WACO, Texas (May 13, 2026) - The 2025-26 women's golf season draws to a close as NAU completed its final round at the NCAA Waco Regional.
The Lumberjacks were disqualified during yesterday's round after senior Lizzie Neale withdrew due to injury, leaving the team with only three players. Amy Hodgkins, Lydia Lin and Frankie Dezis were able to continue competing as individuals today.
This marks just the second time in NCAA women's regional history that a team has been disqualified after being unable to field four players. East Carolina was forced out of the 2018 NCAA Austin Regional after it had just two healthy players for the second round. Three Pirates were among those stricken by a virus believed to have originated from water coolers on the course.
SMU topped the leaderboard, finishing with a team total of 17-under par. The top five teams qualified for the NCAA National Championship, scheduled for May 22-27 at Omni La Costa Resort & Spa in Carlsbad, Calif. Those teams are SMU, Texas A&M, Baylor, LSU and Tennessee. Vanessa Borovilos of Texas A&M earned medalist honors, shooting 66-69-65 for a 10-under total and a four-stroke victory.
All three Lumberjacks shot a 73 (+3) in the final round. Junior Hodgkins was the top finisher with a 54-hole total of 3-over par (72-68-73), tying for 24th place. She recorded 15 pars in the final round and finished in the top 25 in all three scoring categories, averaging even par on the par 3s overall, tied for 20th best, 4.11 (+4) on the par 4s, tied for 25th, and 4.83 (-1) on the par 5s, tied for 20th. Hodgkins had a total of four birdies and tied for the second-most pars with 43 total.
Freshman Lin finished at 8-over overall and tied for 39th place. She opened the final round with a birdie on the par-5 10th hole and added another on the 357-yard par-4 17th. She averaged 3.08 (+1) on the par 3s, 4.22 (+8) on the par 4s and tied for 20th in par-5 scoring with an average of 4.83 (-1). Over the three days, she secured five birdies and 37 pars which tied for the 13th most.
Junior Dezis had three birdies to close out the tournament, including one on her opening hole, another on hole 12 and a final birdie on hole nine to end the event. Her three-round total of 12-over par tied her for 48th place, moving her up two spots on the leaderboard from yesterday. She tied with Lin in par-3 scoring, averaged 4.25 (+9) on the par 4s and 5.33 (+2) on the par 5s. Dezis was tied 28th with seven total birdies and had 33 total pars.
Between them, the Lumberjacks tallied 127 pars and 17 birdies. They tied for fifth with Oregon in par-3 scoring at 3.10 (+4), ranked seventh in par-4 scoring at 4.23 (+29) and seventh in par-5 scoring at 5.00 (E).
Northern Arizona won three tournaments this season, including its 10th Big Sky title, while achieving a No. 77 national ranking - the best in head coach Brad Bedortha's 18 seasons with the Lumberjacks. Bedortha was recently named Big Sky Coach of the Year, and three players earned All-Big Sky First Team honors.
The Lumberjacks will welcome three incoming freshmen to join three returning players for the 2026-27 season, which begins in September.
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