Zhang Earns NCAA Regional Qualifier

INDIANAPOLIS -- Cynthia Zhang was selected to compete in the 2025 NCAA Women's Golf Championship, it was announced this afternoon. Zhang will compete as an individual at the Norman Regional Site. She is seeded third among the six individuals who will play at Jimmie Austin Golf Club, on the campus of Oklahoma University.

The junior had an outstanding season for Boston College, ranking 192nd in the country according to Scoreboard - the official NCAA golf rankings. She won the Red Bandanna Invitational during the fall and posted two runner-up finishes at the Quinnipiac Classic and Diamante Intercollegiate in October.

Zhang opened the spring season with a fourth place finish at the Puerto Rico Shootout. In total, she posted seven top 15 finishes in her nine starts with a 72.4 adjusted scoring average.

Regional play will take place May 5-7 at six regional sites, with 396 participants - each site will feature 12 teams and six individuals. The top five teams (30 teams total) and the low individual not on an advancing team (six individuals total) from each regional site will advance to compete in the national championship to be played May 16-21 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California.

The regional sites and the selected teams and individuals are listed below.

Norman Regional Site
The Norman Regional will be played at OU Jimmie Austin Golf Club in Norman, Oklahoma and will be hosted by Oklahoma.
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Stanford
2. Northwestern
3. North Carolina
4. Michigan State
5. Duke
6. Oklahoma
7. Baylor
8. Oregon State (West Coast Conference)
9. Tulsa (American Athletic Conference)
10. Denver (The Summit League)
11. Furman (Southern Conference)
12. Southern Mississippi (Sun Belt Conference)

Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. Riana Mission, San Francisco
2. Grace Jin, Sam Houston
3. Cynthia Zhang, Boston College
4. Ffion Tynan, Missouri
5. Amelia Guo, Sam Houston
6. Zoe Pinillos, Augusta (Southland Conference)

Charlottesville Regional Site
The Charlottesville Regional will be played at the Birdwood Golf Course in Charlottesville, Virginia and will be hosted by Virginia.
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. South Carolina (Southeastern Conference)
2. Virginia
3. Ole Miss
4. Florida
5. UCLA
6. UCF
7. College of Charleston (Coastal Athletic Association)
8. NC State
9. Brigham Young
10. Princeton (The Ivy League)
11. Richmond (Atlantic 10 Conference)
12. Radford (Big South Conference)

Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. Pinky Chaisilprungruang, Charlotte
2. Nicha Kanpai, Maryland
3. Isabella Rawl, Clemson
4. Melena Barrientos, Clemson
5. Hannah Altman, UNC Wilmington (Coastal Athletic Association)
6. Paris Fieldings, Howard (Northeast Conference)

Columbus Regional Site
The Columbus Regional will be played at OSU Golf Club in Columbus, Ohio and will be hosted by Ohio State.
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Arkansas
2. LSU
3. Ohio State
4. Kansas
5. Houston
6. SMU
7. UNLV (Mountain West Conference)
8. Illinois
9. Kent State (Mid-American Conference)
10. Illinois State (Missouri Valley Conference)
11. Xavier (Big East Conference)
12. Oakland (Horizon League)

Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. Isabella McCauley, Minnesota
2. Vanessa Zhang, Harvard (The Ivy League)
3. Savannah de Bock, Eastern Michigan
4. Mara Janess, Michigan
5. Neeranuch Prajunpanich, Youngstown State (Horizon League)
6. Jillian Cosler, Bradley (Missouri Valley Conference)

Gold Canyon Regional Site
The Gold Canyon Regional will be played at the Superstition Mountain Golf & Country Club in Gold Canyon, Arizona and will be hosted by Arizona State.
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Oregon (Big Ten Conference)
2. Arizona State
3. Auburn
4. Mississippi State
5. Oklahoma State
6. California
7. Virginia Tech
8. San Jose State
9. Sacramento State (Big Sky Conference)
10. Cal State Fullerton (Big West Conference)
11. Navy (Patriot League)
12. Quinnipiac (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)

Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. Vivian Lu, Washington
2. Jasmine Leovao, Long Beach State
3. Janae Leovao, Long Beach State
4. Jensen Jalufka, Cal Poly
5. Daniela Campillo, ULM
6. Maddie Montoya, Montana State (Big Sky Conference)

Lexington Regional Site
The Lexington Regional will be played at Keene Trace Golf Club in Lexington, Kentucky and will be hosted by Kentucky.
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Florida State (Atlantic Coast Conference)
2. Southern California
3. TCU
4. Vanderbilt
5. Kansas State
6. Georgia Southern
7. Pepperdine
8. Louisville
9. Miami (FL)
10. Western Kentucky (Conference USA)
11. Morehead State (Ohio Valley Conference)
12. FDU (Northeast Conference)

Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. Emma Bunch, New Mexico State
2. Gabi NiCastro, Samford
3. Marta López Echevarría, Kentucky
4. Madison Dabagia, Indiana
5. Caroline Smith, Indiana
6. Jasmine Driscoll, Ball State (Mid-American Conference)

Lubbock Regional Site
The Lubbock Regional will be played at The Rawls Course in Lubbock, Texas and will be hosted by Texas Tech.
Teams (seeded in the following order):
1. Texas
2. Wake Forest
3. Arizona (Big 12 Conference)
4. Texas A&M
5. Iowa State
6. Tennessee
7. Purdue
8. Campbell
9. UC Davis
10. Florida Gulf Coast (Atlantic Sun Conference)
11. Tarleton State (Western Athletic Conference)
12. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Southland Conference)

Individuals (seeded in the following order):
1. Ryann Honea, Abilene Christian
2. Chantal El Chaib, Georgia
3. Klara Hurtova, Texas Tech
4. Kara Kaneshiro, Colorado State
5. Yvonne Chamness, Texas State
6. Julia McLaughlin, High Point (Big South Conference)

Twenty-eight conferences received automatic qualification to the 2025 Division I Women's Golf Championships. Regional tournaments are considered preliminary rounds of NCAA championships competition and all national championships policies apply.

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