RESULTS | Surratt Memorial Intercollegiate complete results
 
Monroe, N.C.----The No. 2 Wingate women's golf team and freshman No. 1 Amely Bochaton swept the team and individual titles in the Jerry Surratt Memorial Intercollegiate at Stonebridge Golf Club Tuesday. Wingate wins its home tournament for the fourth time in four tries, playing 36 holes Tuesday to complete the event at 12-over-par 876, claiming a one-stroke victory over No. 1 Anderson.
 
Bochaton gives Wingate three Surratt Memorial medalists in three years. She shot a new tournament-low score to take her fourth individual crown in nine intercollegiate events. Bochaton finished 54 holes at seven-under-par 209, five strokes better than silver medalist Banthita Phoncharatkun from No. 10 Lee (Tenn.) University.
 
Wingate has had the last three Surratt Memorial medalists. Fifth-year senior Jess Brown won the '23 event, while graduate student Hailey McLaughlin won the '24 tourney. Seventeen teams and 93 student-athletes competed in this year's Surratt Memorial Intercollegiate. The competitors played 36 holes Tuesday after rain wreaked havoc on Monday's schedule.
 
Round two quick hits, A team
 
- Bulldogs shot an even-par 288, bouncing back after 301 in round one
- Wingate opened a four-shot lead over Anderson
- Bochaton and Brown shot identical 70s
- Both players had four birdies each on the way to their two-under-par 70
- Freshman Olivia Meinecke had a one-over-par 73
- Veterans Lauren Sutcliffe and Thalia Perez-Vieco shot 75s
 
Round two quick hits, B team
 
- Wingate shot a 305 and headed into the third round in sixth place
- Senior Isabella Adkins had an even-par 72 with two birdies
- Haley Paramore and Noelia Adkins shot 75 and 76, respectively
- McLaughlin's 82 rounded out the team score
 
Round three quick hits, A team
 
- The 'Dogs shot their best score of the event with a one-under-par 287
- Anderson made a charge with a four-under-par 284, falling one shot short
- Wingate wins its third tourney this spring and fifth this season
- Bochaton posted a tournament-low score of four-under-par 68
- She had five birdies and only one blemish on her ledger
- Meinecke had a two-under-par 70 with a sizzling front-nine 32
- She tied for third place at one-over-par 217 for her best WU result
- Brown shot a two-over-par 74, playing her last seven holes at two-under-par
- She played bogey-free golf during her final seven holes
- Brown made a huge birdie putt on her last hole to clinch the team win
- Sutcliffe fired a three-over-par 75 to close out the team score
 
Round three quick hits, B team
 
- Wingate posted a tournament-best score of 304 to finish seventh (out of 17 teams)
- Noelia Adkins led the B team with a two-over-par 74, tying with her sister for 16th
- Both Noelia and Isabella Adkins finished at nine-over-par 225
- McLaughlin had a 76, while Paramore and Isabella Adkins shot 77s
- Emma Harmon played as an individual this week
- Harmon posted scores of 98, 78 and 88 in her first '25 outing
 
Next on the agenda for the No. 2 Wingate Bulldogs
 
Wingate has one more tournament before the South Atlantic Conference postseason event. The Bulldogs will compete in Lander University's Bearcat Classic at Greenwood Country Club Monday and Tuesday, March 24-25.
 
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(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.)