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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Penn women’s golf begins its fall portion of the 2026-27 season on Monday as the Quakers travel to State College, Pa. for the Nittany Lion Invitational. Penn State is hosting the Nittany Lion Invitational on Monday, Sept. 7 and Tuesday, Sept. 8 at the Penn State Blue Course. Penn will bring the whole team to the tournament, with five members competing in the lineup and three as individuals.

TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
Event: Nittany Lion Invitational

Dates: Monday Sept. 7 – Tuesday, Sept. 8

Host: Penn State

THE COURSE

Penn State Blue Course in University Park, Pa. (par 72; 6,363 yards)

THE FIELD

Harvard, Virginia Tech, Akron, Penn State, Maryland, Youngstown State, Delaware, Penn, Seton Hall, Richmond, Yale, James Madison, Towson Bucknell, Quinnipiac, Lehigh, Duquesne, Saint Joseph’s
WHAT TO KNOW
-Monday’s lineup will be Mi Li, Adrienne Ahn-Upton, Claire Lu, Madeleine Zang and Juliet Oh.
–Maggie Ni, Chelsea Nguyen and Sophia Lu will compete as individuals.
-Pennsylvania sophomore Mi Li was a unanimous selection as first-team All-Ivy by the conference coaches in 2025-26. She also made the Ivy League All-Championship Team last spring.
-Penn finished fourth at the Ivy League Championships a year ago.
-The Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) has announced its All-American Scholars for the 2025-26 academic year, and the list featured three University of Pennsylvania players: rising senior Maggie Ni, rising junior Claire Lu, and rising sophomore Adrienne Ahn-Upton.
-The criteria for selection to the All-American Scholar Team are some of the most stringent in all of college athletics and include a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.50. A total of 1,551 women’s collegiate golfers across 403 NCAA and NAIA programs were recognized with this prestigious honor.
UP NEXT

Penn continues its fall slate in New Jeresy on Saturday, Sept. 26 and Sunday, Sept. 27, heading to Princeton, N.J., for the Princeton Invitational. 
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