RESULTS
 
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (SMU) - Capping off an incredible season, SMU women's golf finished 11^th at the NCAA Championship, the program's best finish since 1986.
 
Participating in their first NCAA Championship since 1992, the Mustangs successfully qualified for Monday by earning a top-15 spot after three rounds of golf. On Monday, the Mustangs began in 15^th place looking for a spot in the top eight to continue their season.
 
The Mustangs shot their best round of the tournament on Monday with a five-under 283. They quickly moved out of 15^th place and into contention for a quarterfinal spot. By midround, the Mustangs were sitting alone in 13th place before they put together a charge up the leaderboard. SMU came to within one spot of a qualifying spot by the end of their round. After the last few teams finished up, the Mustangs would end play in 11^th place, four shots back of a quarterfinal spot in the top eight.
 
This season marked the Mustangs sixth top-15 finish at the NCAA Championship, with all the previous occasions coming from 1982-1992.
 
Yunxuan (Michelle) Zhang registered the best NCAA finish by a Mustangs since 1986 (Martha Foyer- T5th). Zhang finished in a tie for fifth while shooting a 70 on the final day. The freshman shot par or better in each of the four rounds. She finished her season with 27 rounds of par or better, a new Mustangs single-season record. After bogeying her first hole, Zhang played bogey-free the rest of the way as she moved into the top-five, three shots off the NCAA Champion, Rose Zhang of Stanford.
 
Lauren Miller was one of two players on the course to play bogey-free on Monday. The graduate senior ended her collegiate career with one of her best rounds. She shot a 67 to move up 23 spots on the leaderboard into a tie for 41st. She finished in the top half in each of her last five events helping to fuel the recent tear the Mustangs accomplished.
 
Ellie Szeryk shot one-under for the day to move up the leaderboard. The junior finished in a tie for 52^nd bookending her tournament with rounds of 71. She shot a 33 on the back nine with three birdies.
 
Mackenzie Lee carded a four-over 76 on the final day. She finished the tournament in a tie for 65^th at 13-over par. Ashley Chow rebounded after a tough start to play two-under par for the final 17 holes. Chow finished tied for 76th after closing out her season with a 75.
 
In their ground-breaking season, the Mustangs won six tournament titles including five in a row. This included a large margin victory at the AAC Championship, their first since 1992, and co-victory at the NCAA Regional, their best even regional finish. Under the leadership of second-year head coach, Lauren Mason, SMU broke 39 program records across the season, including lowest scoring average, lowest single round and lowest 54-hole team score. The Mustangs rewrote the record book in their historic 2022-23 campaign.