RESULTS

SAN ANTONIO (SMU) – SMU women's golf won a share of the NCAA San Antonio Regional title on Wednesday to secure a spot in the NCAA Championship. The Mustangs will head to the NCAA Championship for the first time since 1992, sporting an NCAA-leading five consecutive tournament titles.
 
With the top five teams advancing to the NCAA Championship, the Mustangs sat in a comfortable second-place position after two rounds, 14 strokes clear of the final non-advancing spot.  The Mustangs overtook then first-place Texas A&M to sit in first place early in round one but would be passed by Pepperdine nearing the end of play. A final push by SMU, sent the Mustangs even with Pepperdine to earn a share of the Regional Championship trophy. The victory marked the Mustangs first time advancing out of the NCAA Regional. SMU is one off the national lead with six tournament victories this season.
 
Mackenzie Lee shot par or better in each round of the tournament to lead the talented Mustang squad. Lee finished with a round of 72 to settle in a tie for third place. After starting the day two over for the first five holes, the freshman played bogey-free the rest of the way, shooting a 35 on the back nine.
                                                                  
Yunxuan (Michelle) Zhang moved up the leaderboard on the final day.  The freshman went on a birdie tear, shooting four birdies in her final six holes. She finished in a tie for sixth place, six spots up on the day.  Lee and Zhang are tied for the program record with 23 rounds of par or better this season.
 
Lauren Miller shot a final round 75 to advance up the leaderboard on Wednesday into a tie for 25^th place. Miller has had her best performances down the stretch of this season finishing in the top half of each of the last four events.  Also in 25^th, Ashley Chow shot a 76 on the final day. Chow's tournament was highlighted by an even-par 72 in the middle round.
 
Ellie Szeryk had her best round of the tournament in the final round. The junior carded a below-par 71 on Wednesday to finish in a tie for 41^st. Szeryk had just two bogeys on the day.
 
This will mark the Mustangs seventh trip to the NCAA Championship and 14^th trip to the National Championship. The best NCAA finish came in 1983 when the Mustangs placed fourth. Pre-NCAA, the Mustangs won an AIAW National Title in 1979.

The Mustangs await a trip to Scottsdale, Arizona for the NCAA Championship on May 19-24. The Mustangs join 29 other schools who punched their ticket to the NCAA Championship. SMU is one of seven schools to earn a bid with a Regional victory.