Barroso Sá In Position to Reach Final Round of NCAA National Championships

Saturday, May 17

Carlsbad, Calif.

4 PM

TCU

NCAA National Championship

Barroso Sá In Position to Reach Final Round of NCAA National Championships

5/17/2025 10:04:00 PM | Women's Golf

Results

Ascended 21 spots into a tie for 43rd during second round in Carlsbad

CARLSBAD, Calif. –Sofia Barroso Sá ascended 21 spots on the leaderboard during the second round of play at the NCAA National Championships on Saturday at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa.

Barroso Sá shot one-over (73) and joined a tie for 43^rd with a 36-hole score of three-over 147.

With the cut line looming, Barroso Sá is in solid shape to reach to the final round. Her score is the fourth-lowest among all individual qualifiers or players on teams not in position to . The top-15 teams and nine highest-placing individuals on non-advancing teams play a final 18 holes on Monday to determine the NCAA Individual Champion.

Barroso Sá played her final nine holes one-under (35) for the second consecutive round. Teeing off on the back nine, the junior sat two-over at the turn. She picked up birdies on holes two, five and nine. Barroso Sá was even for the day through 14 holes before bogeys at six and seven briefly offset her score.

Notably, Barroso Sá's birdie on the fifth green was the 300^th in her career. She became the fourth player in program history to tally 300 career birdies. With 301 to her name at the midpoint of her final event 2024-25, Barroso Sá is 89 birdies shy of breaking Lois Lau's all-time record.

She is aiming to reach the final round at Nationals for the second time. Barroso Sá tied for 37^th 2023, shooting a two-over 290 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. TCU qualified as a team. Then a freshman, Barroso Sá was the only Horned Frog to advance to individual play.

Avery Weed of Mississippi State holds a two-stroke lead over field at seven-under (137).

Barroso Sá commences round three at 10:42 a.m. CT on Sunday and will tee off on hole 10 alongside fellow individual qualifiers Audrey Ryu (Furman) and Marie Madsen (NC State).