MELBOURNE, Fla. \u2013 Entering off a runner-up finish at the Puerto Rico Classic, the No. 14 Ole Miss women’s golf teams heads to the sunshine state for the Moon Golf Invitational, Feb. 15-17, at Suntree Country Club.<\/p>\n
The ninth playing of the event will feature 17 teams, 12 ranking inside the top 25. Ole Miss has finished inside the top five three times at the Moon Golf Invitational including a team title back in 2020.<\/p>\n
TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
\nSunday, Feb. 15 \u2013 18\u00a0holes
\nMonday, Feb. 16 \u2013 18 holes
\nTuesday, Feb. 17 \u2013 18 holes<\/p>\n
THE LINEUP
Mary Miller<\/a> (So.)<\/p>\n
Sophie Linder<\/a> (Jr.)<\/p>\n
Matilda Bj\u00f6rkman (Fr.)<\/p>\n
Nicole Gal<\/a> (Sr.)<\/p>\n
THE FIELD BACK IN THE WINNERS CIRCLE TIMES TWO SIX STRONG Sophomore Kajsalotta Svarvar<\/a> has been stellar this season with three top five finishes. She leads the team in nine statistical categories and carded a career best 54-hole score of (203, -10) at the Cougar Classic.<\/p>\n Through five tournaments, Sophie Linder<\/a> has been solid in the middle of the lineup for Ole Miss as she steps into her third spring in the red and blue. Linder is second best in scoring average (72.00), rounds below par (6) and rounds in the 60s (3) this season.<\/p>\n Filippa Sundquist<\/a> holds four top 20 finishes and has rattled home the third most birdies of any Rebel this season.<\/p>\n Larissa Carrillo<\/a> and Emerson Blair<\/a> round out the six-returners ready take Ole Miss back to the NCAA Tournament. Bj\u00f6rkman, a native of T\u00f6reboda, V\u00e4sterg\u00f6tland, Sweden, wasted little time cementing her name on the collegiate stage with a T3 finish in her debut at the Boilermaker Classic. She leads the team in eagles and is second with eight rounds of par or better.<\/p>\n Mary Miller<\/a> came to Ole Miss after one year at Georgia Southern where she started all 13 tournaments as a freshman and set a program record 37 rounds played, the most in a single season at GSU. The Savannah, Georgia native didn’t take long to make an impact for the Rebels with back-to-back top 10 finishes at the Cougar Classic and Canadian Collegiate Invitational.<\/p>\n STAY CONNECTED
\nKajsalotta Svarvar<\/a> (So.)
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\n\tTeam best 70.29 scoring average this season
\n\tNew career low 54-hole score (203, -10) at the Cougar Classic.
\n\tThree top five finishes across five events.
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\n\tComing off a T13 finish at the Puerto Rico Classic.
\n\t72.07 season scoring average.
\n\tSix rounds in red figures.\u00a0
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\n\tSix rounds under-par this season.
\n\t72.00 season scoring average.
\n\tSecond most rounds below par and rounds in the 60s this season.\u00a0
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\n\tEight rounds of even\/below par.
\n\tSecond with 54 birdies this season.
\n\t72.29 season scoring average.\u00a0
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\n\tSix rounds of par or better.
\n\tOne of four Rebels with a top 10 finish this season.
\n\t73.07 season scoring average.
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\nAlabama, No. 8 Auburn, No. 13 Duke, No. 5 Florida, No. 24 Florida State, LSU, Louisville, No. 16 Mississippi State, NC State, No. 14 Ole Miss, No. 19 South Carolina, No. 22 Tennessee, No. 9 Texas, No. 6 Texas A&M, No. 15 UCF, Virginia, No. 7 Wake Forest.<\/p>\n
\nOle Miss notched two victories in the fall including their second straight win at the Cougar Classic back on Sept. 9. It marked back-to-back wins for the sixth time in program history with four coming under head coach\u00a0Kory Henkes<\/a>. The win in Charleston was the third at the Cougar Classic under Henkes in the last four years with prior wins coming in 2022 and 2023. The Rebels have finished fourth or better in every event this season.<\/p>\n
\nOle Miss returns 75 percent of their 2024-25 roster broken down by one senior, one junior, three sophomores and a redshirt freshman. Senior Nicole Gal<\/a> has appeared in all five events for the Rebels, recording a 73.07 scoring average. Her best finish so far this season came in her home country of Canada where she placed T8 at the Canadian Collegiate Invitational.<\/p>\n
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\nNEW FACES, IMMEDIATE IMPACT
\nKory Henkes<\/a> and Zack Siefert<\/a> added true freshman Matilda Bj\u00f6rkman as part of the 2025 class and picked up sophomore Mary Miller<\/a> via the portal.<\/p>\n
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