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The Chattanooga Mocs women’s golf team has a lot to be excited about heading into the 2025-26 campaign. Five return with significant starting experience while Coach Colette Murray added two freshmen to the roster. The competition is deep and will serve the group well against what is an ambitious slate.
The Squad
Junior Violeta Fernandez-Tagle returns as a 2-time All-Southern Conference performer. Seniors Makenzie Cooper and Kera Healey are entering their third and fourth years, respectively, in the program, while another junior, Giulia Foresta, has been a mainstay in the lineup. In fact, this quartet has started together in nearly every event since the start of 2023-24.
Sophomore Chloe Stevenazzi got to the States right before the start of last season. A year of adjustment should serve her well. Two exciting prospects, Rugile Pauliukonyte (Lithuania) and Olivia Wood (South Africa) begin their collegiate journeys this month as the group has high hopes for the road ahead.
The Schedule
Murray has always been a proponent of challenging her squads with top events. It starts heavy with trips to Michigan, Vanderbilt and Tennessee before closing the fall in strong mid-major fields at Old Dominion and Mercer.
A trip to Mexico in late January signals the turn to the spring portion of the campaign. The Mocs head back to Wisconsin’s Westbrook Invitational in Arizona in February before coming back to the home front for the short trip to Gadsden, Ala., as 3-time winners of the Chris Banister Golf Classic. The regular season end with a trip to Texas for the Betsy Rawls Invite and Florida for the Coach Mo Classic in Saint Augustine.
The Southern Conference Championships kick off the postseason in mid-April heading back to Columbia, S.C. The Mocs are 5-time team champions with an impressive seven medalists in the program’s 18 seasons.
The NCAA Tournament is in mid-May beginning with several regional sites. The Mocs look to return to the NCAA Championships finals in late May at Omni La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, Calif. The last finals appearance was 2022 when Dorota Zalewska advanced as an individual capturing the program’s first NCAA postseason win at the Raleigh Regionals.
2025-26 Schedule
Sept. 6-7: Wolverine Invitational; UM Golf Course; Ann Arbor, Mich.
Sept. 19-21: Mason Rudolph Championships; Vanderbilt Legend Club (North); Franklin, Tenn.
Oct. 5-7: Mercedes-Benz Collegiate; Cherokee C.C.; Knoxville, Tenn.
Oct. 16-18: Evie Odom Invitational; Princess Anne C.C.; Virginia Beach, Va.
Nov. 2-3: Mercer Invitational; River Forest G.C.; Macon, Ga.
Jan. 30-31: Collegiate Invitational at Guadalajara; Guadalajara C.C.; Guadalajara, Mexico
Feb. 22-23: Westbrook Invitational; Westbrook Village G.C. (Vistas); Peoria, Ariz.
Mar. 8-10: Chris Banister Golf Classic; RTJ Silver Lakes (Backbreaker/Heartbreaker); Gadsden, Ala.
Mar. 16-17: Betsy Rawls Invitational; Univ. of Texas G.C.; Austin Texas
Mar. 30-31: Coach Mo Classic; St. John’s G&CC; Saint Augustine, Fla.
Apr. 19-21: SoCon Championships; Columbia C.C.; Columbia, S.C.
May 11-13: NCAA Tournament (Regionals)l; TBA; Potential sites:
May 22-27: NCAA Tournament (Finals); Omni La Costa Resort; Carlsbad, Calif.
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