LAKE ELMO, Minn. – The sixth-ranked Duke women’s golf program is set to kick off the 2025-26 campaign Sept. 8-10 at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate presented by 3M, which will be contested once again at the Royal Golf Club in Lake Elmo, Minn.
Seeing action this week includes Arizona State (#5), California, Duke (#6), Minnesota, Northwestern (#9), Oregon (#2), Pepperdine, San Jose State, South Carolina (#14), Southern California (#4), Texas (#3) and Wake Forest (#13). Of the 10 teams competing, eight are ranked in the top 15 nationally
All teams will play 18 holes each day with tee times running from 9:30-11 a.m. (ET).
Duke will travel a lineup that includes graduate student Andie Smith, junior Katie Li, sophomore Carla De Troia, freshman Rianne Malixi and freshman Avery McCrery.
As a team, the Blue Devils have been preseason ranked No. 6 nationally in the Golfweek and Golf Channel national rankings. Smith, Malixi and McCrery have all been selected as preseason All-America selections.
It marks the 10th edition of the ANNIKA Intercollegiate presented by 3M and the seventh contested at the Royal Golf Club. The Blue Devils are set to see action for the 10th time in program history. In 2023, Duke’s Phoebe Brinker collected rounds of 70, 68 and 70 to finish at 8-under-par, 208, to tie for first individually.
Last season, Duke placed fifth overall as a team. Boosted by an opening round of 6-under, 66, Li went on to finish fourth with a 5-under, 211, while Smith placed tied for 23rd with a 3-over, 219.
The competition will be broadcast via livestream for the second and final rounds, brought to you by Babygrande Golf.
Duke opens round one Monday beginning at 10:25 a.m. (ET) off hole No. 10.
To stay up to date with Blue Devils women’s golf, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching “DukeWGOLF”.
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