Overview
The Chattanooga Mocs women's golf squad hits postseason action this week at the Southern Conference Championships in Columbia, S.C. The league hosts the annual trophy hunt at Columbia Country Club with 18 holes per day, Monday through Wednesday.
 
Quotable
"It's a special time of year. These are the moments you play for, and we're excited to finish the year strong and give all we have this week." – Coach Katie Woodruff on starting the postseason
 
Tournament Info
SoCon Championships
Dates: April 20-22 | Format: 18/day | Host: SoCon
Course: Columbia CC; Par 72; 6,219 yds | Location: Blythewood, S.C.
Field: Chattanooga, The Citadel, ETSU, Furman, Mercer, UNCG, Samford, Western Carolina, Wofford
 
Resources: Scoring | Stats/Notes
 
Lineup

1. Kera Healey
   Entered the spring averaging a shade over two birdies per round. Since the start of 2026, she's at nearly 2.5 per 18.
2. Makenzie Cooper
   75.33 scoring average in the SoCon Championships ranks 10th in program history.
3. Bella Bugg
   Owns the squad's top individual finish in 2025-26 with a career-best T3 at the Chris Banister Invite despite transferring from Va Tech at the semester break.
4. Rugile Pauliukonyte
   Led the squad in scoring for the first time over 18 holes in the second round of the Boilermaker Classic last week.

 
Breakdown

• 19th SoCon Championships appearance. First was in 2007-08. Complete history on pages 2-3 of the stats/notes link above.
• 5-time team champion: 2010-14.
• 7-time runners-up: 2009, 2015-19, '25.
• 7-time medalists: 2011-Emma de Groot; 2012-Jordan Britt; 2013-Agathe Sauzon; 2014-Emily McLennan; 2015-Megan Woods; 2019-Monica San Juan & 2022-Dorota Zalewska.
• Cooper has two career wins. One of five Mocs with multiple wins. Looking to join Emma de Groot '11 (6), Dorota Zalewska '23 (4) & Emily McLennan '16 (3) with three or more for their UTC career.
• Healey is tied for 7th in school history with 21 par or better rounds (Cristina Perez '18). San Juan '19 is sixth with 22.
• Cooper (4) & Healey (3) are T4th & T8th in par or better tournament finishes.
• Healey's 259 birdies rank sixth in program history, 10 behind LET pro Esme Hamilton '22 is fifth (265).
• Cooper is.T4 in career cards in the 60s with six (San Juan & Hamilton '22).

 
History at the SoCon Championships
Year: Team Scores | Top Individual
2008: 5th, 305-313-325=943 | T3, Christine Wolf, 74-76-74=224 (+8)
2009: 2nd, 319-313-306=938 | T3, Maria Salinas, 76-75-79=230 (+14)
2010: 1st, 306-297-299=902 | 2, Emma de Groot, 76-72-72=220 (+4)
2011: 1st, 303-305-292=900 | 1, Emma de Groot, 74-71-74=219 (+3)
2012: 1st, 317-303-301=921 | 1, Jordan Britt, 77-71-74=222 (+6)
2013: 1st, 297-300-298=895 | *1, Agathe Sauzon, 75-71-72=218 (+2)
2014: 1st, 312-295-308=915 | 1, Emily McLennan, 73-75-74=222 (+6)
2015: 2nd, 294-288-298=880 | 3, Emily McLennan, 72-69-73=214 (-2)
2016: 2nd, 301-291-297=889 | **1, Megan Woods, 75-71-72=218 (+2)
2017: 2nd, 300-296=596 | T4, Monica San Juan, 76-70=147 (+3)
2018: T2nd, 308-317-306=931 | 7, Monica San Juan, 77-80-74=231 (+15)
2019: T2nd, 301-300-304=905 | 1, Monica San Juan, 71-70-74=215 (-1)
2020: DNP - COVID
2021 4th, 301-299-297=897 | T3, Dorota Zalewska, 74-71-73=218 (+2)
2022: 4th, 301-311-298=910 | 1, Dorota Zalewska, 71-73-71=215 (-1)
2023: 7th, 318-324-309=951 | T14, Dorota Zalewska, 77-78-79=234 (+18)
2024: 5th, 313-299-300=912 | 9, Violeta Fernandez-Tagle, 78-70-74=222 (+6)
2025: 2nd, 306-303-298=907 | T4, Violeta Fernandez-Tagle, 75-76-72=223 (+7)
*Won in a playoff (1st hole) over Mary Chandler Bryan (Coll. of Charleston) | **Won in 5-hole playoff over Alice Chen (Furman)
 
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