TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (EMUEagles.com) — One final regular season tournament awaits the Eastern Michigan University women’s golf team in 2026 as the Eagles are set to compete in the Chevron Silverado Showdown, April 6-8, at the Silverado Country Club and Resort in Napa, Calif., this week, just 20 days out from the 2026 Mid-American Conference Tournament. The Eagles are coming off a strong showing at the Silicon Valley Showcase (March 30-31) in Millbrae, Calif., where Eastern captured its third team title of the year while adding its third individual medalist as Baiyok Sukterm earned her first victory as an NCAA Division I player.
 
ON THE COURSE FOR EASTERN
Here are the Eagles that will compete in the 2026 Chevron Silverado Showdown:
1. Baiyok Sukterm (Jr.) • 72.7 avg. | #121-ranked; Silicon Valley Showcase medalist (3/31), 2x MAC Golfer OTW
2. Janae Leovao (Sr.) • 72.2 avg. | #73-ranked; Opened the year with back-to-back wins; 3x MAC Golfer of the Week
3. Jasmine Leovao (Sr.) • 72.2 avg. | #82-ranked; T4th at Alice & John Wallace; 2x MAC Golfer of the Week
4. Savannah de Bock (Jr.) • 72.8 avg. | #134-ranked; Medalist at Citrus Golf Trail Invitational (Dec. 2025)
5. Mariana Vega (So.) • 75.2 avg. | Career-best T4th at the Oklahoma Intercollegiate (Oct. 6-7)
 
CHIP INS
» Eastern last played March 30-31 at the Silicon Valley Showcase (Millbrae, Calif.) where they won the team and individual titles, marking the third time this year the Eagles have swept both in the same event. Baiyok Sukterm took medalist honors at 3-under 210 for her first win as an NCAA Division I player (seventh overall) while EMU added to tiles won at The Southern (Sept. 8-9) and the Leadership & Golf Invitational (Sept. 15-16) where Janae Leovao captured medalist honors at both.
» The Eagles’ victory at the Silicon Valley Showcase marked the 31st title won in program history (27th outright) and was the third recorded this season, tying for the second-highest win total in a single season with the 2006-07, 2011-12, 2019-20, and 2021-22 squads. The 2007-08 team holds the record with four team wins that season.
» EMU swept the team and individual titles for the third time this season and the 12th time in program history. The trio of doubles are the most in program history ahead of the two recorded in the 1999-00 and 2007-08 seasons.
» The victory for Baiyok Sukterm was her first at the NCAA Division I level and the 13th of her collegiate career after winning six at the NJCAA and six at the NAIA levels. It also made her the 18th different Eastern player to win a tournament while securing the 28th medalist honors in program history.
» Following the tournament, Baiyok Sukterm was voted the MAC Golfer of the Week, marking her second weekly award from the league (Oct. 10) and the eighth earned by an Eagle this season as Janae Leovao (Sept. 19/Feb. 20/March 13) and Jasmine Leovao (Oct. 24/Feb. 20/March 27) have both earned three previously. The eight honors from the MAC are three more earned than any other season in program history and marks the first time in program history three players have earned multiple awards.
» The Eagles have played nine tournaments this year and placed either first (three times) or second (three times) in six of those events following their victory at the Silicon Valley Showcase. The three other finishes include two fourth-place showings and one seventh-place finish.
» Eastern is now ranked tied for 25th in the Mizuno/WGCA Coaches Poll (March 23) after five releases as a member of the receiving votes section. The ranking marked the first time in program history the Eagles have been voted into the national top 25 of the coaches poll.
» The latest Scoreboard/Clippd rankings have the Eagles at a program-record No. 26 this week (April 1). Eastern, who has been ranked inside the top 35 all season, posted a record ranking for the fifth time this year and marked its fourth consecutive week inside the national top 30.
» Eastern has played against 11 of the current top 25 (Scoreboard/Clippd) and holds a 5-10-1 record, including two wins over No. 15 UCLA. EMU will face No. 2 USC (fourth time) and No. 5 Oregon (second) this week.
» Four Eagles are among the national top 135 in the latest Scoreboard/Clippd rankings, including No. 73 Janae Leovao, No. 82 Jasmine Leovao, No. 121 Baiyok Sukterm, and No. 134 Savannah de Bock.
» Josh Brewer has now won 19 titles as a head coach after securing 16 with Georgia and three with EMU.
» Janae Leovao won the individual title at the Leadership and Golf Invitational for her second consecutive title to become the first Eagle to win back-to-back titles in program history. She is the first EMU player since Stephany Fleet (2007-08) to win multiple titles in the same season.
» Janae Leovao is one win away from tying and setting a program record. With another win this season, she would become the fourth Eagle to win three tournaments in a single career while also becoming the first to win three titles in the same season.
 
TOURNAMENT INFO: THE FACTS
The Chevron Silverado Showdown will see 54 holes played over three days with 18 holes played each day, April 6-8. The teams will begin play with tee times set for 8:30 a.m. PT (11:30 a.m. ET) off No. 1 and No. 10 the first two days with an 8:30 a.m. PT (11:30 a.m. ET) shotgun start the final day. The North Course at Silverado Country Club and Resort in Napa, Calif., will play as a par 72 and measure 6,146 yards.
 
TOURNAMENT INFO: THE FIELD
The Chevron Silverado Showdown features 16 teams with Colorado and Oregon serving as co-hosts of the event. Along with the Eagles and the two hosts, the field also features California, Cincinnati, Colorado State, CS Fullerton, CS Northridge, Nebraska, Northern Arizona, Oregon State, San Francisco, San Jose State, UC Davis, USC, Washington, and Washington State.
 
IN THE RANKINGS • TEAMS
All 16 teams in the field are ranked among the top 130 in the April 1 Scoreboard/Clippd rankings, including two teams in the top five – No. 2 USC and No. 5 Oregon. No. 26 Eastern is one of five teams in the top 50 that includes No. 39 CS Fullerton, No. 44 California, No. 45 Oregon State, and No. 48 Colorado. Additionally, five more teams are ranked in the top 100, including No. 51 San Jose State, No. 67 UC Davis, No. 74 Northern Arizona, No. 76 Nebraska, and No. 88 Washington.
 
FACING THE BEST

The Eagles have faced some of the top teams in the nation throughout the season, including four of the top five ranked teams in the April 1 Scoreboard/Clippd national rankings, including No. 2 USC (three events), No. 3 Texas A&M (once), No. 4 Florida (once), and No. 5 Oregon (once). Overall, the No. 26 Eagles hold a record of 5-10-1 against the current top 25 teams, including a 2-0-0 record against No. 15 UCLA and single wins over No. 14 Vanderbilt, No. 23 Oklahoma, and No. 24 Baylor. Eastern will face No. 2 USC for the fourth time and Oregon for the second this week as both are entered into the Chevron Silverado Showdown with the Ducks serving as a co-host.
 
STRONG FINISHES

Eastern recently won the Silicon Valley Showcase (March 30-31), which marked the sixth time in nine tournaments this year it has finished first or second. Eastern won The Southern (Sept. 8-9) and the Leadership & Golf Invitational (Sept. 15-16) to open the season and has added runner-up showings at the Oklahoma Intercollegiate (Oct. 6-7), the Alice & John Wallace Invitational (Feb. 14-16), and the Florida State Match Up.
 
IN THE RANKINGS • INDIVIDUAL
Of the teams in the field, 24 players are currently ranked in the national top 200, including 12 in the top 100. The highest ranking individuals include No. 3 Kiara Romero (Oregon), who also is the top ranked amateur in the world, and five members of the USC team in No. 10 Catherine Park, No. 13 Kylie Chong, No. 23 Bailey Shoemaker, No. 29 Jasmine Koo, and No. 41 Elise Lee. No. 73 Janae Leovao and No. 82 Jasmine Leovao are two of the six players ranked in the top 100.
 
SOARING HIGHER
Eastern has earned a program-record Scoreboard/Clippd ranking this week as the Eagles climbed to No. 26 (April 1). Eastern, who ended the 2024-25 season at No. 122, which was then the record, opened this season at No. 35 (Oct. 15) to destroy the previous best. The Eagles rose to No. 29 on Oct. 22 before breaking the record for the third time on March 11 and March 18 as they were ranked No. 28. After falling one spot to No. 29 last week, Eastern climbed to No. 26 this week to mark the fourth record-breaking ranking earned this year.
 
FOUR EAGLES IN THE TOP 150
Individually, four Eagles are among the top 135 in the April 1 Scoreboard/Clippd rankings with Janae Leovao leading the way at No. 73. She is followed in the rankings by No. 82 Jasmine Leovao, No. 121 Baiyok Sukterm, and No. 134 Savannah de Bock. The ranking for Sukterm is the highest she has received this season behind the No. 114 ranking she earned Oct. 22, 2025.
 
NEW HEIGHTS
The program entered new territory last week as Eastern found itself ranked tied for No. 25 with Missouri on the March 23 release of the Mizuno/WGCA Coaches Poll, marking the first time in program history the Eagles have been featured in the top 25 of the poll. Eastern received votes in the previous five releases this season and was as high as No. 26 in the Nov. 14 release before cracking the top 25.
 
REVIEW: SILICON VALLEY SHOWCASE
Baiyok Sukterm won her first individual crown as a member of the EMU program with her wire-to-wire performance leading the Eagles to the team crown at the Silicon Valley Showcase that was played at Green Hills Country Club in Millbrae, Calif., March 30-31. The individual and team wins marked the third time this season the Eagles won the double after claiming the team titles at The Southern (Sept. 8-9) and the Leadership & Golf Invitational (Sept. 15-16) with Janae Leovao winning medalist honors at both. As a team, the No. 29 Eagles shot 8-over 860 (279-293-288) on the par-71, 6,084-yard course to win the title by one stroke over the No. 50 California, who finished second at 9-over 861. Eastern, who posted the second-best 54-hole team score in program history, opened with a school-record 279 to push the Eagles to the top of the standings that saw No. 34 Kansas State round out the top three teams at 26-over 878. Overall, four Eagles placed in the top 20 with Janae Leovao tying for fourth (215), Jasmine Leovao tied for 13th (219) and Savannah de Bock tied for 16th (221).
 
ANOTHER VICTORY
Baiyok Sukterm captured medalist honors at the Silicon Valley Showcase (March 30-31) to become the 18th different Eastern player to win a tournament while securing the 28th crown in program history. Sukterm shot 3-under 210 to post the fifth-lowest score in program history while her rounds of 68 in both the first and second round tied for the ninth lowest. Additionally, her 210 tied for the fourth-lowest score in the four-year history of the tournament. It also marked her the 13th collegiate title of her career and her first at the NCAA Division I level, marking the third different level she has been victorious. She opened her career at Barton CC and won six titles while playing for the NJCAA Division I program before winning six times last year at Lindsey Wilson of the NAIA. Prior to her win with the Eagles, her best finish this year was a tie for second place at the Oklahoma Intercollegiate (Oct. 6-7), an event that was shortened to two rounds because of rain.
 
HIGH FIVE
In the two seasons Josh Brewer has guided the Eastern program, five individual titles have been won, starting with Savannah de Bock at the Golfweek Red Sky Classic (Sept. 23-24, 2024). Angelica Holman added a second title last year when she won the Women’s National Golf Invitational (May 9-11) before Janae Leovao opened the 2025-26 season as she captured back-to-back titles with wins at The Southern (Sept. 8-9) and the Leadership & Golf Invitational (Sept. 15-16) and Baiyok Sukterm won the Silicon Valley Showcase (March 30-31). The five wins in two seasons tied a program record set during the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons when Stephany Fleet (three) and Catherine Fortin (two) combined to win five titles. The duo each won once during the 2006-07 campaign before Fleet captured two more one season later.
 
ADDING AWARDS
Baiyok Sukterm was named the MAC Golfer of the Week, April 3, after she led the Silicon Valley Showcase from start to finish as she jumped out to a five-stroke lead following back-to-back rounds of 68 before closing in 74 to shoot 3-over 210 and win the title by one stroke. The win is Sukterm’s first as a member of the program and marked the third different level of competition she has won after securing six titles with Barton CC (NJCAA) in 2023-24 and six more with Lindsey Wilson (NAIA) last year. The 18th different EMU player to secure medalist honors and the 28th crown won, Sukterm, ranked No. 155 ahead of the event, posted the fifth-lowest score in program history while the 68 she shot in the opening two rounds tied for the ninth-best in EMU history. She helped EMU to its third title this season, which tied for the second-highest total in a single season in program history and sits one behind the four titles won by the 2007-08 squad.
 
CRAZY EIGHTS
Baiyok Sukterm’s MAC Golfer of the Week award, earned April 3, was her second of the season and the third consecutive for the Eagles with Janae Leovao (March 13) and Jasmine Leovao (March 27) winning the previous two. Combined, the trio has brought home eight weekly honors from the MAC, which stands as the most in a single season in program history, surpassing the five earned four different times since the 2000-01 season. Additionally, Eastern leads all schools this year with eight while Kent State is second with five honors. With the second award earned by Sukterm, she helped break a program record for the number of individuals earning multiple MAC weekly awards as the Leovao’s have both earned three awards this year. All told, Sukterm earned the 49th weekly honor from the MAC since 2000-01.
 
TEAM TITLE TOTALS

The victory at the Silicon Valley Showcase marked the third tournament Eastern won this year after opening the season with wins at The Southern (Sept. 8-9) and the Leadership & Golf Invitational (Sept. 15-16). The trio of titles is tied for the second-highest single-season total with the 2006-07, 2011-12, 2019-20, and 2021-22 teams and is one behind the record four victories secured by the 2007-08 team. All told, Eastern has now tallied 31 team titles since the team began play in the 1996-97 season with the Silicon Valley Showcase title standing as the 27th outright crown.
 
DOUBLE UP THE WINS
Eastern swept the titles at the Silicon Valley Showcase (March 30-31), marking the third time this year and the 12th time in program history at the team won the tournament while also having the medalist. Janae Leovao was the medalist in both team wins to open the year (The Southern and the Leadership & Golf Invitational) to start the team off strong with the wins at the SVS event breaking the tie with the 1999-00 and 2007-08 teams for most double victories in a single season.
 
MORE WINS BREWER-ING
Eastern Michigan has now won three times under Josh Brewer, who has now won 19 tournaments in his coaching career after securing 16 during his 12-year tenure at Georgia. The wins also marked the first for a Brewer-led team since the Bulldogs won the 2023 NCAA Athens Regional in Athens, Ga., the team’s third NCAA regional title.
 
MAKING REVISIONS
Under Josh Brewer (Fall 2024 through the Silicon Valley Showcase, March 30-31), the team has taken its talons to the record book on numerous occasions. In fact, just in the five events played during the Fall 2025 season, the Eagles broke the team single low round four times, the team score once and added nine total marks to those two areas. Eastern picked up where it left off as the Eagles added one tournament and two rounds to the ledger as well. For the lowest single-round team score, the record ahead of the 2024-25 season was 286, shot Sept. 22, 2015, at the Cardinal Classic and was broken six times since, including:
» 285 at the Golfweek Red Sky Classic (third round)(Sept. 25, 2024)
» 285 at The Southern (first round)(Sept. 8, 2025)
» 283 at The Southern (second round)(Sept. 9, 2025)

» 282 at the Leadership & Golf Invitational (first round)(Sept. 15, 2025)
» 281 at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational (third round)(Oct. 22, 2025)
» 279 at the Silicon Valley Showcase (first round)(March 30, 2026)
 
MORE LOW ROUNDS
Eastern has recorded 31 rounds of team scoring at 291 or lower in program history with 18 of those coming this season (26 rounds played). In fact, ahead of the start of the 2024-25 season, only eight such rounds had been recorded.
» 279 at Silicon Valley Showcase (round 1)(March 30, 2026)
» 281 at Rainbow Wahine Invitational (round 3)(Oct. 22, 2025)

» 282 at Leadership & Golf Invitational (round 1)(Sept. 15, 2025)
» 282 at Alice & John Wallace Invitational (round 3)(Feb. 16, 2026)
» 283 at The Southern (round 2)(Sept. 8, 2025)
» 284 at Golfweek Red Sky Classic (round 2)(Sept. 23, 2025)
» 285 at The Southern (round 1)(Sept. 8, 2025)
» 285 at Alice & John Wallace Invitational (round 2)(Feb. 15, 2026)
» 285 at GameAbove Invitational (round 2)(March 9, 2026)

» 286 at Leadership & Golf Invitational (round 2)(Sept. 15, 2025)
» 287 at Golfweek Red Sky Classic (round 3)(Sept. 24, 2025)
» 288 at Florida State Match Up (round 3)(March 22, 2026)
» 288 at Silicon Valley Showcase (round 3)(March 30, 2026)
» 289 at Rainbow Wahine Invitational (round 1)(Oct. 20, 2025)
» 290 at Florida State Match Up (round 1)(March 20, 2026)
» 290 at Florida State Match Up (round 2)(March 21, 2026)
 
FOR THREE?
Janae Leovao was the medalist at The Southern and the Leadership & Golf Invitational events earlier this year. Leovao is on the cusp of more history with the Eagles as another victory this season would make her the first player in program history to record three wins in the same season while becoming only the fourth Eagle to win three titles in a career in Ypsilanti. Stephanie Smoot was the first to three wins with titles in 1998, 1999, and 2000 before Catherine Fortin added wins in 2006, 2007, and 2008. Stephany Fleet was the most recent winner of three titles as she won once in 2006-07 before taking two in the 2007-08 season.
 
TAKING IT BACK(-2-BACK)
The win in Washington was the 30th all-time for the Eagles and, coupled with the win at The Southern (Sept. 8-9) gave the Eagles back-to-back titles for the fifth time in program history and the first time since the 2021-22 season when they won the Golden Grizzly Invitational in Rochester, Mich. (Sept. 26-27, 2021) and the Shirley Spork Invitational at home (Oct. 4-5, 2021). Additionally, Eastern won back-to-back 54-hole tournaments for just the second time with the only other instance coming during the 2019-20 season. That year, the Eagles won titles at the Shirley Spork Invitational at home (Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2019) and the MAC Fall Preview in Silver Lakes, Ohio (Oct. 7-8, 2019).
 
TWIN WINS
The medalist honors Janae Leovao secured at The Southern marked her first collegiate victory after previously finishing second in three different events in the three previous seasons with Long Beach State. The win, however, is not the first for a member of the Leovao family as sister Jasmine Leovao won three times with LBSU. Jasmine won the 2023 and 2024 Big West Conference titles before taking medalist honors in 2025 in the LBSU dual with San Diego State. Overall, a Leovao has now won a collegiate event at least once in each of the past four seasons.
 
TWINNING
Janae Leovao shot 7-under 209 to win the Leadership & Golf Invitational (Sept. 15-16) that included rounds of 68 and 69 to close out the win. She won her second consecutive tournament after finishing no higher than second place four times in her prior 35 tournaments. Her win made her the seventh different EMU player to record multiple wins in a career and the first to win multiple times in the same season since Stephany Fleet won twice in 2007-08. She also became the first EMU player to win back-to-back titles in program history and, coupled with teammate Angelica Holman‘s win at the Women’s National Golf Invitational that closed out the 2024-25 season, EMU has now won three consecutive individual tournament titles for the first time in program history.
 
LPGA COLLEGIATE ADVANCEMENT PATHWAY
The LPGA has instituted its Collegiate Advancement Pathway program, which will be used to help the top 10 collegiate players on the list earn priority status on the Epson Tour for the remainder of the 2026 season and all of the 2027 season while also adding in exemptions into the different rounds of the 2026 LPGA Q-Series. As of April 3, Janae Leovao is ranked No. 31 (710.5534 points) while Jasmine Leovao is just behind her at No. 32 (706.1386).
 
ON THE HORIZON
Upon completing play at the Chevron Silverado Showdown, Eastern will turn its focus to the postseason and look to secure its first league crown when the Eagles venture to Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio, for the 2026 Mid-American Conference Championships. The three-day event will be held April 26-28 with the winning team earning an automatic berth into the 2026 NCAA Regionals.