The Chattanooga Mocs women's golf team heads into season No. 20 since restarting the program in 2007-08. Over that span the team has won 21 times with five Southern Conference Championships and 23 medalist honors, seven of those capturing league crowns. That legacy fuels this 20th edition in the first year with Coach Annie Schmidt.
 
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The Squad
The Mocs enter 2026-27 with a 6-person lineup that includes three returnees and three newcomers. Senior Bella Bugg heads up the list of returnees with sophomores Rugile Pauliukonyte and Erin Wells. Bugg transferred in from Virginia Tech last spring and was runner-up this summer at the Tennessee Women's Match Play, while Pauliukonyte captured the Lithuanian Open.
 
Sophomore Maggie Carlson joins the mix as a transfer from Kentucky. Add in top Canadian junior Claire Roberts and Californian Ellie Jang as freshman, and Coach Annie Schmidt has a competitive group looking for lineup opportunities each week.
 
Quotable
"This schedule gives our team the opportunity to play on a wide variety of courses across the country. It's important to gain experience in all environments and bring our team confidence in our competitiveness through the end of the season." – Coach Annie Schmidt
 
"This group is eager to compete at the highest level. Our tournament schedule matches this desire to face the best teams in the country. We're thrilled to kick off the year in Ohio in September." – Coach Schmidt
 
2026-27 Schedule
Sept. 14-15 – Rocket Classic: Highland Meadows GC; Sylvania, Ohio
Prior Visits: 0
Notes: Last time playing in Ohio? May 7-9, 2009. The Mocs advanced to their first NCAA Finals in the first team entry in NCAA Regionals finishing eighth at the Scarlet Course in Columbus.
 
Oct. 4-6 – Mercedes-Benz Intercollegiate: Cherokee CC; Knoxville, Tenn.
Prior Visits: 15 | Best Finish: T3, Twice (2021 & 2025)
Notes: The most frequent tournament stop in program history during the regular season.
 
Oct. 26-27: French Broad Collegiate; Cliffs at Walnut Cove; Fletcher, N.C.
Prior Visits: 0
Notes: The most memorable trip to North Carolina was October 2015 with a runner-up finish at the Pinehurst Challenge on No. 1. The Mocs shot 1-under 863 led by freshman Monica San Juan earning her first career top 10.
 
Nov. 1-2 – Samford Intercollegiate; Inverness CC; Birmingham, Ala.
Prior Visits: 0
Notes: Emma de Groot '11 claimed the individual win in the 2008 Samford Women's Intercollegiate, a spring event as the team finished runners-up.
Bonus Note: In nine tournament starts in the state of Alabama, Chattanooga owns four wins and two runner-up endings.
 
Feb. 7-8 – Treasure Coast Invitational; Glynlea CC; Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Prior Visits: 0
Notes: 4th straight year the Mocs visit the state of Florida at least once during the season.
 
Feb. 21-22 – Westbrook Invitational; Westbrook Village GC; Peoria, Ariz.
Prior Visits: 2 | Best Finish: T8, 2025
Notes: The Mocs shot 3-under 861 a year ago in Peoria with a 5-under 211 leading the way by current sophomore Erin Wells in just her second collegiate event.
 
March 6-7 – Gators Invitational; Mark Bostick GC at UF; Gainesville, Fla.
Prior Visits: 6 | Best Finish: 4th, 2010
Notes: de Groot won the 2010 edition of the Gators with a 2-over 212. She finished first (2020), T7 (2008) and T3 (2011) in three trips to Gainesville.
 
March 20-22: More Than Golf Invitational; Brookhaven CC; Farmer's Branch, Texas
Prior Visits: 0
Notes: This is the second year of the event hosted by the ANNIKA Foundation. Two of Coach Schmidt's former stops were in last year's field with Denver finishing fourth and her alma mater Richmond in fifth.
 
March 27-29: Liz Murphey Collegiate; UGA GC; Athens, Ga.
Prior Visits: 2 | Best Finish: 6, 2025
Notes: This is the Mocs third entry in the event, but fourth visit to UGA Golf Club. de Groot played as an individual in the 2008 NCAA East Regionals there tying for 17th.
 
April 12: Strutting Gus Shootout; Forest Heights CC; Statesboro, Ga.
Prior Visits: 0
Notes: First trip to Statesboro for the program; however; several Mocs sports have a history with the Eagles during their stay in the SoCon from 1992-2014. GSU added women's golf in 2015-16.
 
Apr. 19-21 – SoCon Championships; Columbia CC; Blythewood, S.C.
Prior Visits: 18 | Best Finish: 1st, 5x (2010-14)
Notes: Chattanooga all five of its SoCon women's golf titles in consecutive fashion from 2010-14. The ladies claim seven individual titles by seven different golfers.
 
May 10-12 – NCAA Tournament (Regionals); Site to be determined
Potential sites: Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.; Fort Wayne, Ind.; Dallas, Texas; Stanford, Calif.; Aiken, S.C.; Franklin, Tenn.
Prior Visits: 11 (6 as a team) | Best Finish: 8, 2008 (advanced to finals)
Notes: Current Ladies European Tour member Dorota Zalewska '23 won the 2023 NCAA Raleigh Regionals with a school-record 12-under tally (69-66-69=204).
 
May 21-26: NCAA Tournament (Finals); Omni La Costa Resort; Carlsbad, Calif.
Prior Visits: 2 (1 as a team) | Best Finish: 21, 2008
Notes: The Mocs made the finals in their first NCAA Tournament as a team in the second year of the program in 2009.
 
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