Florida’s Yuxin Lin wins 5 holes on back nine, pushes Florida into NCAA Men’s Golf Championship semifinals to face Florida State

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — It was a quick turnaround for the eight teams who advanced into the 2023 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship match play.

Come early Tuesday morning, they returned to Grayhawk Golf Club and began quarterfinal matches. And the headline was four Atlantic Coast Conference teams making match play, with North Carolina, Georgia Tech, Florida State and Virginia trying to battle for conference supremacy. And all of them were in different matches.

However, there was no shortage of excitement Tuesday morning, with numerous matches coming down to the wire.

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Here’s a look at recaps of the quarterfinals as well as semifinal matchups.

Quarterfinal results

Florida 3, Virginia 2

NCAA individual champion Fred Biondi’s match was the first to end, with him falling to Bryan Lee, 6 and 5. However, it was Yuxin Lin winning the final two holes to clinch the match for Florida and propel the Gators into the semifinals. Lin was 3 down after 11 holes but won three of the next five to clinch the match.

Florida State 3, Illinois 2

Speaking of ACC teams, Florida State, the sixth seed, knocked off No. 3 Illinois, 3-2, with freshman Luke Clanton beating individual runner-up Jackson Buchanan 1 up for the clinching point. Fellow freshman Cole Anderson also won his match, 1 up, winning the final hole to clinch another point. Seniors Tommy Kuhl and Adrien Dumont de Chassart earned the two points for Illinois.

North Carolina-Arizona State

Match not finished

Pepperdine-Georgia Tech

Match not finished

Semifinal matchups

No. 2 Florida vs. No. 6 Florida State

TBD