RESULTS | Battle at Hilton Head complete results
 
Hilton Head Island, S.C.----The No. 2 Wingate University women's golf team and No. 1 freshman Amely Bochaton swept the team and individual honors in Battle at Hilton Head tournament Tuesday. A third-round score of six-over-par 294 gave the Bulldogs a 16-stroke margin of victory over second-place Carson-Newman (906-922).
 
Wingate earns its second victory in two spring starts and its fourth triumph of the 2024-25 season. Six Bulldogs finished in the top 15 individually. Fourteen teams and 77 student-athletes participated in this year's Battle at Hilton Head.
 
What They Are Saying
Wingate head women's golf coach JD Lamm
 
"This was another very successful tournament for our team. Claiming both team and individual victories with our full team bunched at the top end of the leader board was great to see. The ladies tackled adversity, a tough course and very challenging conditions throughout the 54 holes. I'm proud of them for getting over the line and look forward to next week's tournament as I know we can play better. Overall, another good week for us to build on our foundation."
 
Bochaton Brilliance!
 
- Amely Bochaton finished event with an even-par round of 72
- She chased down overnight leader Dilyara Bulambayeva from LMU to win by one stroke
- Bochaton posted a total score of five-over-par 221, playing her final 36 at even-par
- Her 144 over the last two rounds was the best score in the field by four strokes
- Bochaton's 2024-25 ledger: Seven events, three wins, two runner-up finishes
- Wingate's French phenom has not finished any higher than sixth
 
Third round quick hits
 
- Wingate's third round six-over-par 294 was the low round of the tournament
- The 'Dogs defeated No. 33 Carson-Newman by 16 shots and No. 26 LMU by 20
- Junior Thalia Perez-Vieco birdied holes 15, 17 and 18 to shoot 73 and finish third
- Freshman Olivia Meinecke tied for 11th, posting her best round of the week (74)
- Meinecke's two-over-par 74 included three birdies on her scorecard
- Junior Lauren Sutcliffe also carded her best round with a three-over-par 75
- Sutcliffe moved three places up the ladder to tie for 14th place
- Playing in her first event as a Bulldog, senior Noelia Adkins tied for sixth
- She finished the 54-hole event at 11-over-par 227
- Adkins and graduate student Hailey McLaughlin played as individuals
- McLaughlin's up-and-down round of 75 included four birdies
 
Next on the Wingate agenda
 
- Wingate ventures to Florida Monday and Tuesday for the Lady Moc Classic
- Florida Southern is hosting the event at the Grasslands Golf & Country Club
- The Lady Moc field will be stacked full of nationally-ranked competition
- WU fans can get updates on the team's Instagram page at @Wingate_wgolf
- Live results are available, courtesy of the Scoreboard powered by Clippd
 
Wingate Line-up
 
1-Wingate 310-302-294=906
1-Amely Bochaton, 77-72-72=221
T3-Thalia Perez-Vieco, 76-75-73=224
T11-Olivia Meinecke, 79-77=74=230
T14-Lauren Sutcliffe, 78-78-75=231
n/a-Jess Brown, WD-WD-76=76

Individuals
6-Noelia Adkins, 73-77-77=227
T11-Hailey McLaughlin, 81-74-75=230

Top five teams (and ties)
 
1-Wingate, 310-302-294=906
2-Carson-Newman, 306-311-305=922
3-Lincoln Memorial, 311-306-309=926
4-Emmanuel (Ga.), 316-311-310=937
5-Tusculum, 323-310-314=946
 
Tournament Information
 
The Battle at Hilton Head, Feb. 17-18 (36/18)
Robert Trent Jones Course at Palmetto Dunes (par 72, 5934 yards)
Hilton Head Island, S.C. (co-hosted by Barton and Lincoln Memorial)

(Editor's note: Wingate University graduate student Sean Addie contributed this article. The '23 Davis & Elkins graduate is a second-year MBA student at Wingate.)