Charlotte Rises Six Spots in Round Two of Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate

KNOXVILLE, TENN.- Charlotte Women’s Golf climbed up the leaderboard in spherical two of the Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate on Monday (Oct. 6). A 3-day, 54-hole match held on the Cherokee Country Club positioned in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Wawa Booncharn is tied for seventh on the person leaderboard (140, -2) after back-to-back rounds of capturing beneath par. Emma Heyman’s spectacular second spherical of 67 (-3) highlighted the performances on Monday, tied for the second-best rating of the spherical for the complete discipline. Charlotte went up six spots on the staff leaderboard to fifth place out of the 15-team discipline.

GOLFER OF THE MONTH

Chaisilprungruang was named the American Conference Golfer of the Month for September. This marks the second time in her collegiate profession being acknowledged with this award, incomes Golfer of the Month for October in 2024. Last season, Chaisilprungruang was the American Conference Golfer of the Year and Freshman of the Year.

Pinky has picked up proper the place she left off from her freshman season, taking part in her technique to a co-champion of the Tiger Classic within the 2025 season opener by capturing seven beneath. In the Golfweek Fall Challenge, she completed third on the person leaderboard as the important thing contributor to Charlotte’s staff win. Charlotte set a brand new program file for a spherical by scoring a 273, besting the earlier mark of 276 set in 2019. While battling robust climate situations on the Golfweek Red Sky Classic in Colorado, Pinky managed to shoot simply 4 over whereas being one of many 17 golfers to shoot beneath par in spherical two. 

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

Dates: October Fifth-Seventh

Course: Cherokee Country Club Knoxville, Tennessee

Scoring: clt49e.rs/Mercedes-Benz

Par/Yardage: 71/5,965

Tee Times: Rounds one and two, there can be set pairings and tee occasions from 9:30 A.M. to 11:50 A.M. Round three can be a shotgun begin at 9:15 A.M.

TOP FIVE TEAMS

1st – Oregon State (563, -5)

2nd – Tennessee (566, -2)

third – Chattanooga (569, +1)

4th – Penn State (571, +3)

Fifth – Charlotte (574, +6)

THE FIELD

Campbell, Charlotte, Chattanooga, East Tennessee State, FIU, Jacksonville State, Memphis, Mercer, Middle Tennessee State, Oregon State, Penn State, South Alabama, Tennessee, TCU, and Western Kentucky

There are seven of the 13 groups from final yr’s match returning to compete as soon as once more in Tennessee. With new, more durable energy 4 faculties becoming a member of this yr’s match that includes TCU, Oregon State, and Penn State. 

CHARLOTTE SCORECARD

T7th – Wawa Booncharn (140, -2)

T24th – Emma Heyman (144, +2)

T30th – Pinky Chaisilprungruang (145, +3)

T30th – Ting Uang (145, +3)

T68th – Caroline Johnson (155, +13)

T45th – Maia Hattrell (149, +7) particular person

ROUND THREE: 9:15 a.m. Shotgun Start

Wawa Booncharn – Hole 4

Emma Heyman – Hole 5

Pinky Chaisilprungruang – Hole 6

Caroline Johnson – Hole 7

Maia Hattrell (particular person) – Hole 18