Second Nine Elevates Deacs in Opening Round of Gamecock Intercollegiate

Monday, March 1

Columbia, S.C./Columbia Golf Club

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Wake Forest University

Gamecock Intercollegiate

Second Nine Elevates Deacs in Opening Round of Gamecock Intercollegiate

3/1/2021 5:24:00 PM | Women's Golf

Two Wake Forest women’s golfers sit inside the top 20.

Blythewood, S.C. - The Wake Forest women's golf team jumped seven spots on the leaderboard after recording nine birdies during the second half of the day.

Sophomore Rachel Kuehn birdied her final four holes of the day to help lift the Deacs, along with senior Emilia Migliaccio's bogey-free second nine. Migliaccio and Kuehn currently sit T7and T16, respectively. Both players head into the second round challenging for the individual title with Migliaccio just one shot off the lead while Kuehn stands just two shot from first place.

Freshman Mimi Rhodes had a solid round for the Deacs, finishing just one over and shooting even par on the second nine. She sits in a tie for 28th heading into the second round.

Tuesday's second round will tee off at 9:00am ET. The Demon Deacons will be paired with Ole Miss and Vanderbilt in the shotgun start with players teeing off their second round between holes No. 7 to No. 9, respectively. The third round and final is scheduled to begin with another shotgun start at approximately 2:30 p.m.

Team Leaderboard

Team	Round One
1 Duke	282 (-6)
2 LSU	286 (-2)
T3 Mississippi State	287 (-1)
T3 South Carolina	287 (-1)
T3 Auburn	287 (-1)
T6 North Carolina	290 (+2)
T6 Wake Forest	290 (+2)
8 Vanderbilt	291 (+3)
T9 Baylor	294 (+6)
T9 Ole Miss	294 (+6)
11 Kentucky	298 (+10)
T12 Arkansas	299 (+11)
T12 Alabama	299 (+11)
14 Texas A&M	300 (+12)
15 Georgia	301 (+13)
16 Florida	302 (+14)
17 Tennessee	303 (+15)
18 Furman	309 (+21)