Lehigh Invitational
Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025 to Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025
National Golf Club Bedminster | Bedminster, N.J.
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At the Tee Box
- The Duquesne University women's golf team wraps up its 2025 fall slate this weekend, traveling to Bedminster, N.J., to take part in the Lehigh Invitational. Tee times are 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, and again at 11:00 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 26.
- The Dukes finished
fifth out of 10 teams at the Red Flash Invitational earlier this week, the first competition for the program in almost a month, firing a 620 (319, 301) over 36 holes. Duquesne will conclude its fall season with two tournaments in less than a week.
- Sophomore
Sasha Petrochko tied for first at the Red Flash Invitational in her bid to defend her medalist honor in the event from last season. Petrochko matched her 148 (74, 74) in the tournament from a year ago, falling to Victoriah Kuranga of Towson on the third playoff hole.
- Freshman
Lilly Powell collected her first career finish in the top 10 as part of the Red Flash Invitational, closing in a tie for eighth with a 153 (79, 74) with four other student-athletes. Combined, Petrocko (7) and Powell (4) posted seven birdies over the two days of action.
- In 11 career tournaments with the Dukes, sophomore
Sasha Petrochko owns eight finishes in the top 10, including four in the top five.
- Duquesne has established program standards in its second season of NCAA Division I competition this fall in both a 36-hole and 54-hole tournament. The 620 at the Red Flash Invitational is the best score for the Dukes in a 36-hole event, while at the
Bucknell Fall Invitational to open the year Duquesne handed in a 929 over 54 holes.
- The Dukes return each of their top six golfers from their inaugural NCAA Division I season, including sophomore
Sasha Petrochko. Named to the 2025 Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team during her rookie campaign, Petrochko led Duquesne with a stroke average of 75.9. She was named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week five times during the 2024-25 season, the most of any student-athlete in the conference.
- Also earning an Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week nod for the Dukes during the 2024-25 season was senior
Lindsey Powanda, who closed at 230 at the UNCG Collegiate in Greensboro, N.C., at Forest Oaks Country Club to finish in a tie for 28th individually. Powanda finished second for Duquesne last season with an average round of 79.3.
- Duquesne added two recruits to its roster for 2025-26, as
Ashley von Behren and Powell joined the Dukes this season. von Behren, a native of Eagle, Idaho, is two-time Idaho state champion, while Powell, a native of Southport, N.C., qualified for the state championship in each of her four years at South Brunswick High School.
- In her second season as head coach at Duquesne is
Colleen Meyers, who was selected to lead the program in August of 2023. She spent two seasons as an assistant coach with Carnegie Mellon from 2021 to 2023 and also was the head coach at Oakland Catholic High School from 2015 to 2023.
- Women's golf was added in April of 2022 at Duquesne along with triathlon and acrobatics & tumbling. Triathlon made its debut during the 2023-24 season and is in its third season, while women's golf and acrobatics & tumbling are in their second season of competition in 2025-26.
- Sewickley Heights Golf Club serves as the home of Duquesne golf. Founded in 1961, the course is used for practice for the program and has also hosted the United States Women's Amateur in 1966 and the Champion's Pittsburgh Senior Classic in 1998.
- The field for the Lehigh Invitational includes 15 teams. In addition to the host Mountain Hawks and Duquesne, the field features Fairfield, FDU, La Salle, Merrimack, Monmouth, Navy, New Haven, Old Dominion, Penn, Providence, Saint Francis, Saint Joseph's and Stonehill. Rutgers will also send individuals to compete in the tournament at the 6,153-yard, par 72 course at National Golf Club Bedminster.
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