Florida State University Athletics

Last Updated: March 17, 2025By


AIKEN, S.C. – No. 6 ranked Florida State will face Virginia on Day 2 of the Old Barnwell Match Play Championship at the Old Barnwell Golf Club after splitting its two matches on Day 1 with a 5-0 victory over Mississippi State and a 3-1-1 loss to Wake Forest. Seminole junior Mirabel Ting, the No. 1 ranked collegiate golfer, won both of her matches during the first day of play with a 2&1 win over Chiara Horder of Mississippi State to begin the day and a 5&4 win over Skylar Sload of Wake Forest to close out the first round.

Wake Forest rallied late in the semifinal match to defeat the Seminoles. The Demon Deacons won the first two matches of the challenge and gained the team win as Chloe Kovelesky gained a 1Up win on the 19th hole to give the Deacons the team victory. Ting won her match against Skylar Sload while junior All-American Lottie Woad halved her match with Wake Forest’s Carolina Lopez-Chacarra.

The Seminoles defeated Mississippi State in their first match by a 5-0 score. In winning buy a 5-0 score, none of Florida State players trailed in their matches against the Bulldogs.

Freshman Sophia Fullbrook, who earned the first point of the match for the Seminoles, tied her first hole against Samantha Whateley, won the second hole, and took a six hole lead on hole No. 13 to win her match, 6&5. Senior Kaylah Williams won her first hole, extended her lead to as many as four, and won her match by a 4Up score. Junior All-American Ting clinched the team victory for Florida State with a 2Up win over Chiara Horder. Ting and Horder were tied after the first five holes of the match and Ting won the sixth hole to take a lead she would not relinquish. Junior All-American Lottie Woad defeated Ana Pina Ortega by a 2Up score while freshman Alexandra Gazzoli beat Avery Weed also by a 2Up scored to advance the Seminoles to the semifinals of the championship.

Florida State faces Virginia in their only match of the day on Day 2 of the event.

Florida State plays host to the jewel of its schedule – the Florida State Match Up – March 21, 22, and 23 at the Seminole Legacy Golf Course in Tallahassee.  Admission and parking are free for all spectators for the Seminoles’ only home match of the season. 

               

Old Barnwell Match Play Championship/March 17-18, 2025

Old Barnwell Colf Club/Aiken, S.C.

 

vs. Mississippi State, W 5-0-0

Sophia Fullbrook (FSU) def. Samantha Whateley (MSU), 6&5

Kaylah Williams (FSU). def. Izzy Pellot (MSU), 4Up

Mirabel Ting (FSU) def. Chiara Horder (MSU), 2&1

Alexandra Gazzoli (FSU) def. Avery Weed (MSU), 2Up

Lottie Woad (FSU), Ana Pina Ortega (MSU), 2Up

 

vs. Wake Forest, L 3-1-1

Macy Pate (WF) def. Kaylah Williams (FSU), 4&3

Anne-Steer Den Sunnen (WF) def. Sophia Fullbrook (FSU), 3&2

Mirabel Ting (FSU) def. Skylar Sload (WF), 5&4

Chloe Kovelesky (WF) def. Layla Pedrique (FSU), 1Up

Lottie Woad (FSU) tied Carolina Lopez-Chacarra (WF), Halved

 


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