The 25^th-ranked Oklahoma State women’s golf team, led by sixth-year head coach Greg Robertson, is prepped for its fifth-straight trip to the NCAA Championships, beginning Friday morning in Carlsbad, Calif.
 
For the second straight year, the Omni La Costa Resort and Spa will serve as host site. Its North Course features a challenging 6,330-yard, par 72 layout.
 
The six-day event begins with 54 holes of stroke play. Following Sunday’s third round, the field of 30 teams will be cut in half. An individual winner will be crowned after Monday’s fourth round, and the top eight schools will compete Tuesday and Wednesday in a match play bracket to determine the NCAA team champion.
 
This weekend’s forecast calls for cloudy skies and temperatures in the high 60s. The Cowgirls will play in the morning session on Friday and in the afternoon on Saturday with Sunday’s tee times still to be determined.
 
Tee Times
Round One Tee Times (Hole No. 1)

Round Two Tee Times (Hole No. 10)

• OSU Golfer No. 1 | 2:56 p.m. CT
• OSU Golfer No. 2 | 2:45 p.m. CT
• OSU Golfer No. 3 | 2:34 p.m. CT
• OSU Golfer No. 4 | 2:23 p.m. CT
• OSU Golfer No. 5 | 2:12 p.m. CT

After round two, the tee times will be based on standings for the rest of the stroke play portion of the NCAA Championship.
 
Coverage
 
Fans can track live scoring from all six days via Scoreboard and watch live coverage Monday through Wednesday on the Golf Channel. For OSU updates, visit okstate.com and follow @CowgirlGolf on social media.
 
Meet the Field (30 Teams – Based Off Seeding)

1. Stanford
2. Arkansas
3. South Carolina
4. Florida State
5. Oregon
6. Texas
7. Wake Forest
8. Arizona State
9. Southern California
10. Virginia
11. Northwestern
12. LSU
13. Ohio State
14. Ole Miss
15. Mississippi State
16. Kansas
17. Florida
18. Michigan State
19. Vanderbilt
20. Oklahoma State
21. Kansas State
22. UCLA
23. Iowa State
24. Tennessee
25. Georgia Southern
26. Oklahoma
27. UNLV
28. Baylor
29. Purdue
30. Cal State Fullerton

 
OSU at the NCAA Championships

• Oklahoma State is making its 26th NCAA Championship appearance, which ranks among the top 10 all-time.
• It’s the Cowgirls 31^st national finals appearance overall, including five AIAW Championship bids from the 1970s and 80s.
• OSU has made the NCAA Championship in every full season under sixth-year head Coach Greg Robertson (the 2020 event was canceled by COVID-19). This will be his eighth consecutive appearance overall, factoring in his last three years at Kent State (2017-19).
• OSU owns seven top-5 team finishes, highlighted by national runner-up trophies in 2004 and 2021 and a third-place finish in 1982.
• 11 Cowgirls have placed top-10 on the individual leaderboard, including 2010 champion Caroline Hedwall and 2004 runner-up Karin Sjödin.

 
Team Notes

• OSU is ranked 25^th nationally.
• Three Cowgirls placed among the top-10 at the Gold Canyon Regional to help OSU secure a third-place finish: Grace Kilcrease (T-3), Ellie Bushnell (T-6) and Marta Silchenko (T-8).
• The Cowgirls came within a stroke of the Big 12 team title, falling to Arizona in a three-team playoff that also included Arizona State.
• The Pokes have logged six top 5 showings in 2024-25, highlighted by runner-up finishes at the Dale McNamara Invitational (Oct. 14-15) and the FAU Paradise Invitational (Feb. 3-4). They shot a season-best 15-under-par at the latter.
• The Cowgirls also tied for fourth place at the prestigious Jackson T. Stephens Cup (Oct. 21-23) against a field made up exclusively of teams that all qualified for NCAA Championship play.

 
The Lineup

• A young Cowgirl lineup includes four underclassmen and one junior.
• Latvia native Marta Silchenko (ranked 77^th nationally) missed the fall season to injury but has been a table-setter for the Cowgirls this spring, recording back-to-back top-10 finishes at the Big 12 Championship and the Gold Canyon Regional. She tied for 114^th in last year’s NCAA Championship as a true freshman.
• Junior Tulsa transfer Grace Kilcrease is ranked No. 33 on the national list and made the All-Big 12 team following a standout season that includes eight top-10 finishes. She won last September’s Carmel Cup and later broke a school record for low-18 (63). This will be her second NCAA Championship appearance. Last year’s tie for 21^stmarked the best individual finish by a Tulsa golfer since 2002.
• Freshman Summer Lee has logged 35 rounds in her freshman season (tied with Kilcrease for the team lead) and has recorded five top-20 finishes, highlighted by a win at the Texas State Invitational.
• Fellow first-year, Tarapath Panya will also be making her NCAA Championship debut. The Thailand-native has netted 25 rounds of experience with a season-best seventh place finish at the Dale McNamara Invitational (the best in a Cowgirl debut since 2018).
• Rounding out the lineup is sophomore Ellie Bushnell, who is fresh off a season-best sixth-place showing at the Gold Canyon Regional. This will be her second NCAA Championship after tying for 101^st last year.
• Freshman Lucy Darr will act as the substi­tute for the Cowgirls. The freshman has carded 57 birdies in 19 rounds in her first year collegiately.

WILKES-BARRE — Wilkes-Barre Mayor George Brown, as well as members of city council and the police department, welcomed three new police officers Wednesday during a ceremony at City Hall.

Paul Sromovski, 28; Jonathan Mason, 28; and John Owens, 27; were sworn in before friends and family inside city council chambers.

The new officers were all recent graduates of the Act 120 Police Academy at Lackawanna College.

“These men have gone through a rigorous selection process on their journey to becoming officers for the city,” Police Chief Joseph Coffey in his opening remarks.

The new officers bring a variety of experience and education to the department.

Sromovski was born and raised in Wilkes-Barre and is a 2015 graduate of the former Meyers High School. He is a military veteran, having spent four years in the Marine Corps. and previously worked as a correctional officer at SCI Waymart.

Mason was born in New York State and raised in Scranton. Mason is a graduate of Penn State University, with a bachelor’s degree in Administration of Justice and interned at the Wilkes-Barre City Police Department while in college.

Previously, he worked in the Lackawanna County Drug, Probation, Parole and Juvenile Probation departments.

Owens resides in Wilkes-Barre and is a 2016 graduate of the former Coughlin High School. Owens has an associate degree in general studies from Luzerne County Community College. He was previously a service manager at Goodyear Commercial Tire and Service Center.

Before administering the oath of office, Brown said he was honored to swear in more of “Wilkes-Barre’s finest.”

“Wilkes-Barre Police Department is the best in the state, and you prove it every day and every single day. I’m proud of what you do,” the mayor said.

Brown promised the three new officers that they would have the best training and equipment, along with the support of the mayor and the police chief.

Brown also shared an anecdote with the crowd, which he felt summed up the impact the department has on the community.

“I just ran out trying to grab a hamburger, and on my way out, I received a phone call from a friend of mine, and she was crying,” he said.

His friend was in a car accident the previous day, and told the mayor she was “so appreciative” for how the responding officer took control of the scene.

“When I hear these things as a mayor,” he said, “it makes me so darn proud of what you folks do.”