TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (EMUEagles.com) — The Eastern Michigan University women’s golf team is in California for the first of its final two tournaments of the regular season as the Eagles will compete in the Silicon Valley Showcase, Marcy 30-31, at Green Hills Country Club in Millbrae, Calif. The penultimate event of the regular season will see the Eagles play 54 holes over two days in a 10-team field.
ON THE COURSE FOR EASTERN
Here are the Eagles that will compete in the 2026 Silicon Valley Showcase:
1. Jasmine Leovao (Sr.) • 72.1 avg. | #66-ranked; T4th at Alice & John Wallace; 2x MAC Golfer of the Week
2. Savannah de Bock (Jr.) • 72.7 avg. | #117-ranked; Medalist at Citrus Golf Trail Invitational (Dec. 2025)
3. Janae Leovao (Sr.) • 72.3 avg. | #76-ranked; Opened the year with back-to-back wins; 3x MAC Golfer of the Week
4. Baiyok Sukterm (Jr.) • 73.1 avg. | #155-ranked; T2nd at Oklahoma Inter.; Oct. 10 MAC Golfer of the Week
5. Mariana Vega (So.) • 74.1 avg. | Career-best T4th at the Oklahoma Intercollegiate (Oct. 6-7)
IN Erina Tan (So.) • 75.7 avg. | T8th at The Southern… second career top 10 finish for the Eagles
CHIP INS
» Eastern last played March 20-22 at the Florida State Match Up and finished second behind only No. 18 and host Florida State in the 12-team field as the Eagles shot 4-over 868. Jasmine Leovao placed third overall at 3-under 213 while Savannah de Bock tied for ninth at even-par 216 to give EMU two top 10 finishers.
» The Eagles have played eight tournaments this year and placed either first (twice) or second (three times) in five of those events following their runner-up showing in Florida.
» Eastern is now ranked tied for 25th in the Mizuno/WGCA Coaches Poll after five releases as a member of the receiving votes section. The ranking marked the first time in program history the Eagles have been voted into the national top 25 of the coaches poll.
» Following the tournament, Jasmine Leovao was named the MAC Golfer of the Week for the third time in 2025-26. She is the fourth EMU player (fifth time) to earn three weekly MAC awards in the same season in program history and joined her sister, Janae Leovao, on the list. With her three awards, Eastern players have been named the MAC Golfer of the Week seven times this year, including Janae Leovao (Sept. 19, Feb. 20, & March 13), Jasmine Leovao (Oct. 24, Feb. 20, and March 27), and Baiyok Sukterm (Oct. 10).
» The latest Scoreboard/Clippd rankings have the Eagles at No. 29, the second-highest ranking in program history after reaching No. 28 last week. Eastern has been ranked inside the top 35 all season.
» Four Eagles are among the national top 160 in the latest Scoreboard/Clippd rankings, including No. 66 Jasmine Leovao, No. 76 Janae Leovao, No. 1117 Savannah de Bock, and No. 155 Baiyok Sukterm.
» Eastern captured the title at the Leadership & Golf Invitational (Sept. 15-16), the 30th crown in program history, and, coupled with the title won at The Southern (Sept. 8-9), secured back-to-back crowns for the fifth time in program history. It also marked only the second time EMU has won consecutive 54-hole tournaments.
» Josh Brewer has now won 18 titles as a head coach after securing 16 with Georgia and the past two with EMU.
» The team broke the school record with a score of 859, surpassing the previous low of 871 set last year at the Gators Invitational (March 7-8, 2025). It also reset the low score for tournaments played at par-72 events after the team shot 875 one week earlier at The Southern.
» Janae Leovao won the individual title at the Leadership and Golf Invitational for her second consecutive title to become the first Eagle to win back-to-back titles in program history. She is the first EMU player since Stephany Fleet (2007-08) to win multiple titles in the same season.
» Janae Leovao is one win away from tying and setting a program record. With another win this season, she would become the fourth Eagle to win three tournaments in a single career while also becoming the first to win three titles in the same season.
» The 2025-26 roster features 11 players, including five returners in Savannah de Bock, Julianna Go, Angelica Holman, Erina Tan, and Mariana Vega are all back for the Eagles this season. The program also added six newcomers, including three transfers and three freshmen.
» The Eagles were busy over the summer playing in numerous events. One of the biggest events was the 2025 European Ladies’ Team Championship where Caterina Don and Italy placed seventh and Savannah de Bock and Belgium finished ninth by winning the Flight B competition.
TOURNAMENT INFO: THE FACTS
The Silicon Valley Showcase will feature 54 holes over two days on the par-71, 6,084-yard Green Hills Country Club course with 10 teams and several individuals set to compete. Players will tee off in a shotgun start both days with the first two rounds opening at 8:30 a.m. PT (11:30 a.m. ET), March 30, and the third and final round set for the same time, March 31.
TOURNAMENT INFO: THE FIELD
The field at the Silicon Valley Showcase will feature 10 teams with nine ranked in the national top 30. Along with the Eagles and host Santa Clara, the teams competing include California, Kansas State, San Diego State, UC Davis, UC Irvine, Washington State, and Wyoming. Additionally, individuals from No. 1 Stanford also will compete.
IN THE RANKINGS • TEAMS
Nine of the 10 teams in the field are ranked among the top 130 in the March 25 Scoreboard/Clippd rankings with the No. 29 Eagles the highest ranked. The remaining top 100 ranked teams include No. 34 Kansas State, No. 50 California, No. 66 UC Davis, No. 80 Santa Clara, No. 85 UC Irvine, and No. 89 San Diego State.
FACING THE BEST
The Eagles have faced some of the top teams in the nation throughout the season, including four of the top five ranked teams in the current Scoreboard/Clippd national rankings, including No. 2 USC (three events), No. 3 Texas A&M (once), No. 4 Florida (once), and No. 5 Oregon (once). Overall, the Eagles hold a record of 4-9-1 against those teams, including a 2-0-0 record against No. 14 UCLA. Including this week’s Silicon Valley Showcase, Eastern has or will have played in events with 10 of the current top 25 teams with both No. 2 USC and No. 5 Oregon in the field at next week’s Chevron Silverado Showdown (April 6-8) in Napa, Calif.
IN THE RANKINGS • INDIVIDUAL
Ten players in the field are ranked in the top 150 with the Eastern Michigan duo of No. 66 Jasmine Leovao and No. 76 Janae Leovao holding the highest marks. The four others ranked in the top 150 include No. 89 Anna Song (Stanford), No. 117 Savannah de Bock (Eastern), No. 120 Noa van Beek (Kansas State), No. 126 Jiarui Chen (Kansas State), and No. 149 Nanami Nakashima (Kansas State). EMU’s Baiyok Sukterm is just outside the No. 150 at No. 155 this week.
SOARING HIGHER
Entering the week, the Eagles are ranked No. 29 in the latest Scoreboard/Clippd rankings (March 25), which is one place off its program-record ranking of No. 28 held the previous two weeks. All rankings held this season have been among the best in program history as each surpassed the No. 122 ranking obtained in the final rankings of the 2024-25 season. The rankings in the fall also are the highest the program has ever received after not cracking the top 80 previously. To date, the Eagles have been ranked among the top 35 all season as well.
FOUR EAGLES IN THE TOP 150
Five Eagles are ranked in the latest Scoreboard/Clippd rankings (March 25) with three inside the top 120 nationally, led by Jasmine Leovao, who moved up 20 spots to No. 66, which ties for her fifth-best career ranking after being ranked No. 62 last year and No. 63 on three occasions, including once earlier this season (March 4). She is joined in the top 100 by her twin sister, Janae Leovao, who is No. 76 this week. Savannah de Bock climbed 13 positions to No. 117 this week while Baiyok Sukterm fell three spots to No. 155. Matilde Zocchi is the only other Eagle in the national rankings at No. 522.
NEW HEIGHTS
The program entered new territory this week as Eastern found itself ranked tied for No. 25 with Missouri on the March 23 release of the Mizuno/WGCA Coaches Poll, marking the first time in program history the Eagles have been featured in the top 25 of the poll. Eastern received votes in the previous five releases this season and was as high as No. 26 in the Nov. 14 release before cracking the top 25 this week.
STRONG FINISHES
Eastern recently finished second at the Florida State Match Up, which marked the fifth time in eight tournaments this year it has finished first or second. Eastern won The Southern (Sept. 8-9) and the Leadership & Golf Invitational (Sept. 15-16) to open the season and has added runner-up showings at the Oklahoma Intercollegiate (Oct. 6-7) and the Alice & John Wallace Invite (Feb. 14-16) ahead of the Florida State Match Up.
REVIEW: FSU MATCH UP
Eastern saw four of its five players finish among the top 13 individually, including Jasmine Leovao, who was third, as the Eagles earned a second-place finish at the Florida State Match Up, March 20-22, at the Seminole Legacy Golf Club in Tallahassee, Fla. With the finish, the team has placed either first (twice) or second (three times) in five of the eight tournaments Eastern has played this year while six of the seven tournaments saw the Eagles finish in the top four.
Host and No. 18 Florida State captured the team title by shooting 4-under 860 with the No. 28 Eagles taking second at 4-over 868 (290-290-288). Tulsa was third at 12-over 876 with Illinois (20-over 884) and the No. 35 Virginia (25-over 889) rounding out the top five teams in fourth and fifth, respectively.
Jasmine Leovao finished third at 3-under 213 (69-71-73) to post her fifth top 10 finish of the season and lead the charge for the team. It marked her third top three finish of the season as well. She was joined in the top 10 by Savannah de Bock, who tied for ninth at even-par 216 (71-71-74) to record her fourth top 10 finish this season. Janae Leovao placed 13th overall at 3-over 219 (75-75-69) while Baiyok Sukterm was just behind her as her 4-over 220 (75-73-72) earned her a tie for 14th. Matilde Zocchi tied for 63rd at 25-over 241 (83-80-78) to round out the Eagles.
NOTING: FSU MATCH UP
» Jasmine Leovao finished at 3-under 213 to place third overall as she posted a score that tied for the ninth-best in program history and tied her second-best score of the season after shooting the same at the Alice & John Wallace Invitational (Feb. 14-16). The only tournament she shot better was the Rainbow Wahine Invitational (Oct. 20-22) where she shot 210.
» Jasmine Leovao’s third-place finish marked her fifth top 10 finish of the year with all five in the top four. It also marked her third top three finish after she was second at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational and third at The Southern (Sept. 8-9).
» The 3-under 213 carded by Jasmine Leovao marked the 12th time in her career she has shot under par and the second time she has done so this season. The first game at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational where she was 6-under.
» Jasmine Leovao, ranked No. 86 nationally, finished ahead of three players ranked higher than her, including No. 79 Elin Pudas Remier of Florida State (T-4th), No. 42 Jaclyn LaHa of Virginia (T-6th), and No. 65 Janae Leovao of EMU (13th).
» Savannah de Bock, who posted her fourth top 10 finish of the year, shot Even-par 216 to tie for the 17th-best score in program history. It also marked the third tournament this year she shot 216 after doing so at The Southern and the Alice & John Wallace Invitational.
» Savannah de Bock, who entered the tournament ranked No. 130, tied or placed ahead of three players ranked higher in the national rankings, including No., 95 Haruhi Nakatani of FSU (t-9th), No. 117 Natachanock Tunwannaruz of Alabama (12th), and No. 65 Janae Leovao of EMU (13th).
» Jasmine Leovao (first round) and Janae Leovao (third round) both shot one round of 69, marking the 37th and 38th times, respectively, an Eastern player has posted a round in the 60s.
ANOTHER AWARD
Jasmine Leovao was named the MAC Golfer of the Week, March 27, after she finished third in Tallahassee, Fla., as she shot 213 (69-71-73) to post the ninth-lowest score in program history and post her second score this year and 12th of her career shooting below par for a 54-hole tournament. Leovao, who has finished in the top 10 five times this year with all five finishes in the top 5 and three in the top 3, ranked No. 86 nationally and finished better than three players ranked ahead of her. With her finish, she rose to No. 66 in the March 25 release of the national rankings.
The weekly award is the third captured by Leovao this season after she was honored Oct. 24 before sharing the award with her twin sister, Janae Leovao, Feb. 20. She is the fourth different Eastern player to earn MAC Golfer of the Week three times in a single season (five total times it has happened) and the second since the 2012-13 season, joining her sister, when Sarah Johnson earned three accolades (Nov. 1, 2012, March 7, 2013, and April 18, 2013). Stephany Fleet was the first member of the program to earn three weekly MAC awards in a single season and accomplished the feat in two different seasons, including the 2006-07 (Sept. 27, 2006, Oct. 4, 2006, and March 28, 2007) and 2008-09 (Sept. 18, 2008, Feb. 11, 2009, and April 1, 2009) seasons. Additionally, the honor is the sixth attained by the Eagles this season. Along with her three awards, Janae Leovao has been honored three times (Sept. 19, Feb. 20, and March 13) while Baiyok Sukterm was honored Oct. 10.
LPGA COLLEGIATE ADVANCEMENT PATHWAY
The LPGA has instituted its Collegiate Advancement Pathway program, which will be used to help the top 10 collegiate players on the list earn priority status on the Epson Tour for the remainder of the 2026 season and all of the 2027 season while also adding in exemptions into the different rounds of the 2026 LPGA Q-Series. As of March 6, Janae Leovao is ranked No. 29 (716.9154 points) while Jasmine Leovao is just behind her at No. 33 (689.5687).
MAKING REVISIONS
Under Josh Brewer (Fall 2024 through the Florida State Match Up, March 20-22), the team has taken its talons to the record book on numerous occasions. In fact, just in the five events played during the Fall 2025 season, the Eagles broke the team single low round four times, the team score once, and added nine total marks to those two areas. Eastern picked up where it left off as the Eagles added one tournament and two rounds to the ledger as well. For the lowest single-round team score, the record ahead of the 2024-25 season was 286, shot Sept. 22, 2015, at the Cardinal Classic and was broken five times since, including:
» 285 at the Golfweek Red Sky Classic (third round)(Sept. 25, 2024)
» 285 at The Southern (first round)(Sept. 8, 2025)
» 283 at The Southern (second round)(Sept. 9, 2025)
» 282 at the Leadership & Golf Invitational (first round)(Sept. 15, 2025)
» 281 at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational (third round)(Oct. 22, 2025)
MORE LOW ROUNDS
Eastern has recorded 29 rounds of team scoring at 291 or lower in program history with 16 of those coming this season (23 rounds played). In fact, ahead of the start of the 2024-25 season, only eight such rounds had been recorded.
» 281 at Rainbow Wahine Invitational (round 3)(Oct. 22, 2025)
» 282 at Leadership & Golf Invitational (round 1)(Sept. 15, 2025)
» 282 at Alice & John Wallace Invitational (round 3)(Feb. 16, 2026)
» 283 at The Southern (round 2)(Sept. 8, 2025)
» 284 at Golfweek Red Sky Classic (round 2)(Sept. 23, 2025)
» 285 at The Southern (round 1)(Sept. 8, 2025)
» 285 at Alice & John Wallace Invitational (round 2)(Feb. 15, 2026)
» 285 at GameAbove Invitational (round 2)(March 9, 2026)
» 286 at Leadership & Golf Invitational (round 2)(Sept. 15, 2025)
» 287 at Golfweek Red Sky Classic (round 3)(Sept. 24, 2025)
» 288 at Florida State Match Up (round 3)(March 22, 2026)
» 289 at Rainbow Wahine Invitational (round 1)(Oct. 20, 2025)
» 290 at Florida State Match Up (round 1)(March 20, 2026)
» 290 at Florida State Match Up (round 2)(March 21, 2026)
» 291 at Leadership & Golf Invitational (round 3)(Sept. 16, 2025)
FOR THREE?
Janae Leovao was the medalist at The Southern and the Leadership & Golf Invitational events earlier this year. Leovao is on the cusp of more history with the Eagles as another victory this season would make her the first player in program history to record three wins in the same season while becoming only the fourth Eagle to win three titles in a career in Ypsilanti. Stephanie Smoot was the first to three wins with titles in 1998, 1999, and 2000 before Catherine Fortin added wins in 2006, 2007, and 2008. Stephany Fleet was the most recent winner of three titles as she won once in 2006-07 before taking two in the 2007-08 season.
TAKING IT BACK(-2-BACK)
The win in Washington was the 30th all-time for the Eagles and, coupled with the win at The Southern (Sept. 8-9) gave the Eagles back-to-back titles for the fifth time in program history and the first time since the 2021-22 season when they won the Golden Grizzly Invitational in Rochester, Mich. (Sept. 26-27, 2021) and the Shirley Spork Invitational at home (Oct. 4-5, 2021). Additionally, Eastern won back-to-back 54-hole tournaments for just the second time with the only other instance coming during the 2019-20 season. That year, the Eagles won titles at the Shirley Spork Invitational at home (Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2019) and the MAC Fall Preview in Silver Lakes, Ohio (Oct. 7-8, 2019).
TWIN WINS
The medalist honors Janae Leovao secured at The Southern marked her first collegiate victory after previously finishing second in three different events in the three previous seasons with Long Beach State. The win, however, is not the first for a member of the Leovao family as sister Jasmine Leovao won three times with LBSU. Jasmine won the 2023 and 2024 Big West Conference titles before taking medalist honors in 2025 in the LBSU dual with San Diego State. Overall, a Leovao has now won a collegiate event at least once in each of the past four seasons.
ADDING TO THE TOTALS • INDIVIDUAL WINS
Janae Leovao’s victory at The Southern marked the 26th individual title won by an Eastern player while making her the 17th different player to add her name to the list. Her victory made it back-to-back medalist honors earned by an EMU player after Angelica Holman won the Women’s National Golf Invitational, May 9-11, 2025, in Arizona. Additionally, she is the third player to win a title under Josh Brewer at EMU with Savannah de Bock winning the Golfweek Red Sky Classic, Sept. 23-25, 2024.
MORE WINS BREWER-ING
Eastern Michigan has now won twice under Josh Brewer, who has now won 18 tournaments in his coaching career after securing 16 during his 12-year tenure at Georgia. The wins also marked the first for a Brewer-led team since the Bulldogs won the 2023 NCAA Athens Regional in Athens, Ga., the team’s third NCAA regional title.
TWINNING
Janae Leovao shot 7-under 209 to win the Leadership & Golf Invitational (Sept. 15-16) that included rounds of 68 and 69 to close out the win. She won her second consecutive tournament after finishing no higher than second place four times in her prior 35 tournaments. Her win made her the seventh different EMU player to record multiple wins in a career and the first to win multiple times in the same season since Stephany Fleet won twice in 2007-08. She also became the first EMU player to win back-to-back titles in program history and, coupled with teammate Angelica Holman’s win at the Women’s National Golf Invitational that closed out the 2024-25 season, EMU has now won three consecutive individual tournament titles for the first time in program history.
ON THE HORIZON
Eastern will remain in California to close out its regular season schedule when it competes in the Chevron Silverado Showdown, April 6-8, at Silverado Country Club in Napa, Calif. The tournament will be the team’s final tune up before heading into the postseason, which opens April 26-28 at the Mid-American Conference Tournament at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio.
