USC Upstate Wins 2025 Big South Men's Golf Championship
FRIPP ISLAND, S.C. (www.BigSouthSports.com) – USC Upstate’s
Jaskaran Sohal birdied the first playoff hole in the deciding fifth match to give the Spartans a 3-2 victory over No. 1 seed Charleston Southern to earn the program’s first-ever Big South men’s golf crown and the league's automatic berth to the NCAA Regionals. Sohal rallied from a two-hole deficit with two holes to play with back-to-back birdies to force sudden death.
Ross Wright put the No. 3-seeded Spartans ahead, 1-0, with a 2&1 victory over
Theodor Takman in the first match. CSU’s
Alex North tied the contest with a 6&4 win in match five, before teammate
Griffin Tarver won 3&2 over
Alec Prentice in match three to put the Bucs ahead, 2-1. Upstate’s
Jackson Stone then prevailed 3&2 over
Layne Lambert in match four to knot the team score at 2-2, setting up match five as the deciding point.
In the morning Semifinals, Charleston Southern defeated No. 4 seed Presbyterian, 3-2, as
Alex North chipped from the rough behind 18 and drained a two-foot birdie putt to defeat Big South Medalist
Jeep Patrick, 1UP, after the match was all-square the last two holes. Tarver (3&2) and Takman (4&2) gave the Bucs a 2-1 lead before PC evened the contest at 2-2 in match four.
Upstate reached its first Big South Match Play final since 2019 after defeating No. 2 seed High Point, 3-2. After the Panthers went ahead 2-1, Prentice defeated
Charlie Barr, 3&1, in match three, and Stone converted a 15-foot putt on the final hole to down
Grady Newton, 1UP, to send the Spartans to the final.
Match Play Results - Finals
#3 USC Upstate defeats #1 Charleston Southern, 3-2
Order of finish:
Match 1 - Ross Wright (UPST) defeats Theodor Takman (CSU), 2&1 (UPST leads 1-0)
Match 5 - Alex North (CSU) defeats Cameron Biddle (UPST), 6&4 (match tied 1-1)
Match 3 - Griffin Tarver (CSU) defeats Alec Prentice (UPST), 3&2 (CSU leads 2-1)
Match 4 - Jackson Stone (UPST) defeats Layne Lambert (CSU), 3&2 (match tied 2-2)
Match 2 - Jaskaran Sohal (UPST) defeats Dewi John (CSU), 19 holes (UPST wins 3-2)
Match Play Results - Semifinals
#1 Charleston Southern defeats #4 Presbyterian, 3-2
Order of finish:
Match 2 - Jack Wofford (PC) defeats Layne Lambert (CSU), 4&3 (PC leads 1-0)
Match 1 - Griffin Tarver (CSU) defeats Trey Howard (PC), 3&2 (match tied 1-1)
Match 3 - Theodor Takman (CSU) defeats Spence Hagood (PC), 4&2 (CSU leads 2-1)
Match 4 - Richard Anaclerio (PC) defeats Dewi John (CSU), 1UP (match tied 1-1)
Match 5 - Alex North (CSU) defeats Jeep Patrick (PC), 1UP (CSU wins 3-2)
#3 USC Upstate defeats #2 High Point, 3-2
Order of finish:
Match 1 - Ross Wright (UPST) defeats Burch Harrison (HPU), 4&3 (UPST leads 1-0)
Match 2 - Carter Pitcairn (HPU) defeats Jaskaran Sohal (UPST), 5&3 (match tied 1-1)
Match 4 - Fred Roberts IV (HPU) defeats Cameron Biddle (UPST), 5&4 (HPU leads 2-1)
Match 3 - Alec Prentice (UPST) defeats Charlie Barr (HPU), 3&1 (match tied 2-2)
Match 5 - Jackson Stone (UPST) defeats Grady Newton (HPU), 1UP (UPST wins 3-2)