Wake Forest University
ACC Championship
Deacs Ready for ACC Championship at Sedgefield
4/17/2019 2:22:00 PM | Women's Golf
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| Dates | April 18-20, 2019 |
| Coverage | GolfStat Scoring | ACC Network Extra (Friday | Saturday) |
| Location | Greensboro, N.C. (Sedgefield Country Club) - Course Info | Weather |
| Information | @WakeWGolf  | Tournament Notes | ACC Website |
DEACON LINEUP
1. Jennifer Kupcho
2. Emilia Migliaccio
3. Siyun Liu
4. Letizia Bagnoli
5. Vanessa Knecht
ACC CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
• Wake Forest is making its 31st appearence at the ACC Championship
• The Demon Deacons have won five ACC Championships (1986, 1994, 1995, 2009, 2010)
• Wake Forest has 23 top-three finishes at the ACC Championship
• Seven Deacs have won the ACC individual title: Brenda Corrie ('86), Stephanie Neill ('93), Laura (Philo) Diaz ('95), Marta Prieto ('98), Natalie Sheary ('09), Michelle Shin ('10) and Cheyenne Woods ('11)
IN THE RANKINGS
• Wake Forest is a season-high No. 3 in the GolfWeek rankings and No. 8 in the GolfStat rankings
• Three Deacs are ranked in the top 40 of the GolfWeek individual rankings, including Jennifer Kupcho and Emilia Migliaccio in the top five
RECORD-SETTING WIN AT BRYAN PARK
• In its last outing, the Deacs posted a record-setting win at the Bryan National Collegiate
• The Deacs shot 34-under at the event, the lowest 54-hole score in ACC history (breaking the 33-under score set by Duke at the 2017 Jim West Challenge
• It broke the Wake Forest scoring record of 23-under, set two weeks prior when the Deacs won the Tar Heel Classic in the Dominican Republic
• It was a 32-shot victory, the largest margin of victory in program history
• Jennifer Kupcho and Emilia Migliaccio shared medalist honors, both finishing at 12-under
JENNIFER KUPCHO, QUEEN OF AUGUSTA
• Jennifer Kupcho made history earlier this month by winning the inaugural Augusta National Women's Amateur, shooting 10-under to post a wire-to-wire victory
• Kupcho shot a 5-under 67 during the final round at Augusta National Golf Club, shooting 5-under over the final six holes to erase a two-shot deficit and win by four shots
• As the No. 1 ranked amateur in the world, Kupcho also got to take the tournament's first-ever tee shot to start the opening round at Champions Retreat, where the first two rounds were played
• She outdueled Arkansas senior Maria Fassi in the final round, as the final group featured the two players to defer their LPGA Tour card until the end of their senior season
DEACS' 1-2 PUNCH
• Wake Forest has been led again this season by All-Americans Jennifer Kupcho and Emilia Migliaccio
• Each has two individual victories this season, the first time two different Deacs had multiple wins in the same season
• There have been 11 scores of 10-under or better in Wake Forest history, with Kupcho (six) and Migliaccio (three) owning nine of those 11 scores
• Including this season's averages, the duo owns the five lowest season scoring averages in program history
Players Mentioned
