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Northwestern picked up two team victories last season, qualifying for the NCAA Regionals for the 16th consecutive season. The Wildcats placed fourth at the NCAA Ann Arbor Regional to advance to the NCAA Championship Finals for the fourth straight year, with 2025 Golfweek All-American Ashley Yun claiming the individual win.
Dianna Lee joined Yun as an individual winner at both the East Lake Cup and the Spartan Sun Coast Invitational, while the ‘Cats took the team titles at the Windy City Collegiate Classic and the Spartan Sun Coast Invitational.
The coaching tandem of Emily Fletcher and Beth Miller have piloted the Wildcats to 11 NCAA Championship Finals appearances, winning the Big Ten Championship in 2013, 2015 and 2016 and leading the program to its first national championship in 2025.
Fletcher and Miller are set to return four letterwinners from last season’s squad, while also bringing in first-years Rebecca Wang and Ann-Sophie Bourgault, along with transfers Judy Joo and Emilie Knai from the University of St Andrews.
The Wildcats will open the season in two weeks’ time, competing at the Badger Invitational, September 13-15, in Madison, Wisconsin.