Posted by 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 ran away with medalist honors, shooting 11 under and winning by seven shots over Jacksonville’s Ivete Rodrigues.
Long Beach State women’s golf won the 2024 Big West Conference title. (Photo: LBSU Athletics)
Date: April 14-16
Host: Spanish Trail Country Club (Las Vegas, Nevada)
For the first time in five years, Long Beach State won the Big West Conference title, shooting 3 over to win by 23 shots in the team competition. Cal Poly placed runner-up. LBSU’s Jasmine Leovao was the only player to finish under par individually, and she took home medalist honors at 4 under. Cal Poly’s Jensen Jalufka placed second at 2 over, repeating as individual champ.
Illinois State women’s golf won the Missouri Valley Conference title. (Photo: Illinois State Athletics)
Date: April 14-16
Host: Annbriar Golf Club (Waterloo, Illinois)
Illinois State won the Missouri Valley Conference title, finishing at 25 over and beating UIC by 12 shots and Drake by 13. Evansville’s Kate Petrova and Illinois State’s Ali Schrock shared medalist honors at even par after 54 holes. It’s the 15th MVC Championship in program history, the most in the conference.
Little Rock women’s golf won the 2024 Ohio Valley Conference title. (Photo: Little Rock Athletics)
Date: April 14-16
Host: Tunica National (Tunica, Mississippi)
Little Rock took home the Ohio Valley Conference title, shooting 47 over to win by eight strokes over Morehead State. Little Rock also swept the top two spots in the individual competition with Anna Dawson earning medalist honors at 7 over while Eleonore Aernouts placed second at 8 over.
East Tennessee State won the 2024 Southern Conference title. (Photo: East Tennessee State Athletics)
Date: April 14-16
Host: Moss Creek Golf Club – South Course (Hilton Head Island, South Carolina)
East Tennessee State won the Southern Conference Championship, finishing at 15 over and topping second-place Samford by 13 shots. In the individual competition, it was Furman’s Anna Morgan capturing the conference title for her fourth win of the season.
Charleston Southern won the 2024 Big South Conference title. (Photo: Charleston Southern Athletics)
Date: April 14-17
Host: Ocean Creek GCS at Fripp Island Resort (Saint Helena Island, South Carolina)
After finishing in the top spot after stroke play, Charleston Southern won two rounds of match play to win the Big South Conference title. Odette Garcia from Charleston Southern took home medalist honors after an even-par performance.
SMU women’s golf won the 2024 American Athletic Conference title. (Photo: SMU Athletics)
Date: April 15-17
Host: Southern Hills Plantation Club (Brooksville, Florida)
For the second straight year, SMU won the American Athletic Conference title, shooting 21 under and beating runner-up Tulsa by two shots. UTSA’s Daniela Abonce took home medalist honors after a 9-under performance, beating Tulsa’s Lovisa Gunnar by one shot.
Sacramento State won the 2024 Big Sky Conference title. (Photo: Sac State Athletics)
Date: April 15-17
Host: The Wigwam (Litchfield Park, Arizona)
For the second straight year, Sacramento State took home the Big Sky Conference title. Northern Arizona’s Lizzie Neale fired a tournament-record 7-under 64 in the final round to nab medalist honors.
Sam Houston won the 2024 Conference USA crown. (Photo: Sam Houston Athletics)
Date: April 15-17
Host: High Meadow Ranch (Magnolia, Texas)
Sam Houston was the only team to shoot under par, finishing at 14 under and winning the Conference USA title. However, it was New Mexico State’s Emma Bunch winning her fifth straight tournament, winning the conference title by one shot after shooting 7 under.
After a three-round score of 209 (-7), @NMStateAggies‘ Emma Bunch wins her 5th-straight tournament of the spring and the Individual Low Medalist honors ⛳️🏅#NoLimitsOnUs pic.twitter.com/YMZtjVNkSX
— Conference USA (@ConferenceUSA) April 17, 2024
Date: April 15-17
Host: Bandit Golf Club (New Braunfels, Texas)
There’s dominance, and then there’s what Augusta did to win its third straight conference title. Augusta won by 67 shots to capture the Southland. Kennedy Carroll was the only player to shoot under par, finishing at 6 under and winning medalist honors by nine shots.
THE THREE-PEAT IS COMPLETE!🏆
Augusta wins the Southland for the third straight season and punches its ticket to the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship!#EarnedEveryDay pic.twitter.com/GImrsYiPEc
— Southland Conference (@SouthlandSports) April 17, 2024
Alabama State captured the 2024 SWAC title. (Photo: SWAC)
Date: April 15-17
Host: The Refuge Golf Course (Flowood, Mississippi)
Alabama State captured the SWAC title, finishing at 79 over and beating Bethune-Cookman by four shots. Bethune-Cookman’s Katie Robinson took home medalist honors at 7 over.
Texas State won the 2024 Sun Belt Conference title. (Photo: Texas State Athletics)
Date: April 15-18
Host: The Lakewood Club (Point Clear, Alabama)
For the first time since 2016, Texas State won the Sun Belt Conference championship, beating Georgia Southern 4-1 in match play. And it was a sweep, with Hailey Jones claiming the individual title by three shots.
San Jose State won the 2024 Mountain West Conference title. (Photo: Mountain West Conference)
Date: April 16-18
Host: Mission Hills Country Club (Rancho Mirage, California)
It was a San Jose State sweep at the Mountain West Conference Championship, as the Spartans won the team title at 17 under, beating UNLV by 18 shots. And Kajsa Arwefjall won individually at 9 under.
Texas women’s golf won the 2024 Big 12 Conference title. (Photo: Texas Athletics)
Date: April 18-20
Host: Houston Oaks Country Club (Hockley, Texas)
Texas won the Big 12 Conference tournament in its final season in the Big 12, beating second-place Iowa State by 12 shots. However, the Cyclones had a pair tie for medalist honors in Liyana Durisic and Karisa Chul-Ak-Sorn.
Wake Forest women’s golf won the 2024 ACC Championship. (Photo: Wake Forest Athletics)
Date: April 18-21
Host: Porters Neck Country Club (Wilmington, North Carolina)
Wake Forest beat Clemson in the match-play final that was called due to darkness Sunday. Additionally, it was the Demon Deacons’ Rachel Kuehn who won the individual title.
Indiana women’s golf won the Big 10 Conference title. (Photo: Indiana Athletics)
Date: April 19-21
Host: Bulle Rock Golf Course (Havre de Grace, Maryland)
Indiana won the Big 10 Conference title, topping Michigan State by a stroke to earn a postseason bid. There was a three-way tie for medalist honors between Minnesota’s Isabella McCauley, Michigan’s Money Chun and Indiana’s Caroline Craig at 7 under.
Dartmouth women’s golf won the Ivy League championship. (Photo: Dartmouth Athletics)
Date: April 19-21
Host: The Stanwich Club (Greenwich, Connecticut)
Dartmouth won the Ivy League title, beating Yale by two shots. Individually, it was Princeton’s Yanjun Liu finishing at 2 over to win by four shots.
Albany women’s golf won the 2024 Ivy League title. (Photo: Albany women’s golf)
Date: April 19-21
Host: Disney Golf Course (Lake Buena Vista, Florida)
Albany won the MAAC title, finishing at 24 under to beat Fairfield by three shots. Individually, it was Fairfield’s Maria Beltran finishing at even par to win by one stroke.
Sacred Heart won the Northeast Conference title. (Photo: NEC)
Date: April 19-21
Host: LPGA International (Daytona Beach, Florida)
Sacred Heart won the Northeast Conference for the third straight year, winning by 42 shots. Margot Rouquette beat teammate Chantal El Chaib by one stroke for the individual title.
Navy women’s golf won the 2024 Patriot League. (Photo: Patriot League)
Date: April 19-21
Host: Bucknell Golf Club (Lewisburg, Pennsylvania)
Navy won the Patriot League by nine shots, and Navy’s Stephanie Lee shot 8 over to beat teammate Sue Lee by a stroke for medalist honors.
Seattle University won the 2024 WAC title. (Photo: Seattle women’s golf)
Date: April 19-21
Host: The Rim Golf Club at Chaparral Pines (Payson, Arizona)
Seattle won its first conference title in school history, beating Abilene Christian by two shots. Abilene Christian’s Ryann Honea took the tournament’s individual title at 4 over.
Pepperdine won the 2024 WCC title. (Photo: Pepperdine Athletics)
Date: April 19-21
Host: Gold Mountain Golf Club (Bremerton, Washington)
Pepperdine won the West Coast Conference, beating Gonzaga by 26 shots. Pepperdine’s Lauren Gomez won medalist honors at even par.
Xavier women’s golf won the 2024 Big East title. (Photo: Xavier women’s golf)
Date: April 20-22
Host: Callawassie Island (Okatie, South Carolina)
Xavier won its fifth straight Big East title while Emma Welch took home medalist honors.
Oakland women’s golf won the Horizon League title. (Photo: Oakland Athletics)
Date: April 20-22
Host: Mission Inn Resort & Club (Howie-in-the-Hills, Florida)
Oakland won its second conference title in three years, beating Youngstown State by 24 shots. Bridget Boczar took the individual title for Oakland.
Kent State women’s golf won the 2024 MAC title. (Photo: Kent State Athletics)
Date: April 21-23
Host: Pinnacle Golf Club (Grove City, Ohio)
The domination continues. Kent State won its 25th consecutive MAC title, beating Toledo by 11 shots. For Kent State, Hester Sicking and Leon Takagi split medalist honors at 6 over.
Stanford Women’s Golf won the Pac-12 title. (Photo: Stanford Athletics)
Date: April 21-23
Host: Palouse Ridge Golf Club (Pullman, Washington)
Stanford won the final Pac-12 Conference title, its first since 2014, beating USC by eight shots to capture the crown. However, USC’s Catherine Park won the conference individual championship by five shots at 15 under.
Denver won the 2024 Summit League title. (Photo: Denver women’s golf)
Date: April 21-23
Host: Firekeeper Golf Course (Mayetta, Kansas)
Denver captured the Summit League title, shooting 14 under and winning by 42 shots. For Denver, it was Clara Gestsdottir claiming medalist honors at 6 under.
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