USC Women Go To Postseason Ranked #2

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — The South Carolina women‘s golf team enters the postseason at the No. 2 spot in the Golfstat Relative Rankings and is No. 5 in this week‘s Golfweek/Sagarin Rating. South Carolina has finished in the top five in 15-straight regular season stroke play events, a streak that dates back to October 2013. Last weekend, the Gamecocks tied for fourth at the PING/ASU Invitational in Tempe, Ariz. The event featured the top five teams in the nation and 15 of the nation‘s top 25 individuals. After eight regular-season events, the South Carolina lineup holds the program‘s best-ever team season scoring average by nearly a stroke at 291.18. Playing another rigorous schedule, the sixth toughest in the nation according to Golfstat, the Gamecocks have produced a 42-12-2 record against the top 25. Only South Carolina and top-ranked Southern California have a winning record of 70 percent or better when facing teams in the top 25. The Gamecocks hold a winning percentage of 76.7 percent while the Trojans are at 70.3 percent. The Gamecocks travel to Birmingham, Ala., for the 2015 SEC Championships this weekend. Play starts on Friday morning at the Greystone Golf and Country Club. Golfstat Relative Rankings – April 15, 2015 1. Southern Cal 2. South Carolina 3. UCLA 4. LSU 5. Duke 6. Arizona 7. Washington 8. Mississippi State 9. Arkansas 10. Oklahoma State 11. Virginia 12. Wake Forest 13. Texas A&M 14. Tennessee 15. Northwestern 16. Stanford 17. Vanderbilt 18. Arizona State 19. Florida 20. UNLV 21. Pepperdine 22. UC Davis 23. UCF 24. Tulane 25. Baylor Golfweek/Sagarin – April 13, 2015 1. Washington 2. Southern Cal 3. UCLA 4. Duke 5. South Carolina 6. LSU 7. Arizona 8. Arkansas 9. Mississippi State 10. Oklahoma State 11. Northwestern 12. Wake Forest 13. Tennessee 14. Arizona State 15. Virginia 16. Texas A&M 17. Stanford 18. Vanderbilt 19. UNLV 20. Baylor 21. Florida 22. Pepperdine 23. San Diego State 24. Tulane 25. Miami