Women's golf picked third in preseason poll

SIOUX FALLS – After finishing third at the 2019 Summit League Championship and a successful fall season, the South Dakota State women's golf team was tabbed to finish third in the Summit League preseason poll released Wednesday.

The women's team received 49 points, including one first place vote, from the Summit League head coaches. A season ago, the Jackrabbits were picked second.

Denver was predicted to win the 2020 Summit League Championship for the seventh-consecutive time with 64 total points. Oral Roberts was selected to finish second. North Dakota State sat fourth in the poll with 48 points, while the next five teams featured South Dakota (36 points), Purdue Fort Wayne (22), Omaha (19), North Dakota (18) and Western Illinois (15).

Teresa Toscano was one of 11 golfers chosen by the league coaches to watch this season.

The senior is the SDSU record holder with a 73.9 career stroke average. She averaged 72.5 on a total of 12 rounds to lead the Jacks during the fall season. Toscano has 23 career top-10 finishes (four of which came in the 2019 fall season), 15 career top-5 finishes and four collegiate victories. She has been named to the Summit League Championship All-Tournament Team all three years and is a 2018 and 2019 First Team All-Summit League selection.

Toscano sits second in the Summit League standings headed into the second half of the season, while the Jackrabbits rank fourth as a team.

State returns to action on Feb. 21 at the Reynolds Lake Oconee Collegiate in Greensboro, Ga. The 2020 Summit League Championship is slated for April 26-28 in Newton, Kan.

2020 Summit League Women's Golf Preseason Poll

Program	Points
1. Denver	64 (8)
2. Oral Roberts	53
3. South Dakota State	49 (1)
4. North Dakota State	48
5. South Dakota	36
6. Purdue Fort Wayne	22
7. Omaha	19
8. North Dakota	18
9. Western Illinois	15

Golfers To Watch
Sarah Bell, Oral Roberts
Laura Caetano, Purdue Fort Wayne
Beatriz Garcia, Oral Roberts
Julia Hall, South Dakota
Natalie Hooper, Western Illinois
Hannah Hunke, Omaha
Taylor McCorkle, North Dakota State
Pemika Ponlamuangdee, North Dakota
Teresa Toscano, South Dakota State
Mary Weinstein, Denver
Anna Zanusso, Denver

Calendar

Upcoming Events

Recent Results

Players Mentioned

Teresa Toscano

Upcoming Event: Women's Golf versus Summit League Championship on April 26, 2026

Completed Event: Women's Golf versus Boilermaker Spring Classic on April 12, 2026 , , t-8th out of 16 teams

Completed Event: Women's Golf versus Ozarks National Invitational on March 23, 2026 , , 2nd out of 14 teams

Completed Event: Women's Golf versus Spring Jackrabbits Invitational in Memory of Gayle Baker on March 16, 2026 , , 2nd out of 10 teams

Completed Event: Women's Golf versus West Texas Classic on March 2, 2026 , , 5th out of 16 teams

Completed Event: Women's Golf versus Reynolds Lake Oconee Invitational on February 20, 2026 , , 7th out of 15 teams

Completed Event: Women's Golf versus The Clash at Boulder Creek on October 27, 2025 , , 13th out of 18 teams

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