Lady Vols Advance To Match Play Quarterfinals At SEC Championships

Wednesday, April 16

Belleair, Fla.

University of Tennessee

SEC Championships - Round 3

Lady Vols Advance To Match Play Quarterfinals At SEC Championships

April 16, 2025 | Women's Golf

Match Play Info

BELLEAIR, Fla. – The Tennessee women's golf team advanced to the match play quarterfinals at the SEC Championships after finishing stroke play in eighth place.

The Lady Vols will be the No. 8 seed and are set to face off against No. 1 seed South Carolina on Thursday morning. The winner of that match will advance to the semifinals later that Thursday afternoon. Semifinal matches can be streamed digitally on SEC Network+.

This marks the second time under head coach Diana Cantu that UT has advanced to the match play portion of SEC Championships.

Tennessee shot 7-over through 54 holes of stroke play competition, including a 1-over 281 in round three.

Manassanan Chotikabhukkana put up a powerful performance in round three, firing a 4-under 66 with five birdies to tie for seventh. The junior's round three score propelled her 17 spots up the leaderboard to secure the top-10 finish.

Sophomore Martina Lopez-Lanchares concluded stroke play tied for 18th after shooting 1-over overall, including a pair of 70s in rounds one and three.

Sophomore Sofie Engeseth gave UT a contributing round each day to tie for 31st.

Kyra Van Kan and Bailey Davis both tied for 55th during stroke play at the SEC Championships.

TEAM LEADERBOARD (stroke play results)
The top eight teams advance to the match play quarterfinals
1. South Carolina, 824 (-16)
2. LSU, 830 (-10)
3. Texas, 835 (-5)
4. Ole Miss, 839 (-1)
5. Mississippi State, 841 (+1)
6. Arkansas, 845 (+5)
7. Florida, 846 (+6)
8. Tennessee, 847 (+7)
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9. Auburn, 853 (+13)
10. Texas A&M, 861 (+21)
11. Kentucky, 862 (+22)
12. Alabama, 863 (+23)
13. Missouri, 869 (+29)
14. Oklahoma, 872 (+32)
15. Vanderbilt, 880 (+40)
16. Georgia, 898 (+58)

INDIVIDUAL LEADERBOARD
T7. Manassanan Chotikabhukkana, 72-70-66—208 (-2)
T18. Martina Lopez-Lanchares, 70-71-70—211 (+1)
T31. Sofie Engeseth, 71-71-72—214 (+4)
T55. Kyra Van Kan, 74-71-75—220 (+10)
T55. Bailey Davis, 70-77-73—220 (+10)

PAIRINGS
Thursday, April 16 – Match Play Quarterfinals vs. South Carolina
8:00am ET – Sofie Engeseth (UT) vs. Maylis Lamoure (SC)
8:10am ET – Bailey Davis (UT) vs. Sophia Burnett (SC)
8:20am ET – Kyra Van Kan (UT) vs. Eila Galitsky (SC)
8:30am ET – Martina Lopez-Lanchares (UT) vs. Hannah Darling (SC)
8:40am ET - Manassanan Chotikabhukkana (UT) vs. Louise Rydqvist (SC)