SMU women’s golf opens the NCAA Waco Regional as the No. 4 seed, led by Mackenzie Lee, Emily Odwin and a record-setting lineup.
SMU women’s golf heads into the NCAA Waco Regional with real postseason momentum and one of the deepest lineups in program history.
The Mustangs will compete May 11-13 at Ridgewood Country Club in Waco, Texas, where they’ll try to advance through NCAA Regional play for the third time in four seasons.
SMU enters as the No. 4 seed in a loaded 12-team field led by Texas A&M, Oregon and Tennessee. Baylor, LSU, TCU, Tulsa, Colorado, Northern Arizona, Tarleton State and Prairie View A&M round out the regional.
The Mustangs have been here before, and they’ve shown they can handle the stage. In 2023, SMU won the San Antonio Regional before finishing 11th at the NCAA Championship. This year’s team arrives ranked No. 21 by Scoreboard and coming off a strong ACC Championship run.
SMU finished second in stroke play at the ACC Championship, earning a bye into match play. The Mustangs then beat North Carolina, 3-1, in the semifinals before falling to No. 1 Stanford in the championship match.
Mackenzie Lee remains the headliner. The senior owns a 71.51 career scoring average, the best mark in SMU history, and recently earned All-ACC honors for the fourth time.
Lee also made the ANNIKA Award Watch List and was named to the United States Arnold Palmer Cup team.
Emily Odwin gives SMU another elite weapon. Her 72.20 career scoring average ranks second in program history, and her 71.68 average this season ranks fourth all-time at SMU.
Celine Chen and Grace Jin are also putting together top-15 scoring seasons in school history.
With Lee, Odwin, Chen and Jin all producing at a historic level, SMU isn’t just showing up in Waco. The Mustangs look built to make another NCAA Championship push.
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