Conference championship season is underway in women’s college golf, with all roads leading to the NCAA Championship at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California, next month.
Teams who win their conference title score an Automatic Qualifying spot in NCAA Regionals, which is a big deal for any team that might find itself on the bubble for an at-large postseason selection. A win earns you a postseason bid and gets you closer to a spot in the NCAA Championship.
Thirty women’s teams will make it to La Costa, matching the men for the second year in a row.
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Conference championships are listed below along with the date and venue, and we’ll continue to update the list with winners and storylines as tournaments wrap up.
Delaware women’s golf won the 2024 Colonial Athletic Association tournament. (Photo: Doug Neeb)
Date: April 12-14
Host: The Club at St. James (Southport, North Carolina)
For the third time in program history, Delaware women’s golf team won the CAA Championship. The Blue Hens carded rounds of 312-305-292 win by four strokes at 45-over 909, finishing ahead of Charleston and UNCW, which tied for second at 49-over par.
Junior Lilia Henkel won the individual title on the first hole of a playoff to become the second Blue Hen to take the honor and the first since Andi Slane won consecutive CAA Championships in 2015 and 2016.
Mississippi State women’s golf won the SEC Championship. (Photo: Mississippi State Athletics)
Date: April 12-16
Host: Pelican Golf Club (Belleair, Florida)
For the first time in program history, Mississippi State won the SEC Championship. The Bulldogs defeated Texas A&M, 3-2, in the match-play final. Mississippi State was the fourth seed after stroke play and beat Kentucky and LSU en route to the championship match.
In the individual competition, Bulldogs’ junior Julia Lopez Ramirez shot 5 under in the final round to take the crown at 10 under overall, beating South Carolina’s Louise Rydqvist by three shots. It’s her second straight year winning the SEC title.
Kennesaw State women’s golf won the 2024 Atlantic Sun Conference. (Photo: Atlantic Sun Conference)
Date: April 14-16
Host: Hamptons Cove (Owens Cross Roads, Alabama)
Kennesaw State held on to win the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship, finishing at even-par and beating Lipscomb by two shots. Meanwhile, Lipscomb’s Lauren Thompson…
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