COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – The Mountain West will be represented by one team and two individuals in the 2026 NCAA Women’s Golf Regionals, announced by the NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Committee on Wednesday.
UNLV won the 2026 Credit Union 1 Mountain West Women’s Golf Championship held at the Dinah Shore Tournament Course in Rancho Mirage, California, and collected the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Regionals. This is UNLV’s 20th trip to the national tournament and fourth in the last five years.
Boise State’s Leia Chung earned an individual bid to the national stage along with Grand Canyon freshman Alexis Vakasiuola. Chung claimed the individual title at the 2026 CU1 Mountain West Championship last week, while Vakasiuola finished tied for third at the Conference tournament.
Regional play will take place May 11-13 at six regional sites, with 396 participants and each site featuring 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 22-27 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California. Championship play will be hosted by Texas, with the final three days of the championships televised live by the GOLF Channel.
For more information about the championship, log on to NCAA.com.
