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Boulder City, Nevada----The No. 4 Wingate University men's golf team won two medal match play contests Thursday, advancing to its first-ever NCAA Division II national championship finals at the Boulder Creek Golf Club. The Bulldogs defeated No. 8 Columbus State 3-2 in the quarterfinals and No. 28 Missouri-St. Louis 3.5-1.5 in the semifinals.
 
Wingate will face No. 3 Florida Southern in Friday's finals at 12 p.m. EDT. The FSC Mocs defeated No. 23 Colorado Christian 3-2 and No. 2 Lee 4-1 to advance to the title tilt. Florida Southern has 13 previous national championships with the most recent in 2017.
 
No. 4 Wingate 3.5, No. 28 Missouri-St. Louis 1.5 (semifinals)
 
- Brandon Skidmore won his match 3-up with four birdies
- Lewis Beeden claimed a 2-up victory, shooting a five-under-par 67
- Beeden had seven birdies; He needed them, as his opponent shot a 69
- Alfie Storer tied his match with UMSL's Trigg Lindahl
- Both Storer and Lindahl posted identical rounds of one-under-par 71
- Mattia D'Errico matched Skidmore's effort with a 3-up victory
- D'Errico shot a one-under-par 71 with five birdies
- UMSL's Daniel Solavera defeated Wingate's Cole Rouse
- Solavera shot a six-under-par 66, posting seven birdies to give the Tritons their only win
 
No. 4 Wingate 3, No. 8 Columbus State 2 (quarterfinals)
 
- Beeden delivered a dominant performance for the Bulldogs
- Beeden fired a five-under round with six birdies, winning his match 3-up
- Rouse came through in the final match, carding a four-under round
- Rouse had five birdies to win 1-up and help secure the team victory
- D'Errico added another crucial point for Wingate, winning his match 1-up
- Skidmore played strong golf, shooting three-under with five birdies, but fell 2-down
- Storer also battled in a close match, finishing one-over with four birdies
- Storer dropped his match 1-down
 
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 information to this article. He is an international business major from Bath, England.)