CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) – A total of 12 Atlantic Coast Conference women’s golf teams earned a bid to the 2025 NCAA Regionals, as announced Wednesday, April 23, on the Golf Channel. Tying for the most selections among all conferences, the 12 teams break the previous conference record of 11 teams, which has stood since 2018.
Florida State and Stanford lead the way as No. 1 seeds and are joined in this year’s regional play by California, Duke, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, NC State, SMU, Virginia, Virginia Tech and Wake Forest.
In addition to the 12 teams, a total of three student-athletes from the ACC were selected to compete at the NCAA Regionals as individuals. Clemson’s Isabella Rawl and Melena Barrientos earned a spot in the Charlottesville Regional, while Boston College’s Cynthia Zhang will head to the Norman Regional.
All teams will compete in a three-day, 54-hole regional on May 5-7, to determine the 2025 NCAA Championship field. A total of 12 teams and six individuals not on those teams will compete in each regional, with five teams and the top individual not on an advancing team moving on to the finals, which will be held May 16-21 at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa Golf Course in Carlsbad, California.
Stanford, the defending national champion, enters this year’s postseason as the No. 1 ranked team in the latest Scoreboard rankings. The Cardinal have yet to lose a stroke play tournament this season, most recently winning the stroke play portion of last week’s 2025 ACC Women’s Golf Championship by 15 strokes. Stanford will be the No. 1 seed in the Norman Regional at Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club and will be joined by fellow ACC members North Carolina (No. 3 seed) and Duke (No. 5 seed).
Florida State, which claimed its first-ever ACC Women’s Golf title last week, earned the No. 1 seed in the Lexington Regional at Keene Trace Golf Club. The Seminoles boast the top two players in the latest Scoreboard individual rankings with Mirabel Ting (No. 1) and Lottie Woad (No. 2). FSU will also be joined in Lexington by ACC schools Louisville (No. 8 seed) and Miami (No. 9 seed).
Virginia and Wake Forest earned No. 2 seeds in their respective regionals, as the Cavaliers will remain at home at the Charlottesville Regional, while the Demon Deacons will head to the Lubbock Regional. California (No. 6 seed) and Virginia Tech (No. 7 seed) will compete in the Gold Canyon Regional in Arizona, and SMU (No. 6 seed) will play in the Columbus Regional. NC State (No. 8 seed) will join Virginia in Charlottesville.
Six ACC teams have advanced to the NCAA Women’s Golf Championship in each of the last two seasons. Since the NCAA implemented match play prior to the 2015 championship, at least one ACC team has reached the quarterfinals in eight of the last nine seasons.
ACC 2025 NCAA Women’s Golf Regional Selections
Columbus Regional Site – OSU Golf Club – Scarlet Course (Columbus, Ohio)
#6 SMU
Lexington Regional Site – Keene Trace Golf Club – Champions Course (Lexington, Kentucky)
#1 Florida State
#8 Louisville
#9 Miami
Norman Regional Site – Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club (Norman, Oklahoma)
#1 Stanford
#3 North Carolina
#5 Duke
Individual: Cynthia Zhang, Boston College
Gold Canyon Regional Site – Superstition Mountain Golf and Country Club (Gold Canyon, Arizona)
#6 California
#7 Virginia Tech
Lubbock Regional Site – The Rawls Golf Course (Lubbock, Texas)
#2 Wake Forest
Charlottesville Regional Site – Birdwood Golf Course (Charlottesville, Virginia)
#2 Virginia
#8 NC State
Individuals: Isabella Rawl, Clemson; Melena Barrientos, Clemson