Cowgirl Golf set for fifth-straight NCAA Championships

The 25^th-ranked Oklahoma State women's golf team, led by sixth-year head coach Greg Robertson, is prepped for its fifth-straight trip to the NCAA Championships, beginning Friday morning in Carlsbad, Calif.

For the second straight year, the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa will serve as host site. Its North Course features a challenging 6,330-yard, par 72 layout.

The six-day event begins with 54 holes of stroke play. Following Sunday's third round, the field of 30 teams will be cut in half. An individual winner will be crowned after Monday's fourth round, and the top eight schools will compete Tuesday and Wednesday in a match play bracket to determine the NCAA team champion.

This weekend's forecast calls for cloudy skies and temperatures in the high 60s. The Cowgirls will play in the morning session on Friday and in the afternoon on Saturday with Sunday's tee times still to be determined.

Tee Times
Round One Tee Times (Hole No. 1)

Marta Silchenko | 9:36 a.m. CT
Grace Kilcrease | 9:25 a.m. CT
Summer Lee | 9:14 a.m. CT
Tarapath Panya | 9:03 a.m. CT
Ellie Bushnell | 8:52 a.m. CT

Round Two Tee Times (Hole No. 10)

OSU Golfer No. 1 | 2:56 p.m. CT
OSU Golfer No. 2 | 2:45 p.m. CT
OSU Golfer No. 3 | 2:34 p.m. CT
OSU Golfer No. 4 | 2:23 p.m. CT
OSU Golfer No. 5 | 2:12 p.m. CT

After round two, the tee times will be based on standings for the rest of the stroke play portion of the NCAA Championship.

Coverage

Fans can track live scoring from all six days via Scoreboard and watch live coverage Monday through Wednesday on the Golf Channel. For OSU updates, visit okstate.com and follow @CowgirlGolf on social media.

Meet the Field (30 Teams – Based Off Seeding)

Stanford
Arkansas
South Carolina
Florida State
Oregon
Texas
Wake Forest
Arizona State
Southern California
Virginia
Northwestern
LSU
Ohio State
Ole Miss
Mississippi State
Kansas
Florida
Michigan State
Vanderbilt
Oklahoma State
Kansas State
UCLA
Iowa State
Tennessee
Georgia Southern
Oklahoma
UNLV
Baylor
Purdue
Cal State Fullerton

OSU at the NCAA Championships

Oklahoma State is making its 26th NCAA Championship appearance, which ranks among the top 10 all-time.
It's the Cowgirls 31^st national finals appearance overall, including five AIAW Championship bids from the 1970s and 80s.
OSU has made the NCAA Championship in every full season under sixth-year head Coach Greg Robertson (the 2020 event was canceled by COVID-19). This will be his eighth consecutive appearance overall, factoring in his last three years at Kent State (2017-19).
OSU owns seven top-5 team finishes, highlighted by national runner-up trophies in 2004 and 2021 and a third-place finish in 1982.
11 Cowgirls have placed top-10 on the individual leaderboard, including 2010 champion Caroline Hedwall and 2004 runner-up Karin Sjödin.

Team Notes

OSU is ranked 25^th nationally.
Three Cowgirls placed among the top-10 at the Gold Canyon Regional to help OSU secure a third-place finish: Grace Kilcrease (T-3), Ellie Bushnell (T-6) and Marta Silchenko (T-8).
The Cowgirls came within a stroke of the Big 12 team title, falling to Arizona in a three-team playoff that also included Arizona State.
The Pokes have logged six top 5 showings in 2024-25, highlighted by runner-up finishes at the Dale McNamara Invitational (Oct. 14-15) and the FAU Paradise Invitational (Feb. 3-4). They shot a season-best 15-under-par at the latter.
The Cowgirls also tied for fourth place at the prestigious Jackson T. Stephens Cup (Oct. 21-23) against a field made up exclusively of teams that all qualified for NCAA Championship play.

The Lineup

A young Cowgirl lineup includes four underclassmen and one junior.
Latvia native Marta Silchenko (ranked 77^th nationally) missed the fall season to injury but has been a table-setter for the Cowgirls this spring, recording back-to-back top-10 finishes at the Big 12 Championship and the Gold Canyon Regional. She tied for 114^th in last year's NCAA Championship as a true freshman.
Junior Tulsa transfer Grace Kilcrease is ranked No. 33 on the national list and made the All-Big 12 team following a standout season that includes eight top-10 finishes. She won last September's Carmel Cup and later broke a school record for low-18 (63). This will be her second NCAA Championship appearance. Last year's tie for 21^stmarked the best individual finish by a Tulsa golfer since 2002.
Freshman Summer Lee has logged 35 rounds in her freshman season (tied with Kilcrease for the team lead) and has recorded five top-20 finishes, highlighted by a win at the Texas State Invitational.
Fellow first-year, Tarapath Panya will also be making her NCAA Championship debut. The Thailand-native has netted 25 rounds of experience with a season-best seventh place finish at the Dale McNamara Invitational (the best in a Cowgirl debut since 2018).
Rounding out the lineup is sophomore Ellie Bushnell, who is fresh off a season-best sixth-place showing at the Gold Canyon Regional. This will be her second NCAA Championship after tying for 101^st last year.
Freshman Lucy Darr will act as the substitute for the Cowgirls. The freshman has carded 57 birdies in 19 rounds in her first year collegiately.

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Players Mentioned

Ellie Bushnell

Lucy Darr

Grace Kilcrease

Summer Lee

Tarapath Panya

Marta Silchenko

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