Wake Forest Wins Second Consecutive Title at Mercedes Benz Intercollegiate

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Wake Forest women’s golf team took home the team title with a tournament-record 272 in the final round of play Tuesday. The Deacs also recorded the second-lowest team score in tournament history with their 21-under-par 831.
 
Senior Rachel Kuehn’s 64 in the second round is the lowest single-round score for a player in the 25-year history of the event. Kuehn’s 54-hole total of 10-under-par 203 is the second-lowest individual 54-hole score in the history of the event as well. The Asheville native followed up her second-round 64 with a final-round score of 68. She finished in a tie for second place on the individual leaderboard, just one stroke off the winner, Tundra Piddon from UCF.
 
Sophomore Carolina Chacarra finished one stroke behind Kuehn, with a nine-under score of 204. All three of Chacarra’s rounds were sub-70 for the second time in her collegiate career.
 
Birdies from Kuehn, Chacarra and graduate student Emilia Migliaccio, one from each on each of their final three holes, sealed the win for the Deacs as they were tied with UCF at -18 prior to those three shots. Migliaccio shot a team-low 67 in the final round, going bogey-free and tallying four birdies.
 
Junior Mimi Rhodes also had her best score of the week in the final round, recording four birdies for a final-round 68.
 
Wake Forest led all teams in scoring on par-four and par-five holes and also led the field in total pars for the event, registering 183. The team recorded the third-most birdies, coming in with 51. Kuehn and Chacarra each tallied 13 birdies and 38 pars over the course of their rounds.
 
Coach’s Comments
“This week showed us really how deep our lineup is. We don’t have to rely on any one player to go low, any of our five or six girls can go low any given day and that helps us a lot. There are still things we need to work on, but the team played tough and never took their foot off the gas. We are excited to be going home with another win. Go Deacs!” – head coach Kim Lewellen
 
Up Next
The Deacs will be back in action in three weeks, Oct. 10-12, at the Stephens Cup. The event will be played at Seminole Country Club in Juno Beach, Florida.
 
Team Leaderboard