LAKE ELMO, Minn. – Against one of the top fields in the nation, the preseason second-ranked Duke women's golf team opened the 2019-20 campaign Monday at the ANNIKA Intercollegiate with a four-over-par, 292, at the Royal Golf Club in Lake Elmo, Minn.
Senior Ana Belac and rookie Erica Shepherd paced the Blue Devils in round one carding an even-par, 72, to open the season. The duo are tied for 15th, individually, heading into Tuesday's action. As a team, Duke will enter the second round in ninth overall, but the Blue Devils are only five strokes from moving into the top five of the leaderboard.