For Immediate Release
Wednesday, April 8, 2026
NSIC Media Relations

NSIC Women's Golfer of the Week
Gaia Stancikova (So., Castel San Pietro Terme, Italy / Licco Scientifico Malpighi Visitandine HS) - Wayne State
- Shot 5-over par to finish at 221 over three days at the Spring Region Preview in Monkey Island, Oklahoma
- Fired the best-ever 54-hole score by a Wildcat women’s golfer, shooting a 5-over-par 221 
- Started the week with even par 72 and finished with 75 and 74
- Ended the tournament tied for ninth overall out of a field of 90 players
- Helped WSC to a eighth place finish in the 17-team field
- WSC shot rounds of 312-298-296=910, for the second-lowest 54-hole team score in school history

Other Top Performances
Gwen Latunski - Sioux Falls 
- Captured individual medalist honors at the Augustana Invitational
- Earned her first collegiate victory with rounds of 73-78 to finish at 151, 7-over-par
- The first round of 73 was the lowest round by any competitor at the event
- Led a runner-up team finish for Sioux Falls at 47-over-par, just three strokes off the lead
Lanie Veenendall - Augustana
- Finished in a tie for third with a stroke count of 154
- Recorded rounds of 81 and 73
- Collected three birdies on round two
- Shaved eight strokes between rounds one and two
Georgia Volley - Winona State
- Shot a round of 81 to finish 11th at the Upper Iowa Spring Invite
- Helped WSU to a sixth place finish in the 10-team field
 

NSIC Women's Golfers of the Week
9/4/25
Lanie Veenendall - Augustana 
9/10/25
Annie Neva - University of Mary
Addi Wood - Concordia-St. Paul
9/17/25
Payton Drefke - Augustana
9/24/25
Emerson Garlie - Minnesota State 
10/1/25
Emerson Garlie - Minnesota State (2)
10/8/25
Addi Wood - Concordia-St. Paul (2)
10/15/25
Piper Hill – Concordia-St. Paul
1022/25
Anna Eckmann – Augustana
3/11/26
Addi Wood - Concordia-St. Paul (3)
3/18/26
Victoria Woytassek - Minnesota State
3/25/26
Lanie Veenendall - Augustana (2)
4/1/26
Lanie Veenendall - Augustana (3)
4/8/26
Gaia Stancikova - Wayne State

About the NSIC
The NSIC is a 16-team, 18-sport, NCAA Division II conference with institutions located in Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The NSIC is a model Division II conference that uses high-level athletics competition to develop champions in the classroom and community while empowering student-athletes to be impactful and positive leaders. Formed in 1992 by the merger of the Northern Intercollegiate Conference (men’s league) and the Northern Sun Conference (women’s league), the NSIC has flourished over the past quarter century, maturing into a union of Upper Midwest colleges and universities. The NSIC has won 27 team national championships and crowned 126 individual national champions. For additional information, visit NorthernSun.org.

About NCAA Division II

The NCAA, the national governing body for college athletics, is a volunteer association of more than 1,000 colleges and universities that classify their athletics programs in one of three membership divisions. The 300+ institutions in NCAA Division II support a balanced approach in which student-athletes can earn scholarships based on their athletic ability, pursue their desired academic degree, and participate in all the campus and surrounding community have to offer. Division II student-athletes annually graduate at rates higher than their student body peers, and they have access to the best championships-participant ratio among the NCAA’s three divisions. Division II gives student-athletes the unique opportunity to compete in the classroom, on the field, in their career, for their causes, and on their terms. For additional information, visit NCAA.org.