RESULTS | NCAA Championships match play Scoreboard by Clippd page
RESULTS | NCAA Championships stroke play Scoreboard by Clippd page
 
Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.----The top-ranked Wingate University women's golf team continued its historic postseason run at the NCAA Division II Women's Golf Championship Thursday, advancing through the quarterfinals before falling 3-2 in the national semifinal match at PGA National.
 
After dominating the stroke play portion of the championship by 20 shots, the Bulldogs opened medal match play with a hard-fought quarterfinal victory over Missouri-St. Louis before battling Anderson in the semifinal round.
 
Quarterfinal quick hits
 
- Wingate defeated Missouri-St. Louis 3-2 to advance to the national semifinals
- Amely Bochaton, the No. 1 ranked player in the nation, delivered another dominant performance
- Bochaton won her quarterfinal match 6-up
- Lauren Sutcliffe led the Bulldogs out in the opening pairing
- Sutcliffe secured a 1-up victory in a tightly-contested match
- Jackie Gonzalez Howard added another point for the Bulldogs
- Gonzalez Howard won her match 4-up
 
Semifinal quick hits
 
- Wingate battled Anderson in the national semifinal before falling 3-2
- Bochaton earned another dominant victory for the Bulldogs
- Bochaton won her semifinal match 8-up
- Sutcliffe added a point for Wingate
- Sutcliffe won her match 3-up
- Olivia Meinecke battled throughout her semifinal match before falling 2-up
- Thalia Perez-Vieco dropped her match 4-up
- Gonzalez Howard narrowly fell in her match, losing 1-up
 
Tournament notes
 
- Wingate entered match play as the No. 1 seed after winning stroke play by 20 shots
- The 'Dogs advanced to the NCAA Championship semifinals with a 3-2 quarterfinal victory
- Wingate finished the season among the final four teams in NCAA Division II women's golf
- The Bulldogs capped one of the greatest seasons in NCAA history with a SAC Championship, an NCAA South Regional title and an NCAA Championship semifinal appearance
- Wingate's run at PGA National concludes another historic year for the Bulldogs, further cementing the program as one of the premier teams in NCAA Division II women's golf.
 
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 18 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.)