WICHITA FALLS, Texas (October 20, 2026) – The University of Texas Permian Basin women's golf team ended its Fall 2026 season at the Midwestern State Invitational, hosted by Midwestern State University, with play spanning October 19-20 over three rounds at Wichita Falls Country Club.

No. 23-ranked Midwestern State and the defending Midwestern State Invitational champions from No. 1-ranked Dallas Baptist were in the field once again this year and were joined by Western New Mexico, No. 11 St. Mary's, Cameron, Texas A&M International, Lubbock Christian, No. 19 West Texas A&M, UT Dallas and UT Permian Basin from the Lone Star Conference. Central Oklahoma, Montana State-Billings, Southeastern Oklahoma State, Northeastern State, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma and Texas A&M-Texarkana rounded out the field. Texas Tech had two players competing as individuals.

UTPB (319-326-316; 961; +97) shot its best score of the tournament (+28) during round three to move up one spot and finish tied for 13th place out of 16 teams with Texas A&M-Texarkana (318-325-318; 961; +97). The Eagles shot plus-30 during the final round after finishing just one stroke better than the Falcons during each of the first two rounds of the tournament.

UTPB and TAMUT also finished two strokes behind Western New Mexico (323-315-321; 959; +95) in 12th place and were two strokes ahead of University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (327-320-316; 963; +99) in 15th place. USAO matched the Falcons at plus-28 during round three.

No. 1 Dallas Baptist (290-272-281; 843; -21) easily defended its title, winning the tournament by 27 strokes over No. 11 St. Mary's (304-283-283; 870; +6).

Following round one, UTPB was tied for 11th place, and then the Falcons bounced back during round three after shooting the highest score among all teams during round two.

As a team, UTPB finished ninth in both par-3 scoring (3.40; +24) and total birdies (21).

Lakshita Pragnya (78-83-78; 239; +23) and Chase Fields (75-86-78; 239; +23) both finished tied for 55th place out of 87 golfers. Carlota Gutierrez (85-78-78; 241; +25) was the third Falcon to shoot plus-six during round three, allowing her to move up four spots into a tie for 61st place. Rounding out the top-four was Lorena Etxeberria (81-80-82; 243; +27) tied for 66th place.

Fields led the Falcons after the first 18 holes (+3) and was tied for 16th place. Then following round two, Fields, Pragnya and Etxeberria were all tied for 57th place. Gutierrez improved her place on the leaderboard by 10 strokes throughout round two after taking seven strokes off her score from round one.

Head Coach Paul Chavez said, "This week we had inconsistent scoring, and the course beat us. We have work to do and look forward to the offseason and getting prepared for a strong Spring season. Overall, we did have a really good Fall, including our first-ever team win and some very good individual performances, now we just need to focus on getting better and more consistent as a team moving forward."

The Falcons will be back in action to start their Spring 2027 season, where they will compete in the Jack Brown Invitational, hosted by Texas A&M International University, on February 1-2.