Duke University's Blue Devils women's team conclude Fall season ranked No. 3 nationally

 

NEWS RELEASE FROM DUKE UNIVERSITY

 

DURHAM, North Carolina – With the fall/autumn  college golf campaign coming to a close, the Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) has released its final fall top 25 with the Duke University program ranked third nationally.

 

The Blue Devils are coming off closing the fall season with back-to-back victories at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational and at the Landfall Tradition. 

 

Southern California took the top slot with 20 first place votes followed by Texas, Duke, Florida, Vanderbilt, Arkansas, Arizona, Stanford, Arizona State and UCLA in the top 10. 

 

The Blue Devils received one first place vote out of 21 voters.

 

As a team, Duke collected 12 rounds in the 60s in the fall and 26 rounds of par or better.  At the Annika Intercollegiate and the Tar Heel Invitational, the Blue Devils shot 14-under-par, 850.  The Blue Devils featured a 73.49 stroke average as a team. 

 

Senior Virginia Elena Carta and rookie Gina Kim closed the fall on a high note tying for individual medalist honors at the Landfall Tradition with an even-par, 216.  It marked the first victory for Carta since claiming the NCAA Individual title as a freshman in 2016.  The win for Kim was her first as a collegiate golfer.

 

Duke will return to action Feb. 17-19 at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate in New Orleans, La.

 

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DIVISION I WGCA COACHES POLL

Rank	University (First Place Votes)	Points
1	University of Southern California (20)	548
2	University of Texas	518
3	Duke University (1)	488
4	University of Florida	479
5	Vanderbilt University	454
6	University of Arkansas	428
7	University of Arizona	374
8	Stanford University	367
T9	Arizona State University	363
T9	UCLA	363
11	Kent State University	356
12	Auburn University	301
13	University of Virginia	265
14	Wake Forest University	254
15	University of Alabama (1)	253
16	Northwestern University	228
17	University of South Carolina	209
18	University of Illinois	198
19	University of Washington	177
20	Florida State University	149
21	Texas Christian University	118
22	Pepperdine University	83
23	Clemson University	80
24	University of Oklahoma	44
25	Oregon State University	20
Others Receiving Votes: Purdue University (17); Furman University (6); University of Miami (3); Baylor University (2); Campbell University (2); University of Tennessee (2); University of Oregon (1)