Overview
Stockton Women's Golf competed at 12 tournaments during the 2025-26 academic year. The Ospreys hosted three events on their home course at Blue Heron Pines and also competed in the inaugural Colonial Women's Golf Conference Championship.
In his first season as Stockton's head coach,
Bruce Chelucci bolstered the roster with five newcomers, three of whom were freshmen. Players in their first year on the squad finished second through fifth on the team in scoring average.
The Ospreys showed improvement as the season progressed and recorded team scores under 390 in four of their last five tournaments. Stockton posted the best team score in the program's history with a 368 at Ursinus Spring Quad #3 in April, followed by a 370 at the Kean Invitational eight days later.
Awards
Elenora Byrne:
CWGC Second Team, CWGC Golfer of the Week 4/21/26, CSC Academic All-District
Ava Kinkler:
CWGC Honorable Mention
Team Leaders:
Best Scoring Average:
Elenora Byrne, 86.1
Best Round:
Elenora Byrne, 76
Most Rounds Played:
Elenora Byrne,
Sophia Mazowski, 12
Highlights
- Elenora Byrne played all 12 rounds and led Stockton with an 86.1 scoring average. Byrne was Stockton's top finisher at every tournament. The senior broke 90 eight times and finished first at six events plus second and third once each. Bryne shot a career-best 76 at the Kean Invitational.
- Senior Ava Kinkler was a key newcomer who made her debut in Stockton's fourth tournament of the year and improved rapidly as the season progressed. She broke 100 in four of her last five rounds, highlighted by a career-best 90 at Ursinus Spring Quad #3, and finished second on the team with a scoring average of 104.2.
- Zoe Grom, Kylie Hague and Sophia Mazowski comprised a trio of freshmen who gave the program its deepest roster yet. Grom and Hague played 11 rounds apiece and finished third and fourth respectively on the team with scoring averages of 106.7 and 109.8.
- Grom broke 100 three straight times in the spring, starting with a career-best 94. Hague established a career best with a 97 at Ursinus Spring Quad #3. Mazowski joined Byrne as the only Ospreys who played all 12 rounds. The rookie averaged 110.0 strokes, highlighted by a 99 at the Stockton Fall Invitational.
- Nataly Castro played nine rounds and recorded an average of 114.4 that included a career-best 106 at the Kean Tri-Match. Ellen Hartshaw played three rounds in the fall and one in the spring, averaging 131.3 overall.