ARDEN, N.C. – Looking to defend the team's victory at the Terrier Intercollegiate—the team's most recent event—USC Upstate women's golf did just that, winning back-to-back tournaments for the first time since late in the 2020-21 season with a victory at the French Broad Collegiate Invite Monday afternoon.
 
Facing a scoring format the team will see in the Championship Four of the Big South Women's Golf Championship, Upstate didn't shy away from match play or its No. 1 overall seeding. The Spartans swept the four-team event that included No. 2 seed and host UNC Asheville, No. 3 seed Gardner-Webb, and No. 4 seed Tennessee Tech.
 
Upstate opened the event downing No. 4 Tennessee Tech Sunday, advancing to the championship match with a 4-1-0 victory. Redshirt junior Preaw Nontarux (3&1), redshirt senior Beem Pabsimma (4&3), junior Suwarin Yord-in (4&3), and sophomore Elin Wahlgren (1 up) each took their matches.
 
In the championship match, the Spartans battled host and Big South rival No. 2 seed UNC Asheville with the match being decided on the final hole. With Nontarux (6&4) and Pabsimma (6&5) winning their matches, it was Yord-in who secured the match as she won her pairing by going 1 up on the final hole.
 
Scoring Summary
No. 1 USC Upstate defeated No. 4 Tennessee Tech: 4-1-0
Preaw Nontarux (UPST) def. Elisabeth Tonnessen (TTU): 3&1
Beem Pabsimma (UPST) def. Ainsley Simms (TTU): 4&3
Suwarin Yord-in (UPST) def. Gittle Sciolis (TTU): 4&3
Katrine Tonnessen (TTU) def. Ashley Looper (UPST): 1 UP
Elin Wahlgren (UPST) def. Reagan Stuke (TTU): 1 UP
 
No. 1 USC Upstate defeated No. 2 UNC Asheville: 3-2-0
Hailey Pendleton (AVL) def. Amber Amaker (UPST): 7&5
Venecia Zaia (AVL) def. Elin Wahlgren (UPST): 5&4
Suwarin Yord-in (UPST) def. Kayla Berge (AVL): 1 UP
Beem Pabsimma (UPST) def. Madyson Gold (AVL): 6&5
Preaw Nontarux (UPST) def. Amber Capote (AVL): 6&4

Notable

• Claiming victory at the French Broad Collegiate Invite, Upstate has claimed back-to-back victories for the first time since winning the USC Upstate One Day and the Caledonia Golf Week in consecutive events during the 2020-21 season.
• By sweeping their matches at the French Broad Collegiate Invite, Preaw Nontarux and Suwarin Yord-in improved to 4-0 all-time in match play while Beem Pabsimma moves to 3-1.
• Slotting into the lineup for the Spartans' match with No. 2 UNC Asheville, Amber Amaker made her season debut.

 
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