Overview
The Chattanooga Mocs women's golf is second after 18 holes of the Southern Conference Championships at Columbia Country Club. The Mocs 4-over 292 was powered by first round leader Makenzie Cooper's 69 (-3). That puts the Scenic City crew three shots behind Furman in first and seven clear of UNCG in third.
 
Quotable
"I think our goal is to put ourselves in the mix each round, and I think they did a great job with that, Everybody just stayed in the moment and was really solid all day." – Coach Katie Woodruff on the day overall
 
"Just take what we were given and not get too far ahead. We did a good job at calculating the numbers and being really aggressive to your spot versus trying to play safe because the greens are firm and being worried about the bounce. I think it's kind of a mindset, and I thought they did a really good job of just playing really aggressive to their spot." – Woodruff on play into firm greens
 
"I just hit fairways and greens, and I two or one putted them. And then my six, seven, eight footers were good. They saved me throughout the round, so that's always nice. Everybody really played well together, we all pulled our weight. I'm proud of all of them. We have two days left, so anything can happen." – Makenzie Cooper on her day
 
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 (+1)
2) Chattanooga: 292 (+4)
3) UNCG: 299 (+11)
4) ETSU: 305 (+17)
5) Samford: 306 (+18)
6) Western Carolina: 309 (+21)
7) Mercer: 310 (+22)
8) Wofford: 311 (+23)
9) The Citadel: 325 (+37)
Mocs in the Field:
1) Makenzie Cooper: 69 (-3)
T5) Bella Bugg: 73 (+1)
T7) Kera Healey: 74 (+2)
T14) Rugile Pauliukonyte: 76 (+4)
 
Breakdown

• 292 (+4) is the lowest opening score for the program in the SoCon Championships. Ties for third-lowest overall and is the best since 291 in the second round in 2016 (Pooler, Ga.).
• The Mocs average score of 73.00 was 4.63 better than the rest of the field.
• 1st lead through 18 holes for a Moc since 2019 Champion Monica San Juan went wire-to-wire at Mocs Creek North Course in Hilton Head, S.C.
• Cooper's 69 is the lowest first round score in program history at the SoCon Championships. It ties Jordan Britt (2014) and Emily McLennan (2015) for lowest by Moc in any round.
• Cooper put together a spotless card with three birdies and 15 pars.
• It was a solid day with nine birdies and 13 bogeys bookending 50 pars for the team score.
• 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.
• It's Cooper's seventh career card in the 60s. That's 4th all-time in program history breaking a tie with Monica San Juan '19 & Esme Hamilton '22.
• Healey's 261 birdies rank sixth in program history, four behind LET pro Esme Hamilton '22 in fifth (265).

 
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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