Santa Clara women’s golfer Kelsey Kim ’27 has been selected as an individual qualifier for the Stanford Regional of the 2026 NCAA Division I Women’s Golf Championship. Kim becomes just the third player in program history to qualify for an NCAA Regional, joining Miki Ueoka ’11 in 2009 and Kristin Le ’18 in 2017. “I was really surprised,” Kim said when asked about what this milestone means to her. “It’s a great opportunity for me to represent Santa Clara and also become a motivation for my other teammates. Hopefully, we can make it to regionals next year, and on and on.” She is coming off one of the most impressive seasons in program history, posting a school-record scoring average of 71.73 strokes per round across 10 events. Kim recorded eight top-10 finishes and placed in the top 20 in nine tournaments. Both records rank second in program history. The Broncos, led by Kim, also delivered a record-setting team performance at last week’s WCC Championship at Green Valley Country Club. “Our teammates have the best sportsmanship, and I really appreciate them for that, because they know how to support each other and make each other laugh out there on the course. Golf is not a team sport, so I really appreciate them for being out there having fun even when there’s hard times,” said Kim. Individually, Kim opened the tournament with a 2-under round, tied for the second-lowest round in program history at the event. She finished tied for seventh overall and matched Le’s 2016-17 season for the second-most top-10 finishes in program history. Kim was named to the All-WCC women’s golf team. When asked about her goals for the rest of your college career, “Win an event. I haven’t won anything so far. I would really want to win at least one event before I graduate, so that would be great,” said Kim. The Stanford Regional, one of six regional tournaments, will be played in a 54-hole format from May 11-13. Each regional hosts 12 teams and six individual players. The top five teams and top individual will qualify for the 2026 National Championship, held May 22-27 in Carlsbad, Calif. 📝: @aneeka.sideline 📷: Courtsey of SCU Athletics

It has been 14 years since the Broncos last heard their name called for the 64-team NCAA Tennis Team Championship. After a historic season that pushed them to their highest national ranking since 2013, that drought is officially over. Santa Clara’s coach, Niall Angus, who was named the 2026 WCC coach of the year, is no stranger to the NCAA tournament. As a player at Texas A&M, he led the program to four NCAA Tournament appearances, including three Sweet Sixteens and one Round of 32 from 2010-2013. Coincidentally, 2012, one of Angus’ tournament years, also marked the last time Santa Clara advanced to the NCAA tournament. 14 years later, Angus is back in the NCAA tournament, but this time from a coaching role. Similar to Santa Clara’s men’s basketball program, the team’s first-round matchup is against a well-funded SEC powerhouse: Auburn University, who hold a record of 16-10.  Despite the tough competition lying ahead, the Broncos are not backing down, “because we’ve beaten the likes of Alabama and now USD, it’s not like we’re scared,” said Luca Bluett ’28. “Playing these SEC schools and these big-name schools. I think it’s really cool, especially for us at Santa Clara.” Five Broncos took home WCC honors this season, headlined by the top doubles pairing of Luca Bluett ’28 and John Kim ’26, who earlier in the season became the first-ever Santa Clara University men’s tennis pair to qualify for the NCAA Individual Championships.  Alexander Watanabe Eriksson ’26 and Luca Lemaitre ’27 both made the WCC singles first team. Kim was also named to the singles second team, with Valentin Faure ’28 receiving singles honorable mention.  In last week’s WCC tournament, the Broncos won their opening-round matchup against Saint Mary’s College before falling in the semi-finals to Pepperdine. With the conference tournament in the rearview and a tournament bid secured, men’s tennis shifts its focus to Texas. The match against the No. 20-ranked Auburn Tigers is set for Friday, May 1, at 1 p.m., at the Baylor regional site in Waco, streaming live on ESPN+. 📝 @charliewhite268 📸 @ninaglickphoto & Courtesy of Santa Clara Athletics