Marisa Lombardo

Women's Golf 5/12/2025 6:14:00 PM Nick Anderson (Assistant Sports Information Director)

Alvernia Women’s Golf Set to Compete at the 2025 NCAA DIII Women’s Golf Championships

Alvernia Makes Back to Back Appearances at the DIII National Championships

Williamsburg, Va (May 12, 2025) - Alvernia University Women's Golf is making its second straight appearance at the NCAA DIII Women's Golf National Championships after taking the MAC Women's Golf team title at Golden Oaks Golf Club on April 27th.

Alvernia will be making its third NCAA DIII National Championship appearance in program history after competing down in Howey-in-the-Hills, Florida in 2018 and last year at Nicholasville, Kentucky.

The 2025 championships will be held at Kingsmill Resort in Williamsburg, Virginia and Christopher Newport University will serve as the host institution for the championship week. Kingsmill will host the women's championship for the first time in the history of the DIII women's golf championships and will utilize both its River Course and Plantation Course for the week of play.

The Golden Wolves will play The Plantation Course on day one of the tournament on Tuesday and will tee it up on The River Course for round two on Wednesday. Alvernia will be playing alongside Aurora University and Saint Mary's College of Indiana for rounds one and two.

About the Championships:

34 NCAA DIII teams and six individuals will compete this week. 25 conferences have been awarded automatic qualification and the remaining nine teams were selected on an at-large basis from conferences and the independent institutions. Six individuals, not from selected teams, also were selected for the championships.The championships will consist of both team and individual competition conducted concurrently. Following 36 holes of competition, the field will be cut to the top 15 teams and top six individuals not on one of those teams to compete on the final day. In the team competition, the low four scores from each team for each day will count in the team's total score.

Around the Course:

In 1969, Anheuser-Busch purchased roughly 3,900 acres of land along the James River and as part of the land agreement, he agreed to develop several hundred of those acres into the now Kingsmill Resort. Kingsmill has three prestigious golf courses on its property along the James River, The River Course, The Plantation Course and The Woods Course. The River Course and The Plantation Course will play host to the championships while The Woods Course is reserved for the members of Kingsmill and their guests.

The River Course:

The River Course will be the featured course for championship weekend and will be the course where the 15 teams and six individuals that make the cut will play in rounds three and four on Thursday and Friday. All 34 teams will play The River Course and The Plantation Course in rounds one and two before the field is cut for the final two rounds. The River Course is the main course on the Kingsmill property and has played host to numerous PGA and LPGA Tour events for years. Designed by legendary golf course architect, Pete Dye, The River Course has hosted the PGA Tour's Michelob Championship from 1981-2002 with notable winners like Masters and U.S Open Champion Fuzzy Zoeller in 1986, David Duval in 1997 and 1998 and Charles Howell III captured the final title at Kingsmill in 2002.

The River Course has also hosted numerous LPGA Tour events like the Michelob Open from 2003-2009, The Kingsmill Championship from 2012-2018 and the Pure Silk Championship from 2019-2021. Notable LPGA winners at The River Course are Lexi Thompson in 2017, World Golf Hall of Fame members Annika Sorenstam in 2008 and Karrie Webb in 2006 and Cristie Kerr grabbed the title on three separate occasions with wins in 2005, 2009 and 2013.

The Plantation Course:

The Plantation Course will be used for just rounds one and two of the championships with half of the field teeing it up in round one and the other half will play their second round on the Plantation track. The Plantation Course was designed by a true legend in the game of golf in Arnold Palmer with help from architect Ed Seay, who is a legend in his own right in the golfing world. Seay is a World Golf Hall of Fame member and had a hand in designing over 350 golf courses worldwide including 30 years of golf course architectural partnership with Palmer. The Plantation Course also sits on land from Richard Kingsmill's plantation and has landmarks from the original plot of land that can be seen as you walk down the #2 fairway.

Previewing The Golden Wolves:

Rylee Stenzel will be teeing it up first for the Golden Wolves on day one at 11:00 AM. Stenzel has played in 12 of Alvernia's 13 events this season and recorded 20 total rounds with a scoring average of 86.25. Stenzel posted a season low round of 80 in round one of the Golden Oaks Shootout and tallied top ten finishes at both Alvernia's Fall and Spring Invitational at LedgeRock and most recently at the 2025 MAC Championships to secure All-MAC honors. Stenzel has recorded 19 birdies and 128 total pars between the fall and spring seasons.

Cassidy Miksich will be second off the tee for Alvernia and will be going off at 11:09 AM in round one. Miksich recorded 19 rounds played in 12 events for the Golden Wolves in her sophomore campaign and posted an 82.42 scoring average in 2024-2025. Miksich posted a low round of 79 twice this season with the first coming in round one of The Melee hosted by Drew and the second came in round one of the 2025 MAC Championships en route to a sixth place finish and All-MAC honors. Miksich recorded eight top ten finishes, including four in seven events in the fall and also recorded a third place finish at The Melee. Miksich has tallied 23 birdies, 158 pars and also one ace which came on hole four at Alvernia's Fall Invitational.

Emmerson Bartley tees it up third for the Golden Wolves and will be going off at 11:18 AM. Bartley played in 11 events for the Golden Wolves in her first year with the team and recorded an 81.26 scoring average in 19 rounds played. Bartley fired in a season low round of 74 on day two of the Vulcan Invitational en route to a fourth place finish. Barley has recorded 15 birdies and 165 pars this season as well as eight top ten finishes, two top three finishes and recorded one low medalist honor which came at Kutztown's Spring Invitational at Moselem Springs with a tournament low round of 79.

Katie Lapinsky is the second to last Golden Wolf to kick off their round and will tee off at 11:27 AM. Lapinsky played in all 13 events for the Golden Wolves during her senior season and has recorded 22 total rounds and a 79.64 scoring average. Lapinksy ranks second on Alvernia in both birdies with 34 and total pars with 197. Lapinsky has also recorded top ten finishes in 12 of the 13 events she played in this year and seven top three finishes including a most recent third place finish at the 2025 MAC Championships. Lapinsky fired in a season low round of 70 in round two of the Vulcan Invitational en route to a second place finish and helped lead the Golden Wolves to a - at the time- program record team score of 303.

McKylie Boreman is the last Alvernia women's golfer to tee it up tomorrow and will go off at 11:36 AM. Boreman has poured in a team high 40 birdies and 236 pars this season and has recorded a top ten finish in all 13 events she has played in. Boreman also leads Alvernia with a 76.45 scoring average across 22 rounds played and fired in a season low round of 69 in round one of the Vulcan Invitational where she also grabbed low medalist honors. Boreman's round of 69 also matched teammate Cassidy Miksich's program record low round of 69 that she set last season. Boreman has recorded top three finishes in nine of the 13 events she has played in and tallied a staggering eight victories in 13 events. Boreman's eight wins this season is tied for the most by an individual in the 2024-2025 season.

Stay with @vernathletics on Instagram and Facebook all week for coverage and updates during the championship rounds as well as highlights and photos after the Golden Wolves complete each round!

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Players Mentioned

McKylie Boreman: Graduate Student

Katie Lapinsky: Senior

Cassidy Miksich: Sophomore

Rylee Stenzel: Junior

Emmerson Bartley: Sophomore

Players Mentioned

McKylie Boreman
: Graduate Student

Katie Lapinsky
: Senior

Cassidy Miksich
: Sophomore

Rylee Stenzel
: Junior

Emmerson Bartley
: Sophomore