TALLAHASSEE – The No. 7 ranked Seminole women’s golf team enters the 12^th Annual 2025 Florida State Match Up at the Seminole Legacy Golf Club playing as well as any team in the nation.

Since their final event of the fall (a win at the Landfall Tradition) through their first three stroke play events of the spring (victories at the Collegiate Invitational, the Moon Invitational, and the Briar’s Creek Invitational), the Seminoles have been atop the leaderboard following eight consecutive rounds and have carded nine of 11 team rounds below par.

Individually, All-Americans Lottie Woad (seven rounds under par) and Mirabel Ting (six rounds under par) are a combined 44 strokes under par with four individual championships and seven top six individual finishes.

As they begin play on Friday in the Match Up, one of the keys to Florida State’s current program-record four match winning streak has been the consistency of its players.

“I think everyone has been a lot more consistent,” said Woad who enters the tournament as the No. 1 ranked amateur golfer in the world – a ranking which she has held since July 31, 2024 – a span of 32 consecutive weeks. “The team’s effort has been really good. At all of our tournaments, everyone has been contributing, and everyone has been shooting good scores.”

In three spring events, the Seminoles have earned medalist honors in each tournament (Ting in the Collegiate Invitational and the Briar’s Creek Invitational and Woad in the Moon Invitational), and have earned a combined eight top-20 finishes (three Woad, two by Ting, two by Sophia Fulbrook and one by Kaylah Williams).

As a team the Seminoles have finished each of their three spring events under par.

“To be able to do what we have done on the golf course to win three straight, it’s something pretty special,” said Ting. “I have no doubt we could go for a next one.”

Ting enters the Match Up as the No. 1 ranked college golfer and the No. 3 ranked amateur golfer in the world.

“You can go through every roster in the country, and not find a better top two then the Florida State Seminoles in Lottie Woad and Mirabel Ting who are ranked first and third respectively in those world rankings. Lottie has just seven losses this year and three of those are to Mirabel who opened with winning each of her first three events,” said Brentley Romine of the Golf Channel and NBC Universal.

Both Woad and Ting are on the ANNIKA Award Spring Watch List.

“Mirabel Ting won her fourth title in five starts at the Briars Creek Invitational with rounds of 66-67. She’s 34 under par in five starts this season, with nine of 13 rounds in the 60s,” said Beth Ann Nichols of Golfweek.

The next event begins Friday as 13 of the top teams in the nation compete for the crown at the Florida State Match Up.

Florida State enters its home event looking to become the first five time champion in the history of the event. The Seminoles have claimed titles in 2016, 2017, 2021, and 2023. Throughout the history of the event, five different Seminoles have claimed medalist honors – the most of any school that has competed in the event. Matilda Castren (2014), Morgane Metraux (2017), Beatrice Wallin (2021), Amelia Williamson (2022) and Woad (2023) are the individual champions for the Seminoles.

“Fans who come out to our event can expect to see the world’s best golfers compete right in front of them,” said Florida State head coach Amy Bond, the winningest women’s golf coach in school history.

Woad and Ting will be joined in the Seminoles’ lineup by senior Kaylah Williams along with a pair of dynamic freshmen in Sophia Fullbrook and Alexandra Gazzoli. Competing as individuals for the Seminoles are Katherine Cook, Layla Pedrique, and Freya Russell.

Experience this weekend will be a key for the Seminoles as their lineup has played in a total of 84 career collegiate matches and seven Florida State Match Ups (Woad 26 overall, two Florida State Match Ups; Ting 20 overall and two Florida State Match Ups; Williams, 27 overall and three Florida State Match Ups; Fullbrook, seven overall and Gazzoli, four overall).

Williams, the Seminoles’ most experienced player in the Match Up, will play in the championship for a fourth consecutive season. She has earned a pair of top-20 finishes in the events including a career-best sixth place finish in 2023. Williams earned scores of 73-74-73 for a four-over par score of 220 in helping lead the Seminoles to their fourth of four team championships in the event.

Williams, a senior who will play in her final regular season tournament on her home course this weekend, understands what has allowed the Seminoles to win four consecutive team titles.

“Our chemistry is just so good,” said Williams. “We feed off of each other; we support each other; we are a very close-knit team.”

For Bond, hosting a tournament gives her the opportunity to welcome her coaching colleagues from across the nation to her alma mater, while offering the golf enthusiasts and casual fans in Tallahassee and the surrounding area a chance to watch the top golfers in the world and the top teams in the country in the Capital City.

“In order to experience the whole tournament, you are probably going to need to spend a couple of hours in order to follow a couple of groups around. If you only have a little bit of time, you can pick and choose. We know what times our tee times are, so those will be posted. You come out and watch them on the first tee; our golfers will tee off one, two, three, four, five in a row. You can watch them tee off. You can pick your favorite hole. You can sit and watch all the players come through that particular hole. You can watch them make the turn at nine, or you can see them finish at 18.

“It can be whatever experience you want to make it. The coolest part is that you can watch, touch, and feel the golfers and the atmosphere. It’s an enjoyable way to enjoy a nice afternoon on the golf course.”