Triad golfer Macy Pate tied for eighth playing for Wake Forest in the 54-hole Darius Rucker Intercollegiate at Long Cove Club on Hilton Head Island.
The freshman from Winston-Salem shot 1-over-par 72 in Wednesday’s final round for a 1-under 212 total in a 17-team field with six of the nation’s top 10 teams. The tie for eighth included teammate Brooke Rivers, who closed with 70.
Wake, ranked No. 1 in the latest women’s college rankings, struggled to a tie for 10th with Mississippi State in the team standings.
Arizona State won the team title with a 3-over 856 total, just one stroke in front of Northwestern.
The top five teams were only four strokes apart with Auburn finishing third, South Carolina fourth and Arkansas fifth.
The tournament was televised each day on GolfChannel.
The four-way tie for medalist at 5-under 208 included Julia Lopez Ramirez of Mississippi State, Jennifer Cai of Northwestern, Hannah Darling of South Carolina and Farah O’Keefe of Texas. Ingrid Lindblad of LSU, the world’s top-ranked amateur finished one shot off the lead.
