WACO -- The No. 1 seed Texas A&M women's golf team looks to make its return to the NCAA Championship through the 2026 Waco Regional May 11-13 at the Ridgewood Country Club.

The Aggies have won a program-record tying five tournaments this season and have the No. 4 ranking in the country, which garnered them the second No. 1 seed of the Gerrod Chadwell era.

The Maroon & White are led by Vanessa Borovilos who was recently named to the WGCA Player of the Year and ANNIKA Award Watch lists. The sophomore is ranked No. 11 on the scoreboard rankings and No. 21 on the World Amateur Ranking. The Canadian has finished runner-up three times this year, including the last two outings at the SEC Championship and "Mo" Morial Invitational, and one victory at the Moon Golf Invitational.

Joining Borovilos are Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio, Sky Sudberry, Brynn Kort and Natalie Yen. Louise Reau will serve as the team alternate. Fernandez Garcia-Poggio was an All-SEC First Team selection this season and is ranked No. 21 on the scoreboard ranking. Kort earned an SEC All-Freshman Team nod after posting four top-10 finishes this year.

The Aggies will be making their 33rd appearance in the NCAA postseason and fifth under the direction of Chadwell. The Waco regional is comprised of 12 teams, and the Maroon & White will need to finish within the top five of the field after 54 holes of stroke play in order to advance to the NCAA Championships in Carlsbad, California, April 22-27.

Live stats for the tournament can be followed here:

https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/243265/scoring/team

All rounds will be streamed here:

babygrandegolf.com

The Aggies tee off at 8 a.m. Monday morning to begin the regional.

The Field (Scoreboard Ranking)

Texas A&M (4)
Oregon (8)
Tennessee (16)
SMU (21)
Baylor (26)
LSU (36)
TCU (42)
Tulsa (49)
Colorado (51)
Northern Arizona (77)
Tarleton State (151)
Prairie View A&M (244)

Most of the course drains well. Some areas, mostly on back 9, can stay a bit boggy but they ought to be fine by late morning. Teams going off the front like the Ags are have a slight advantage today. I'll be out there some. Looking forward to it.

Can't win it (advance) on day 1...just don't want to shoot yourself out of it or put yourself in a bad spot.

Vanessa has been playing well. The Oregon girl's wedge game is elite. Cat just holed out from fairway on 11.

What were the conditions like?

Are they playing 36 today?

3 rounds of 18 over three days … 54 total.

Solid start. T2 and 7 shots clear of dreaded 6th place. SMU had a strong start to lead, but other than that, we essentially finished according to the chalk. Right where we need to be.

Borovilos Leads Aggies into Tie for Second After One Round of Waco Regional

WACO -- The No. 4 Texas A&M Women's golf team was led by Vanessa Borovilos who shot a 4-under 66 to lead the Aggies into a share of second at even-par, while she held onto a piece of first after the opening round of the Waco Regional Monday at Ridgewood Country Club.

"It is nice to get off to a good start," Head Coach Gerrod Chadwell said. "You will see that this golf course is probably going to win at the end of the week. We made great adjustments today to shoot even par with the wind the way that it was. The wind will switch around to the south tomorrow, so I am excited to see how we handle that."

Texas A&M was three shots back of No. 21 SMU (-3) and tied with No. 8 Oregon in second. The Aggies are competing to land inside the top five after 54 holes of golf and currently sit seven shots good of the cut, with No. 36 LSU holding onto sixth place at 7-over 217.

Borovilos stood toe-to-toe with the No. 1 ranked amateur in the world, Oregon's Kiara Romero. Both golfers shot 4-under 66, along with Tennessee's Kyra Van Kan. The Canadian birdied the first two holes of the day and added birds on Nos. 4 and 6 to jump out to 4-under quickly. The sophomore battled the rest of the round but logged two more birdies on 13 and 14 to secure a share of the lead heading into round two.

Cayetana Fernandez Garcia-Poggio had the inverse start to Borovilos, jumping out to 4-over at the turn. The junior All-SEC First Teamer turned her round around after dunking an eagle with a 58 degree from just over 74 yards out. Fernandez Garcia-Poggio added a birdie on 14 to bring her score down to 1-over 71 for the round and tied for 12th.

Brynn Kort also logged a 1-over 71 with a share of 12th. Kort carded a clean round with two bogeys and a birdie on 14. Natalie Yen was the final counting score for the Aggies at 2-over 72 and tied for 21st, while Sky Sudberry was 3-over 73 and tied for 29th.

The Aggies picked up six strokes from holes 11-15 with one eagle, five birdies and just one bogey. Three of Texas A&M's golfers holed birdies on No. 14.

The Maroon & White return in round two with an 8 a.m. tee time from No. 1 on Tuesday. The second round will be live streamed at babygrandegolf.com and live stats can be found at:

https://scoreboard.clippd.com/tournaments/243265/scoring/team

Team Standings

1 -- SMU (-3)
T2 -- Texas A&M (E)
T2 -- Oregon (E)
4 -- Tennessee (+2)
5 -- Tulsa (+6)
---PROJECTED CUT LINE---
6 -- LSU (+7)
7 -- Baylor (+8)
8 -- Tarleton State (+10)
9 -- Colorado (+12)
10 -- TCU (+15)
11 -- Northern Arizona (+16)
12 -- Prairie View A&M (+39)

12 shots clear of the cut line with 18 holes to go. Just play solid tomorrow and advance.