Space Coast Classic
Friday, Feb. 20, 2026 to Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026
Duran Golf Club | Melbourne, Fla.
 
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At the Tee Box
 
- The Duquesne University women's golf team opens the spring portion of its 2025-26 schedule by traveling to Melbourne, Fla., to take part in the Space Coast Classic, presented by MoonGolf. Play begins Friday, Feb. 20, with a practice round and concludes Sunday, Feb. 22, with the final round being streamed live via Championship Golf Network (CGN) Live.
 
- A practice round will take place Friday before an 8:30 a.m. shotgun start Saturday that features 36 continuous holes. A shotgun start for the final round of 18 holes is also slated for 8:30 a.m. Sunday.
 
- The Dukes return to the course for the first time since finishing seventh out of 15 teams in Bedminster, N.J., at the Lehigh Invitational. Over the course of 36 holes, Duquesne posted a 646 (327, 319).
 
- Sophomore Sasha Petrochko garnered the top finish for the Dukes at the Lehigh Invitational, handing in a 154 (77, 77) to close in a three-way tied for 12th with Maggie Ni (78, 76) of Penn and Una Johnson (79, 75) of Navy, who was playing as an individual. The trio finished just a stroke shy of the top 10.
 
- Petrochko was named the Atlantic 10 Golfer of the Week (10/29) in the final weekly awards of the fall campaign thanks to her performance at the Red Flash Invitational in Westmont, Pa., at Sunnehanna Country Club. She posted a 74 (+2) in each of the two rounds to close at 148 and finish in a tie atop the leaderboard with Victoriah Kuranga of Towson. Kuranga would claim medalist honors at the tournament after winning on the third playoff hole.
 
- The Dukes finished fifth out of 10 teams at the Red Flash Invitational, firing a 620 (319, 301) over 36 holes. 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, Petrochko (7) and Powell (4) posted seven birdies over the two days of action.
 
- In 12 career tournaments on the Bluff, sophomore Sasha Petrochko owns eight finishes in the top 10, including four in the top five.
 
- Duquesne established program standards in its second season of NCAA Division I competition last 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.
 
- Petrochko was named Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week five times during the 2024-25 season, 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 Space Coast Classic, presented by MoonGolf, includes 14 teams. In addition to the Dukes, the field features Albany, a pair of teams from host Columbia, Dartmouth, Emory, Holy Cross, Lipscomb, Notre Dame, Penn, Quinnipiac, Sacred Heart, Seton Hall and St. John's.  The field includes 78 players, including eight individuals, for the par 72, 6,312-yard layout at Duran Golf Club.
 
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