Three-Peat! Women’s Golf Wins Lady Blue Hen Invitational for Third-Straight Year

Sunday, October 25

Rehoboth Beach, Del.

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University of Delaware

Lady Blue Hen Invitational

Final Results

10/25/2026 3:34:00 PM | Women's Golf

Final Results

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. – The University of Delaware women's golf team successfully defended its title for a third-straight year, winning the Lady Blue Hen Invitational with a 54-hole score of 6-over par. The Fightin' Blue Hens won the team title by 11 strokes over Harvard and Dartmouth. The 11-team tournament was played at the par-72, 6,169-yard Rehoboth Beach Country Club.

HENS HIGHLIGHTS

1. Delaware – 296-284-290=870 (+6)
T2. Hyunji Kim – 72-69-74=215 (-1)
T2. Mary Grace Dunigan – 71-73-71=215 (-1)
T12. Rhianna Gooneratne – 77-69-72=218 (+2)
T25. Kayley Roberts – 76-73-76=225 (+9)
T48. Anushka Sawant – 81-81-73=235 (+19)
T27. Marissa Malosh (Ind.) – 78-74-74=226 (+10)
T37. Kate Roberts (Ind.) – 74-77-78=229 (+13)
T57. Victoria Rivera (Ind.) – 82-78-79=239 (+23)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Delaware's five team players finished with 43 total birdies, including 19 in Monday's second round when the Blue Hens fired a team score of 4-under par 284 to jump into first place after 36 holes.
Kim opened her tournament with an even-par 72, then shot into a tie atop the leaderboard with a 3-under par 69. She finished with nine total birdies to finish runner-up and record her second top-10 finish of the fall.
Dunigan carded 1-under par 71s in the first and third round to also tie for second place. She drained 12 birdies over her 54 holes.
Gooneratne used a 3-under par 69 during Monday's second round to shoot of the individual standings and place just outside the top 10. She finished with 10 total birdies, including five in her second round.
Kayley Roberts totaled eight birdies to equal her best-career finish to par.
Playing as an individual, Malsosh drained seven birdies for the tournament, carding consecutive 2-over par 74s to finish.

OF NOTE

Delaware's team score of 6-over par is the second-best 54 hole score in the tournament's history.
Delaware becomes the first team to win the Lady Blue Hen Invitational three-consecutive times.
It is the fourth time in the tournament's 13-year history that the Blue Hens have won the team title.
UD's team score of 284 in Monday's second round was its lowest team score of the fall.

UP NEXT
The Blue Hens wrap up their fall season with their second team title and third top-two finish. Delaware will prepare for the 2027 spring season and it's second appearance in the Conference USA Championship.

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