PALM CITY, Fla. - East Tennessee State women's golf opens spring action on Sunday at the 2026 UNCG Advances Golf Partners Collegiate.  The Bucs will make their second consecutive appearance in the tournament after finishing third overall out of 18 teams in 2024-25.
    
East Tennessee State at the UNCG Advances Golf Partners Collegiate 
Feb. 1-3 | Palm City, Fla. | Hammock Creek Golf Club
Results
Par 72
7,205 Yards
Format: 18-18-18 (Sunday-Tuesday)
The teams in the field include Virginia Tech, Akron, Lipscomb, App State, Southern Illinois, Elon, Georgia State, Kennesaw State, Arkansas State, UNCG, Daytona State, Little Rock, Illinois State, Memphis, Jax State and Butler.
 

• Sophia Gambini | Fr. | Maryville, Tenn.
• Katie Hall | Sr. | Abingdon, Va.
• McKenzie Hauk | So. | Kingsport, Tenn.
• Arisa Piyamanit | Fr. | Nakhon Prathom, Thailand
• Nova Siljander | Fr. | Stavanger, Norway

• Sophia Gambini was named the SoCon Women's Golfer of the Week on October 15, 2025 after collecting her first collegiate tournament win at the Terrier Intercollegiate.
• Sophia Gambini collected her first collegiate tournament win at the Terrier Intercollegiate, shooting even in rounds one and three and one over in the second for a total score of 217(+1).  Gambini shot one over or better in five of 12 rounds in the fall.
• ETSU captured the first team tournament win of the season at the Terrier Intercollegiate to close out the fall slate.  The tournament victory is the first for women's golf since the 2024 Southern Conference team title.
• McKenzie Hauk boasted one round under par and one round over par at the Merecedes-Benz Collegiate, finishing tied for 31st at 219(+6).
• Arisa Piyamanit led the Bucs with a seventh place finish at the Golfweek Fall Challenge, shooting 212 (-1), with two rounds two under.

• ETSU women's golf finished fifth overall at the Southern Conference Tournament.
• The squad posted a podium finish at the UNCG AGCP Invitational for their top team finish of the season.  The top team result came in day two of the More Than Golf Invitational when the team shot +9.
• Katie Hall, Sydney Harz and McKenzie Hauk return to the 2025-26 roster from the 2024-25 roster.