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Coral Springs, Fla.----The Wingate University women's golf team is the No. 2 squad in the most recent coaches' poll presented by Mizuno and the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA). The Bulldogs were the No. 3 team in the preseason listing and the No. 2 team in the final poll of the 2024-25 season.
 
Two tournaments, two victories to start the 2025-26 season
 
No. 2 Wingate has won two tournaments in two tries to start the new season. The Bulldogs won the Eckerd College Invitational by 11 strokes September 22-23. Wingate shot a two-over-par 290 in the final round, completing 54 holes at 877. Second-place Flagler finished at 888. Sophomore Amely Bochaton finished second, thanks to her six-under-par 210. The Bulldogs had four players in the top 15.
 
In their first fall tournament, the Bulldogs won the NCAA Division II South Regional Preview by 15 strokes September 15-16. Bochaton won her seventh career individual title by one stroke over junior teammate Jacqueline Gonzalez Howard. Both Bochaton and Gonzalez Howard shot third-round scores of one-under-par 71s to finish 54 holes at one-under-par 215 and even-par 216, respectively.
 
Next on the agenda for No. 2 Wingate University women's golf
 
Wingate will compete in the St. Simons Intercollegiate Monday and Tuesday, October 6-7. South Atlantic Conference foe Lincoln Memorial hosts this event at The King and The Prince Beach & Golf Club in St. Simons Island, Georgia. The Bulldogs play five events during the fall semester and an identical five tournaments in the spring.
 
The regular season highlight is the Jerry Surratt Memorial Intercollegiate Monday and Tuesday, March 9-10, 2026. Wingate starts the '26 postseason on Sunday, April 12, joining 11 league rivals for the three-day, 54-hole South Atlantic Conference tournament in Greenville, South Carolina.
 
Women's Golf Coaches Association
 
Founded in 1983, the Women's Golf Coaches Association is a non-profit organization representing women's collegiate golf coaches. The WGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the WGCA represents over 750 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.
 
Wingate University
 
Wingate University is a lab of difference-making that serves more than 3,400 students in North Carolina and offers 60 degree pathways, including 37 undergraduate majors, 10 pre-professional tracks and five dual-degree programs. Graduate students choose from seven master's and five doctoral programs. The University is home to the Cannon College of Arts and Sciences, the Levine College of Health Sciences, the Byrum School of Business, the Thayer School of Education and the School of Sport Sciences.
 
Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a leader in healthcare education where nearly one in five undergraduate students is preparing to be a pharmacist, physician assistant, physical therapist, occupational therapist or nurse. Student-athletes on Wingate's 30 teams compete in NCAA Division II and have brought home the SAC Echols Athletic Excellence Award the past 17 times it has been awarded. The University's motto is "Faith, Knowledge, Service." View current news and videos at www.wingate.edu.
 
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