BOULDER CITY, Nev. – West Texas A&M women's golf saw its 2024-25 campaign come to a close in the Medal Match quarterfinals at the NCAA Division II National Championships. The sixth-seeded Lady Buffs fell to No. 3 seed Flagler 3-2 as the Saints advanced the semifinal round.
WT recorded its first point as
Gam Songprasert defeated Tabitha Hanely by seven strokes. Songprasert pulled away on the second hole of the match as Hanely recorded a bogey on the par-four 11
th hole and added two strokes to her lead on the 15
th hole. The Chiang Mai, Thailand made the turn to the front nine with a four-stroke advantage. Songprasert put her match away on the front nine, posting an even-par (36) to Hanely's three-over (39).
In the No. 2 spot, Jordyn Hodgson defeated
Charlee Thacker by one stroke. Hodgson took a three-stroke advantage to the front nine where Thacker brought the match within a stroke on hole #5. On hole #6, Hodgson posted a birdie to restore the two-stroke lead before Thacker gained a stroke back on the final hole.
The Lady Buffs recorded their second point in the No. 3 spot from
Kara Holm as the freshman defeated Victoria Veator by five strokes. Holm took a one-stroke lead on the second hole of the match, carrying the advantage throughout the back nine. After the turn, Holm bested Veator by a stroke on the first three holes. The Missouri City, Texas native built her lead on holes 5 and 6, eventually defeating the Saints' player by five.
Flagler recorded the team victory to advance to the semifinals with wins at the No. 4 and 5 spots. Stella Jelinek defeated
Anna Nomrowski by three strokes while Henriette Stranda defeated
Sarah Reed by a stroke. In Nomrowski's match, the graduate student took a two-stroke lead into the turn. Jelinek erased the deficit on the front nine with a score of 34 (-2) while Nomrowski shot a 39.
With the team score tied at two, Stranda sent her team to the semifinals to break the tie. Reed went even-par on the back nine after starting on the 10
th hole while Stranda went one-under. Stranda carried a four-stroke lead into the fifth hole where Reed brought the match back, besting Stranda by a stroke on Holes 5, 7, and 8. On the pivotal last hole, Reed couldn't tie up the score as the Lady Buffs fell.
