Overview
The Chattanooga Mocs women's golf remains in second after 36 holes of the Southern Conference Championships at Columbia Country Club. The Mocs shot 311 on a difficult day for the field. They're no 10 shots back of the lead held by Furman and eight clear of UNCG in third.
 
Quotable
"It was a grind today. I don't feel like the putts were falling and when that happens, it makes the other parts of the game that much harder. We have 18 holes to go and in golf, anything can happen." – Coach Katie Woodruff on the day overall
 
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
1) Furman: 289-304=593 (+17)
2) Chattanooga: 292-311=603 (+27)
T3) UNCG: 301-310=611 (+35)
T3) Samford: 306-305=611 (+35)
5) ETSU: 305-309=614 (+38)
6) Mercer: 310-307=617 (+41)
7) Wofford: 314-308=622 (+46)
8) Western Carolina: 309-331=640 (+64)
9) The Citadel: 325-337=662 (+86)
Mocs in the Field:
T4) Makenzie Cooper: 69-80=149 (+5)
T6) Rugile Pauliukonyte: 76-74=150 (+6)
T9) Kera Healey: 74-77=151 (+7)
T14) Bella Bugg: 73-80=153 (+9)
 
Breakdown

• Pauliukonyte led the squad for the second time this season, both in the last four cards. She beat the field average by 5.66 strokes.
• The team had seven birdies on the day with four of them coming in the last three holes.
• Cooper is 1 under on the par 4s (3.95). She's tied for the best score in the field (Audrey Ryu-Furman).
• Bugg is tied for the low par 5 score at 3 under (4.63) with Ryu and ETSU's Sophia Gambini.
• All four Mocs are in the top 15. Last time that happened at tournament's end (4 Top 15)? 2018: 7, Monica San Juan; T9, H. Morgan; T9, M. Woods; T13, C. Perez.
• Healey's 262 birdies rank sixth in program history, three behind LET pro Esme Hamilton '22 in fifth (265).
• The Mocs are 5-time champions and 7-time runners-up in their prior 17 SoCon Championships appearances.

 
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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