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Eureka, Mo.----Wingate University senior Hailey McLaughlin remains in the mix after moving day at the NCAA Division II women's golf national championship tournament at the Fox Run Golf Club Wednesday. The No. 25 golfer in Division II, McLaughlin carded a two-over-par 74 in her second round. The Markham, Ontario native is tied for 12th place at three-over-par 147 entering Thursday's final round. Ninety-eight competitors are participating in the national championship tournament, hosted by the University of Missouri-St. Louis.
 
Tournament Information (Thursday tee times)
 
NCAA Division II women's golf national championships (18/18/18)
Fox Run Golf Club (par 72, 6187 yards)
Eureka, Mo. (hosted by the University of Missouri-St. Louis)
 
Hailey McLaughlin quick hits
 
- McLaughlin has fired rounds of 73-74
- McLaughlin moved up four spots to a tie for 12th in the 98-player field
- She is tied with 10 players at 3-over par, 10 back of the individual lead
- Her Wednesday round had a crazy start after a first-hole birdie
- She bogeyed the second, parred the third, eagled the fourth, made a quadruple bogey on the fifth and bounced back with a birdie on the sixth hole
- McLaughlin parred the final three holes of the front nine for a 1-over 37
- On the back nine, McLaughlin parred Nos. 10 and 11, doubled 12 and bogeyed 16 for another 37
- Her eagle on the 504-yard, par-5 fourth hole was one of only three eagles in the tourney thus far
- McLaughlin is even par on the par 3s, +7 on the par 4s and 4-under on the par 5s
- Her 4-under-par performance on the par 5s is tied for 2nd in the field
- She is tied for 7th in birdies with eight in 36 holes
- Of the 11 players from the South Atlantic Conference in the national championship field (Anderson and Limestone have five players each), McLaughlin is tied for the lowest two-day score at 147 with SAC Player of the Year Jessica Rathbone of Anderson
- The top 10 players after the 54 holes of stroke play is completed on Thursday will earn automatic All-American honors
- The top eight teams advance to the match-play tournament Friday and Saturday
 
NCAA Division II women's golf national championship tournament quick hits
 
- The Top 5 teams in the most recent Golfstat poll are still holding serve at the NCAAs
- No. 2 Dallas Baptist leads at +4, followed by No. 4 Findlay (+7), No. 3 Nova Southeastern (+10), No. 1 Lynn (+15) and No. 5 Anderson (+16)
- Of the top 11 teams after 36 holes, only 16th-ranked Cal State East Bay is not rated among the top 11 DII teams in the country
- Dallas Baptist was the NCAA DII title in 2021 and Findlay earned the crown in 2022
- Anderson, which romped to the South Atlantic Conference Championship this season, has fired rounds of 292-300=592 and trails DBU by 12 shots heading into Thursday's final 18 holes
- After Thursday's round, the eight top teams will move into the medal match play to determine the 2023 national champion
- Individually, Golfstat No. 3-ranked Olivia Gronborg from Nova Southeastern maintained the overall lead, carding a 3-under 69 to move to 7-under overall
- Gronborg rolled in six birdies Wednesday on her way to her 69
- DBU's Olivia Mitchell (72-67=139) is two back of the lead at 5-under
- Missouri-St. Louis' Wilma Zanderau (74-67) is four back at 3-under
- Both Mitchell and Zanderau birdied 7-of-18 holes Wednesday
- Nine players in the field went under par in the second round
- Only five student-athletes are under par through 36 holes
 
Wingate national championship fun fact(s)
 
McLaughlin is the first WU woman and only the second Bulldog to qualify for the NCAA golf national championship finals. Fernando Mechereffe qualified for the 2001 NCAA Division II championship finals in Allendale, Michigan. He played one year for Wingate, then transferred to North Carolina State to finish his college career. Fernando's sister, Cris Mechereffe ('02), was an Academic All-America standout on the Wingate women's team.
 
Wingate University
 
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