CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's golf program will serve as the host of the 2026 NCAA Division III Championships at Desert Willow Golf Resort in Palm Desert, California from May 19-22.
A total of 34 teams and six individuals will open the tournament on Tuesday, May 19. After the completion of 36 holes on Wednesday, 15 teams will advance to the final two rounds on Thursday and Friday, as well as the top six individuals not represented on the top 15 teams.
CMS is hosting the NCAA Championships for the first time. The Athenas, who finished in third place a year ago and won the national title in 2018, are the No. 7 seed this year after earning an automatic qualification by winning the SCIAC Championship last month. The SCIAC had three teams qualify, as Pomona-Pitzer and Redlands took two of the eight available at-large selections.
Emory, the defending national champion, is the No. 1 seed, followed by NYU and Carnegie Mellon. The NESCAC also had three teams qualify, with Williams seeded No. 4, Amherst No. 5 and Middlebury No. 9.
Links for live scoring and information about Desert Willow Golf Resort are below:
NCAA DIII Women's Golf Championship Leaderboard
Desert Willow Golf Resort Website
NCAA DIII Women's Golf Home Page
TEAMS [in order of seed]:
1. Emory University
2. New York University
3. Carnegie Mellon University
4. Williams College
5. Amherst College
6. Washington University in St. Louis
7. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges
8. Pomona-Pitzer Colleges
9. Middlebury College
10. Washington and Lee University
11. University of Redlands
12. Randolph-Macon College
13. University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
14. Carleton College
15. Denison University
16. Illinois Wesleyan University
17. Grinnell College
18. The University of the South
19. George Fox University
20. University of Wisconsin-Stout
21. Piedmont University
22. LeTourneau University
23. Marymount University (Virginia)
24. Aurora University
25. Saint Mary's College (Indiana)
26. University of Dubuque
27. University of Northwestern-St. Paul
28. Catholic University
29. York College of Pennsylvania
30. Ohio Northern University
31. Washington and Jefferson College
32. Suffolk University
33. Transylvania University
34. State University of New York Cortland
INDIVIDUALS (seeded in the following order):
1. Yvette Gorden, Huntingdon College
2. Sydney Richards, Southern Virginia University
3. Becky Williams, DePauw University
4. Jessica Mason, Trinity University (Texas)
5. Amanda Phillips, Wesleyan University (Connecticut)
6. Aubrey Lee, Hamilton College
