Friday, May 16
Champions Course – Omni La Costa Resort and Spa – Carlsbad, Calif.
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NCAA Championships
Moa Svedenskiold Finishes First Round at NCAA Championships
5/16/2025 9:20:00 PM | Women's Golf
Junior posts 74 to tie for 64th after first day; Second Round tees off Saturday morning
CARLSBAD, Calif. – University of Houston Women's Golf junior Moa Svedenskiold posted a score of 74 to tie for 64th following the First Round of the NCAA Championships at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa on Friday evening.
Starting off No. 1 on the 6,297-yard, par-72 North Course, Svedenskiold ran into trouble early with a bogey on her first hole. After additional birdies at No 4 and No. 7, the Halmstad, Sweden, native birdied two holes in a three-hole stretch last on her first nine and early on her second nine.
Following a bogey on No. 13, she closed her first day with five straight pars.
Tennessee's Bailey Davis held the First-Round lead with a 67 while Lauren Kim (Texas), Catherine Park (USC), Elsa Svensson (LSU) and Avery Weed (Mississippi State) were tied for second at 68.
#24 Vanderbilt grabbed the lead in the team standings with a score of 6-under 282 to join #25 Oklahoma State under par at 284. #8 Arizona State (288), #5 Oregon (288), #6 Texas (288) and #22 Florida (288) were tied for third.
ABOUR MOA SVEDENSKIOLD
Svedenskiold – whose name is pronounced Mo-Uh Suh-Vee-Den-Kee-Old – earned her ticket to the NCAA Championships came after finishing fifth with a score of 2-under 214 at the NCAA Columbus Regional on the Scarlet Course at Ohio State Golf Club on May 5-7. She fired three straight rounds of par or lower at that postseason opener.
Tied through 14 holes with SMU's Emily Odwin for the lone qualifier spot in the Final Round, Svedenskiold posted par on Nos. 15-16 and broke the tie for good with a birdie on the 160-yard, par-3 17th hole.
Svedenskiold found trouble in the right rough with her tee shot off No. 18 but got her approach shot to the green and two-putted from there to save par.
This season, Svedenskiold leads the Cougars with a 71.93 scoring average, 19 rounds of par or lower and seven in the 60s.
She won individual championships at the Veritex Bank Collegiate (April 7-8, Trinity Forest Golf Club, Dallas) and Riverbend Intercollegiate (March 10-11, Riverbend Country Club, Sugar Land, Texas), becoming only the second Cougar (Leonie Harm) to win multiple tournaments in a single season.
Svedenskiold topped the Cougars this season with four Top-Five finishes and five Top-10 showings.
She owns the three top scoring averages in Houston single-season history and leads all Cougars with a career 71.72 total.
LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring at the NCAA Championships by clicking here.
TEE TIMES
For Saturday's Second Round, Svedenskiold will compete in a group with Anna Davis (Auburn) and Marie Madsen (NC State) beginning at 10:42 a.m. (CDT) Saturday, off No. 10.
Fans can find complete tee times and pairings by clicking here.
HOUSTON in NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Svedenskiold will be the third Cougar to compete as an individual at the NCAA Championships during the program's young history.
Leonie Harm qualified for the 2018 and 2016 NCAA Championships while Karen Fredgaard earned the most recent invitation in 2021, tying for 28th for the highest individual finish at the nation's top collegiate event.
HOUSTON in NCAA REGIONALS
With the NCAA Columbus Regional selection this season, Houston has been represented in 10 straight NCAA Regionals dating back to the 2015 season with team appearances in nine of the last 10 years.
The Cougars finished sixth with a score of 886 and fell only five strokes shy of advancing to the NCAA Championships.
It was the second straight season that the Cougars under Carolyn Macow Leatherwood Head Coach Lydia Lasprilla finished sixth at an NCAA Regional, the program's best team finish in the NCAA postseason.
SUPPORT YOUR COOGS
Fans can make a direct impact on the success of Houston Women's Golf by supporting Linking Coogs – UH's NIL collective – and by joining the P.A.R. 4 Club, which provides financial support directly to Houston Women's Golf for needs beyond its operating budget.
STAY CONNECTED
Fans can receive updates by following @UHCougarWGolf on X and catch up with the latest news and notes on the team by clicking LIKE on the team's Facebook page at UHCougarWGolf or on the team's Instagram page at UHCougarWGolf.
Starting off No. 1 on the 6,297-yard, par-72 North Course, Svedenskiold ran into trouble early with a bogey on her first hole. After additional birdies at No 4 and No. 7, the Halmstad, Sweden, native birdied two holes in a three-hole stretch last on her first nine and early on her second nine.
Following a bogey on No. 13, she closed her first day with five straight pars.
Tennessee's Bailey Davis held the First-Round lead with a 67 while Lauren Kim (Texas), Catherine Park (USC), Elsa Svensson (LSU) and Avery Weed (Mississippi State) were tied for second at 68.
#24 Vanderbilt grabbed the lead in the team standings with a score of 6-under 282 to join #25 Oklahoma State under par at 284. #8 Arizona State (288), #5 Oregon (288), #6 Texas (288) and #22 Florida (288) were tied for third.
ABOUR MOA SVEDENSKIOLD
Svedenskiold – whose name is pronounced Mo-Uh Suh-Vee-Den-Kee-Old – earned her ticket to the NCAA Championships came after finishing fifth with a score of 2-under 214 at the NCAA Columbus Regional on the Scarlet Course at Ohio State Golf Club on May 5-7. She fired three straight rounds of par or lower at that postseason opener.
Tied through 14 holes with SMU's Emily Odwin for the lone qualifier spot in the Final Round, Svedenskiold posted par on Nos. 15-16 and broke the tie for good with a birdie on the 160-yard, par-3 17th hole.
Svedenskiold found trouble in the right rough with her tee shot off No. 18 but got her approach shot to the green and two-putted from there to save par.
This season, Svedenskiold leads the Cougars with a 71.93 scoring average, 19 rounds of par or lower and seven in the 60s.
She won individual championships at the Veritex Bank Collegiate (April 7-8, Trinity Forest Golf Club, Dallas) and Riverbend Intercollegiate (March 10-11, Riverbend Country Club, Sugar Land, Texas), becoming only the second Cougar (Leonie Harm) to win multiple tournaments in a single season.
Svedenskiold topped the Cougars this season with four Top-Five finishes and five Top-10 showings.
She owns the three top scoring averages in Houston single-season history and leads all Cougars with a career 71.72 total.
LIVE SCORING
Fans can follow live scoring at the NCAA Championships by clicking here.
TEE TIMES
For Saturday's Second Round, Svedenskiold will compete in a group with Anna Davis (Auburn) and Marie Madsen (NC State) beginning at 10:42 a.m. (CDT) Saturday, off No. 10.
Fans can find complete tee times and pairings by clicking here.
HOUSTON in NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Svedenskiold will be the third Cougar to compete as an individual at the NCAA Championships during the program's young history.
Leonie Harm qualified for the 2018 and 2016 NCAA Championships while Karen Fredgaard earned the most recent invitation in 2021, tying for 28th for the highest individual finish at the nation's top collegiate event.
HOUSTON in NCAA REGIONALS
With the NCAA Columbus Regional selection this season, Houston has been represented in 10 straight NCAA Regionals dating back to the 2015 season with team appearances in nine of the last 10 years.
The Cougars finished sixth with a score of 886 and fell only five strokes shy of advancing to the NCAA Championships.
It was the second straight season that the Cougars under Carolyn Macow Leatherwood Head Coach Lydia Lasprilla finished sixth at an NCAA Regional, the program's best team finish in the NCAA postseason.
SUPPORT YOUR COOGS
Fans can make a direct impact on the success of Houston Women's Golf by supporting Linking Coogs – UH's NIL collective – and by joining the P.A.R. 4 Club, which provides financial support directly to Houston Women's Golf for needs beyond its operating budget.
STAY CONNECTED
Fans can receive updates by following @UHCougarWGolf on X and catch up with the latest news and notes on the team by clicking LIKE on the team's Facebook page at UHCougarWGolf or on the team's Instagram page at UHCougarWGolf.
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