ELON – The Elon women's golf team will play its penultimate Fall tournament at the Terrier Intercollegiate, hosted by Wofford at the Country Club of Spartanburg on Monday and Tuesday. Elon and the 14-team tournament field will play 36 holes Monday – the first round begins with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. ET Monday – followed by the final round on Tuesday.
 
TOURNAMENT INFO

• Dates: Oct. 13-14, 2025
• Format: 54 holes (36-18, Monday-Tuesday); 5-count-4
• Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina | Country Club of Spartanburg
• Live Scoring: Clippd 

OFF THE TEE
1. Ashley Lafontaine
2. Annie Wu
3. Emma Hansen
4. Kelly Zhao
5. Sakura Kawakami
Individual: Lara Rieke
 
THE FIELD (14)
Appalachian State, The Citadel, Elon, ETSU, Gardner-Webb, IU Indianapolis, Lamar, Presbyterian, Queens, UNC Asheville, USC Upstate, Western Carolina, Winthrop, Wofford
 
SENIOR LEADERSHIP
Seniors Ashley Lafontaine and Annie Wu are Elon's No. 1 and 2 golfers for the Terrier Intercollegiate and are coming off a pair of top-10 individual finishes at the weather-shortened, 36-hole Tot Hill Farm Invitational two weeks ago in Asheboro. Lafontaine – who leads the Phoenix with a 73.50 strokes per round average through three events and eight rounds played – already has two top-six finishes this Fall. Wu, an All-CAA Second Team selection two seasons ago in 2023-24, carded her first under-par round of the Fall with a first-round 71 at Tot Hill and tied for eighth in the event.
 
BACK TO SPARTANBURG
Elon has had plenty of success at the Terrier Intercollegiate, winning the tournament title in 2023 while taking runner-up in 2024. Three golfers – Lafontaine, Wu and Kelly Zhao – in Elon's 2025 lineup have previously played at the Terrier Intercollegiate. Lafontaine has excelled, tying for eighth (223, +7) as a sophomore two years ago before taking solo third with a season-best 3-over 219 last Fall. Wu tied for 13th (226, +10) in 2023, while Zhao placed 23rd (236, +20) as a freshman in 2024.
 
HOME TURF DEFENDED
The Phoenix started the 2025-26 season with a bang by winning a share of the title at their home tournament, the Elon Invitational. Three Phoenix finished among the top 10 individually and Elon carded a 2-over-par 286 in the final round to finish tied atop the leaderboard with James Madison at 4-over (856) after 54 holes of play. It was Elon's first win at its home tournament since 2022. Sophomore Emma Hansen led the way by tying for fourth individually with a 1-under 212; she was recognized as the CAA Co-Golfer of the Week following the performance.
 
AROUND THE WORLD
Seven of the eight golfers on Elon's roster are originally from outside of the United States, with sophomore Garland Gould (Raleigh) being the lone American on the squad. The seven international golfers on the roster include four Canadians – Lilli Downer (Toronto, Ontario), Hansen (Burlington, Ontario), Lafontaine (Ottawa, Ontario) and Zhao (Richmond Hill, Ontario) – one German (Lara Rieke; Düsseldorf, Germany), one New Zealander (Sakura Kawakami; Rotorua, New Zealand) and one Taiwanese (Wu; Taichung, Taiwan).
 
GUIDING HANDS
Chris Dockrill – a 2014 Elon Sports Hall of Fame inductee and All-American for the Phoenix men's golf program – enters his 25th season at the helm of the Elon women's golf program and will be joined by first-year assistant coach LoraLie Cowart, who joined the Phoenix this past offseason following a decorated collegiate career at both Georgia and Georgia Southern.
 
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