Nittany Lion Invitational
Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025 to Monday, Sept. 22, 2025
Penn State Blue Course | University Park, Pa.
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At the Tee Box
- The Duquesne University women's golf team continues the fall portion of its 2025-26 schedule by competing in the Nittany Lion Invitational Sunday, Sept. 21, and Monday, Sept. 22, at the Penn State Blue Course in University Park, Pa.
- The Nittany Lion Invitational is the second of four tournaments for the Dukes this fall. Duquesne, which is in its second season as an NCAA Division I program, will play 36 holes Sunday, followed by 18 Monday to close out competition.
- Duquesne opened its 2025-26 campaign by finishing
seventh out of 19 at the Bucknell Fall Invitational in Lewisburg, Pa., at the Bucknell Golf Club. It marked the second consecutive year the Dukes opened their season at Bucknell.
- The Dukes handed in a 929 over 54 holes at the Bucknell Fall Invitational, the best team score in the two years as an NCAA Division I program.
- Individually at the Bucknell Fall Invite, Duquesne was led by sophomore
Sasha Petrochko and freshman
Lilly Powell, as each tied for 12th with three other student-athletes. Petrochko opened with an 84 before carding a 71 (+1) in round two and a 74 in the final round, while Powell finished at 78, 76 and 75 over the course of the three rounds.
- The Penn State Blue Course owns a yardage of 6,363 and is a par 72. The course features four par five's, including two each on the front and back nine, as well as four par three's.
- 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.
- Petrochko was named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week five times during the 2024-25, the most of any student-athlete in the conference. She produced six top 10 finishes in eight tournaments.
- Of Petrochko's six top 10 finishes last season, two came in the top five, including medalist honors at the Red Flash Invitational with a 36-hole score of 148 (78, 70).
- 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 Nittany Lion Invitational includes 16 teams and 90 individuals. In addition to the host Nittany Lions, the field the Dukes have joined includes Akron, Albany, Bucknell, Delaware, Georgetown, Maryland, Navy, Penn, Quinnipiac, Rollins College, Seton Hall, St. John's, Towson and Yale.
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