Women's Golf Set for Postseason Play at WNGI

2025 WOMEN'S NATIONAL GOLF INVITATIONAL
Date	Friday-Sunday, May 9-11, 2025
Info Hub	EMU Notes (pdf)
Venue	Ak-Chin Southern Dunes GC \| Maricopa, Ariz. \| Par: 72 \| Yards: 6,295
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MARICOPA, Ariz. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University women's golf team will compete in the postseason for the first time in program history as the Eagles will participate in the 2025 Golfweek Women's National Golf Invitational, May 9-11, at the Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Course in Maricopa, Ariz. The third edition of the tournament will feature 10 teams in a three-day, 54-hole event just south of Phoenix.

ON THE COURSE FOR EASTERN
Here are the Eagles that could compete in the 2025 Women's National Golf Invitational:
» Julianna Go (So.) • 77.4 avg. • Finished a season-best T-8th at the Boilermaker Spring Classic (4/6-7)
» Angelica Holman (Jr.) • 79.2 avg. • Posted a season-best T-10th at the River Landing Classic (March 4-5)
» Riley Kim (So.) • 77.2 avg. • MAC Golfer of the Week (3/7); finished career-best 4th at River Landing (3/4-5)
» Erina Tan (Fr.) • 76.1 avg. • Finished T-6th in her most recent tournament (River Landing, March 4-5)
» Mariana Vega (Fr.) • 75.5 avg. • Shot career-best 217 at Gators Invite (3/7-8) to tie for 21st overall

CHIP INS
» The Eagles are making their first appearance in a national postseason tournament by playing in the Women's National Golf Invitational. The event, founded by Golfweek in 2023, is in its third year.
» The team event is the second historical accomplishment for the team this week as Savannah de Bock tied for 45th at the NCAA Columbus Regional. She is the first member of the program to play in an NCAA event (regional and/or national) and, when including the EMU men's program, just the third student-athlete from Eastern Michigan to compete at a regional event (Korey Mahoney in 2005 and 2006 and Christopher Ross in 2009).
» Following her three rounds at the NCAA Columbus Regional, Savannah de Bock finished the year with a season stroke average of 73.1, the lowest in program history, bettering the 74.7 by in 2015-16 by Kelsey Murphy.
» 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.
» The Eagles played against many of the best teams in the nation this year as the Eagles participated in tournaments against 15 of the 30 teams set to play at the NCAA Championships, May 15-21, in Carlsbad, Calif. One of those teams, Kansas, who EMU faced four times in 2025, won the NCAA Columbus Regional.
» 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
Ten teams are set to compete in the Women's National Golf Invitational that will be played on the par-72, 6,295-yard Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Course in Maricopa, Ariz. The three-day, 54-hole event will start each day at 7 a.m. local (10 a.m. ET) with the Eagles set to join North Texas in the first round with a 9 a.m. local (12 p.m. ET) tee time. The teams competing along with the Eagles include Bowling Green, Mercer, North Texas, Oral Roberts, Rutgers, Santa Clara, Seattle, UNC Greensboro, and UNC Wilmington. Rutgers is the defending champion after claiming the crown in last year's second edition of the tournament.

FAMILIAR FOES
The Eagles have played in tournaments throughout the season against seven of their foes in this week's Women's National Golf Invitational with Rutgers and UNC Greensboro being the lone teams EMU has not faced. The Eagles have taken on Mercer (Golfweek Red Sky Classic and Gators Invitational) and Santa Clara (Leadership & Golf Invitational and Rainbow Wahine Invitational) twice this year with one meeting each against Bowling Green (MAC Championships), North Texas (Betsy Rawls Longhorn Invitational), Oral Roberts (Daniel Island Invitational), Seattle (Leadership & Golf Invitational), and UNC Wilmington (River Landing Classic). The River Landing Classic, hosted by UNCW, saw the Eagles finish second to the host Seahawks.

IN THE RANKINGS
The field at the Women's National Golf Invitational features 10 teams, including five from the top 100 of the April 30 Scoreboard/Clippd rankings with all 10 among the top 175 nationally. The rankings include No. 71 North Texas, No. 84 UNC Wilmington, No. 88 Mercer, No. 94 Santa Clara, No. 100 Rutgers, No. 112 UNC Greensboro, No. 114 Oral Roberts, No. 119 Seattle, No. 125 Eastern Michigan, and No. 164 Bowling Green. The field does not feature any individual players ranked among the top 200.

LOOKING BACK: 2025 NCAA COLUMBUS REGIONAL
Savannah de Bock shot 12-over 228 (75-76-77) to finish in a tie for 45th at the 2025 NCAA Columbus Regional, May 5-7, in Columbus, Ohio. The first player in program history to participate in an NCAA event, de Bock opened the tournament tied for 44th before climbing into a tie for 34th after day two.

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 had 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 Women's National Golf Invitational is the final competition of the 2025 collegiate season for the Eagles. Check back to EMUEagles.com and the team's social media channels for periodic updates throughout the summer for all things EMU golf!

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