Final Results
GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Highlighted by the top-two individual finishers, the Wake Forest Demon Deacons won the 2019 Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Golf Championship in dominant fashion Saturday afternoon at Sedgefield Country Club.
The Demon Deacons carded a team score of 850 to finish the championship 14-under-par, winning the championship by eight strokes. Wake Forest captured its sixth ACC Championship in program history and first since 2010.
Kim Lewellen becomes the first head coach to win the conference championship in his/her first season since the Deacs’ Mary Beth McGirr accomplished the feat in 1985.
"We have been playing very well all spring, especially over the last month," said Lewellen. "The ACC is the best conference in the country, so we knew it was going to be tough. To have the team perform at the level they did this weekend, it shows how they are great competitors.
“This is what you practice for all season long, for postseason play and winning championships. I am just so pleased for them that they could see all their hard work pay off with success."
Wake Forest’s Emilia Migliaccio put together an outstanding performance to claim the individual title at 11-under-par 205, the best individual score at Sedgefield and one stroke shy of the individual record for an ACC Championship set by Duke’s Brittany Lang in 2004. The Cary, North Carolina, native tallied 12 birdies and two eagles during the three-round event to become the eighth Demon Deacon to win the individual title.
Teammate Siyun Liu finished right behind her with a score of 9-under-par 207, highlighted by seven birdies in the third round. The inaugural Augusta Women’s National Amateur Champion Jennifer Kupcho carded a 3-over-par 219, Vanessa Knecht was 4-over-par 220 and Letizia Bagnoli rounded out the Deacs’ lineup at 13-over-par.
Duke’s Ana Belac converted 11 birdies during the championship to end with a score of 4-under-par 212 to take third place and teammate Jaravee Boonchant claimed fourth with a 3-under-par 213.
Virginia’s Beth Lillie and Anna Redding tied for fifth at even par (216), along with Florida State Frida Kinhult. Puk Lyng Thomsen of FSU and North Carolina’s Jennifer Zhou tied for eighth at one over, while the Seminoles’ Beatrice Wallin and Louisville’s Margot Bechadergue were knotted at two-over-par 218.
Despite blustery conditions on Saturday, Wake Forest turned in a 5-under-par 283 after recording a 280 (-8) on the first round and a 287 (-1) in the second round.
Florida State took second at the ACC Championship with a 6-under-par 858, firing the best team score of the day at seven under (281). Duke made 12 birdies on Saturday to log a team score of 287 (-1) to leap into the top-three teams at 4-over-par 868.
Virginia was fourth at 6-over-par 870, Louisville turned in a team score of 890 and Virginia Tech was six shots behind at 896 to end in sixth place. Clemson earned a seventh-place finish with a 900, Miami charted a 901, while North Carolina and NC State tied for ninth with a score of 902.
Notre Dame and Boston College rounded out the field with scores of 913 and 918, respectively.
The NCAA Women’s Golf Championship selection show is set for 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24 on the Golf Channel. NCAA Regionals are scheduled for May 6-8.