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LSC Golf Release - Week 13

 
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It's a busy week for the Lone Star Conference women's teams while just one men's team is scheduled to play.
 
LSC Women
The jump to daylight saving time has the LSC women's teams returning to the course. Four squads are playing the Emerald Coast Collegiate Sunday through Tuesday (Mar. 8-10) -- St. Mary's, Texas A&M-Kingsville, UT Tyler and West Texas A&M. On Monday and Tuesday (Mar. 9-10), UT Dallas is at the Arkansas Intercollegiate; Western New Mexico competes at the SMSU Spring Invite; and DBU is headed to the Surratt Memorial. ... DBU and UT Tyler list at No. 2 and 6, respectively, in both Division II polls with St. Mary's and Midwestern among the Top 25.
 
Week in Review
  • Diffee Ford Lincoln Invitational (36 holes, Mar. 1-2): Cameron was the lone LSC team in action, finishing eighth in the 17-team tournament (627- 318, 309). Individually, Maria Jose Savoca carded a 150 for the two rounds (78, 72) to tie at 10th while teammate Valentina Leyva shot 79, 78 (157) finishing 157th. 
LSC Women in the Polls . . .
  • Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll / Feb. 27: #2 DBU; #6 UT Tyler, #18 St. Mary's; #24 Midwestern State; RV-West Texas A&M. Next Poll March 26.
  • Scoreboard Division II / Mar. 4  ...  Based on National Collegiate Golf Ranking System (info).
    • Top 50 Team Ranking: #2 DBU; #6 UT Tyler; #18 St. Mary's; #26 Midwestern State; #31 West Texas A&M; #48 Texas A&M International.
    • Top 25 Individual Ranking: #2 Ella Cheek (DBU); #18 Martha Laremark (UTT); #19 Gracie Grant (DBU); #20 Madison Ude (DBU); #22 Taylor Wilczek (StMU).
  • NCAA Division II West Region / First Ranking March 2026.
  
LSC Men
UT Dallas is the lone LSC team in action, playing the Las Vegas Warrior Invitational (Henderson, Nev.) on Tuesday and Wednesday (Mar. 11-12). ... Nine LSC teams compete at the March 16-17 Oak Tree Invitational (Edmond, Okla.) -- UTPB, Texas A&M International, WT, UT Tyler, Western New Mexico, Oklahoma Christian, Midwestern State, Lubbock Christian and Cameron. ... St. Mary's ranks No. 8 in the March 4 Scoreboard team listing with DBU (17th) and West Texas A&M (18th) among the Top 20. ... The spring season's first coaches association ranking is expected on Friday (March 6).
 
Week in Review
  • Las Vegas Desert Classic (54 holes, Mar. 1-3): Five LSC teams got a look at the Division II national championship course with DBU (6th), UT Tyler (7th-T) and West Texas A&M (10th-T) finishing in the Top 10. Sam Jenkins tied at third (210-74, 69, 67) and Jagger Cole tied at 18th (217-74, 71, 72) in leading the DBU charge with Blake Harwell at 11th-T (214-73, 72, 69) the top UT Tyler individual. WT was led by Luis Palomo who carded a six-under 210 (67, 72, 71) tying at third. St. Mary's was 13th and Oklahoma Christian 17th.
  • Shadow Valley Invitational (54 holes, Mar. 2-3): Will Tate finished tied at ninth on the player leaderboard with a three-round 219 (74, 71, 74) and teammate Ioan Rowe was 19th (223-71, 77, 75) in leading UTPB to seventh among teams (901-299, 297, 305). 
LSC Men in the Polls . . .
  • Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll / Oct. 31: #9 St. Mary's; #11 West Texas A&M; #15 UT Permian Basin. RV: Oklahoma Christian, Midwestern State. UT Tyler.  Next Poll March 6.
  • Scoreboard Division II Ranking / Mar. 4  ...  Based on National Collegiate Golf Ranking System (info).
    • Top 50 Team Ranking: #8 St. Mary's; #17 DBU; #18 West Texas A&M; #23 UT Permian Basin; #24 Midwestern State; #42 UT Tyler; #49 Cameron.
    • Top 25 Individual Ranking: #11 Kongpop Kaikaew (StMU); #16 Samuel Jenkins (DBU); #20 Luis Palomo, WT; #25 Seth Bearden (MSU).
  •  NCAA Division II South Central Region / First ranking in March 2026.

Looking Ahead
The Rockwall Golf and Athletic Club is the site for the LSC Golf Championship Tournaments. The women tournament is set for April 13-14-15 with DBU as defending champion. The men follow April 20-21-22 with Midwestern State looking to defend its title. . . . The NCAA Division II Golf Championship tournaments fill the month of May. Women are set for the South Central/West Regional May 4-6 in Pueblo, Colo., followed by the national finals May 12-16 in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.  Men's Super Regional play is May 7-9 in Stockton, Calif., with the national finals May 18-22 in Boulder City, Nev.
 
LSC GOLFER OF THE WEEK  |  Competitions February 26 - March 4
 
MEN
Sam Jenkins, DBU, Sr., Finance, Garland, Texas
Sam Jenkins carded a pair of sub-70 rounds to finish tied at third with a six-under 210 (74, 69, 67) at the Las Vegas Desert Classic. The senior shot a 69 in the second round that included four birdies and one bogey following that with a five-under 67 in the third round with six birdies and one eagle. Jenkins was at the forefront of a charge leading the Patriots to sixth in the 20-team field.
 
 
2025-26 Golf Weekly Awards
 
Women
Sep 11 Mia Clarke, Angelo State
Sep 18 Maria Savoca, Cameron
Sep 25 Madison Ude, DBU
Oct 2 Sarah Reed, West Texas A&M
Oct 9 Ella Cheek, DBU
Oct 16 Madison Ude, DBU
Oct 23 Ella Cheek, DBU
Oct 30 Arnie Taguines, UT Tyler
Feb 5 Sabree Lefebvre, St. Mary's
Feb 19 Lucy Kate Smith, UT Tyler
Feb 26 Ella Cheek, DBU
Men
Sep 11 Santiago Caride, West Texas A&M
Sep 18 Guillaume Paquette, St. Mary's
Sep 25 Luis Palomo, West Texas A&M
Oct 2 Victor Estas, West Texas A&M
Oct 9 Kongpop Kaikaew, St. Mary's
Oct 16 Ioan Rowe, UT Permian Basin
Oct 30 Kongpop Kaikaew, St. Mary's
Feb 12 Baptiste Touchard, St. Mary's
Feb 19 Ryan Griff, Midwestern State
Feb 26 Maximiliano Dufey, Lubbock Christian
Mar 5 Sam Jenkins, DBU