Morganton, N.C. – Western Carolina women's golf posted its best team score over the final 18 holes on Tuesday at the Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate, maintaining its hold on fourth place as play concluded at the par-72, 6,169-yard Mimosa Hills Golf Club. WCU shot 296 for a three-round total of 899, edging conference-foe Wofford inside the final top five standings.
 
The Catamounts put four golfers among the individual Top 20 to post their sixth Top Five team finish of the 2021-22 season.
 
Junior Victoria Ladd led the WCU scoring five in 13th overall, posting a final-round score of 76 for a three-round score of 225. Ladd finished with a team-best 35 pars over the 54-hole event, tied for the fourth-most. The Greensboro, N.C., native scored par on 12 holes in Tuesday's final round, countering five bogeys with a birdie for the 4-over round.
 
Senior Madison Isaacson advanced four positions in the standings over the final round to place in a tie for 14th with a third-round score of 2-over par 73. Three-over par through 12 holes on Tuesday, Isaacson carded two of her eight birdies over the final six holes to rally up the leaderboard to inside the top 15.
 
WCU's leader after 36 holes, freshman Kaitlyn Wingnean finished tied for 16th with a score of 227 that included her career-low round of 4-under par 68 on Monday. Wingnean, who slipped 11 spots over the final 18 holes with a score of 83, led the Catamounts with nine birdies over the three-round tournament.
 
Freshman Elizabeth Lohbauer advanced eight positions to come home in a three-way tie for 19th with a score of 228 that included a team-best final round score of 1-under par 71. Three-over par through nine holes, the Venice, Fla., product came home 4-under over the tournament's final nine holes with four of her eight tournament birdies, matching Isaacson. Sophomore Trinity Ahing moved up 10 spots into a tie for 37th at 239 with her tournament-low round of  76 on Tuesday to round out WCU's side.
 
All told, WCU's individual competitor in redshirt freshman Kaleigh Baker was the team's biggest gainer on the day, climbing 20 spots in the final standings into a tie for 31st overall after carding her second-lowest career round with a 1-under par 71 on Tuesday. The St. Augustine, Fla., product countered a trio of bogeys with four birdies on the final day to give her seven birdies at the event.
 
Behind individual medalist Sarunchana Rattanasin, Georgia Southern edged first-round leader USC Upstate by five strokes 872-to-877 to claim the team championship. Jacksonville State finished third at 884 with WCU (899) and Wofford (903) rounding out the top five teams.
 
Western Carolina women's golf returns to action in two weeks at the 2022 Southern Conference Women's Golf Championship hosted on the Dye Course at the Barefoot Landing Resort in North Myrtle Beach, S.C. The three-round, 54-hole tournament will be played over three days between Sunday, April 17, and Tuesday, April 19.
 
4 – Western Carolina – 300 – 303 – 296 = 899 (+35)
13 – Victoria Ladd – 77 – 72 – 76 = 225 (+9)
T14 – Madison Isaacson – 78 – 75 – 73 = 226 (+10)
T16 – Kaitlyn Wingnean – 68 – 76 – 83 = 227 (+11)
T19 – Elizabeth Lohbauer – 77 – 80 – 71 = 228 (+12)
T37 – Trinity Ahing – 81 – 82 – 76 = 239 (+23)
T31 – Kayleigh Baker (ind.) – 86 – 79 – 71 = 236 (+20)