Despite an eighth-place finish from junior Julia Lopez Ramirez, Mississippi State saw its season come to an end Monday in the fourth round of the NCAA Championships in Carlsbad, California.
The Bulldogs, in 13th place after three rounds, made the 15-team cut but had fallen to 15th after Monday and did not advance to the eight-team match play portion of the event. Lopez Ramirez, though, finished two strokes under par, one of just nine players out of 82 total competitors to do so. The Spaniard is currently the third-ranked women’s amateur golfer in the world.
As a team, MSU finished at +34. Freshman Avery Weed was the Bulldogs’ second-best scorer at +13, with sophomore Surapa Janthamunee at +15 and junior Chiara Horder at +18. Sophomore Izzy Pellot and freshman Samantha Whateley also competed but did not play all four rounds.
Three Southeastern Conference teams — LSU, Texas A&M and Auburn — advanced to match play.
The Bulldogs competed at the NCAA Championships for the third straight year and won their first-ever SEC Tournament title last month. Without a single senior in the starting lineup, MSU should be in good shape to run it back in 2025.
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