play portion of the event. State sits at 18-over par after three rounds of golf, 10 strokes behind current eighth place team, South Carolina.

Avery Weed remains in the top 10 going into the final round of stroke play. The sophomore from Ocean Springs sits in a tie for eighth place at 3-under par. Weed is six strokes behind the day three leader, Maria Jose Marin of Arkansas, who is 9-under par through 54 holes.

Samantha Whateley turned in the best card for the Bulldogs in the third day. She finished the round 1-over par and led the team with three birdies. She climbed 17 spots on Sunday and is 9-over through three rounds

Chiara Horder sits just outside of the top 20 with a three-day total of 1-over par. She finished 2-over par during the third day of action, bringing her total to 1-over.

Live scoring for the event is available at scoreboard.clippd.com.

NCAA Championship Leaderboard
1. Stanford, -23
2. Northwestern, -8
3. Oregon, -2
4. USC. E
5. Florida State, Arkansas, +3
7. Texas, +5
8. South Carolina, +8
9. Arizona State, +11
10. Virginia, Tennessee, +12
12. Oklahoma State, +14
13. LSU, +16
14. UCLA, Mississippi State, +18
----- CUT -----
16. Vanderbilt, +20
17. Florida, +21
18. Michigan State, +24
19. Wake Forest, Kansas State, +24
21. Kansas, +31
22. Iowa State, Oklahoma, +32
24. Georgia Southern, Ohio State, +36
26. Purdue, +42
27. Ole Miss, +43
28. UNLV, CSU Fullerton, +46
30. Baylor, +47

Mississippi State
Name	Place	Rd. 1	Rd. 2	Rd. 3
Avery Weed	T8	69, -3	68, -4	76, +4
Izzy Pellot	T142	79, +7	78, +6	79, +7
Samantha Whateley	T86	75, +3	77, +5	73, +1
Chiara Horder	T23	73, +1	70, -2	74, +2
Ana Pina Ortega*	N/A	77, +5	71, -1	DQ
TEAM	T14	294, +6	286, -2	302, +14

*Note: Pina Ortega's third round score was disqualified due to signing an incorrect scorecard.

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