Women's Golf Heads to California for NCAA Championships

2026 NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Date	Friday-Wednesday, May 22-27, 2026
Info Hub	EMU Notes (pdf)
Venue	Omni La Costa Resort & Spa \| Carlsbad, Calif. \| Par: 72 \| Yards: 6,330
Results	Scoring - Stroke Play \| Scoring - Match Play (Scoreboard)
Live	Babygrande (May 22-24) \| Golf Channel (May 25-27)
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CARLSBAD, Calif. (EMUEagles.com) — The historic season for the Eastern Michigan University women's golf program will continue and end this week as the Eagles will compete in the 2026 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships, May 22-27, at the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, Calif., where the individual and team national champions will be crowned. After qualifying for their first appearance in an NCAA event and placing fourth in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional (May 11-13), the Eagles advanced to the national tournament where they are making history as only the second Mid-American Conference women's team to compete in the event.

ON THE COURSE FOR EASTERN
Here are the Eagles that will compete in the 2026 NCAA Championships:
1. Janae Leovao (Sr.) • 71.8 avg. | #55-ranked; Opened the year with back-to-back wins; 3x MAC Golfer of the Week
2. Baiyok Sukterm (Jr.) • 72.2 avg. | #79-ranked; Silicon Valley Showcase medalist (3/31), 3x MAC Golfer OTW
3. Jasmine Leovao (Sr.) • 72.3 avg. | #94-ranked; T4th at Alice & John Wallace; 3x MAC Golfer of the Week
4. Savannah de Bock (Jr.) • 72.7 avg. | #146-ranked; Third at the MAC Championships
5. Mariana Vega (So.) • 76.1 avg. | #497-ranked; Career-best T4th at the Oklahoma Intercollegiate (Oct. 6-7)
ALT Erina Tan (So.) • 76.0 avg. | T8th at The Southern... second career top 10 finish; T18th at 2025 MAC tourney

CHIP INS
» Ahead of the season, EMU's NCAA postseason history included Savannah de Bock earning an at-large berth into the 2025 NCAA Columbus Regional, where she tied for 45th. This year, history has and continues to be made as the Eagles earned their first at-large berth into the regionals where they finished fourth at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional to advance to the NCAA Championships for the first time.
» While Eastern is new to the national event, two of its players are not as Jasmine Leovao and Baiyok Sukterm have competed in collegiate national championships previously. Leovao played in the 2024 event for Long Beach State as an individual after she advanced from the 2024 Cle Elum Regional while Sukterm has placed in the top three in two national events, including second at the 2024 NJCAA DI and third at the 2025 NAIA Championships when she competed for Barton and Lindsey Wilson, respectively.
» Jasmine Leovao not only played in the 2024 national event but did so on the same course being played this week in Carlsbad. The tournament will be a homecoming for her and twin sister Janae Leovao, who grew up in Oceanside, which is roughly 25 minutes north on the I-5 from the La Costa Resort & Spa course.
» Eastern will be one of two teams making its debut at the NCAA Championships this week as the Eagles will join Houston as first-time advancers. With their debuts, nine teams have made their debut since 2019 with at least two in consecutive years after Kansas State, Georgia Southern, and CS Fullerton made the field in 2025.
» The Eagles are the second team from the MAC to reach the NCAA Championships. Kent State is the only other MAC school to advance to the national event and has done so eight times previously.
» Eastern is the third school from the state of Michigan to reach the NCAA Division I event and, along with Michigan State, marks the fourth time two Mitten State teams have reached the national tournament with the last coming in 2021 when MSU (16th) and Michigan (20th) competed.
» Head Coach Josh Brewer has guided his second program to the NCAA Championships after leading Georgia to four appearances. The Bulldogs reached the national tournament in 2016, 2021, 2022, and 2023 with the 2022 squad reaching match play and placing fifth.
» Eastern has faced 14-of-29 teams in the field at the NCAA Championships and holds a 6-14-1 record against those teams in 2025-26. The Eagles posted wins over Baylor, Kentucky, Oklahoma State, Oregon State (twice), and Virginia this season with the win over UK coming in the NCAA Tallahassee Regional.
» The Eagles have played 12 tournaments this year and finished in the top four in all but one after tying for seventh at the Golfweek Red Sky Classic (Sept. 22-24). In the remaining 11 events, Eastern won three times, took second place five times, and finished fourth three times, including at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional.
» Eastern won three events this year, including The Southern, the Leadership & Golf Invitational, and the Silicon Valley Showcase, which marked the 31st title won in program history (27th outright). The three wins tied for the second-highest win total in a single season with the 2006-07, 2011-12, 2019-20, and 2021-22 squads. The 2007-08 team holds the record with four team wins that season.
» By finishing ahead of then-No. 5 Oregon at Chevron Silverado Showdown (April 6-8), the Eagles defeated the third-highest ranked team in EMU Athletics history and the second among women's teams. The highest ranked win belongs to softball, who defeated No. 2 Florida State in Ypsilanti, 6-5, May 10, 2004, with the baseball team scoring a 7-6 win at No. 4 Clemson, Feb. 11, 2011.
» Both EMU coaches are on national watch lists put out by the coaches association with Josh Brewer added to the WGCA National Coach of the Year and Caterina Don selected for the WGCA National Assistant Coach of the Year lists. Together, Eastern is one of 11 schools nationally with coaches on both lists.
» Three Eagles were each named the MAC Golfer of the Week this season for a program-record nine on the year. Janae Leovao, Jasmine Leovao, and Baiyok Sukterm each earned three honors in 2025-26.
» Josh Brewer has now won 19 titles as a head coach after securing 16 with Georgia and three with EMU. Three of his wins at Georgia came in NCAA Regional competitions (2016, 2021, and 2023).

TOURNAMENT INFO: THE FACTS
Thirty teams and six individuals will compete at the 2026 NCAA Division I Women's Golf Championships, May 22-27, on the par-72, 6,330-yard Omni La Costa Resort & Spa course in Carlsbad, Calif. The field of 30 teams is composed of the top five finishers at each of the six regions along with the top individual from each region not on one of those teams. The teams will play three rounds (May 22-24) with the top 15 teams in the standings advancing to the fourth round (May 25) where the top eight following the round will be placed into a match play bracket that will be contested May 26-27. Teams will be split into morning and afternoon waves for the first three days with the morning group set to tee off at 6:30 a.m. PT and the afternoon group at 11:50 a.m. PT. The fourth round gets underway at 10:30 a.m. PT.

TOURNAMENT INFO: TEAMS
The field features 30 teams, all of whom are ranked among the top 50, including the entire top eight teams of No. 1 Stanford, No. 2 USC, No. 3 Florida, No. 4 Texas A&M, No. 5 Texas, No. 6 Auburn, No. 7 Arkansas, and No. 8 Wake Forest. Eastern, ranked No. 27, is the 21st-highest ranked team in the field and will be paired with the 19th and 20th teams in the first two rounds, including No. 25 Ohio State and No. 26 Baylor. The Eagles are the second-highest ranked non-Power 4 team in the field with No. 11 Pepperdine ahead of Eastern and No. 46 Oregon State behind.

FACING THE BEST
The Eagles have faced some of the top teams in the nation throughout the season, including four of the top six ranked teams in the May 17 Scoreboard/Clippd national rankings, including No. 2 USC (four times), No. 3 Florida, No. 4 Texas A&M, and No. 8 Oregon (twice). Ranked No. 27 this week, Eastern holds a 6-9-1 record against the top 25 and has faced 10 of those squads throughout the season. The Eagles hold wins over No. 9 Oregon, No. 13 Vanderbilt, No. 21 Oklahoma State, and three over No. 14 UCLA with only OSU reaching the NCAA Championships this week from that group. All told, Eastern built a record of 132-20-5 this year and is 6-14-1 against the teams in the NCAA Championships field.

EASTERN IN THE RANKINGS
Individually, the Eagles head into the NCAA Championships with four players ranked in the top 150 according to the May 17 Scoreboard/Clippd lists with Janae Leovao leading the way at No. 55, which is her third-highest ranking of the season. Leovao, who held a high of No. 130 last year and No. 228 in 2023-24, is followed by Baiyok Sukterm, who is No. 79 this week and remained in the top 90 since first cracking the top 100 on April 16 at No. 77. Jasmine Leovao, who opened the year at No. 170, has been a mainstay in the top 100 all season and is ranked No. 94 this week while Savannah de Bock ranks No. 146 this week to remain in the top 150 as she has all season. Mariana Vega is ranked No. 497 this week and is back in the rankings for the first time since Feb. 25.

TOURNAMENT INFO: TIME CHECK
The NCAA Championships will feature 30 teams with 15 teams playing in the morning wave and 15 in the afternoon wave in each of the first three rounds. The first two rounds are set with each team playing in the morning and afternoon once each before with the Eagles paired with Baylor and Ohio State in the first two rounds. The group will be the first group off the first tee on May 22 with a 6:52 a.m. PT (9:52 a.m. ET) start and then will play in the afternoon wave on May 23 with a 12:12 p.m. PT (3:12 p.m. ET) start off the 10th tee. From there, the standings will determine each of the 30 teams' tee times for the third round (May 24) with the top 15 advancing to the fourth round (May 25) to determine the eight teams that will advance to match play (May 26-27).

HISTORY CONTINUES • DEBUTS
Eastern is one of two teams to advance to the NCAA Championships for the first time as the Eagles are joining Houston as debutantes in the event. The Eagles, who advanced after qualifying for regionals for the first time in program history, and Cougars, who competed in the regional tournament of the ninth time, will combine to make it back-to-back years with at least two teams making their respective debuts at the national final after Kansas State (20th), Georgia Southern (24th), and CS Fullerton (29th) competed in the tournament for the first time in 2025. Along with the five newcomers in the past two years, nine teams have made their debut in the past seven events with Illinois (2019), Maryland (2021), Virginia Tech, and Augusta (2023)

HISTORY CONTINUES • MAC ADDITION
The Eagles were the second women's team in Mid-American Conference history to compete in the regional competition and, by advancing from that event, became the second to reach the NCAA Championships in the conference's history following the eight appearances made by Kent State. The Golden Flashes last reached the final tournament in 2021 after competing in the 2001, 2003, 2006, 2010, 2017, 2018, and 2019 events.

HISTORY CONTINUES • THE MITTEN STATE
While becoming only the second MAC team to reach the NCAA Championships, Eastern also became only the third NCAA Division I team from the state of Michigan to advance in the history of the event, joining Michigan and Michigan State on the list. Eastern and MSU are both in the field of 30 this week to mark the fourth time two teams from the Mitten State have reached the event with the last coming in 2021 when MSU placed 16th and Michigan 20th. The other two instances involved both U-M and MSU with both teams playing in the 2002 and 2017 tournaments.

BACK FOR MORE • PLAYERS
Despite Eastern making its debut in the NCAA Championships field this week, it will not mark the first appearances for a pair of players in a national collegiate tournament. Jasmine Leovao competed in the 2024 tournament at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa for Long Beach State after advancing from the 2024 Cle Elum Regional as the top individual following her eighth-place finish. At the national event, she tied for 114th.
Baiyok Sukterm also is back in a national tournament for the third consecutive season and will play in a different collegiate level event for the third consecutive time as well. Sukterm opened her career at Barton College in Kansas and finished as the national runner at the 2024 NJCAA DI Championships in her first season. She then transferred to Lindsey Wilson and reached the NAIA Championships in 2025 where she finished third overall.

HOME SWEET HOME
When seniors Janae Leovao and Jasmine Leovao compete in the NCAA Championships, it will be a fitting finale as the duo hails from nearby Oceanside, Calif., which is just under 20 miles north on the I-5 from the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. The twins, who played their first three collegiate seasons as Long Beach State, graduated from El Camino High School, which is around a 30-minute drive north from the course.

BACK FOR MORE • COACHES
The EMU coaching staff is familiar with the national tournament as Josh Brewer will be taking his fifth team to the NCAA Championships while assistant coach Caterina Don will be part of her fourth and her first as a coach. Don played for Brewer at Georgia with the Bulldogs competing at the NCAA Championships in 2021, 2022, and 2023. Brewer, who also guided UGa to the 2016 tournament, has posted a best of eighth place in stroke play at the 2022 event before his team finished fifth that year in match play.

BACK FOR MORE • CALIFORNIA
Eastern is no stranger to the Golden State as the Eagles competed in four tournaments in California during the spring season. The first came in Palm Desert at the Alice & John Wallace Invitational (Feb. 14-16) where Eastern was second as a team and the Leovao Sisters tied for fourth overall. EMU played in California twice in March, including tying for fourth at the GameAbove Invitational in Rolling Hills Estates (March 9-10), an event the Eagles co-hosted with No. 2 USC, and the Silicon Valley Showcase (March 30-31) in Millbrae, where the Eagles captured the team title and saw Baiyok Sukterm earn medalist honors. The final tournament was one week later at the Cheveron Silverado Showdown (April 6-8) in Napa with the Eagles taking second behind Sukterm's fourth-place finish.

AND THE AWARD GOES TO...
The Mid-American Conference announced its annual All-MAC teams and specialty award winners for the 2025-26 season, May 1, with the Eastern program well represented as four players earned team selections while Matilde Zocchi was named the MAC Freshman of the Year in a vote of the league's coaches. Eastern featured three players on the first team, including Janae Leovao, Jasmine Leovao, and Baiyok Sukterm, while Savannah de Bock was selected to the second team. The award for Zocchi marked the fifth earned in program history and the first since 2015 when Thelma Beck garnered the accolade. It also marked the first major award earned by a member of the program since the 2015 season.

WATCH LIST
The Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) announced its annual watch lists with both Eastern coaches named. Caterina Don was added to the inaugural Golf Pride WGCA Assistant Coach of the Year Watch List while Josh Brewer earned a spot on the Jackie Steinmann WGCA National Coach of the Year presented by Golf Pride Watch List. Combined, Eastern is one of 11 programs nationally to see both its head coach and assistant coach on the WGCA watch lists. The winner of each award will be announced following the NCAA Championships.

QUICK REVIEW: TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL
Seeded fifth and making its debut in an NCAA event, Eastern shot 5-over 869 at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional (May 11-13) at the Seminole Legacy GC in Tallahassee, Fla., to punch its ticket to the NCAA Championships for the first time in program history. The Eagles, ranked No. 27, finished behind No. 9 Wake Forest (856), No. 25 Florida State (860), and No. 3 Florida (816) while placing ahead of No. 34 Kentucky (870), who earned the final advancement. The Eagles also finished ahead of No. 15 UCLA, who was sixth overall (873), marking the third time Eastern downed the Bruins in 2025-26.

Individually, Janae Leovao and Baiyok Sukterm earned top 10 finishes with Leovao shooting 3-under 213 to tie for seventh while Sukterm was ninth at 2-under 214. Jasmine Leovao and Savannah de Bock tied for 26th as both shot 5-over 221 while Mariana Vega tied for 52nd at 17-over 233.

NOTING THE EAGLES
Savannah de Bock
» De Bock is ranked No. 146 this week after tying for 26th at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional... Finished third at the 2026 MAC Championships to earn MAC All-Tournament Team honors after being named All-MAC Second Team... Making her NCAA Championships debut after playing in her third regional tournament (t-23rd with Georgia at the 2024 Auburn Regional and t-45th for EMU at the 2025 Columbus Regional... Was the first player in Eastern history to compete in an NCAA event with her at-large selection in 2025... Team's top finisher in two events, including the Golfweek Red Sky Classic (Sept. 22-24) where she tied for fifth overall, to go along with her MAC finish... Finished in the top 20 at seven events this year with five of those finishes in the top 10 as well while posting 13 rounds at or under par, including three in the 60s.

Baiyok Sukterm
» Sukterm is ranked No. 79 after her ninth-place finish at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional, her fourth consecutive top 10 finish this year and her seventh of the season... Playing in her third collegiate national tournament after placing second at the 2024 NJCAA DI Championships for Barton CC and third at the 2025 NAIA Championships for Lindsey Wilson... Tied for sixth at the MAC Championships and was named All-MAC First Team... Took medalist honors at one event, the Silicon Valley Showcase (March 30-31), her first win as an NCAA Division I player and the 13th of her collegiate career... Named the MAC Golfer of the Week three times this year and has earned four top four finishes, including tied for second at the Oklahoma Intercollegiate (Oct. 6-7)... Of the 32 rounds she has played, she has shot at or under par 17 times with six rounds in the 60s.

Janae Leovao
» Janae is ranked No. 55 nationally after she tied for seventh at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional... Oceanside, Calif., product playing her final collegiate event just 20 miles from her hometown... Tallahassee was her third NCAA regional competition after she twice qualified with Long Beach State, including in 2024 at Cle Elum, where she tied for 41st, and last year at Gold Canyon, where she tied for eighth as an individual qualifier... Tied for ninth at the MAC Championships and earned All-MAC First Team honors.... Opened the year with medalist honors at The Southern (Sept. 8-9) and the Leadership & Golf Invite (Sept. 15-16) for the first two victories of her collegiate career after finishing second three times with LBSU.... Three-time MAC Golfer of the Week honoree... Posted nine top 20 finishes with five in the top five and posted six rounds in the 60s, including two at 67, while shooting 19 at or under par this season.

Jasmine Leovao
» Jasmine holds a national ranking of No. 94 and is coming off a tie 26th at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional, her fourth regional appearance after three with Long Beach State... Returns home for her final collegiate tournament as the Oceanside product will play the NCAA Championships for the second time in her career after tying for 114th in 2024... Tied for 12th at the MAC Championships and earned All-MAC First Team... In her previous regional events, she tied for 55th in 2023 at San Antonio as an individual qualifier, was eighth in 2024 at Cle Elum to advance to the NCAA Championships, and tied for 17th last year at Gold Canyon as an individual qualifier... The top finisher for the Eagles in three tournaments, including second place at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational (Oct. 20-22), third at the Florida State Match Up (March 20-22), and tied for fourth at the Alice & John Wallace Invitational... Three-time MAC Golfer of the Week honoree and has finished in the top 20 in 9-of-11 tournaments with five top five finishes... Posted 12 rounds at or below par with a team-high seven rounds in the 60s.

Mariana Vega
» Vega is ranked No. 497 this week after finishing tied for 52nd at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional... The regional event was her first appearance in the lineup since the Chevron Silverado Showdown, April 6-8, where she shot 17-over 233 to tie for 75th... Posted her best finish this season at the Oklahoma Intercollegiate (Oct. 6-7) when she tied for fourth at 4-over 144 thanks to a career-best 67 in the second round to tie for the second-best finish on the team.

Erina Tan • Substitute
» Tan was an unused substitute at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional... Played the first two rounds at the MAC Championships, shooting 75 and 74, before being substituted out... Played in the first two events of the year and tied for eighth at the season-opening The Southern (Sept. 8-9)... Prior to the conference event, her most recent tournament was the Silicon Valley Showcase (March 30-31) where she played as an individual and tied for 49th overall... Last year, she tied for fifth at the Women's National Golf Invitational to help EMU to second place.

SOARING HIGHER
The April 15 release of the Scoreboard/Clippd rankings showed a historic number of the Eagles as they rose to No. 19, marking their highest ranking in program history and their first time in the national top 20. Ranked inside the top 35 much of the season, the Eagles ended last year at No. 122 and have climbed 103 positions in the rankings this year thanks to three victories and four runner-up showings on a national schedule. Eastern is ranked No. 27 heading into the NCAA Tallahassee Regional.

STRONG FINISHES
Eastern won the Silicon Valley Showcase (March 30-31) before taking second at the Chevron Silverado Showdown (April 6-8) and second at the MAC Championships (April 26-28), which marked the eighth time in 111 tournaments this year it has finished first or second. Eastern won The Southern (Sept. 8-9) and the Leadership & Golf Invitational (Sept. 15-16) to open the season and has added runner-up showings at the Oklahoma Intercollegiate (Oct. 6-7), the Alice & John Wallace Invitational (Feb. 14-16), and the Florida State Match Up (March 20-22) prior to the Silverado and MAC events.

SUKTERM EARNS THIRD AWARD
Baiyok Sukterm was named the MAC Golfer of the Week for the second tournament in a row after she placed fourth at the Chevron Silverado Showdown, April 6-8, after earning the award one week prior after winning the Silicon Valley Showcase (March 30-31) in Millbrae, Calif. Sukterm, who collected her third conference honor of the season, shot 8-under 208 (71-69-68) for her fourth finish in the top five this season as she defeated three players ranked higher than her in the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) and six on the Scoreboard/Clippd ledger.

NINE GETS 50
Baiyok Sukterm's MAC Golfer of the Week award, earned April 10, was her second consecutive award and her third of the season while also marking the fourth consecutive for the Eagles with Janae Leovao (March 13) and Jasmine Leovao (March 27) winning the previous two. Combined, the trio has brought home nine weekly honors from the MAC, which stands as the most in a single season in program history, surpassing the five earned four different times since the 2000-01 season. Additionally, Eastern leads all schools this year with nine while Kent State is second with six honors. Sukterm's two most recent awards helped break a program record for the number of individuals earning multiple MAC weekly awards as the Leovao's have both earned three awards this year. All told, Sukterm earned the 50th weekly honor from the MAC since 2000-01.

ANOTHER VICTORY
Baiyok Sukterm captured medalist honors at the Silicon Valley Showcase (March 30-31) to become the 18th different Eastern player to win a tournament while securing the 28th crown in program history. Sukterm shot 3-under 210 to post the fifth-lowest score in program history while her rounds of 68 in both the first and second round tied for the ninth lowest. Additionally, her 210 was tied for the fourth-lowest score in the four-year history of the tournament. It also marked her the 13th collegiate title of her career and her first at the NCAA Division I level, marking the third different level she has been victorious. She opened her career at Barton CC and won six titles while playing for the NJCAA Division I program before winning six times last year at Lindsey Wilson of the NAIA. Prior to her win with the Eagles, her best finish this year was a tie for second place at the Oklahoma Intercollegiate (Oct. 6-7), an event that was shortened to two rounds because of rain.

EVERYTHING IS BIGGER IN TEXAS... AND YPSI
Baiyok Sukterm became the fifth player on the Eastern roster this season that has won at least one tournament at the NCAA Division I level after capturing the Silicon Valley Showcase (March 30-31) to make the Eagles one of only three teams nationally to feature a 2025-26 roster with five medalists, joining Texas and Texas A&M on the short list. The list opened at three players this season with Savannah de Bock winning the Golfweek Red Sky Classic and Angelica Holman capturing the Women's National Golf Invitational for the Eagles last year while Jasmine Leovao won the 2024 Big West Championship for Long Beach State. The list grew to include Janae Leovao after the first event of the season as she won The Southern before going back-to-back to claim the Leadership & Golf Invitational. The five wins in two seasons tied a program record set during the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons when Stephany Fleet (three) and Catherine Fortin (two) combined to win five titles. The duo each won once during the 2006-07 campaign before Fleet captured two more one season later.

TEAM TITLE TOTALS
The victory at the Silicon Valley Showcase marked the third tournament Eastern won this year after opening the season with wins at The Southern (Sept. 8-9) and the Leadership & Golf Invitational (Sept. 15-16). The trio of titles is tied for the second-highest single-season total with the 2006-07, 2011-12, 2019-20, and 2021-22 teams and is one behind the record four victories secured by the 2007-08 team. All told, Eastern has now tallied 31 team titles since the team began play in the 1996-97 season with the Silicon Valley Showcase title standing as the 27th outright crown.

DOUBLE UP THE WINS
Eastern swept the titles at the Silicon Valley Showcase (March 30-31), marking the third time this year and the 12th time in program history that the team won the tournament while also having the medalist. Janae Leovao was the medalist in both team wins to open the year (The Southern and the Leadership & Golf Invitational) to start the team off strong with the wins at the SVS event breaking the tie with the 1999-00 and 2007-08 teams for most double victories in a single year.

MORE WINS BREWER-ING
Eastern Michigan has now won three times under Josh Brewer, who has now won 19 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.

MAKING REVISIONS
Under Josh Brewer (Fall 2024 through the NCAA Tallahassee Regional), 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 more tournaments and rounds. 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 has been broken six 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)
» 279 at the Silicon Valley Showcase (first round)(March 30, 2026)

MORE LOW ROUNDS
Eastern has recorded 34 rounds of team scoring at 290 or lower in program history with 26 of those coming this season (35 rounds played). In fact, ahead of the start of the 2024-25 season, only eight such rounds had been recorded.
» 279 at Silicon Valley Showcase (round 1)(March 30, 2026)
» 280 at Chevron Silverado Showdown (round 2)(April 7, 2026)
» 281 at Rainbow Wahine Invitational (round 3)(Oct. 22, 2025)
» 281 at MAC Championships (round 1)(April 26, 2026)
» 282 at Leadership & Golf Invitational (round 1)(Sept. 15, 2025)
» 282 at Alice & John Wallace Invitational (round 3)(Feb. 16, 2026)
» 282 at MAC Championships (round 3)(April 28, 2026)
» 283 at The Southern (round 2)(Sept. 8, 2025)
» 284 at Golfweek Red Sky Classic (round 2)(Sept. 23, 2025)
» 284 at Chevron Silverado Showdown (round 1)(April 6, 2026)
» 285 at The Southern (round 1)(Sept. 8, 2025)
» 285 at Alice & John Wallace Invitational (round 2)(Feb. 15, 2026)
» 285 at GameAbove Invitational (round 2)(March 9, 2026)
» 285 at Chevron Silverado Showdown (round 3)(April 8, 2026)
» 286 at Leadership & Golf Invitational (round 2)(Sept. 15, 2025)
» 287 at Golfweek Red Sky Classic (round 3)(Sept. 24, 2025)
» 287 at NCAA Tallahassee Regional (round 1)(May 11, 2026)
» 288 at Florida State Match Up (round 3)(March 22, 2026)
» 288 at Silicon Valley Showcase (round 3)(March 30, 2026)
» 289 at Rainbow Wahine Invitational (round 1)(Oct. 20, 2025)
» 289 at NCAA Tallahassee Regional (round 3)(May 13, 2026)
» 290 at Florida State Match Up (round 1)(March 20, 2026)
» 290 at Florida State Match Up (round 2)(March 21, 2026)
» 290 at MAC Championships (round 2)(April 27, 2026)

RECORD SCRATCHING
When Josh Brewer took over at Eastern Michigan ahead of the 2024-25 season, the lowest 54-hole team score on record was 880 from the 2015 Cardinal Classic. Last year, the record was broken twice and has since been lowered twice more this year, including the 849 strokes recorded at the Chevron Silverado Showdown, April 6-8. Here is the record progression under Brewer:
» 880 • Cardinal Classic • Sept. 21-22, 2015
» 879 • Rainbow Wahine Invitational • Oct. 21-23, 2024
» 871 • Gators Invitational • March 7-8, 2025
» 859 • Leadership & Golf Invitational • Sept. 15-16, 2025
» 849 • Chevron Silverado Showdown • April 6-8, 2026

DIGGING LOWER
Heading into the 2024-25 season, the program record for a 54-hole tournament stood at 880 (2015 Cardinal Classic). During the 2024-25 season, the first under Josh Brewer, the Eagles broke the record twice with the first two rounds of 879 or lower in program history. This year, Eastern has steamrolled the record book as 11 54-hole tournaments played have resulted in scores of 878 or lower, including the 869 shots at the NCAA Tallahassee Regional, which ranked eighth all-time and marked the eighth time the Eagles have shot 870 or lower both this season and overall.

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 the 2027 season while also adding in exemptions into the different rounds of the 2026 LPGA Q-Series. As of May 13, Janae Leovao is ranked No. 28 (724.9370 points) while Jasmine Leovao is just behind her at No. 33 (696.7503).

GAMEABOVE x EASTERN MICHIGAN
Eastern Michigan's rapid success has come about from the play of talented student-athletes that have been nurtured by the coaching and support staff associated with the program. The groundwork for that success was established through a strategic partnership with GameAbove. Working together, GameAbove not only spearheaded the creation and completion of the GameAbove Golf Performance Center at Eagle Crest Golf Club in Ypsilanti but has forged a path in assisting the coaches' evaluation, recruitment, and addition of some of the top players in the game while helping Eastern Michigan build towards becoming one of the top programs in the Midwest and the NCAA. GameAbove has also invested in and impacted the University in several other ways, including the establishment of the GameAbove College of Engineering and Technology with its $5 million-plus naming gift in 2021, and, in 2023, the renaming the on-campus arena to the George Gervin GameAbove Center.

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. 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.

ON THE HORIZON
The NCAA Championships mark the end of the 2025-26 collegiate season.

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Players Mentioned

Savannah de Bock

Angelica Holman

Janae Leovao

Jasmine Leovao

Baiyok Sukterm

Erina Tan

Mariana Vega

Matilde Zocchi

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