DURHAM, N.C. – Coming off two top five finishes to open the season, the Duke women’s golf team was tabbed No. 4 in the Golf World/NGCA Division I Coaches poll that was released on Wednesday.  

Holding onto the top slot was Southern California with 21 first place votes, while Alabama, Oklahoma, Duke, Florida, Oklahoma State, UCLA, Arkansas, Arizona State and Arizona rounding out the top 10.  Closing out the top 25 ledger was Clemson, Stanford, Washington, N.C. State, North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Purdue, Vanderbilt, Michigan State, Mississippi State, Kentucky, Tulane, South Carolina and California.  

Duke posted a tied fourth finish at the Dale McNamara Fall Preview to open the season and was led by senior Laetitia Beck with a tied eighth placement with rounds of 71, 67 and 72 for a three-day total of 210.  As a team, Duke held the 36-hole lead with one round remaining at the fall preview.  The Blue Devils came back to finish tied third at the Mason Rudolph Championship, after opening with a slow start.  Competing in her first collegiate tournament, freshman Yu Liu registered a team-best tied ninth ledger with rounds of 73, 73 and 71 for a 54-hole total of 217.  

Duke will next compete in the Tar Heel Invitational Oct. 11-13 in Chapel Hill, N.C.

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Golf World/WGCA coaches’ poll
Sept. 30, 2013 Issue
Division I
 
Rank    Team      Points         Last
1.      USC (21)        525     1       
2.      Alabama 464     2       
3.      Oklahoma        453     6       
4.      Duke    452     3       
5.      Florida 421     10      
6.      Oklahoma State  388     14      
7.      UCLA    387     4       
8.      Arkansas        354     8       
9.      Arizona State   345     5       
10.     Arizona 333     7       
11.     Clemson 275     NR      
12.     Stanford        255     11      
13.     Washington      208     12      
14.     N.C. State      169     20      
15.     North Carolina  141     15      
16.     Virginia        134     16      
17.     Georgia 133     17      
        Purdue  133     13      
19.     Vanderbilt      129     9       
20.     Michigan State  125     21      
21.     Mississippi State       122     NR      
22.     Kentucky        110     NR      
23.     Tulane  99      18      
24.     South Carolina   87      NR      
25.     California       65      NR      
 
Also receiving votes: College of Charleston, 58; Louisville, 52; Ohio State, 41; Auburn, 39; Wake Forest, 39; Northwestern, 35; LSU, 32; Texas Tech, 22; Arkansas State, 21; UCF, 19; Kent State, 16; Notre Dame, 14; Campbell, 13; Texas A&M, 13; UC Davis, 12; Baylor, 11; Colorado, 11; Mississippi, 10; Pepperdine, 8; Tennessee, 8; Texas, 8; SMU, 7; McNeese State, 5; Denver, 4; Princeton, 4; UNLV, 4; New Mexico, 3; East Carolina, 2; Oregon, 2; Wisconsin, 2; Yale, 2; Penn State, 1.