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Kansas State University
CARLSBAD, Calif. – Riding the momentum of a second-place finish in the regional round, the Kansas State women’s golf team is set to appear in its first NCAA Championship beginning on Friday at the par-72, 6,330-yard Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California. The 2025 NCAA Championship consists of 54 holes of […]

CARLSBAD, Calif. – Riding the momentum of a second-place finish in the regional round, the Kansas State women’s golf team is set to appear in its first NCAA Championship beginning on Friday at the par-72, 6,330-yard Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, California.
The 2025 NCAA Championship consists of 54 holes of stroke play, Friday through Sunday, after which the 30-team field will be cut to 15 in addition to the top nine individuals on non-advancing teams.
The fourth and final round of stroke play on Monday will be used to determine the eight teams that will advance to match play in addition to the 72-hole individual champion. Quarterfinal and semifinal matches will be held on Tuesday, while the championship match will be conducted on Wednesday.
“It’s been a goal all year to compete for a national championship, not just make it to the NCAA finals,” said head coach Stew Burke, who on Tuesday was named a finalist for the Jackie Steinmann National Coach of the Year award. “All year we have had a good mix of different players contributing to give us our best scoring lineup. We know to really challenge this week, we will have to be at our best. We are fortunate we were able to leave early and get out to California to practice and adjust to the time zone and a different type of grass that we are going to play on this week. We will be focused on building toward the tournament through our practice round so that we are ready to go on Friday.
“The ladies seem very comfortable and composed with what lies ahead of them, and we look forward to showing our best golf at our last event of this collegiate season.”
Kansas State enters the NCAA Championship after finishing in the top five in three-straight events, including a fifth-place showing in the Big 12 Championship and a tie for second in the 2025 NCAA Lexington Regional.
K-State’s scoring lineup remains unchanged from the last two events as it features seniors Carla Bernat and Sophie Bert, junior Noa van Beek, sophomore Alenka Navarro and freshman Nanami Nakashima. Sophomore Julia Ballester Barrio will serve as the Wildcats’ alternate.
Closing out her illustrious collegiate career in the NCAA Championship, Bernat enters the final event of the year with a program-record 69.91 scoring average this season. The 2024-25 Big 12 Player of the Year and one of 10 finalists for the ANNIKA Award, Bernat also holds the school record with a 70.38 career average in addition to ranking second in career victories (5), top-five (14) and top-10 (16) finishes. A native of Castellon, Spain, Bernat is coming off an individual win at the NCAA Lexington Regional when she tied the school record with a 54-hole score of 12-under par 204. She has finished in the top three at each of her last three events as she also tied for third at the Silicon Valley Showcase and second in the Big 12 Championship, compiling a 69.67 scoring average over her last nine rounds.
An All-Big 12 Team honoree who won the school’s first individual conference championship, Bert enters her final collegiate event with a 73.09 scoring average this season to rank fourth in school history. Winning the Big 12 individual title at 2-under par 211, Bert entered the final round in a tie for 14th place and five shots off the lead before firing a 5-under par 66 to take the conference crown. Earlier this season, the Deurle, Belgium, product set the school record for lowest round with a 63 at the Westbrook Invitational and tied the school’s 54-hole score record at that event with a 204.
A native of Oene, Netherlands, van Beek enters the NCAA Championship with a 74.06 scoring average this season to rank 10th in program history, while her 74.37 career average ranks fourth. She tallied a first-round total of 2-under par 70 to begin the NCAA Lexington Regional, while she had a counting score of 1-over par 73 in the final round.
Navarro’s average of 73.84 this season ranks seventh in school history, which included a score of 1-under par 71 during the second round of the regional en route to a tie for 18th place at even-par 216. Nakashima is right behind Navarro as she ranks eighth in program history with a 73.86 scoring average this season. She saved her best round of the year for the postseason by turning in a 5-under par 67 during the final round of the regional to tie with Navarro for 18th place.
K-State, the No. 21 seed for the event, is one of a record six Big 12 programs to play in the NCAA Championship as the Wildcats are joined in Carlsbad by Arizona State, Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas and Oklahoma State. The top 10 seeds in the NCAA Championship consist of No. 1 Stanford, No. 2 Arkansas, No. 3 South Carolina, No. 4 Florida State, No. 5 Oregon, No. 6 Texas, No. 7 Wake Forest, No. 8 Arizona State, No. 9 USC and No. 10 Virginia.
Kansas State begins its play in the national championship on Friday with a 6:52 a.m. (PT) tee time off No. 1 as the Wildcats will be paired with Vanderbilt and Oklahoma State. The Wildcats, Commodores and Cowgirls will be part of the afternoon wave for Saturday’s second round, beginning play off the 10th tee at 12:12 p.m. (PT). Tee times on Sunday and Monday will be based on results entering the round.
GOLF Channel will provide coverage of the final round of stroke play on Monday and throughout match play on Tuesday and Wednesday. Live results can be followed on SCOREBOARD powered by Clippd.
The 2025 NCAA Championship consists of 54 holes of stroke play, Friday through Sunday, after which the 30-team field will be cut to 15 in addition to the top nine individuals on non-advancing teams.
The fourth and final round of stroke play on Monday will be used to determine the eight teams that will advance to match play in addition to the 72-hole individual champion. Quarterfinal and semifinal matches will be held on Tuesday, while the championship match will be conducted on Wednesday.
“It’s been a goal all year to compete for a national championship, not just make it to the NCAA finals,” said head coach Stew Burke, who on Tuesday was named a finalist for the Jackie Steinmann National Coach of the Year award. “All year we have had a good mix of different players contributing to give us our best scoring lineup. We know to really challenge this week, we will have to be at our best. We are fortunate we were able to leave early and get out to California to practice and adjust to the time zone and a different type of grass that we are going to play on this week. We will be focused on building toward the tournament through our practice round so that we are ready to go on Friday.
“The ladies seem very comfortable and composed with what lies ahead of them, and we look forward to showing our best golf at our last event of this collegiate season.”
Kansas State enters the NCAA Championship after finishing in the top five in three-straight events, including a fifth-place showing in the Big 12 Championship and a tie for second in the 2025 NCAA Lexington Regional.
K-State’s scoring lineup remains unchanged from the last two events as it features seniors Carla Bernat and Sophie Bert, junior Noa van Beek, sophomore Alenka Navarro and freshman Nanami Nakashima. Sophomore Julia Ballester Barrio will serve as the Wildcats’ alternate.
Closing out her illustrious collegiate career in the NCAA Championship, Bernat enters the final event of the year with a program-record 69.91 scoring average this season. The 2024-25 Big 12 Player of the Year and one of 10 finalists for the ANNIKA Award, Bernat also holds the school record with a 70.38 career average in addition to ranking second in career victories (5), top-five (14) and top-10 (16) finishes. A native of Castellon, Spain, Bernat is coming off an individual win at the NCAA Lexington Regional when she tied the school record with a 54-hole score of 12-under par 204. She has finished in the top three at each of her last three events as she also tied for third at the Silicon Valley Showcase and second in the Big 12 Championship, compiling a 69.67 scoring average over her last nine rounds.
An All-Big 12 Team honoree who won the school’s first individual conference championship, Bert enters her final collegiate event with a 73.09 scoring average this season to rank fourth in school history. Winning the Big 12 individual title at 2-under par 211, Bert entered the final round in a tie for 14th place and five shots off the lead before firing a 5-under par 66 to take the conference crown. Earlier this season, the Deurle, Belgium, product set the school record for lowest round with a 63 at the Westbrook Invitational and tied the school’s 54-hole score record at that event with a 204.
A native of Oene, Netherlands, van Beek enters the NCAA Championship with a 74.06 scoring average this season to rank 10th in program history, while her 74.37 career average ranks fourth. She tallied a first-round total of 2-under par 70 to begin the NCAA Lexington Regional, while she had a counting score of 1-over par 73 in the final round.
Navarro’s average of 73.84 this season ranks seventh in school history, which included a score of 1-under par 71 during the second round of the regional en route to a tie for 18th place at even-par 216. Nakashima is right behind Navarro as she ranks eighth in program history with a 73.86 scoring average this season. She saved her best round of the year for the postseason by turning in a 5-under par 67 during the final round of the regional to tie with Navarro for 18th place.
K-State, the No. 21 seed for the event, is one of a record six Big 12 programs to play in the NCAA Championship as the Wildcats are joined in Carlsbad by Arizona State, Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas and Oklahoma State. The top 10 seeds in the NCAA Championship consist of No. 1 Stanford, No. 2 Arkansas, No. 3 South Carolina, No. 4 Florida State, No. 5 Oregon, No. 6 Texas, No. 7 Wake Forest, No. 8 Arizona State, No. 9 USC and No. 10 Virginia.
Kansas State begins its play in the national championship on Friday with a 6:52 a.m. (PT) tee time off No. 1 as the Wildcats will be paired with Vanderbilt and Oklahoma State. The Wildcats, Commodores and Cowgirls will be part of the afternoon wave for Saturday’s second round, beginning play off the 10th tee at 12:12 p.m. (PT). Tee times on Sunday and Monday will be based on results entering the round.
GOLF Channel will provide coverage of the final round of stroke play on Monday and throughout match play on Tuesday and Wednesday. Live results can be followed on SCOREBOARD powered by Clippd.