TOPEKA, Kan. -- The Washburn Ichabod women's golf team makes its first NCAA Central Regional appearance in program history at KickingBird Golf Course in Edmond, Okla. from May 5-7.
LIVE SCORING
Live results and tournament information can be found at
https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/236889
WHO'S INVITED
MIAA rival Central Missouri earned the top seed in the 18-team Central Regional. Arkansas-Fort Smith, Nebraska-Kearney, Missouri Southern, Central Oklahoma, Northwest Missouri, and Missouri Western also represent the MIAA in the regional. Teams from the GAC and NSIC also make appearances.
COURSE INFO
KickingBird Golf Club, built in 1971, is Edmond's oldest golf course. It was designed by Floyd Farley and opened on May 29, 1971. On opening weekend over 950 rounds of golf were played over three days. KickingBird Golf Club has received many awards as the best public golf course in the state and is still recognized as one of the best public courses in the Oklahoma City area. It has been chosen as Edmond's Favorite Golf Course for several years running.
ICHABOD LINEUP
Susana Granados Carrion, Keira Ronsick, Angelina Borg-Malec, Allie Sullivan, and Aliyah North will make up the first-ever Ichabod regional squad. Raegan Petersen will make the trip as a substitute.
LAST TIME OUT
(Apr. 15, 2025) KEARNEY, Neb. -- The Washburn Ichabod women's golf team earned a tie for 5th in its debut performance at the MIAA Golf Championships, taking advantage of a tournament-best team score of 309 in the final round at Meadowlark Hills Golf Club on Tuesday. The Ichabods will take a couple of weeks off before heading to Edmond, Okla. for the NCAA Central Regional Championships from May 5-7.
Susana Granados Carrion finished in a tie for 4th place after firing a 2-over 73, the best round posted by an Ichabod in the tournament. Granados Carrion made two birdies in the round, opening her day with a birdie at the par-4, 329-yard 1st hole.
Aliyah North finished in 42nd place following her tournament-best round, a 6-over 77. North made back-to-back birdies at the 13th and 14th holes, both par-4s.
Allie Sullivan closed the tournament in a tie for 28th place after a 7-over 78. Sullivan made birdie at the par-3, 125-yard 15th hole.
Keira Ronsick joined Sullivan in a tie for 28th after a final-round 81. Ronsick tied for 18th in the field in par-3 scoring average at 3.42.
Angelina Borg-Malec finished in a tie for 31st place after a round of 84. Following a double bogey on her first hole, Borg-Malec recovered with a birdie at the par-5, 450-yard 2nd hole.
Playing as an individual, Lois Deeter finished in 61st place after a round of 88. Deeter began her day with three consecutive pars.
Washburn and Missouri Southern shared 5th place with team scores of 949 across the three rounds, finishing one stroke behind 4th-place Central Oklahoma.
Central Missouri won the team title with a three-day score of 916, 22 strokes lower than 2nd-place Northwest Missouri. Sam Maceli of Northeastern State claimed the individual title with a score of 229 for the tournament.
COACHING
Former Ichabod golfer Ronnie McHenry is in his fourth season as the men's head coach in 2024-25 after spending two seasons as the team's volunteer assistant taking over the Washburn program in 2021. Prior to the start of the 2024-25 season, with the addition of the Ichabod women's golf program, he added the title of Director of Golf.
Entering his fourth full season, he has led the Ichabod men's squad to two NCAA Super Regional appearances and an NCAA National Championship appearance, finishing 18th in 2023.
UP NEXT
The Ichabods will seek to qualify for the NCAA National Championships, held in Boulder City, Nev. from May 13-17.
