LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The New Mexico State women's golf team begins its pursuit of their 10th appearance in the NCAA Championship just north in the Albuquerque, N.M. NCAA Regional beginning on Monday, May 8. The 2017 postseason marks the fourth consecutive NCAA Regionals appearance for the program.
 
Joining the No. 14 seed Aggies at the regional is the No. 1 team in the nation Stanford, No. 9 Duke, No. 12 USC, No. 16 University of Miami (Florida), No. 17 Oklahoma State, No. 24 N.C. State, No. 26 University of California – Berkeley, No. 32 Illinois, No. 36 Pepperdine, No. 40 Washington, No. 41 SMU, No. 48 Campbell University, No. 49 Denver, Cal Poly, Sacramento State, Houston Baptist and Texas Southern.

Starting for the team in Albuquerque is Pun Chanachai, Kristen Cline, Dominique Galloway, Vale Macias and Camille Orito. 
 
NM State is led by head coach Jackie Booth who earned WAC Coach of the Year at season's end and Chanachai who took home medalist honors at the WAC Championship and was named WAC Freshman and Player of the Year after a strong rookie campaign with a 73.08 stroke average in 25 rounds of play.
 
On day one, Monday, May 8, the team will tee off at 8:24 a.m. MT. Paired with the Aggies in the first round is Denver and Cal Poly

The host site for the Aggies regional, UNM Championship Golf Course, is a 6,637 yard, par-72 layout. Live scoring for the three-day event can be followed on GolfStat.