NDSU Women’s Golf Heads to the 2025 Summit League Championship

FARGO, N.D. – The North Dakota State Women’s golf team concludes the 2024-2025 season at the Summit League Championship April 20-22 at Longbow Golf Club in Mesa, Arizona.

Tournament Schedule

The Summit League Championship will be a three-day, 54-hole tournament with 18-holes played each day. The first round will begin with the first pairing teeing off at 7 a.m. MST. Each following pairing will tee off every ten minutes after the previous group.

The Field

The Summit League Championship field will be No. 1 Denver, No.2 Oral Roberts, No.3 NDSU, No.4 South Dakota State, No. 5 St. Thomas, No. 6 Omaha, No. 7 South Dakota, and No. 8 North Dakota.

Coverage

Live Coverage of the 2025 Summit League Championship will be available through Scoreboard Live, by Clippd, which can be accessed here or through the women’s golf schedule page on gobison.com.

The Course

Originally opened in 1997, Longbow Golf Club went through a complete redesign by renowned golf course architect Ken Kavanaugh in the fall of 2003 to make it a “must-play” course for golfers of all skill levels. Featuring scenic desert landscapes and a view of the Superstition Mountains, this 18-hole course has strategic bunkers and water hazards that prioritizes skillful decision making along with striking long shots. The course is a unique par-71 with a total yardage of 7,050 from the back tees and is tabbed as one of the Top 20 Courses in Arizona.

Bison at the Summit League Championship

At the 2024 Summit League Championship, the Bison placed sixth out of eight teams in the tournament, with Madi Hicks being the highest placing NDSU golfer in a tie for 14th place. Four of the six Bison from the 2024 Summit League Championship roster will be returning to compete in the 2025 event. NDSU has won the Summit League Tournament twice in program history (2013, 2018).  

Last Time Out

The Bison enter the Summit League Championship following a second-place finish at the Stampede at the Creek tournament hosted by Omaha, marking their third top-three finish in the last four tournaments. Elise Hoven picked up her third career win and second win of the season, and Madi Hicks finished in a tie for third. The Bison placed five in the top-20 in the 56-golfer field.

Bison Competing

NDSU will take five golfers to the Summit League Championship. The Bison competing will be Elise Hoven, Norah Roberts, Madi Hicks, Hannah Dunk, and Cora Larson.

Elise Hoven

Hoven has played every round for the Bison this season and shot a season-low round of 70 and career-low 36-hole tournament of 140 at the Eagle Invitational in September. Hoven picked up two wins this season after tying with Madi Hicks at the NDSU Invitational and a solo victory at the Stampede at the Creek. Her season-low 54-hole score was posted at the rainbow Wahine Invitational with a 220.

Norah Roberts

Roberts has also played every round for the Bison this season, with a career-low round of 68 (-4) at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational. She notched two top five and four top 10 finishes this season. Roberts recorded a career-low 54-hole score of 213 at the Rainbow Wahine Invitational.

Madi Hicks

Hicks has played every round for the Bison and has one win on the year after tying with Elise Hoven at the NDSU Invitational. Hicks has the third-lowest scoring average of the Bison this season at 75.35 over 23 rounds and tied a career-low round of 69 at the Eagle Invitational. She had a career-low 36-hole tournament of 144 at the Eagle Invitational, and season-low 224 54-hole score at the MSU/Payne Stewart Memorial.

Hannah Dunk

Dunk has played every round for the Bison this season, with four rounds of par or better and a career-low of 68 at the Jackrabbit Invitational. Dunk had two top five, and three top 10 finishes this season, with her highest being a tie for third at the Jackrabbit Invitational with a career-low 217 in the 54-hole event.

Cora Larson

Larson played every round for the Bison with a season-low round of 71 at the MSU/Payne Stewart Memorial. Larson recorded a career-high two finishes in the top 10 this season, with a tie for seventh at the NDSU Invitational and tie for ninth at the MSU/Payne Stewart Memorial, where she recorded her season-low 54-hole score of 224. She also recorded a career-low 36-hole tournament score of 152 at the Eagle Invitational.