Women’s Golf Set for GameAbove Invitational

2026 GAMEABOVE GOLF INVITATIONAL
Date	Monday-Tuesday, March 9-10, 2026
Info Hub	EMU Notes (pdf)
Venue	Rolling Hills CC \| Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. \| Par: 72 \| Yards: 6,564
Live	Live Scoring (Scoreboard) \| Watch on CGN Live: Round 2 - Round 3
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ROLLING HILLS ESTATES, Calif. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University women's golf team is back on the course this weekend as the Eagles return to California to compete in the inaugural GameAbove Golf Invitational, Monday-Tuesday, March 9-10, in Rolling Hills Estates, Calif. Eastern, who last competed at the Alice & John Wallace Invitational, Feb. 14-16, in Palm Desert, Calif., and placed second, will take on 10 teams on the par-72, 6,564-yard Rolling Hills Country Club course.

ON THE COURSE FOR EASTERN
Here are the Eagles that will compete in the 2026 GameAbove Golf Invitational:
• Jasmine Leovao (Sr.) • 71.8 avg. | #63-ranked; T-4th at Alice & John Wallace; 2x MAC Golfer of the Week
• Janae Leovao (Sr.) • 72.1avg. | #68-ranked; Opened the year with back-to-back individual victories
• Savannah de Bock (Jr.) • 72.7 avg. | #135-ranked; Medalist at Citrus Golf Trail Invitational (Dec. 2025)
• Baiyok Sukterm (Jr.) • 72.8 avg. | #145-ranked; T2nd at Oklahoma Inter.; Oct. 10 MAC Golfer of the Week
• Matilde Zocchi (Fr.) • 74.9 avg. | #381-ranked; T20th at The Southern in her collegiate debut
• Julianna Go (Jr.) • 77.7 avg. | First tournament since Golfweek Red Sky Classic (Sept. 22-24)
• Angelica Holman (Sr.) • 77.7 avg. | 2025 Women's National Golf Invitational medalist
• Ammy Raemmuang (Fr.) • 73.8 avg. | T-21st at Alice & John Wallace Invitational

CHIP INS
» Eastern is coming off a second-place showing at the Alice & John Wallace Invitational (Feb. 14-16) in Palm Desert, Calif., as the Eagles shot 9-over 861 for the second-lowest 54-hole tournament score in program history. Eastern ranked No. 33 at the time, finished behind only No. 2 USC and ahead of two highly ranked teams in No. 11 UCLA (third) and No. 10 Vanderbilt (fifth).
» The Eagles were led by Janae Leovao and Jasmine Leovao, who tied for fourth and finished ahead of 10 individuals ranked higher in the Scoreboard/Clippd and World Amateur Golf Rankings. The twins shot Even-par 213 on the Monterey Country Club course with Savannah de Bock tying for 10th at 3-over 216 to give Eastern three players in the top 10.
» Following the tournament, both Janae Leovao and Jasmine Leovao were named the MAC Golfers of the Week (Feb. 20), marking the second time this season each has been honored and the fourth and fifth honors, respectively, earned by the program in 2025-26.
» Eastern players have been named the MAC Golfer of the Week five times in the 2025-26 season, including Janae Leovao (Sept. 19 and Feb. 20), Jasmine Leovao (Oct. 24 and Feb. 20), and Baiyok Sukterm (Oct. 10).
» The latest Scoreboard/Clippd rankings have the Eagles at No. 30, the second-highest ranking in program history after reaching No. 29 in the fall (Oct. 22). Eastern has been ranked inside the top 35 all season.
» Four Eagles are among the national top 150 in the latest Scoreboard/Clippd rankings, including No. 63 Jasmine Leovao, No. 68 Janae Leovao, No. 135 Savannah de Bock, and No. 145 Baiyok Sukterm. Matilde Zocchi also is ranked this week as she climbed to a career-high No. 381.
» Eastern captured the title at the Leadership & Golf Invitational (Sept. 15-16), the 30th crown in program history, and, coupled with the title won at The Southern (Sept. 8-9), secured back-to-back crowns for the fifth time in program history. It also marked only the second time EMU has won consecutive 54-hole tournaments.
» Josh Brewer has now won 18 titles as a head coach after securing 16 with Georgia and the past two with EMU.
» The team broke the school record with a score of 859, surpassing the previous low of 871 set last year at the Gators Invitational (March 7-8, 2025). It also reset the low score for tournaments played at par-72 events after the team shot 875 one week earlier at The Southern.
» Janae Leovao won the individual title at the Leadership and Golf Invitational for her second consecutive title to become the first Eagle to win back-to-back titles in program history. She is the first EMU player since Stephany Fleet (2007-08) to win multiple titles in the same season.
» Janae Leovao is one win away from tying and setting a program record. With another win this season, she would become the fourth Eagle to win three tournaments in a single career while also becoming the first to win three titles in the same season.
» 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.
» The Eagles were busy over the summer playing in numerous events. One of 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 GameAbove Golf Invitational will feature two days of action with 36 holes played Monday, March 9, and the final 18 holes played Tuesday, March 10, with the first tee time scheduled for 7:50 a.m. PT (10:50 a.m. ET) both days. The final two rounds will be streamed live on CGN (College Golf Network) via its YouTube page and are free to watch.

TOURNAMENT INFO: THE FIELD
The GameAbove Golf Invitational will see 11 teams competing with both Eastern Michigan and USC serving as co-hosts for the inaugural event. The remaining nine teams in the field include Arizona, Colorado, Hawai'i, Long Beach State, Oregon, SMU, Texas A&M, Tulsa, and UCLA.

IN THE RANKINGS • TEAMS
The 11 teams in the field are all ranked among the top 130 nationally according to the March 4 release of the Scoreboard/Clippd rankings, including eight members of the national top 50 and three of the top four teams, including No. 2 USC, No. 3 Oregon, and No. 4 Texas A&M. Additionally, UCLA is No. 11, Arizona is No. 22, SMU is No. 26, Eastern Michigan is No. 30 and Colorado is No. 44 while Tulsa, at No. 54, is just outside the top 50. The remaining two teams, Long Beach State and Hawai'i, are ranked No. 95 and No. 128, respectively.

IN THE RANKINGS • INDIVIDUAL
Highly ranked teams also means highly ranked individuals with the GameAbove Invitational featuring 32 players currently ranked in the Scoreboard/Clippd top 200 with five of those players ranked among the top 25, including No. 4 Kiara Romero (Oregon), No. 8 Catherine Park (USC), No. 10 Vanessa Borovilos (Texas A&M), No. 16 Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio (Texas A&M), and No. 23 Jasmine Koo (USC). Overall, there are nine players from the top 50, 17 from the top 100, 19 from the top 125, and 25 from the top 150 set to compete this week.

SOARING HIGHER
Entering the week, the Eagles are ranked No. 30 in the latest Scoreboard/Clippd rankings (March 4), marking their second-highest ranking held behind only the No. 29 position earned Oct. 22, 2025. All rankings held this season have been among the best in program history as each surpassed the No. 122 ranking obtained in the final rankings of the 2024-25 season. The rankings in the fall also are the highest the program has ever received after not cracking the top 80 previously. To date, the Eagles have been ranked among the top 35 all season as well.

FOUR EAGLES IN THE TOP 150
Five Eagles are ranked in the latest Scoreboard/Clippd rankings (March 4) with four inside the top 150 nationally, led by Jasmine Leovao, who has climbed to No. 63. Janae Leovao is on her heels at No. 68 while Savannah de Bock rose to No. 135 and Baiyok Sukterm held steady at No. 145. Matilde Zocchi is No. 381 this week.
Of Note in the Rankings:
» Jasmine Leovao: her No. 63 ranking is her highest as a member of the EMU team and the second-best of her career after climbing to No. 62 last year (Feb. 19, 2025) while playing for Long Beach State.
» Jasmine Leovao: the No. 68 ranking is her highest this year and the highest of her career for the third consecutive week. Entering the season, her best was No. 130.
» Matilde Zocchi: The freshman has climbed to No. 381, an improvement of 78 positions over the past month.

REVIEW: WALLACE INVITATIONAL RUNNERS-UP
Three players finished in the top 10 individually with all five players finishing among the top 21 as the Eastern took second at the Alice & John Wallace Invitational, Feb. 14-16, at Monterey Country Club in Palm Desert, Calif. The Eagles, ranked No. 33 nationally, finished behind No. 2 USC on the par-71, 6,108-yard course while besting No. 11 UCLA (third) and No. 10 Vanderbilt (fifth) in the event hosted by Long Beach State.

As a team, Eastern shot 9-over 861 (294-285-282) to not only finish second in the event to the second-ranked Trojans (17-under 835) but post the second-lowest 54-hole team score in program history, just two strokes off the top mark set earlier this year at the Leadership & Golf Invitational. The Eagles, who's final two rounds rank among the top six in program history, were nine strokes clear of the No. 11 Bruins (18-over 870) while Cal was fourth (22-over 874) and the Commodores fifth (24-over 876).

Individually, the Leovao Twins led the charge as both tied for fourth place at Even-par 213. Janae Leovao, who was No. 100 in the rankings, shot rounds of 75-67-71 to post her third top four finish of the season after winning the first two tournaments of the season while Jasmine Leovao, the No. 92 golfer in the nation, shot 72-73-68. The 213 tied for the ninth-lowest in program history while both women added to the top 10 single round score ledger with Janae's second-round 67 tying for the third-lowest in program history while Jasmine's final round 68 tied for eighth.

NOTING: WALLACE INVITATIONAL
» Eastern finished ahead of two teams ranked higher in the latest Scoreboard/Clippd rankings, including No. 11 UCLA, who was third and nine strokes behind the Eagles, and No. 10 Vanderbilt, who was fifth and 13 strokes behind EMU.
» The Eagles tied for the lowest final round team score as Eastern and No. 2 USC both shot 2-under 282. California shot 1-under 283 to join EMU and USC as the only schools to break par in the final round.
» The 861 strokes for Eastern rank as the second-lowest team score in program history and only the third time EMU has shot 870 or lower. The record was shot earlier this year when EMU posted a score of 859 at the Leadership & Golf Invitational (Sept. 15-16, 2025) and joins the 867 carded at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational (Oct. 20-22, 2025) as the only three scores under 870.
» Two of the Eagles' round scores ranked among the top 10 in program history, led by the third-round 282, which tied for the second position on the chart. The 285 shot in the second round ranked tied for sixth.
» As team, the Eagles ranked second in pars (187), tied for third in birdies (33), and were second for holes over par with 50. Their 48 bogies were second-fewest in the field while their two doubles+ tied with USC for the fewest.

SHARING IS CARING
After sharing fourth place in the Alice & John Wallace Invitational, the Leovao Sisters shared a weekly honor as they were named the MAC Golfers of the Week (Feb. 20) with both earning their second weekly awards of the year from the conference. Both players shot even-par 213 and finished ahead of nine individuals ranked ahead of them in the Scoreboard/Clippd rankings, including No. 21 (WAGR No. 130) Jen Lee of UCLA (t-36th), No. 23 (WAGR No. 51) Elise Lee of UCLA (t-14th), No. 31 (WAGR No. 13) Jasmine Koo of USC (8th), No. 39 (WAGR No. 90) Ava Merrill of Vanderbilt (t-21st), No. 43 (WAGR No. 69) Elizabeth Rudisill of Vanderbilt (t-18th), No. 61 Angelina Tolentino of Vanderbilt (t-29th), No. 77 Maye Huang of UCLA (t-21st), No. 87 Meghan Royal of UCLA (t-74th), and No. 88 (WAGR No. 91) Tillie Claggett of Vanderbilt (t-14th).

FEELING HONORED
With the shared honors attained Feb. 20, Eastern players have secured MAC Golfer of the Week honors five times this season, including three in the fall and two in the spring. Janae Leovao earned the award, Sept. 19, following her medalist finish at the Leadership & Golf Invitational before adding her second accolade in February. Jasmine Leovao was first honored on Oct. 24 after she placed second at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational in Hawai'i to help the Eagles to fourth place as a team. Baiyok Sukterm has been honored once this year as she garnered the award Oct. 10 following her tie for second at the Oklahoma Intercollegiate as she helped Eastern to a second-place finish at Prairie Dunes.

LPGA COLLEGIATE ADVANCEMENT PATHWAY
The LPGA has instituted its Collegiate Advancement Pathway program, which will be used to help the top 10 collegiate players on the list earn priority status on the Epson Tour for the remainder of the 2026 season and all of the 2027 season while also adding in exemptions into the different rounds of the 2026 LPGA Q-Series. As of March 6, Janae Leovao is ranked No. 31 (706.6765 points) while Jasmine Leovao is just behind her at No. 34 (692.6701).

MAKING REVISIONS
Under Josh Brewer (Fall 2024 through the Alice & John Wallace Invitational), the team has taken its talons to the record book on numerous occasions. In fact, just in the five events played during the Fall 2025 season, the Eagles broke the team single low round four times, the team score once, and added nine total marks to those two areas. Eastern picked up where it left off as the Eagles added one tournament and two rounds to the ledger as well. For the lowest single-round team score, the record ahead of the 2024-25 season was 286, shot Sept. 22, 2015, at the Cardinal Classic and was broken five times since, including:
» 285 at the Golfweek Red Sky Classic (third round)(Sept. 25, 2024)
» 285 at The Southern (first round)(Sept. 8, 2025)
» 283 at The Southern (second round)(Sept. 9, 2025)
» 282 at the Leadership & Golf Invitational (first round)(Sept. 15, 2025)
» 281 at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational (third round)(Oct. 22, 2025)

MORE LOW ROUNDS
Eastern has recorded 25 rounds of team scoring at 291 or lower in program history with 11 of those coming this season, equating to 11-of-17 rounds played. In fact, ahead of the start of the 2024-25 season, only eight such rounds had been recorded.
» 281 at Rainbow Wahine Invitational (round 3)(Oct. 22, 2025)
» 282 at Leadership & Golf Invitational (round 1)(Sept. 15, 2025)
» 282 at Alice & John Wallace Invitational (round 3)(Feb. 16, 2026)
» 283 at The Southern (round 2)(Sept. 8, 2025)
» 284 at Golfweek Red Sky Classic (round 2)(Sept. 23, 2025)
» 285 at The Southern (round 1)(Sept. 8, 2025)
» 285 at Alice & John Wallace Invitational (round 2)(Feb. 15, 2026)
» 286 at Leadership & Golf Invitational (round 2)(Sept. 15, 2025)
» 287 at Golfweek Red Sky Classic (round 3)(Sept. 24, 2025)
» 289 at Rainbow Wahine Invitational (round 1)(Oct. 20, 2025)
» 291 at Leadership & Golf Invitational (round 3)(Sept. 16, 2025)

FOR THREE?
Janae Leovao has played in two tournaments for the Eagles and won both individual titles as she was the medalist at The Southern and the Leadership & Golf Invitational events earlier this year. Leovao is on the cusp of more history with the Eagles as another victory this season would make her the first player in program history to record three wins in the same season while becoming only the fourth Eagle to win three titles in a career in Ypsilanti. Stephanie Smoot was the first to three wins with titles in 1998, 1999, and 2000 before Catherine Fortin added wins in 2006, 2007, and 2008. Stephany Fleet was the most recent winner of three titles as she won once in 2006-07 before taking two in the 2007-08 season.

TAKING IT BACK(-2-BACK)
The win in Washington was the 30th all-time for the Eagles and, coupled with the win at The Southern (Sept. 8-9) gave the Eagles back-to-back titles for the fifth time in program history and the first time since the 2021-22 season when they won the Golden Grizzly Invitational in Rochester, Mich. (Sept. 26-27, 2021) and the Shirley Spork Invitational at home (Oct. 4-5, 2021). Additionally, Eastern won back-to-back 54-hole tournaments for just the second time with the only other instance coming during the 2019-20 season. That year, the Eagles won titles at the Shirley Spork Invitational at home (Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2019) and the MAC Fall Preview in Silver Lakes, Ohio (Oct. 7-8, 2019).

TWIN WINS
The medalist honors Janae Leovao secured at The Southern marked her first collegiate victory after previously finishing second in three different events in the three previous seasons with Long Beach State. The win, however, is not the first for a member of the Leovao family as sister Jasmine Leovao won three times with LBSU. Jasmine won the 2023 and 2024 Big West Conference titles before taking medalist honors in 2025 in the LBSU dual with San Diego State. Overall, a Leovao has now won a collegiate event at least once in each of the past four seasons.

ADDING TO THE TOTALS • INDIVIDUAL WINS
Janae Leovao's victory at The Southern marked the 26th individual title won by an Eastern player while making her the 17th different player to add her name to the list. Her victory made it back-to-back medalist honors earned by an EMU player after Angelica Holman won the Women's National Golf Invitational, May 9-11, 2025, in Arizona. Additionally, she is the third player to win a title under Josh Brewer at EMU with Savannah de Bock winning the Golfweek Red Sky Classic, Sept. 23-25, 2024.

MORE WINS BREWER-ING
Eastern Michigan has now won twice under Josh Brewer, who has now won 18 tournaments in his coaching career after securing 16 during his 12-year tenure at Georgia. The wins also marked the first for a Brewer-led team since the Bulldogs won the 2023 NCAA Athens Regional in Athens, Ga., the team's third NCAA regional title.

TWINNING
Janae Leovao shot 7-under 209 to win the Leadership & Golf Invitational (Sept. 15-16) that included rounds of 68 and 69 to close out the win. She won her second consecutive tournament after finishing no higher than second place four times in her prior 35 tournaments. Her win made her the seventh different EMU player to record multiple wins in a career and the first to win multiple times in the same season since Stephany Fleet won twice in 2007-08. She also became the first EMU player to win back-to-back titles in program history and, coupled with teammate Angelica Holman's win at the Women's National Golf Invitational that closed out the 2024-25 season, EMU has now won three consecutive individual tournament titles for the first time in program history.

ON THE HORIZON
Eastern is back in action March 20-22 when the Eagles travel to Tallahassee, Fla., to compete in the Florida State Match Up, which will be hosted by Florida State University at Seminole Legacy Golf Club.

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Players Mentioned

Savannah de Bock

Julianna Go

Angelica Holman

Janae Leovao

Jasmine Leovao

Ammy Raemmuang

Baiyok Sukterm

Erina Tan

Mariana Vega

Matilde Zocchi

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