CARLSBAD, Calif. — The men’s individual national champion has been crowned, which means one thing: it’s time for match play at the 2026 NCAA Women’s Golf Championship.
Auburn finished first after stroke play while Oklahoma State junior Preston Stout became the school’s 10th NCAA individual champion, beating Alabama’s William Jennings by a shot. In addition, there was a 4-for-2 playoff for the final match play spots.
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A reminder: Oklahoma State in 2018 is the only No. 1 seed after stroke play to go on and win the title in match play.
The quarterfinals are set to begin on Tuesday morning and the semifinals to follow in the afternoon. On Wednesday, it’ll be the final. (Note: all times ET, which is three hours ahead of Carlsbad).
Quarterfinal matches
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Jackson Koivun vs. Nathan Wang, 10:40 a.m., 10th tee
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Logan Reilly vs. Dean Greyserman, 10:50 a.m.
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Jake Albert vs. Ethan Gao, 11 a.m.
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Josiah Gilbert vs. Jay Leng, 11:10 a.m.
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Cayden Pope vs. Edan Cui, 11:20 a.m.
Appearances: 4
Match Play Record: 4-1
NCAA ranking: No. 1
Appearances: 4
Match Play Record: 4-2
NCAA ranking: No. 15
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Luke Poulter vs. Eric Lee, 10:40 a.m., 1st tee
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Zach Swanwick vs. Ethan Fang, 10:50 a.m.
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Parker Sands vs. Filip Fahlberg-Johnsson, 11 a.m.
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Matthew Kress vs. Preston Stout, 11:10 a.m.
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Jack Turner vs. Gaven Lane, 11:20 a.m.
Appearances: 3
Match Play Record: 4-1
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NCAA ranking: No. 2
Appearances: 11
Match Play Record: 13-8
NCAA ranking: No. 5
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Chase Nevins vs. Taishi Moto, 9:50 a.m., 1st tee
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Jon Ed Steed vs. Tianyi Xiong, 10 a.m.
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Will Hartman vs. Filip Jakubcik, 10:10 a.m.
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Ryan Downes vs. William Wistrand, 10:20 a.m.
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Wells Williams vs. Zach Pollo, 10:30 a.m.
Appearances:
Match Play Record:
NCAA ranking:
Appearances: 0
Match Play Record: 0-0
NCAA ranking: No. 12
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Daniel Bennett vs. Alex Papayoanou, 9:50 a.m., 10th tee
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Tommy Morrison vs. Josh Kim, 10 a.m.
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Christiaan Maas vs. Baylor Larrabee, 10:10 a.m.
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Luke Potter vs. Tyler Loree, 10:20 a.m.
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Matt Comegys vs. Kyle An, 10:30 a.m.
Appearances: 9
Match Play Record: 10-6
NCAA ranking: No. 3
Appearances: 5
Match Play Record: 0-4
NCAA ranking: No. 30
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: NCAA Men’s Golf Championship 2026: Match play bracket, pairings
