The Mississippi State women’s golf team won the SEC Championship on Tuesday, beating Texas A&M 3-2 in match play to bring home the first conference title in program history.
Head coach Charlie Ewing’s Bulldogs team won matchups against Kentucky in the quarterfinals and LSU in the semifinals before taking down Texas A&M in the championship match.
Junior Julia Lopez Ramirez secured back-to-back individual SEC titles over the weekend and played her part along with sophomore Izzy Pellot and freshman Avery Weed in winning their championship matchups on Tuesday. Weed did so with an exceptional shot under pressure, hitting within a foot of the pin on the final hole after Texas A&M’s Zoe Slaughter hit within three feet.
Joining them in the winners’ circle are senior Jarutrawee Khotchagrai and junior Chiara Hoarder
Coming into the tournament, the Aggies were ranked 17th in the Top 25 of the Women’s Golf Coaches Association Poll while the Bulldogs were unranked. MSU’s semi-final opponents LSU were ranked at No. 5 in the same poll.
The Bulldogs have won five team tournaments since Ewing arrived as head coach in 2020, including the NCAA Westfield Regional during the 2022-23 campaign, the first in school history. This championship helps to cement what is already a storied legacy for Ewing at MSU in just four years at the helm.
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