CMS Women's Golf to Host NCAA Division III Championships at Desert Willow

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