The Stanford women’s golf team, fresh off a seventh-place finish at the Central Regional, will travel to Bryan, Texas, for the NCAA Championships this week.

After finishing fifth at the Pac-10 Championships, the Cardinal shot 908 at the Central Regional in South Bend, Ind., 18 strokes behind champion UCLA. This was one stroke ahead of Wake Forest for seventh place and five ahead of Duke for the final NCAA spot.

Sophomore Sally Watson led the Cardinal at eight-over for the tournament, followed by senior Rebecca Durham, freshman Marissa Mar, sophomore Kristina Wong and junior Lila Barton.

Texas A&M is hosting the national championship at its Traditions Club. The favorites are No. 1 USC, No. 2 UCLA and No. 3 Alabama, who won the West, Central and East Regionals, respectively. No. 4 Purdue is the defending champion after beating USC by one stroke last year.

The first round at the par-72 course will begin Wednesday at 6 a.m., and the remaining three rounds will begin at 6 a.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.