Hildreth Wins, Pack Finishes Fourth Briars Creek Invitational

Monday, March 16

John's Island, S.C.

TBA

NC State

Briars Creek Invitational

Hildreth Wins, Pack Finishes Fourth Briars Creek Invitational

3/17/2026 4:53:00 PM | Women's Golf

First Round Results (PDF)Final Results (PDF)

JOHN'S ISLAND, S.C. – Ellie Hildreth of the NC State women's golf team won medalist honors at the Briars Creek Invitational. The win is the first of her career and the fourth time in program history a freshman has won a tournament. NC State also picked up its fourth top five finish of the season, tying for fourth with a 2-over 578 (286-292).

This marks the second straight tournament a member of the Wolfpack has won the individual title with Marie Eline Madsen winning the Daniel Island Invitational two weeks ago.

Due to weather on Monday, the second round was cancelled and the tournament was reduced to 36 holes.

Hildreth finished with a 6-under 138 (68-70). She tied her career-low round in the first with a clean card for a 68, her second round in the 60s this season. This set her up to tie for second going into the final round Tuesday, in which she was solid with six birdies and 10 pars with two double bogeys for a 2-under 70. She jumped to the top of the leaderboard halfway through the final round and maintained her position through the rest of the way. She now has five rounds at par or better and three top 20 finishes. Hildreth led the field with the best par 3s average (2.75) and par 5s average (4.50), as well as the most birdies (10).

Madsen was steady as she has always been in her career, logging a 1-under 143 (72-71) to tie for 11th. In the first round, she tallied an even-par 72 with three birdies, 13 pars and three bogeys. She followed that up with a 1-under 71 behind three birdies, 13 pars and two bogeys. Madsen now has 17 rounds at par or better and seven top 20 finishes in eight tournaments this season. Madsen logged the second best par 4s average (3.85) in the field.

Vania Simont earned her third top 20 finish in the four tournaments she has played this spring, finishing in a tie for 16th with an even-par 144 (72-72). In the first round, she had three birdies, three bogeys and 12 pars. She followed that up with the same numbers to stay even through the tournament. She now has seven rounds at par or better and five top 20 finishes this season. Simont logged the fifth best par 3s average (2.88) in the field.

In her debut in the lineup at NC State, Elizabeth Sullivan logged a 9-over 153 (75-78) to tie for 70th. In the first round, she tallied a career-low 3-over 75. She was 35 thru the front nine and 40 in the back in the first round. On Tuesday, she had a 6-over 78.

Lindsay McGrath rounded up the Wolfpack lineup in 73rd with a 11-over 155 (77-78). Lea Ludwig played as an individual and finished in a tie for 81st with a 16-over 160 (78-82).

NC State finished with the third most birdies (31), fifth best par 4s average (4.11) and the fifth best par 5s average (4.85) in the tournament field.

Individual Scores
1 - Ellie HIldreth: 68-70=140 (-6)
T11 - Marie Eline Madsen: 72-71=143 (-1)
T16 - Vania Simont: 72-72=140 (E)
T70 - Elizabeth Sullivan: 75-78=153 (+9)
73 - Lindsay McGrath: 77-78=155 (+11)
81 - Lea Ludwig*: 78-82=160 (+16)
* - played as an individual

Team Scores
1 - Boston College: 275-290=565 (-11)
2 - UCF: 283-285=568 (-8)
3 - Michigan State: 288-287=575 (-1)
T4 - No. 45 NC State: 287-291=578 (+2)
T4 - College of Charleston: 286-292-=578 (+2)
6 - Clemson: 295-288=583 (+7)
7 - Purdue: 293-293=586 (+10)
T8 - Penn State: 293-294=587 (+11)
T8 - Notre Dame: 292-295=587 (+11)
10 - ECU: 301-297=588 (+12)
11 - Miami: 299-292=591 (+15)
12 - Maryland: 307-285=592 (+16)
13 - SMU: 296-298=594 (+18)
14 - Iowa: 295-301=596 (+20)
15 - Georgia: 303-296=599 (+23)