West Columbia, S.C. – Western Carolina senior Elizabeth Lohbauer was the only golfer in the field to shoot under par on a sun-splashed but windy Tuesday, climbing nine spots into a podium position in third place after 36 of the scheduled 54 holes at the 2025 Southern Conference Women's Golf Championship at the par-72, 6,182-yard Solina Golf Club. The Catamounts are eighth overall with 18 holes to play.
 
Wednesday's final round of the championship opens with tee times off both the first and 10th tees in threesomes beginning at 8:30 a.m. WCU is again paired with golfers from Samford and The Citadel beginning on No. 10. Live scoring through the Scoreboard app, powered by Clippd, is available online at CatamountSports.com or by clicking here.
 
Opening on the back nine, Lohbauer carded a pair of birdies against two bogeys to start the day. The Venice, Fla., product then eagled the par-5, 482-yard 15th for a second-straight day to spur her ground-gaining round. Two-under par through six holes, Lohbauer made the turn to the front with a trio of pars to cap her opening nine holes. Bogeys on the par-4 first and par-4 fifth relegated the fourth-year striker to even-par before she rebounded with her third birdie of the day on the par-5, 516-yard sixth and completed the day with three more pars for the 1-under round of 71.
 
Lohbauer is tied for third in the field in both par-3 scoring at 1-over par (3.10) and par-5 scoring at 4-under par (4.60) thanks to a tournament-best two eagles.
 
Tied for second after the opening round on Monday, junior Sadler Miller slid into a tie for 13th after shooting 80 through Tuesday's gusty conditions. The Clayton, N.C., native settled after a tough start that saw her card five bogeys through her opening seven holes. A birdie on the par-3 17th moved her to 4-over for the round which she carried to the front nine. Miller shot par on six of her final nine holes in finishing at 8-over par.
 
Freshman Ella Kozak slipped 13 positions on Tuesday after shooting 10-over par 82, carding a second birdie despite the difficult conditions much of the second round.
 
Miller is tied for second in par-4 scoring at 3-over par (4.19), while Kozak is tied for third on the par-3 holes at 1-over par (3.10). Miller also has a team-best six birdies, tied for fourth in the event field.
 
Rounding out WCU's scoring five on Tuesday was senior Kaitlyn Wingnean in a tie for 44th overall with a two-round score of 183. Sophomore transfer Abby Bradley, an alternate in Monday's first round, subbed for freshman Annalee Caveney (89) on Tuesday and shot 88 overall.
 
Furman continues to hold the lead with the Paladins' Audrey Ryu maintaining her spot atop the individual leaderboard after the second day of competition at the Solina Golf Club. Furman shot 17-over-par 305 during round two, besting second-place Chattanooga (15-over-par) by two strokes on the day as the Mocs advanced one spot in the order. Mercer moved two spots into third place after shooting a 15-over-par 303 in the second round to improve its overall score to 615.
 
UNCG fell back two spots to fourth after shooting a 26-over-par 314, while ETSU improved its performance on the course from the first day and sits in fifth place with a 619. Wofford fell two spots to sixth, with a 310 finish on the day.  
 
Samford, Western Carolina, and The Citadel, round out the field at seventh, eighth, and ninth, respectively. 
 
Ryu shot 4-over-par 76 and holds a four-shot lead heading into the final round. Mercer's Mikayla Dubnik now sits alone in second after a 1-over-par 73 second round for an overall score of 2-over-par 146. Lohbauer is third after a 1-under-par 71, bringing her two-day score to 3-over-par 147.
 
Action concludes on Wednesday morning at 8:30 a.m. with the tournament champion earning the SoCon's bid to the NCAA postseason.
 
2025 Southern Conference Women's Golf Championship
Solina GC – West Lexington, S.C. – Par 72, 6,182 yds
 
1 – Furman – 295 – 305 = 600 (+24)
2 – Chattanooga – 306 – 303 = 609 (+33)
3 – Mercer – 312 – 303 = 615 (+39)
4 – UNCG – 303 – 314 = 617 (+41)
5 – ETSU – 312 – 307 = 619(+43)
6 – Wofford – 311 – 310 = 621 (+45)
7 – Samford – 317 – 311 = 628 (+52)
8 – Western Carolina – 314 – 321 = 635 (+59)
9 – The Citadel – 356 – 361 = 717 (+141)
 
87 – Western Carolina – 314 (+26)
3 – Elizabeth Lohbauer – 76 – 71 = 147 (+3)
T13 – Sadler Miller – 73 – 80 = 153 (+9)
T25 – Ella Kozak – 76 – 82 = 158 (+14)
T44 – Kaitlyn Wingnean – 90 – 93 = 183 (+39)
48 – Abby Bradley – 88 (+16)
49 – Annalee Caveney – 89 (+17)