DURHAM, N.C.- Coming off two third place finishes to open the spring campaign, the Duke women’s golf team remained No. 3 in the latest Golf World/WGCA Division I College Women’s Coaches Poll released on Wednesday.
Taking the top slot was Southern California, while Alabama, Duke, North Carolina, Florida, Oklahoma, Washington, Arkansas, Arizona and Vanderbilt rounded out the top 10 teams. The Blue Devils received one first place vote out of 24 available.
Duke turned in third place finishes at the Northrop Grumman Regional Challenge and the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate, which featured some of the top teams in the nation. The Blue Devils were only three shots off the team lead this past week at the Sugar Bowl led by junior Laetitia Beck, junior Alejandra Cangrejo and senior Lindy Duncan. The trio finished in the top 20 of the event.
Beck, who is out of Caesarea, Israel, has totaled back-to-back top 20 finishes and is coming off placing tied for eighth at the Allstate Sugar Bowl Intercollegiate with rounds of 72 over the two days of action. It marked her first top 10 finish of the season. Beck led the individual portion of the vent through 30 holes of the tournament before falling off the lead late.
The Blue Devils will next compete in the Bryan Park Collegiate from March 29-31 in Greensboro, N.C.
Golf World/WGCA Coaches’ Poll
March 4, 2013 Issue
NCAA Women’s Division I
Rank Team Points NCAA
1. USC (20) 608 1
2. Alabama (2) 579 6
3. Duke (1) 560 3
4. North Carolina (1) 513 9
5. Florida 505 4
6. Oklahoma 479 5
7. Washington 418 2
8. Arkansas 415 14
9. Arizona 384 7
10. Vanderbilt 346 10
11. Stanford 337 19
12. Georgia 335 16
13. UCLA (1) 303 NR
14. Arizona State 284 8
15. UC Davis 254 11
16. Purdue 214 15
17. Baylor 207 23
18. Texas Tech 203 22
19. Oklahoma State 199 12
20. Virginia 169 17
21. N.C. State 128 18
22. Texas 117 NR
23. Michigan State 113 13
24. Texas A&M 106 20
25. Notre Dame 48 21
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