BUIES CREEK, N.C. – Campbell continues its spring schedule on Sunday with the City of Oaks Collegiate, hosted by NC State at Lonnie Poole Golf Club.
 
The Camels will compete in a 13-team field that includes host and 44th-ranked NC State along with fellow ACC member Boston College.
 
Following Saturday's practice round, the 54-hole event begins Sunday with the opening round on the Arnold Palmer design.  Play continues Monday before concluding with Tuesday's final round on the par-72 layout that will play to 6181 yards.
 
The Camels are coming off an 11th-place finish at the Gators Invitational in a field that included six teams ranked among the nation's top 50.  Fanni Gronlund (74-73-69—216, +6) was CU's low individual at T19.
 
At last year's City of Oaks Collegiate, only East Carolina (291-296-299—886) finished ahead of the Camels (306-297-300—903), who were eight shots better than host and 41st-ranked NC State (312-299-300—911) in the 17-team field.  Gronlund (79-71-76—226), who tied for 11th and Jade Potter (80-80-72—232), who tied for 22nd, return from last year's Campbell lineup.
 
Head coach John Crooks and associate head coach Val Patino will take a lineup to Gainesville that includes seniors Isabella Hahne and Izabella Grimbrandt, junior Jade Potter, sophomore Fanni Gronlund and freshman Linn Svedlund.
 
Campbell will be paired with Richmond and Georgetown for Sunday's first round and start from the first tee at 8:00 a.m.
 
City of Oaks Collegiate
Lonnie Poole GC | Raleigh, N.C.
Par 72, 6143 yards | Mar. 22-24, 2026
 
Live Scoring: Scoreboard.clippd.com
 
Format: 54 holes (18-18-18); 8:00 a.m. double tees Sunday and Monday, 8:30 a.m. shotgun start Tuesday.
 
The Field (NCAA Ranking): Boston College (59), Campbell (145), Central Michigan (213), Coastal Carolina (109), East Carolina (92), Fairleigh Dickinson (220), Georgetown (172), Howard (192), Jacksonville (214), NC State (44), Oral Roberts (134), Richmond (148), Rutgers (82).
 
The Course – Lonnie Poole GC (Par 72, 6143 yards): The Lonnie Poole Golf Course, which opened in 2009, is an Arnold Palmer Signature tract and features great variety, with low lying areas as well as fairways with rolling hills. Several areas of the course provide views of downtown Raleigh as well as the NC State campus.  The course features three types of character - flat, wetlands, and trees – and includes eight par four holes, five par five layouts and five par three holes.  Campbell most recently competed at Lonnie Poole in the 2025 City of Oaks Collegiate and the 2023 NCAA Raleigh Regional.  CU also advanced to the 2015 NCAA Championship from the Raleigh Regional site.
 
The Coach: Now in his 36th year as head coach of the CU women and first as Director of Golf, John Crooks has been named league coach of the year 23 times in his tenure.  His teams have combined to earn 37 NCAA post-season trips, including 16 straight appearances for the men or women.  His teams have won 162 tournaments and with 100 career tournament titles, Crooks trails only Dan Brooks of Duke (143) on the all-time coaching victories list among Division I women's coaches.  He has guided his teams to 27 league titles, including 19 on the women's side and eight in men's competition (from 1990-2025).
 
The Lineup:
 
Sophomore Fanni Gronlund (Kirkkonummi, Finland) leads the team with a 73.8 stroke average and has played par, or better, golf seven times through 20 rounds.  She is coming off a T19 (74-73-69—216, +6) finish at the Gators Invitational, her third top-20 effort of the season.  Gronlund opened the season with a T12 showing (71-73—144) at the Tiger Classic and closed the fall slate with a T14 at Edisto Island.  She was named the 2025 CAA Rookie of the Year and WGCA All-America Scholar.  Last summer, she won the Finnish U-21 stroke play national championship.  She has played par, or better, golf 13 times in her career.
Collegiate career low round: 69 (3X, most recently 2026 Gators Invitational)
Career-best finish: T10 (2024 Tiger Classic, 2025 CAA Championship)
Career results at Lonnie Poole GC
2025 City of Oaks Collegiate (T11) 79-71-76—226
 
Senior Isabella Hahne (Kungsbacka, Sweden) has produced seven top-10 finishes in 37 career outings with 25 par, or better, rounds.  Hahne owns a 75.9 scoring average through seven events this year with three rounds of par, or better, golf.   She finished T10 (73-70—143) at the season-opening Tiger Classic before posting a T21 effort (70-71-76—217) at the Golfweek Fall Challenge. A WGCA All-America Scholar and second-team All-CAA performer last season, Hahne was the individual runner-up in 2024 at The Southern (71-72-72).  She won the Sea Best Intercollegiate at San Jose CC in 2023 when she was named Big South freshman of the year.  She finished T11 at the 2023 NCAA Raleigh Regional at Lonnie Poole (71-72-73—216).
Collegiate career low round: 68 (2024 Gators Invitational)
Career-best finish: T1 (2023 Sea Best Intercollegiate)
Career results at Lonnie Poole GC
2023 NCAA Raleigh Regional (T11) 71-72-73—216
 
Red-shirt senior Izabella Grimbrandt (Stockholm, Sweden) carries a 77.5 scoring average into the tournament and has twice posted a season-low 73.  Grimbrandt recorded a season-best T21 finish at the Edisto Island Invitational.  A two-time WGCA All-America Scholar, she has competed in 28 events while compiling a 76.1 scoring average during her Campbell career.   Her career-best finish (T7) came at the 2024 Clemson Tiger Classic.
Collegiate career low round: 69 (2022 Golfweek Fall Challenge)
Career-best finish: T7 (2024 Tiger Classic)
 
Freshman Linn Svedlund (Uppsala, Sweden) has posted a 78.0 scoring average over 17 rounds and turned in a collegiate-low, even-par 71 at the Mercedes Benz Intercollegiate.  She logged a season-best T27 finish at the Edisto Island Invitational.  In her collegiate debut at the Tiger Classic, Svedlund was 3-under over her last 23 holes.  Svedlund compiled one victory and nine top 10 finishes in 14 World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR) events. She was ranked sixth among Swedish U18 girls.
Collegiate career low round: 71 (2025 Mercedes Benz Intercollegiate)
Career-best finish: T27 (2025 Edisto Island Invitational)
 
Junior Jade Potter (Edinburgh, Scotland) owns a 76.7 scoring average through seven events. She finished T35 at the Golfweek Fall Challenge (75-74-70—219), where she shot a collegiate low, 1-under 70 in the final round.  Potter shot back-to-back 73s at the 2025 CAA Championship after entering the lineup for the second round.  She earned her best collegiate finish (T22) last spring at the City of Oaks Collegiate (80-80-72—232).
Collegiate career low round: 70 (2025 Golfweek Fall Challenge)
Career-best finish: T22 (2025 City of Oaks Collegiate)
Career results at Lonnie Poole GC
2025 City of Oaks Collegiate (T22) 80-80-72—232
 
Next: Following the City of Oaks Collegiate, Campbell returns to action Apr. 5-7 with the ECU Ironwood Invitational, hosted by East Carolina at Ironwood CC in Greenville.