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Women’s Golf Heads South for Golfweek Classic

Titans wrap fall slate in Florida

10/16/2026 2:00:00 PM

BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The No. 16. Illinois Wesleyan University women's golf team travels to Sandestin, Fla. for the fall season finale. The Golfweek October Classic features 54 holes at the 5601-yard, par-72 Sandestin Golf Resort, Sunday-Tuesday, Oct. 18-20.

The Green and White are coming off their fifth-straight College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin title on Oct. 3. The team bested second-place Carthage by 30 strokes, as junior Grace Fagan (Kirkwood, Mo.-Visitation Academy) took home the individual title and claimed a spot on the All-CCIW First Team. Joining her in the top-10 were freshman Natalie Ocheltree (Normal, Ill.-University) and seniors Emily Gastrau (Wauwatosa, Wis.-Wauwatosa East) and Nora Cerroni (Waukesha, Wis.-Waukesha North).

Competing for IWU will be Fagan, Ochletree, Gastrau, Cerroni and sophomore Julia Henry (Homewood, Ill.-Homewood-Flossmoor), while junior Gigi Zera (Glenview, Ill.-Loyola Academy) will compete as an individual. Against a stacked field a season ago, the Green and White finished 11th at the Golfweek October Classic with Cerroni placing T13 with a 54-hole total of 224. Gastrau and Henry also logged top-50 finishes.

The Titans will be one of six ranked teams taking on the 54-hole tournament. IWU will face a slate of 24 teams including No. 15 Mary Hardin-Baylor, No. 19 UC Santa Cruz, No. 20 University of the South, No. 22 Trinity (TX), No. 24 Carleton, Ohio Northern, UW Eau Claire, Piedmont, Huntington, Centre, Mississippi University for Women, Augustana, East Texas Baptist, Rhodes Southwestern University (TX), Macalester, Gustavus Adolphus, Susquehanna, Berry, Oglethorpe, UW Whitewater, Millikin and Hardin-Simmons.

Tee times and live stats will be available via Scoreboard powered by Clippd, and can be found here.

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