POINT CLEAR, Ala. — App State Women's Golf posted its best finish at the Sun Belt Championship tournament since 2017, placing sixth in the 13-team field after holding the opening-round lead at 3 under and entering the final round of stroke play in a tie for second place.
The top four teams through 54 holes advanced to Thursday's match play semifinals at The Lakewood Club. ULM led the way with a 7-over total, followed by South Alabama (16 over), Texas State (17 over) and Old Dominion (18 over). Coastal Carolina tied for fourth at 18 over before losing a playoff for the last match play spot to the Monarchs, and the sixth-seeded Mountaineers finished with a 22-over total (285-302-299—886, marking the fifth-best 54-hole total in program history).
App State true freshman
Zoe Duval tied for fifth place individually with a 2-under total (69-76-69—214), finishing five shots behind medalist Barbara Car of ODU, and App State true freshman
Alisa Pressley tied for 14th at 5 over (72-73-76—221). Duval had birdies on the 14th and 16th holes as Pressley made consecutive birdies on the 16th and 17th holes to keep App State within striking distance of a top-four team spot.
Duval recorded four birdies and one bogey in both her Monday and Wednesday rounds of 69. A late triple bogey in her second round was the only score above a bogey through 54 holes.
Ona Lukes tied for 30th at 9 over (72-77-76—225), and
Salem Lee tied for 38th at 12 over (72-77-79—228).
Maria Pinedo bounced back from a tough opening round to place 55th at 24 over (86-76-78—240).
App State's 3-under total of 285 on Monday tied for the second-lowest team round in program history, matching a 3-under 285 from the final round of the 2017 Sun Belt Championship. The Mountaineers were three shots ahead of second-place ULM thanks to four players ending the opening day within the top six on the individual leaderboard: Duval (69, third place), Lee (72), Lukes (72) and Pressley (72).
After 36 of 54 holes in Alabama, the Mountaineers were at 11 over, seven shots behind first-place ULM and seven shots ahead of the tie for fourth and fifth places between Old Dominion and Coastal Carolina. Thanks to a team-best 73 in the second round, Pressley joined Duval in a tie for eighth place at 1 over.
The Mountaineers finished 13th at the 2025 conference tournament but made significant strides with three new starters in their lineup for second-year head coach
Chan Metts, as two freshmen (Duval, Pressley) and one transfer (Pinedo) joined two returning starters (Lukes, Lee).
App State began the tournament with a season scoring average of 298.8, highlighted by three runner-up finishes in six spring events and seven of the top 10 team rounds in program history, including a record-setting 276 during the fall. Duval became the program's first top-five individual at the Sun Belt Championship since Joliana Elias, who tied for fourth in 2018 after tying for fifth in 2017.
The 2026 spring season was presented by Hound Ears Club.
Team Leaderboard
1. ULM, 871 (+7)
2. South Alabama, 880 (+16)
3. Texas State, 881 (+17)
T4. Old Dominion, 882 (+18)
T4. Coastal Carolina, 882 (+18)
6. App State, 886 (+22)
7. Georgia State, 892, (+28)
8. Southern Miss, 894 (+30)
9. Arkansas State, 903 (+39)
10. James Madison, 904 (+40)
11. Georgia Southern, 915 (+51)
12. Troy, 929 (+65)
13. Marshall, 941 (+77)
Individual Leaderboard
1. Barbara Car, Old Dominion, 73, 70, 66 (-7)
T2. Daniela Campillo, ULM, 68, 71, 72 (-5)
T2. Lillian Buehle, South Alabama, 70, 72, 69 (-5)
4. Louise Cuyvers, Southern Miss, 75, 69, 70 (-3)
T5. Grace Quintanilla, Texas State, 72, 70, 72 (-2)
T5.
Zoe Duval, App State, 69, 76, 69 (-2)
