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LSC Golf Release – Week 8

LSC Results/Schedule – Women | Men
National Results – Women | Men
National Schedule – Women | Men
 
The Lone Star Conference fall golf season is complete on the men’s side, while five women’s teams have one more event to play next week. The LSC teams have combined to win 18 titles (eight team and 10 individual).
 
On the women’s side, DBU (WinStar Invitational, LeeAnn Noble Memorial and Midwestern State Invitational), UT Permian Basin (Oklahoma Women’s Intercollegiate), UT Dallas (WT Fall Invitational) and UT Tyler (Battle for the Belt) have won tournament titles. UTPB’s Lorena Etxeberria (Oklahoma Women’s Intercollegiate), West Texas A&M’s Mia Hammerschmid (WinStar Invitational) and Tasnim Smaili (WT Fall Invitational), St. Mary’s Taylor Wilczek (DBU Classic), UT Tyler’s Emmerson Doyle (Battle for the Belt) and DBU’s Madison Ude (Midwestern State Invitational) have won individual crowns.
 
For the men, UTPB (DII Shootout) and Lubbock Christian (NCAA West/South Central Region Preview) have won a tourney championship. UTPB’s Dian Wilmot (DII Shootout), WT’s Carlos Fernández Mortera (Travis Roy Memorial), UT Tyler’s Braden Stokes (Ryan Palmer Foundation Invite) and Oklahoma Christian’s Christian Yanovitch (NCAA West/South Central Region Preview) have won medalist honors.
 
DBU head coach Kenny Trapp has been announced as a member of the Women's Golf Coaches Association Coaches Hall of Fame Class of 2027. Trapp is in his 22nd season, and has guided four NCAA Division II national championships (2021, 2023, 2025 and 2026) and 100 career victories.
 
Yanovitch set an Amarillo Country Club and program record with a 10-under 61 in the final round of the Ryan Palmer Classic on Oct. 13 in Amarillo, Texas. The senior’s historic round (29-32) included four birdies on the front and back nine, an eagle on No. 9 and no bogies. Amarillo Country Club’s previous record was 62 set in 2024 by St. Mary’s Kongpop Kaikaew, while OC’s mark was 63 shared by Oskari Nikku (2025) and Alejandro Armijo (2022).
 
The LSC Women’s Golf Championships are set for April 12-14 at Rockwall Golf & Athletic Club in Rockwall, Texas. The LSC Men’s Golf Championships will take place the following week (April 19-22) at the same location.
 
St. Mary’s (women) and Cameron (men) are the defending conference champions.
 
The NCAA Division II Women’s Golf Super Regional (South Central and West Regions) will take place May 3-5 at Victoria Club in Riverside, Calif. The national tournament is set for May 11-15 at Mission Inn Resort and Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.
 
The NCAA Division II Men’s Golf Super Regional (South Central and West Regions) will take place May 6-8 at The Dominion Country Club in San Antonio, Texas. The national tournament is set for May 17-21 at PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
 
 
Mizuno WGCA Division II Coaches Poll | Oct. 23 / #1 DBU (18 of 19 first-place votes), #4 StMU, #7 UTT, #16 WT, #22 MSU. Next ranking: TBA.
 
Scoreboard Powered by Clippd Division II Women’s Team Rankings (Top 30 Only): Oct. 28 / #1 DBU, #3 StMU, #7 UTT, #13 WT, #21 UTD. Next ranking: Nov. 4.
 
Scoreboard Powered by Clippd Division II Women’s Player Rankings (Top 15 Only): Oct. 28 / #1 Taylor Wilczek, StMU; #2 Ella Cheek, DBU; #6 Gracie Grant, DBU, #10 Emmerson Doyle, UTT; #12 Chloe Sirkin, DBU; #14 Mia Hammerschmid, WT. Next ranking: Nov. 4.
 
Men’s Bushnell Golf / Golfweek Division II Coaches Poll | Oct. 16 / #11 OC, #20 MSU. Receiving Votes: UTPB, StMU, DBU, WT. Next ranking: TBA.
 
Scoreboard Powered by Clippd Division II Men’s Team Rankings (Top 30 Only): Oct. 28 / #11 OC, #21 MSU, #25 UTPB, #27 DBU. Next ranking: Nov. 4.
 
Scoreboard Powered by Clippd Division II Men’s Player Rankings (Top 15 Only): Oct. 28 / #2 Christian Yanovitch, OC. Next ranking: Nov. 4.
 
 
LONE STAR CONFERENCE GOLFERS OF THE WEEK

(Oct. 26-27 tournaments)
 
WOMEN’S
Bao Nghi “Maia” Than, Angelo State, Fr., Finance, Danang, Vietnam
Angelo State freshman Bao Nghi "Maia" Than put together her second straight top-five finish with a 74-77-74—225 card at the East Bay Fall Invitational at par-72 Stonebrae Country Club in Hayward, Calif. She finished in front of 14 nationally-ranked golfers. Her final-round 2 over 74 tied for the second-lowest round of the day in the field of 71 golfers. Than was in the top-five in par 3 (3.07) and par 5 (4.80) scoring averages. She had one eagle.
 
MEN’S
Christian Yanovitch, Oklahoma Christian, Sr., Marketing, Griswold, Conn.
Oklahoma Christian senior Christian Yanovitch carded a 13-under 65-69-69—203 to win medalist honors at the NCAA West/South Central Region Preview at The Dominion Country Club in San Antonio, Texas. Yanovitch, who wins the league’s top weekly golfer award for the third time this fall, won the crown by one stroke. His first round (7-under) tied for the lowest of the event, while his 4.25 scoring average on par 5s and two eagles also tied for the best in the field of 90 golfers. Yanovitch finished the fall season shooting under par in 13 of 15 rounds. Of the two rounds he was not, Yanovitch finished even par in one and 2-over in the other.
 
 
WEEKLY AWARDS
 
LSC Women’s Golfer of the Week
Sept. 11            Mia Hammerschmid, West Texas A&M
Sept. 17            Brooke Yount, UT Dallas
Sept. 24            Lorena Etxeberria, UT Permian Basin
Oct. 1               Taylor Wilczek, St. Mary’s
Oct. 8               Emmerson Doyle, UT Tyler
Oct. 15             Emmerson Doyle, UT Tyler (2)
Oct. 22             Madison Ude, DBU
Oct. 29             Bao Nghi “Maia” Than, Angelo State
 
LSC Men’s Golfer of the Week
Sept. 17            Carlos Fernández Mortera, West Texas A&M
Sept. 24            David Vega Gerstel, West Texas A&M
Oct. 1               Christian Yanovitch, Oklahoma Christian
Oct. 8               Christian Yanovitch, Oklahoma Christian (2)
Oct. 15             Braden Stokes, UT Tyler
Oct. 29             Christian Yanovitch, Oklahoma Christian (3)