Western Kentucky Women’s Golf Tied for 10th After NCAA Regional First Round at Louisville

The Western Kentucky women’s golf team was tied for 10th after the first round of the NCAA Regional at the University of Louisville Golf Club in Simpsonville, Kentucky, with a 4-over par 292 on Monday, May 11, 2026.

“Lady Tops tied for 10th after first day of NCAA Regional Published 4:30 pm Monday, May 11, 2026 The Western Kentucky women’s golf team was tied for 10th place after the first round of the NCAA Regional at the University of Louisville Golf Club in Simpsonville”

Bowling Green Daily News

WKU’s Leah Edwards led the Lady Tops on the leaderboard, tied for 18th after firing a 1-under 71 with four total birdies, while Reagan Ramage and Sydney Hackett were tied for 23rd with even-par 72s.

Bowling Green Daily News

Averi Cline posted a 5-over 77 to tie for 52nd, and Grace Frei shot a 9-over 81 to tie for 64th as WKU coach Adam Gary said, “Not the best round for us today.”

The team leaderboard from the first round listed Houston and Ole Miss tied for first at 282 (-6), with WKU tied for 10th at 292 (+4) and Indiana also tied for 10th at 292 (+4).

Arkansas women’s golf, the No. 1 seed, shot a 4-under par on Monday in the first round of the Simpsonville (Kentucky) Regional and was 2 shots off the lead after 18 holes of stroke play at the University of Louisville Golf Club.

The Razorbacks trailed Houston and Ole Miss, who each carded 2-under 282s, and were tied with Xavier after the first round, while Auburn and Virginia Tech were tied for fifth at even par.

Middle Tennessee State University Athletics

Reagan Zibilski led Arkansas with a 3-under 69 that included 3 birdies on the back 9 at Nos. 10, 11, and 15, and Sara Brentcheneff added a 2-under 70 with birdies at Nos. 10, 14, and 16.

Individually, Kajsalotta Svarvar of Ole Miss, Nanami Nakashima of Kansas State, and Isabella Johnson of Middle Tennessee each carded 5-under 67s on Monday to sit atop the leaderboard, with Johnson playing as an individual.

Isabella Johnson’s NCAA Louisville Regional run ended on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, when she carded a four-over 76 on the hardest day of the tournament to finish with a 214 and tie for 13th on the player leaderboard.

The Middle Tennessee State University Athletics release said Johnson sat at just one-over-par after making the turn from the front to the back nine, but “tricky conditions saw her turn in a 76 in the final round at the University of Louisville Golf Club.”

Her top-15 finish was described as the best for an individual qualifier in Middle Tennessee history, surpassing the previous mark of T52 set in 2019, and the release said she averaged 4.42 strokes on each hole of that difficulty and dropped in 14 birdies.

The same release reported that Auburn won the team crown at the Regional, while Houston, Arkansas, Iowa State and Ole Miss joined them as qualifiers from the Louisville site, and Sheridan Clancy from Indiana earned the individual qualifier with a 207 (-9) over the three days of competition.