INDIANAPOLIS – The Texas A&M University-Commerce women's golf team is headed to the NCAA Regional for the third consecutive time, being selected for the West Regional by the NCAA on Monday afternoon.
The Lions qualify for their third-ever trip to the postseason, all three coming in succession since 2019. A&M-Commerce is the No. 6 seed in the West Regional. The 11-team regional tournament will be held at Brookside Country Club in Stockton, Calif. on May 2-4, with the top five teams and top two individuals not on those teams advancing to the NCAA Division II Championships in Gainesville, Georgia, on May 10-14.
A&M-Commerce ended its run in the semifinal round of the Lone Star Conference Championships after shooting the lowest score to par in school history to clinch a spot in the medal match play round. The Lions are ranked No. 20 in the country by the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) and No. 23 by Golfstat.
The Lions rewrote the history books last year advancing all the way to the NCAA National Championships, for the first time in school history, after a third-place finish at the 2021 NCAA West Regional and finished ninth at Nationals.
A&M-Commerce has won three tournaments this season, which is second-most in program history and finished in the top 10 in every tournament.
The team qualification marks the fifth time A&M-Commerce has been represented in the NCAA postseason since the NCAA began sponsoring women's golf as a Division II championship in 2000. In addition to the 2021 and 2019 teams advancing to the West Super Regional, Katie McCranie participated as an individual in 2003 and
Chantry McMahan participated as an individual in 2014. Korie VonBieberstein was a qualifier for the 1997 NCAA combined Division II & III women's championship in the first year of varsity status for the Lion women.
West Regional
May 2-4, 2022
Brookside Country Club
Stockton, California
Host: California Collegiate Athletic Association and Visit Stockton
Teams:
- Dallas Baptist University [Lone Star Conference]
- West Texas A&M
- Cal State San Marcos [California Collegiate Athletic Association]
- 4. Texas A&M International
- Biola [Pacific West Conference]
- Cal State Monterey Bay
- A&M-Commerce
- St. Mary's
- Arkansas-Fort Smith
- Cal State East Bay
- Colorado Christian [Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference]
- Western Washington [Great Northwest Athletic Conference]
Individuals:
- Iona Roska, Cameron
- Claire Shubin, Dominican (California)
- Morgan Sjoerdsmann, Cal State LA
- Anahi Servin, Academy of Art
- Samantha Cabunag, Sonoma State
- Lexi Nielsen, Sonoma State
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