Women’s Golf Opens Season at The Southern

2025 THE SOUTHERN
Date	Monday-Tuesday, Sept. 8-9, 2025
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Venue	Forest Hills CC \| Statesboro, Ga. \| Par: 72 \| Yards: 6,316
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STATESBORO, Ga. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University women's golf team is set to lift the lid on its 2025-26 season as the Eagles are set to compete in The Southern, Monday-Tuesday, Sept. 8-9, at Forest Heights Country Club in Statesboro, Ga. The two-day, three-round tournament, hosted by Georgia Southern University, will feature seven Eagles in the 13-team field, including four newcomers.

PREVIEW: COACH BREWER
Hear from EMU Head Coach Josh Brewer ahead of the start of the 2025-26 season HERE.

ON THE COURSE FOR EASTERN
Here are the Eagles that could compete in the 2025 Women's National Golf Invitational:
1. Janae Leovao (Sr.) • 72.1 avg. | 3-year player at Long Beach State... #148 nationally last year
2. Baiyok Sukterm (Jr.) • 70.6 avg. | #1 NAIA in 2024-25... 3rd at NAIA Champs... Won 6 events and Top 3 in 7
3. Jasmine Leovao (Sr.) • 71.5 avg. | 3-year player at Long Beach State... #97 nationally last year... 1 win
4. Matilde Zocchi (Fr.) | Making her collegiate debut... From Turin, Italy
5. Erina Tan (So.) • 75.2 avg. | Tied for the 7th-lowest average in program history last year
IN. Savannah de Bock (Jr.) • 72.7 avg. | Golfweek Red Sky Classic medalist... Posted top four scores in EMU history
IN. Mariana Vega (So.) • 75.3 avg. | Tied for the 7th-lowest average in program history last year
* averages listed are from the 2024-25 collegiate season

PLAY WITH THE EAGLES
The EMU women's and men's programs are playing host to the inaugural GameAbove Eagle Golf Classic Friday, Sept. 12, at Eagle Crest Golf Club in Ypsilanti. The event will feature numerous alumi returning to their collegiate home course to support both programs with entrants in the event able to Add An Eagle, which allows for a team to select a current EMU student-athlete or coach to play on their team the entire round and use not only their knowledge of the course but their play to battle for the event win. Registration is open HERE.

CHIP INS
» The 2025-26 roster features 11 players, including five returners in Savannah de Bock, Julianna Go, Angelica Holman, Erina Tan, and Mariana Vega are all back for the Eagles this season. The program also added six newcomers, including three transfers and three freshmen.
» Eastern was No. 122 in the final Scoreboard/Clippd rankings of 2024-25 with Savannah de Bock leading the way at No. 175 individually. This year's team has added three transfers that should help that ranking rise as Jasmine Leovao (No. 97) and Janae Leovao (No. 148) both were among the top 150 at Long Beach State while Baiyok Sukterm was the No. 1 player in the NAIA.
» The first Division I Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll was released Sept. 5 with the Eagles receiving three votes. EMU is the only team in this week's field at The Southern to receive votes in the poll.
» EMU is coming off a season in which it made its first national postseason tournament field after being selected for the Women's National Golf Invitational, which held its third competition. The Eagles finished second as a team while Angelica Holman took medalist honors with a wire-to-wire victory.
» Savannah de Bock, who rewrote the record book at EMU in her first season, capped her sophomore campaign by playing in the NCAA Columbus Regional, making her the first EMU woman to compete in the NCAA event. She tied for 45th in the field.
» The records Savannah de Bock broke in 2024-25 included lowest single round (65), lowest 54-hole score (204), and lowest single-season scoring average (73.1). All told, she posted six of the program's 25 rounds of 69 or lower and nine of the program's best 54-hole tournament scores, which also included the entire top four and five of the top six.
» Both Erina Tan and Mariana Vega finished their freshman seasons with a 75.6 stroke average, which tied for the seventh-lowest in program history.
» The Eagles were busy over the summer playing in numerous events. One the biggest events was the 2025 European Ladies' Team Championship where Caterina Don and Italy placed seventh and Savannah de Bock and Belgium finished ninth by winning the Flight B competition.

TOURNAMENT INFO: THE FACTS
The Southern will be played Monday-Tuesday, Sept. 8-9, at Forest Heights Country Club in Statesboro, Ga. The 13 teams in the field will play 36 holes Sept. 8 and 18 holes Sept. 9 with 8:30 a.m. shotgun starts both days. The par-72 course will measure 6,316 yards.

TOURNAMENT INFO: THE FIELD
Eastern Michigan is set to face 12 opponents at The Southern. On the list are host Georgia Southern, Augusta, Charleston Southern, Dartmouth, Florida Gulf Coast, Georgia State, Jacksonville, James Madison, Seton Hall, Tarleton State, Western Carolina, and Wofford. The Eagles played against five of those teams in 2024-25 and carried a 2-4-0 record combined, including 1-1-0 against Charleston Southern, 0-1-0 against FGCU, 0-1-0 against Georgia State, 1-0-0 against Jacksonville, and 0-1-0 against James Madison.

IN THE RANKINGS • TEAMS
Four teams in the field placed among the top 125 in the final 2024-25 Scoreboard/Clippd team rankings, including No. 32 Georgia Southern, No. 73 Florida Gulf Coast, No. 118 Tarleton State, and No. 122 EMU. Two other teams were in the top 150, including No. 129 Jacksonville and No. 142 Dartmouth.

IN THE RANKINGS • PLAYERS
Three teams in the field feature players that were among the national top 175 in the final 2024-25 Scoreboard/Clippd rankings with the Eagles leading the way with four, including Jasmine Leovao (No. 97) and Janae Leovoa (No. 148), who earned their rankings with Long Beach State, and Savannah de Bock (No. 175) in NCAA Division I while Baiyok Sukterm was the No. 1 player in the NAIA. The remaining three ranked players include No. 111 Madeleine Pytura and No. 169 Ida Lundh from Georgia Southern and No. 150 Lousiane Gauthier from Florida Gulf Coast.

BACK FOR MORE
Five members of the 2025-26 team are back for their second seasons with the Eagles after joining the program ahead of the 2024-25 campaign. Those individuals include senior Angelica Holman, juniors Savannah de Bock and Julianna Go, and sophomores Erina Tan and Mariana Vega.

WELCOME TO YPSILANTI!
The team added six newcomers to the roster ahead of the 2025-26 season, including three transfers and three freshmen. The transfers include twins Janae Leovao and Jasmine Leovao, both of whom played their first three years together at Long Beach State, and junior transfer Baiyok Sukterm, who as the top-ranked player in NAIA last year while playing at Lindsey Wilson. The three rookies are all international competitors, including Ammy Raemmuang and Grace Thanintorndamrongdej from Thailand and Matilde Zocchi from Italy. Of the six newcomers, four are in the lineup for the Eagles this week.

NOTING THE NEWBIES
» Janae Leovao • Entering her senior year after three years at Long Beach State where she twice advanced to the NCAA Championships... Finished the season No. 148 in the collegiate rankings and enters the season ranked No. 410 in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR)... Played half of her rounds (17-of-34) in 2024-25 at even par or lower for The Beach.
» Jasmine Leovao • Three-time NCAA participant for LBSU... Ended the season ranked No. 97 in the collegiate rankings and enters the year No. 282 in WAGR... Won one event in each of the past three collegiate seasons with a top 20 showing in 27-of-35 collegiate events played.
» Ammy Raemmuang • Enters the year at No. 939 in WAGR... Played numerous events throughout Asia with her most recent event seeing her take second at the SAT-GPS Junior Tour stop in Phetchaburi, Thailand.
» Baiyok Sukterm • Finished the year as the No. 1 golfer in NAIA after winning 6-of-9 tournaments for Lindsey Wilson... Has played 19 collegiate tournaments with wins in 12 and top 20 showings in all 19... Currently No. 148 in WAGR.
» Grace Thanintorndamrongdej • Played in six events in 2025 with four coming in professional events in Thailand... Finished a best of 48th at the SINGHA-SAY Prachin Buri Ladies Championship... Took 58th at the 2023 Thai LPGA Classic.
» Matilde Zocchi • Two-time winner in 2025, including the Trofeo Chiocciola D'Oro and Conca D'Oro... Advanced to the Round of 32 at the R&A Girls Amateur Championship in Wales.

LOGGING MILES
Eastern will once again play a national schedule in 2025-26 with tournaments being played in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Ohio, and Washington, along with one in Mexico. In the fall, the Eagles will play in tournaments in five of the six time zones covering the United States, including Eastern (Georgia), Central (Kansas), Mountain (Colorado), Pacific (Washington), and Hawaiian. In the spring, the schedule sees the Eagles playing four times in California with one tournament each in Mexico and Florida.

When the postseason gets underway, the Eagles will play their first tournament of the year in the Midwest when they take part in the Mid-American Conference Championships, April 26-28, in Akron, Ohio. Should EMU qualify for the NCAA Regional event, they could play in California (Stanford), Florida (Tallahassee), North Carolina (Chapel Hill), or Texas (Waco).

HAPPY TO HOST
The Eagles will serve as tournament hosts twice in 2026, including once in Mexico and once in California. The first event of the spring slate will also be the first hosting opportunity for the Eagles as they, along with LPGA great Lorena Ochoa, will welcome teams to the Estrella del Mar Invitational, Feb. 8-9, at Estrella del Mar Golf Club in Mazatlán, Mexico. The second tournament comes one month later when EMU and USC will combine to host the inaugural GameAbove Invitational, March 9-10, at Rolling Hills Country Club in Palos Verdes, Calif.

FANTASTIC FACILITIES
The GameAbove Golf Performance Center opened its doors Jan. 16, 2024, for the men's and women's golf teams to utilize for their preparations each season. The two-story facility, perched elegantly overlooking the 18th green and Ford Lake, was made possible through an $8 million gift from GameAbove, a dedicated group of Eastern Michigan alumni. The facility stands as a testament to EMU's commitment to excellence in collegiate golf. This state-of-the-art training complex, spanning 13,000 square feet, is designed to propel the Eastern men's and women's golf teams to new heights of success. With locker rooms, meeting spaces, indoor putting and chipping areas, and cutting-edge simulators, the facility provides an unparalleled training environment for all elements of the game.

The building features a dedicated practice range, spanning 6,619 square feet, which offers student-athletes the opportunity to hone their skills with targeted training sessions. A specialized area covering 5,383 square feet has been designated for chipping and putting, ensuring that every aspect of the game is meticulously addressed in the training regimen. Additionally, the inclusion of two TrackMan 4 Simulators, totaling 1,974 square feet, adds a cutting-edge dimension to the training experience. These simulators bring the outdoor game indoors, allowing for precision training regardless of external conditions.

LAST TIME OUT: 2025 WNGI
Playing its first national postseason tournament, Eastern finished second as a team to Santa Clara at the 2025 Women's National Golf Invitational, played May 9-11, 2025, at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Course in Maricopa, Ariz. The Eagles, who defeated four teams ranked in the national top 100 at the time, were led by Angelica Holman, who was the wire-to-wire leader with her Even-par 216 (69-74-73), giving her medalist honors by one stroke.

DOUBLED UP
The Eagles captured two individual titles in 2024-25 with Savannah de Bock winning the GolfWeek Red Sky Classic (Sept. 23-25) and Angelica Holman claiming the WNGI (May 5-11). The 24th and 25th tournament tiles won in program history, respectively, it marked just the sixth time the Eagles have taken multiple medalist honors in the same season and the first since the 2012-13 season when Alyssa Kwon won the Wolverine Invitational (Sept. 22-23) and Sarah Johnson captured the Rainbow Wahine Invitational (Oct. 30-31).

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.

ACADEMIC HONORS
Following the 2024-25 season, several Eagles earned academic recognition. Angelica Holman was named CSC At-Large Academic All-District, Julianna Go was tabbed for the WGCA All-American Scholar team, and Riley Kim earned a place on the Academic All-MAC squad.

BETTER USE A PENCIL
Ahead of the 204-25 season, the program finished 16 tournaments (54-holes) scoring 899 or better. Through the end of the campaign, the Eagles added six marks that list, including the No. 1 score two different times. Here are the scores added to the ledger:
» 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
» 890 (291-307-292) • Women's National Golf Invitational • May 9-11, 2025 • EMU #11
» 893 (299-300-294) • Hurricane Invitational • Oct. 28-29, 2024 • EMU #12 (tie)
» 893 (302-306-285) • Golfweek Red Sky Classic • Sept. 23-25, 2024 • EMU #12 (tie)

LOW ROUNDS ABOUND
Similar to overall scoring, the single-round scores turned in by the Eagles also rewrote the record books. Entering the season, the program had produced a round of 294 or better 30 times. By the end of the 2024-25 season, the Eagles posted 12 additions to the list, including the first and third rounds of the WNGI. 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)
» 291 • Women's National Golf Invitational • May 9, 2025 • EMU #11 (tie)
» 292 • Daniel Island Invitational (R3) • Feb. 25, 2025 • EMU #15 (tie)
» 292 • River Landing Classic (R2) • March 3, 2025 • EMU #15 (tie)
» 292 • Gators Invitational (R2) • March 7, 2025 • EMU #15 (tie)
» 292 • Women's National Golf Invitational • May 11, 2025 • EMU #15 (tie)
» 294 • Hurricane Invitational (R3) • Oct. 29, 2024 • EMU #36 (tie)
» 294 • River Landing Classic (R1) • March 3, 2025 • EMU #36 (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. By the end of the season, the list grew by 14 with Savannah de Bock adding seven scores, including six of the top 8:
» 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)
» 218 (73-73-72) • Daniel Island Invitational • Feb. 24-25, 2025 • EMU #20 (tie)

SHE'S NOT ALONE
By the end of the season, five other Eagles had added to the list of 54-hole scores of 219 or better, including three from Mariana Vega and one each from Angelica Holman, Riley Kim, Julianna Go, and Erina Tan:
» 216 (69-74-73) • Angelica Holman • WNGI • May 9-11, 2025 • EMU #10 (tie)
» 217 (73-71-73) • Mariana Vega • Gators Invite • March 7-8, 2025 • EMU #15 (tie)
» 218 (73-73-72) • Riley Kim • River Landing Classic • March 4-5, 2025 • EMU #20 (tie)
» 219 (76-73-70) • Mariana Vega • Hurricane Invite • Oct. 28-29, 2024 • EMU #27 (tie)
» 219 (76-71-72) • Mariana Vega • Rainbow Wahine • Oct. 21-23, 2024 • EMU #27 (tie)
» 219 (73-72-74) • Julianna Go • Boilermaker Classic • Apr. 6-7, 2025 • EMU #257 (tie)
» 219 (71-79-69) • Erina Tan • WNGI • Apr. 6-7, 2025 • EMU #257 (tie)

GOING LOW
Heading into 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 2024-25 campaign, the list has grown to 25 as Savannah de Bock added her name to the ledger seven times while both Angelica Holman and Erina Tan placed their names on the list in the final tournament of the year.
» 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)
» 69 • Angelica Holman • Women's NGI • May 9, 2025 • EMU #13 (tie)
» 69 • Erina Tan • Women's NGI • May 11, 2025 • EMU #13 (tie)

ON THE HORIZON
Eastern Michigan returns to action in one week when it travels west for the 2025 Leadership and Golf Invitational, Sept. 15-16. The Eagles, who opened their 2024-25 schedule at the tournament, will return to Chambers Bay Golf Club in University Park, Wash., where the teams will play 36 holes, Sept. 15, before playing the final 18 holes the following day to close out the competition.

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Players Mentioned

Savannah de Bock

Julianna Go

Angelica Holman

Riley Kim

Janae Leovao

Jasmine Leovao

Ammy Raemmuang

Baiyok Sukterm

Erina Tan

Grace Thanintorndamrongdej

Mariana Vega

Matilde Zocchi

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