Paced by the tournament’s top two individual finishers, the UNC-Wilmington women’s golf team (+10 for the tournament) held off a strong challenge from Lipscomb to earn a one-stroke victory at the 2023 Golfweek Fall Challenge at Caledonia Golf & Fish Club.
Mallory Fobes (-4) and Victoria Levy (-2) were two of only five players to finish the competition under par, with Levy’s final-round 66 a tournament best to help the Seahawks secure their first Fall Challenge victory in four attempts. New Mexico State (+17), Charleston Southern (+18) and Delaware (+21) rounded out the top five finishing squads.
Caledonia and sister course True Blue are regular hosts of Golfweek-sponsored collegiate competitions as the Mike Strantz designs provide a stern test each year to many of the NCAA’s top golf squads. The women’s division of the 2023 Golfweek Fall Challenge was contested over 54 holes of stroke play at Caledonia, with the par-71 design playing at 5,981 total yards.
Joining the aforementioned squads in women’s Golfweek Fall Challenge play this year were East Carolina, Campbell, East Tennessee State, Central Arkansas, Richmond, Florida Atlantic, Jacksonville State, Alabama-Birmingham, Morehead State, Texas A&M-Commerce, Eastern Washington, Stephen F. Austin State and Winthrop.