Pittsburgh, Pa. – The Duquesne University women's golf team continued its 2025-26 season by finishing 15th at the Nittany Lion Invitational in University Park, Pa., at the Penn State Blue Course. Over the course of 54 holes Sunday and Monday, the Dukes closed at 936 (310-313-313).
 
TEAM LEADERBOARD
Penn State earned the team title on its home course, finishing with a 54-hole score of 878, just a stroke ahead of Delaware. The Blue Hens made a charge on the final day Monday, closing with the best round of the tournament at 286 but fell one stroke shy of the Nittany Lions. Yale (880) finished third, followed by Maryland (881) and Navy (893).
 
THERE SHE GOES AGAIN
Sophomore Sasha Petrochko put the finishes touches on the best tournament in the program's young NCAA Division I history Monday, finishing third individually. She opened with a 70 (-2) in the first round and matched that in round two before closing out play Monday with a 74 (+2). In handing in a 214 (-2) over 54 holes, Petrochko logs the first tournament under par in school history. Petrochko collected a total of 10 birdies over the first two rounds, including on nine different holes. The only hole she birdied twice in the opening two rounds at Penn State Blue Course was the 343-yard par four at No. 15, which happened to be her final hole of each round. Earning medalist honors at the Nittany Lion Invitational was Mia Sessa of Yale, who opened with a 66 (-6) and finished at 211 (-5), while Surapa Janthamunee of Maryland finished a stroke ahead of Petrochko at 213 (-3).
 
FINISHING STRONG
Sophomore Katie Fodale saved her best round for last Monday, firing a 74 (+2) and collecting three birdies along the way en route to closing the tournament at 235. Fodale has been remarkably consistent in her first two tournaments of the 2025-26 campaign, as she fired a 234 over 54 holes at the Bucknell Fall Invitational to open the year. Thanks to her performance Monday, Fodale rose 15 spots on the individual leaderboard.
 
THE LINEUP
A pair of rookies each played for the Dukes at the Nittany Lion Invitational, with freshman Lilly Powell finishing the 54-hole tournament at 241, while freshman Ashley von Behren closed at 251. Powell handed in a 76 (+4) after the first round, garnering three birdies, and added two more in the second round before finishing with an 84. She rounded out the tournament with an 81 Monday. Among the four birdies over the course of 54 holes for von Behren, two came in the final round Monday. Her best score came in round one with an 81. Sophomore Katie Caryl rounded out the lineup for Duquesne, closing with her best score of the tournament (83) Monday and finishing at 255.
 
DID YOU KNOW?
Petrochko owns seven top 10 finishes individually in 10 tournaments at the NCAA Division I level since making her debut for Duquesne in September of 2023. Her performance at the Nittany Lion Invitational is also her third finish in the top five.
 
UP NEXT
The Dukes are next in action with the Red Flash Invitational, which will be held Monday, Oct. 20, and Tuesday, Oct. 21, in Westmont, Pa., at Sunnehanna Country Club. Petrochko earned medalist honors at the tournament last year and will look to defend her crown.
 
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