Prairie View A&M will take a landmark step for its women's golf program when the Panthers compete in the NCAA Regional on May 11-13 in Waco, Texas. The selection sends Prairie View A&M to the Waco Regional for the first NCAA regional appearance in program history, a breakthrough that follows the team's first Southwestern Athletic Conference championship earlier in April.
The Panthers learned their destination during the NCAA women's golf selection show, which aired on Golf Channel, and now head into a deep regional field that includes No. 1 seed Texas A&M, Oregon, Tennessee, SMU, Baylor, LSU, TCU, Tulsa, Colorado, Northern Arizona and Tarleton State. For Prairie View A&M, the assignment brings both a major test and a major opportunity against some of the nation's most established programs.
Prairie View A&M is led by first-year head coach Kortland Ware, whose debut season has already produced a historic result. The Panthers' lineup to watch includes Kacey Menyoli, Neveah Figueroa, Madison Williams, Briann Briggs, Fernanda Rendon and Micaiah Joubert. That group will carry the program into a setting where every round matters, with the top five teams from each regional site advancing to the NCAA Championships, along with the low individual not on an advancing team.
The stakes are clear in Waco. A top-five team finish would send Prairie View A&M to the national championships scheduled for May 22-27 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California. Even if the Panthers do not crack the top five, an individual player can still move on by finishing as the low individual not on an advancing team, adding another layer of intrigue for a roster that has already shown it can make history this spring.
For Prairie View A&M, the regional is both a reward and a measuring stick. The Panthers arrive with momentum from their SWAC title and a chance to extend a season that has already reshaped the program's standard. In a field loaded with national contenders, Prairie View A&M's next challenge is straightforward, play well enough in Waco to keep its postseason run going into late May.
