RESULTS | SAC championships match play Scoreboard by Clippd page
RESULTS | SAC championships Scoreboard by Clippd page
NEWS | SAC WGOLF awards release, WU edition
 
Greenville, S.C.----The top-ranked Wingate University women's golf team completed a dominant run at the South Atlantic Conference championship, sweeping through match play to secure the SAC title at The Preserve at Verdae.
 
The Bulldogs opened match play with a commanding 5-0 victory over Catawba in the semifinal round, before closing out the championship with a 3.5-1.5 win over Lincoln Memorial in the final to capture the conference crown.
 
Semifinal quick hits (Catawba)
 
- Wingate delivered a dominant 5-0 sweep in the semifinal round
- The No. 1 ranked player in the nation, sophomore Amely Bochaton went out in game three and won 5-up with one birdie
- Sophomore Olivia Meinecke (No. 5 national) recorded five birdies in a strong 5-up victory
- Senior Lauren Sutcliffe set the tone early, going out in game one and winning 11-up with four birdies
- Junior Jackie Gonzalez Howard secured a 1-up victory to add another point for the Bulldogs
- Sophomore Haley Paramore completed the sweep with a 2-up win
 
Final match quick hits (LMU)
 
- Wingate captured the SAC title with a 3.5-1.5 victory in the championship match
- Bochaton dominated her match, winning 6-up with four birdies
- Sutcliffe added a key point with a 3-up victory
- Gonzalez Howard delivered the most decisive win of the match, cruising to a 7-up victory
- Meinecke halved her match to secure the half point needed for the team
 
Tournament notes
 
- Wingate went 2-0 in match play, including a 5-0 semifinal sweep
- The Bulldogs secured the SAC championship with a 3.5-1.5 win in the final
- Wingate completed a dominant week, winning both the stroke play and match play portions of the championship
- The No. 1 Bulldogs secure the league's automatic qualification (AQ) for the NCAA playoffs
 
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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(Editor's note: Wingate junior men's golf student-athlete Matthew Wordon contributed this article. He is an international business major from Bath, England.)