De Bock Set for NCAA Columbus Regional

2025 NCAA COLUMBUS REGIONAL
Date	Monday-Wednesday, May 5-7, 2025
Info Hub	EMU Notes (pdf) \| NCAA Regional Selections
Venue	OSUGC - Scarlet Course \| Columbus, Ohio
Course Info	Par: 72 \| 6,391 yards
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (EMUEagles.com) — For the first time in program history, a member of the Eastern Michigan University women's golf program will tee it up in an NCAA event as Savannah de Bock will compete in the 2025 NCAA Columbus Regional, May 5-7, in Columbus, Ohio, as one of six selected individuals to compete alongside 12 teams. The three-day, 54-hole tournament will be held on the par-72, 6,319-yard Scarlet Course at the Ohio State University Golf Club with the top five teams and the top individual finisher not on one of those five teams earning a berth into the NCAA Championships, May 15-21, in Carlsbad, Calif.

ON THE COURSE FOR EASTERN
Here are the Eagles that could compete in the 2025 NCAA Columbus Regional:
» Savannah de Bock (So.) • 72.9 avg. • 3x MAC Golfer of the Week; finished top 20 in 11-of-13 tourneys this year

TAP INS: DE BOCK
» Savannah de Bock is the first EMU woman to qualify for the NCAA Regional tournament and, combined with the men's program, just the third Eagle to earn an at-large berth into the event (Korey Mahoney in 2005 and 2006 and Christopher Ross in 2009).
» Savannah de Bock enters the regional event ranked No. 163 nationally (Scoreboard/Clippd April 30).
» Savannah de Bock earned All-MAC First Team accolades, the first by an Eagle since Kelsey Murphy was named to the first team in 2015. The 18th different player to earn All-MAC honors, she is the program's 16th different player to garner a spot on the first team.
» Savannah de Bock rewrote the record book throughout the season as she posted the four best 54-hole scores in EMU history and six of the top eight as well. The record of 211 (Anna Watson, 2023) ahead of the season was lowered to 204 when de Bock won the Golfweek Red Sky Classic (Sept. 23-25) with the sophomore also shooting 209 (Gators Invitational), 210 (Hurricane Invitational), and 211 (Rainbow Wahine Invitational) this year.
» In individual rounds, Savannah de Bock posted seven rounds of 69 or lower, including a school-record 65 at the Golfweek Red Sky Classic (Sept. 24), bettering the 66 recorded by Kelsey Murphy in 2015. All told, the program has seen players record 23 rounds of 69 or lower with de Bock owning seven.
» Savannah de Bock won the Golfweek Red Sky Classic (Sept. 23-25) to win her first collegiate event and the 24th in program history. The first medalist for the Eagles since Alyssa DiMarcantonio won the A-Ga-Ming Invitational (Sept. 4-5, 2022), de Bock is the 14th different player to win a tournament at EMU.
» Savannah de Bock holds a stroke average of 72.9, which is the best in program history by nearly two strokes (1.8) as Kelsey Murphy previously held the mark at 74.7 from her 2015-16 season. Moreover, de Bock (37 rounds) has played 10 more rounds than Murphy did.
» Savannah de Bock finished 12-of-15 rounds played in the fall under par, which was most of any player in the nation among all collegiate divisions. Two players tied for second at 10.
» Savannah de Bock has been named to the 2024 ANNIKA Award Fall Watch List. One of 25 players selected nationally, de Bock is on the short list for the award that is considered the Heisman of women's collegiate golf.

CHIP INS
» As a team, the Eagles' best four-players season scoring average is 301.2, which is 2.8 strokes ahead of the current school record of 304.0 that was set in 2015-16. This year's team has lowered the mark despite playing 10 more rounds than the 2015-16 squad (37 to 27) and taken nearly 3,000 more strokes (11,144 to 8,209).
» Individually, two Eagles currently hold season stroke averages that rank in the top 10 of the program's top 10, including Savannah de Bock and Mariana Vega, who are first (72.9) and tied for sixth (75.5), respectively.
» Eastern enters the week ranked No. 125 in the latest Scoreboard/Clippd NCAA Division I rankings, the second-highest the team has climbed this year, surpassed only by the No. 124 ranking achieved March 12. The Eagles never climbed higher than No. 212 all of last season.
» Assistant Coach Caterina Don competed in her third Augusta National Women's Amateur (April 2-5) in Augusta, Ga., firing a two-round score of 148 (75-73). Although she missed the cut to the final round, she finished tied for 50th in her first tournament in nearly one year while playing against 71 of the world's top ranked amateurs.
» The current roster is comprised of seven players, six of whom are new to the program this year. Riley Kim is the lone returning player and is joined by two transfers and three freshmen.
» The coaching staff is also new in 2024 as Josh Brewer takes over in Ypsilanti following 12 years at Georgia. Brewer has added two assistants to his staff, including Caterina Don, who was one of his top players at Georgia, and Anna Watson, a four-year member of the Eastern program, both of whom graduated in 2024.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Twelve teams and six individuals will compete in Columbus with the top five teams in the final standings along with the top individual not on one of those teams earning a berth to the NCAA Championships in Carlsbad, Calif., May 15-21. The field, based upon their tournament ranking, includes Arkansas, LSU, Ohio State, Kansas, Houston, SMU, UNLV, Illinois, Kent State, Illinois State, Xavier, and Oakland.

HOW THEY GOT HERE
Arkansas, LSU, Ohio State, Kansas, Houston, SMU, and Illinois each earned at-large berths into the field while the remaining five teams each earned automatic qualification as the champions of their respective conferences. The five automatic qualifiers in Columbus include UNLV (Mountain West), Kent State (MAC), Illinois State (Missouri Valley), Xavier (Big East), and Oakland (Horizon).

IN THE RANKINGS · TEAMS
The Columbus Regional is comprised of 12 teams with eight ranking in the top 50 of the latest Scoreboard/Clippd rankings with three more in the top 80. No. 2 Arkansas leads the way with No. 10 LSU, No. 14 Ohio State, and No. 23 Kansas rounding out the top 25. The four additional teams in the top 50 include No. 26 Houston, No. 35 SMU, No. 39 UNLV, and No. 47 Illinois.

IN THE RANKINGS · INDIVIDUAL
The Columbus Regional features 24 players currently ranked in the top 175 nationally according to the Scoreboard/Clippd rankings with four in the top 20, eight in the top 50, 13 in the top 75, and 17 in the top 100. Leading the way is No. 4 Maria Jose Marin (Arkansas) with No. 11 Kary Hollenbaugh (Ohio State), No. 14 Kendall Todd (Arkansas), and No. 19 Rocio Tejedo (LSU) rounding out the top 20 participants. Savannah de Bock is ranked No. 163 this week, which is third among the individual qualifiers behind No. 62 Isabella McCauley (Minnesota) and No. 154 Vanessa Zhang (Harvard).

LOOKING BACK: 2025 MAC CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Eagles finished third at the MAC Championships, April 20-22, at Delaware Country Club in Muncie, Ind., shooting 42-over 906 (301-310-295) to post the second-lowest score by an EMU squad at the MAC event and just the second score under 920 at the conference tournament. The team's first top three finish since taking second in 2015, the Eagles improved their score from 2024 by 66 strokes. Savannah de Bock and Julianna Go both shot 11-over 227 to tie for 11th while Erina Tan shot 13-over 229 to place tied for 18th and give EMU three top 20 finishers.

ALL-MAC SELECTIONS
The MAC announced its annual awards for the 2024-25 women's golf season, April 25, with EMU landing two players on the all-conference lists as Savannah de Bock was selected All-MAC First Team and Mariana Vega selected All-MAC Second Team. The selections are the first for the program since 2022 and marked the first time multiple Eagles were honored since the 2015 campaign. Historically, the selections for de Bock and Vega make them the 17th and 18th different players in program history, respectively, to earn All-MAC accolades and the first since Anna Watson, who currently serves as a graduate assistant with the program, was named All-MAC Second Team in 2022. The selection for de Bock marked the 31st honor attained by an EMU golfer and made her the 10th different Eagle to earn first-team honors while Vega garnered the 32nd all-time honor while becoming the 13th player to earn second-team honors. Additionally, the last time two or more Eagles earned All-MAC accolades in the same season came in 2015 when Kelsey Murphy was named All-MAC First Team and Karyn Lee Ping earned All-MAC Second Team.

BETTER USE A PENCIL
Ahead of the season, the program finished 16 tournaments (54-holes) scoring 899 or better. Through the Gators Invitational (March 7-8), the Eagles have added five marks that list, including the No. 1 score two different times. First, the Eagles shot 879 (300-290-289) at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational (Oct. 21-23) to take down the former school record of 880 (301-293-286) shot Sept. 21-22, 2015, at the Cardinal Classic. At the Gators Invitational, EMU shot 871 (289-292-290) to lower the record by eight strokes while finishing sixth in the event. Here are the scores added this year:
» 871 (289-292-290) • Gators Invitational • March 7-8, 2025 • EMU RECORD
» 879 (300-290-289) • Rainbow Wahine Invitational • Oct. 21-23, 2024 • EMU #2
» 881 (294-292-295) • River Landing Classic • March 3-4, 2025 • EMU #5
» 893 (299-300-294) • Hurricane Invitational • Oct. 28-29, 2024 • EMU #11 (tie)
» 893 (302-306-285) • Golfweek Red Sky Classic • Sept. 23-25, 2024 • EMU #11 (tie)

LOW ROUNDS ABOUND
Similar to overall scoring, the single-round scores turned in by the Eagles this year have rewritten the record books. Entering the season, the program had produced a round of 294 or better 30 times. Through the Longhorn Invitational (March 17-18), the Eagles have posted 10 additions to the ledger, including all three rounds played in Florida as they shot 289 in round one (tie-fourth), 292 in round two (tie-14th), and 290 in the final round (tie-sixth). Here are the rounds the team has added this season:
» 285 • Golfweek Red Sky Classic (R3) • Sept. 25, 2024 • EMU RECORD
» 289 • Rainbow Wahine Invitational (R2) • Oct. 22, 2024 • EMU #4 (tie)
» 289 • Gators Invitational (R1) • March 7, 2025 • EMU #4 (tie)
» 290 • Rainbow Wahine Invitational (R3) • Oct. 23, 2024 • EMU #6 (tie)
» 290 • Gators Invitational (R3) • March 8, 2025 • EMU #6 (tie)
» 292 • Daniel Island Invitational (R3) • Feb. 25, 2025 • EMU #14 (tie)
» 292 • River Landing Classic (R2) • March 3, 2025 • EMU #14 (tie)
» 292 • Gators Invitational (R2) • March 7, 2025 • EMU #14 (tie)
» 294 • Hurricane Invitational (R3) • Oct. 29, 2024 • EMU #34 (tie)
» 294 • River Landing Classic (R1) • March 3, 2025 • EMU #34 (tie)

DE BOCK REWRITING THE BOOKS
Ahead of the season, only three Eastern Michigan players had recorded a 54-hole tournament score of 215 or lower with Anna Watson recording a then-school-record 211 at the Shirley Spork Invitational (Oct. 2-3, 2023) to lower the mark previously held by Catherine Fortin, who shot 2214 at the Shootout at the Legends, Oct. 8-9, 2017. Through eight 54-hole tournaments played this season (through the Longhorn Invitational, March 17-18), Savannah de Bock has recorded six scores of 214 or lower, including four that stand as school records.
» 204 (70-65-69) • Golfweek Red Sky Classic • Sept. 23-25, 2024 • EMU Record
» 209 (69-71-69) • Gators Invitational • March 7-8, 2025 • EMU #2
» 210 (71-68-71) • Hurricane Invitational • Oct. 28-29, 2024 • EMU #3
» 211 (72-71-68) • Rainbow Wahine Invitational • Oct. 21-23, 2024 • EMU #4 (tie)
» 213 (72-71-70) • Sunflower Invitational • Oct. 4-6, 2024 • EMU #6
» 214 (68-71-75) • Leadership & Golf Invitational • Sept. 16-17, 2024 • EMU #7 (tie)

SHE'S NOT ALONE
Through the Boilermaker Spring Classic (April 6-7), players in the EMU program have recorded 54-hole scores of 219 or lowered 24 times with 12 of those coming this season alone. Along with the seven added by Savannah de Bock, Mariana Vega has added three, and both Julianna Go and Riley Kim have added one:
» 217 (73-71-73) • Mariana Vega • Gators Invite • March 7-8, 2025 • EMU #14 (tie)
» 218 (73-73-72) • Savannah de Bock • Daniel Island • Feb. 24-25, 2025 • EMU #19 (tie)
» 218 (73-73-72) • Riley Kim • River Landing Classic • March 4-5, 2025 • EMU #19 (tie)
» 219 (76-73-70) • Mariana Vega • Hurricane Invite • Oct. 28-29, 2024 • EMU #25 (tie)
» 219 (76-71-72) • Mariana Vega • Rainbow Wahine • Oct. 21-23, 2024 • EMU #25 (tie)
» 219 (73-72-74) • Julianna Go • Boilermaker Classic • Apr. 6-7, 2025 • EMU #25 (tie)

GOING LOW
Ahead of the 2024-25 season, 16 individual rounds of 69 or lower had been recorded in program history with Anna Watson's 69 at the Jan Weaver Invitational (April 4, 2023) being the most recent addition to the list. Through the Longhorn Invitational (March 17-18), the list has grown to 23 as Savannah de Bock has added her name to the ledger seven times, including twice at the Gators Invitational with a pair of rounds at 69.
» 65 • Savannah de Bock • Golfweek Red Sky Classic • Sept. 24, 2024 • EMU #1
» 68 • Savannah de Bock • Leadership & Golf Invite • Sept. 16, 2024 • EMU #5 (tie)
» 68 • Savannah de Bock • Rainbow Wahine Invite • Oct. 23, 2024 • EMU #5 (tie)
» 68 • Savannah de Bock • Hurricane Invite • Sept. 25, 2024 • EMU #5 (tie)
» 69 • Savannah de Bock • Golfweek Red Sky Classic • Sept. 25, 2024 • EMU #13 (tie)
» 69 • Savannah de Bock • Gators Invitational • March 7, 2025 • EMU #13 (tie)
» 69 • Savannah de Bock • Gators Invitational • March 8, 2025 • EMU #13 (tie)

ON THE HORIZON
The team has been invited to compete in the 2025 Women's National Golf Invitational, hosted by Golfweek, May 8-11 at the Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club in Maricopa, Ariz. The Eagles are one of 10 teams that will compete in the 54-hole event that features fellow MAC institution Bowling Green State University and defending champion Rutgers University.

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Players Mentioned

Savannah de Bock

Alyssa DiMarcantonio

Julianna Go

Riley Kim

Erina Tan

Mariana Vega

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