EDINA, Minn. — Championship season officially begins for the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) this weekend as the 2026 MIAC Women's Golf Championships are set to tee off on Friday morning at Braemar Golf Course in Edina.
Nine MIAC women's golf teams will begin the three-day, 54-hole conference championship this Friday, October 2, and crown the MIAC champion on Sunday, October 4.
This will be the second consecutive season that the MIAC Women's Golf Championships will be played at Braemar; the course also hosted the MIAC Men's Golf Championships in 2024.
- Championship 101
- Follow the Action
- In the Polls
- Championship Rewind
- All-Championship Returners
- Championship Apparel
- Around the MIAC
Championship 101
Each participating MIAC team will enter five players in the tournament, with the program's four best performances each day determining the team score. The team with the lowest score over the course of the tournament will receive the MIAC's automatic qualifier to the 2027 NCAA Division III Women's Golf Championships.
Action will begin on Friday morning with the first wave of golfers set to tee off at 11:00 a.m. Teams are seeded based on their finish in the 2025 MIAC Championships, and golfers will tee off in descending order of their place in the lineup (No. 5 to No. 1). [Note: Carleton and St. Olaf have agreed to switch wave positions on Day 1 due to a schedule conflict on campus.] Macalester, St. Catherine, and St. Olaf will start the tournament at 11:00 a.m., with teams following in order of 2025 finish every ten minutes after. Gustavus, Saint Benedict, and Bethel are tentatively set to begin teeing off at 11:50 a.m. on Friday, followed by defending champion Carleton, Concordia, and St. Scholastica beginning at 12:40 p.m.
Saturday's tee times are also set to begin at 11:00 a.m., while Sunday's final round is slated for a 10:00 a.m. start. Specific pairings for Saturday and Sunday will be reordered from high to low according to the previous day's scores. Tentative tee times and pairings for the tournament will be available online on the championship home page and on Scoreboard powered by Clippd.
| 2026-27 Women's Golf Statistics | Women's Golf Record Book |
Follow the Action
Spectators are welcome to attend the 2026 MIAC Women's Golf Championships at Braemar Golf Course and must follow all local and spectator rules.
Fans not in attendance in Edina can follow all the action via unofficial live scoring and hole-by-hole updates through Scoreboard powered by Clippd.
The MIAC has a championship home page for the event that will serve as the online home of the tournament. The championship page will include tee times, pairings, and results as they become available, as well as recaps and photos.
| Championship Home Page | Live Scoring |
In the Polls
- Defending MIAC champion Carleton is ranked No. 24 in the latest Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) Division III Top 25 Poll, released on September 25. Macalester and St. Catherine both received votes in the balloting.
Championship Rewind
The Carleton Knights are the reigning MIAC women's golf champions. Carleton rewrote the MIAC women's golf record book at the 2025 conference championships; the Knights shattered the championship team scoring records for 18 (292), 36 (590), and 54 (886) holes, while MIAC medalist and eventual NCAA Division III individual national champion Carter Sichol also posted new conference records for 18 (69), 36 (138), and 54 (211) holes. The Knights placed all five players on the 2025 MIAC All-Championship Team, becoming just the sixth team in recorded MIAC history to achieve the feat.
All-Championship Returners
Five former MIAC Women's Golf All-Championship Team honorees will be back on the course this weekend, including Bethel's Sophie Brantner (T9th 2023); Macalester's Ava Austria (T10th 2024, 4th 2025) and Yangyang Gu (T9th 2025); and St. Catherine's Caylin Cantwell (6th 2025) and Raquel Ahrens (T9th 2025).
The ten lowest-scoring individuals (ties included) at the MIAC Championships are named to the All-Championship Team and earn automatic qualification to the All-MIAC squad in the spring.
| All-Time Women's Golf All-Championship Team Honorees |
Championship Apparel
Official championship apparel is available for online purchase via the MIAC Shop powered by UNRestricted MKTG. The online MIAC Shop features officially licensed short-sleeve t-shirts, long-sleeve t-shirts, and hooded sweatshirts, to commemorate the 2026 conference championship meet. The items available in this store are custom-decorated. Please allow 2-4 weeks for delivery. All apparel items are custom-made, and all sales are final.
Team champion apparel will be added and available for online purchase shortly after the tournament.
Around the MIAC
- Bethel senior Sophie Brantner (West Fargo, N.D. / Oak Grove Lutheran) tied for second overall with a two-round score of 145 (70-75) at the September Showdown on 9/26-27. Her opening round score of 70 represents a new collegiate-best round. The second-place finish was also the second runner-up performance of her collegiate career.
- Carleton first-year Cindy Yuan (Danville, Calif. / The Athenian School) opened the Knights' September Showdown on 9/26 with a collegiate-best score of 70 (-2). Yuan finished the 36-hole meet with a score of 145 (70-75, +1) to tie for second place on the individual leaderboard. Yuan has placed among the top 10 finishers at all four of her tournaments played this fall, and finished in the top five in each of her last three.
- Concordia first-year Zoe Keene (West Fargo, N.D. / West Fargo Sheyenne) broke the Cobbers' 36-hole scoring record for a second consecutive week with a two-round total of 142 (70-72, -2) to earn medalist honors at the D3 Classic on 9/12-13. Keene recorded 25 pars and five birdies at Emerald Greens Golf Course to finish the tournament with a five-shot margin of victory on the individual leaderboard. Her weekend score is tied for the fifth-lowest 36-hole score in recorded MIAC women's golf history, and is tied for the lowest 36-hole score ever by a first-year MIAC women's golfer.
- Gustavus sophomore Addison Longie (Hutchinson, Minn. / Hutchinson) shot even par 144 (73-71, E) to place second overall at the 36-hole St. Kate's Fall Invite at Eagle Valley Golf Course in Woodbury on 9/19-20. Longie had nine birdies over 36 holes, tied for the most in the 77-player field. Her two-round score is tied for the 18th-lowest in recorded MIAC women's golf history and broke the previous program record, set in 2005, by two strokes.
- Macalester first-year Marley Zhang (Hebei, China / Shanghai Hongqiao International School) shot back-to-back rounds of 71 (142, -2) to win the September Showdown at Oneka Ridge and Faribault Golf Club on 9/26-27. Zhang claimed medalist honors with a three-shot margin of victory and set a new 36-hole program record in the process. Her two-round score of 142 is tied for the fifth-lowest 36-hole tally in recorded MIAC women's golf history.
- Saint Benedict first-year Hallie Johnson (Red Wing, Minn. / Red Wing) helped CSB to a fourth-place finish at the St. Kate's Invitational on 9/19-20. Johnson tied for eighth place behind rounds of 76 and 73. Johnson finished the weekend with a 36-hole score of 149 (+5), the best of her collegiate career and tied for the fifth-best in program history.
- St. Catherine junior Caylin Cantwell (Blaine, Minn. / Totino Grace) carded a career-best 18-hole score of 69 in the first round of the September Showdown on 9/26. Cantwell shot a 76 in round two for a 36-hole total of 145 (+1) to tie for second on the individual leaderboard. Her 69 is tied for the fifth-lowest 18-hole score in recorded MIAC women's golf history, while her two-round 145 ranks 26th all-time in the conference record book.
- St. Olaf first-year Sarah Dove (North Oaks, Minn. / Mounds View) tied the lowest score in program history in her first collegiate round for the Oles at the season-opening CSB Invite on 9/5-6. Dove carded three birdies on her first four holes as part of a 3-under 33 on the front nine on her way to a 1-under 71 for just the second under-par round in recorded program history. Dove tied for third overall at the event with a 36-hole score of 152 (71-81, +8).
- St. Scholastica senior Kate Anderson (Mora, Minn. / Mora) finished 14th with a two-round score of 159 (80-79, +17) at the Twin Ports Collegiate on 9/18-19. Anderson shot for par or better on 20 of the 36 holes, 12th-best among the 84 competitors at the tournament.