INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA Division I Women's Golf Committee has announced the teams and individuals selected to participate in the regionals of the 2026 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships.
Regional play will take place May 11-13 at six regional sites, with 396 participants and each site featuring 12 teams and six individuals. The top five teams (30 teams total) and the low individual not on an advancing team (six individuals total) from each regional site will advance to compete in the national championships to be played May 22-27 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California. Championship play will be hosted by Texas, with the final three days of the championships televised live by the GOLF Channel.
The regional sites and the selected teams and individuals are listed below.
Ann Arbor Regional Site
The Ann Arbor Regional will be played at the University of Michigan Golf Course in Ann Arbor, Michigan and will be hosted by Michigan.
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Southern California (Big Ten Conference)
2. Duke
3. Central Florida
4. Oklahoma
5. Ohio State
6. Northwestern
7. Kansas
8. Texas Tech
9. UNLV (Mountain West Conference)
10. Columbia (The Ivy League)
11. Quinnipiac (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)
12. Oakland (Horizon League)
Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. Trinity Beth, Georgia
2. Isabella McCauley, Minnesota
3. Mariana Mesones, Minnesota
4. Alexis Vakasiuola, Grand Canyon
5. Lauren Sung, Michigan
6. Yanah Rolston, IU Indy (Horizon League)
Chapel Hill Regional Site
The Chapel Hill Regional will be played at UNC Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and will be hosted by North Carolina.
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Texas
2. North Carolina
3. Mississippi State
4. Oklahoma State
5. Kent State (Mid-American Conference)
6. Virginia
7. Michigan State
8. NC State
9. High Point (Big South Conference)
10. Furman (Southern Conference)
11. Richmond (Atlantic 10 Conference)
12. Howard (Northeast Conference)
Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. Pinky Chaisilprungruang, Charlotte (American Conference)
2. Thanana Kotchasanmanee, Princeton (The Ivy League)
3. Victoria Levy, University of North Carolina Wilmington (Coastal Athletic Association)
4. Zoe Duval, Appalachian State
5. Caroline Patterson, UNC Asheville (Big South Conference)
6. Norah Seidl, Montana State (Big Sky Conference)
Louisville Regional Site
The Louisville Regional will be played at the University of Louisville Golf Club in Simpsonville, Kentucky and will be hosted by Louisville.
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Arkansas
2. Auburn
3. Iowa State (Big 12 Conference)
4. Mississippi
5. Houston
6. Virginia Tech
7. Kansas State
8. Indiana
9. College of Charleston (Coastal Athletic Association)
10. Xavier (Big East Conference)
11. Western Kentucky (Conference USA)
12. Murray State (Missouri Valley Conference)
Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. Eila Galitsky, South Carolina
2. Barbara Car, Old Dominion (Sun Belt Conference)
3. Maylis Lamoure, South Carolina
4. Maria Jose Barragan, BYU
5. Isabella Johnson, Middle Tennessee
6. Sloane Biddle, Belmont (Missouri Valley Conference)
Stanford Regional Site
The Stanford Regional will be played at Stanford Golf Course in Stanford, California and will be hosted by Stanford.
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Stanford (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2. Pepperdine (West Coast Conference)
3. Vanderbilt
4. Arizona State
5. Missouri
6. Arizona
7. Cal State Fullerton
8. Illinois
9. Oregon State
10. Cal Poly (Big West Conference)
11. South Dakota State (The Summit League)
12. Navy (Patriot League)
Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. Emma Bunch, New Mexico State
2. Leia Chung, Boise State (Mountain West Conference)
3. Kelsey Kim, Santa Clara
4. Adora Liu, California
5. Eva Pett, San Francisco
6. Madison Le, Long Beach State (Big West Conference)
Tallahassee Regional Site
The Tallahassee Regional will be played at Seminole Legacy Golf Club in Tallahassee, Florida and will be hosted by Florida State.
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Florida
2. Wake Forest
3. UCLA
4. Florida State
5. Eastern Michigan
6. Kentucky
7. Purdue
8. Clemson
9. ULM (Sun Belt Conference)
10. North Florida (Atlantic Sun Conference)
11. Little Rock (Ohio Valley Conference)
12. UTRGV (Southland Conference)
Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. Vairana Heck, South Carolina
2. Natachanok Tunwannarux, Alabama
3. Molly McLean, South Carolina
4. Vanessa Zhang, Harvard
5. Isaki Sakashita, Stetson
6. Carmen Fletcher, Alabama State (Southwestern Athletic Conference)
Waco Regional Site
The Waco Regional will be played at Ridgewood Country Club in Waco, Texas and will be hosted by Baylor.
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Texas A&M
2. Oregon
3. Tennessee (Southeastern Conference)
4. SMU
5. Baylor
6. LSU
7. TCU
8. Tulsa (American Conference)
9. Colorado
10. Northern Arizona (Big Sky Conference)
11. Tarleton State (Western Athletic Conference)
12. Prairie View A&M (Southwestern Athletic Conference)
Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. Ryann Honea, Abiliene Christian
2. Grace Quintanilla, Texas State
3. Malisone Chanthapanya, North Texas
4. Yvonne Chamness, Texas State
5. Bouquet Subsomboon, North Texas
6. Sara Pihlajamaki, Houston Christian (Southland Conference)
Twenty-nine conferences received automatic qualification to the 2026 Division I Women's Golf Championships. Regional tournaments are considered preliminary rounds of NCAA championships competition and all national championships policies apply.
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