Completed Event: Women's Golf versus NCAA Championship on May 22, 2026 , , 7th in Stroke Play; Quarterfinals of Match Play
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Final
Women's Golf
vs NCAA Championship
2025-26 Women's Golf Roster
Anna Cañado Espinal
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Barcelona, Spain
Career Honors:
WGCA All-American Scholar (2025)
All-ACC Academic Team (2025)
ACC Honor Roll (2025)
Career:
In two seasons, owns a 74.36 stroke average over 18 tournaments and 55 rounds ... has posted one victory, three top-five finishes, four top-10 placements and five top-20 finishes ... has registered 12 rounds of even or under par and three rounds in the 60s ... has counted 40-of-55 career rounds ... collected her first collegiate victory at the 2025 Chattanooga Classic.
2025-26:
Saw action in nine stroke-play tournaments and turned in a 74.10 stroke average over 28 rounds ... collected two top-five finishes, two top-10 placements and two top-20 finishes ... totaled four rounds of even or under par, one round in the 60s, one eagle and 69 birdies ... counted 17-of-28 rounds on the season ... opened her season by helping Duke to the Windy City Collegiate Classic team title, finishing fourth with rounds of 68, 73 and 70 for a 5-under, 211 ... playing as an individual at the Sea Best Intercollegiate, placed fifth with rounds of 73, 66 and 72 for a 5-under, 211 ... the 6-under, 66, in the second round of the Sea Best Intercollegiate marked her low round of the season ... tied for 14th at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational with rounds of 71, 72 and 72 for a 5-over, 215 ... turned in a 3-0 record at the Old Barnwell Match Play with victories over Florida State, Wake Forest and Auburn ... added a 4&3 victory over NC State’s Lindsay McGrath in ACC Championship match play.
Summer of 2025:
Posted rounds of 72, 73, 71 and 74 for a 2-over, 290, at the Spanish Championship … tied for 32nd with scores of 67, 74, 75 and 68 for an 8-under, 284 at the European Ladies’ Amateur Championship.
2024-25:
A WGCA All-American Scholar and All-ACC Academic Team selection ... named to ACC Honor Roll ... appeared in all nine tournaments as a rookie ... totaled eight rounds of even or under par ... collected her first collegiate win at the Chattanooga Classic with scores of 68, 76 and 73 for a 1-over, 217 ... totaled a 74.63 stroke average with two top 10 finishes ... tied for ninth at the Landfall Tradition with rounds of 71, 72 and 72 for a 1-under, 215 ... posted a season-best 54-hole score at the PDI Intercollegiate with rounds of 72, 71 and 70 for a 3-under, 213 ... became the 20th Blue Devil freshman to win a tournament during their rookie season ... totaled a 73.92 stroke average in the fall.
High School/Prep:
Owns a career-best Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) of 97 ... after helping Spain to the No. 1 seed in stroke play qualifying at the 2024 European Girls’ Team Championship, won two of three matches in Flight A ... posted a third-place finish at the 2024 Copa R.C.G. Sotogrande - European Nations Championship with rounds of 74, 71, 73 and 71 for a 1-over, 289 ... with scores of 74, 71 and 73, placed tied for sixth at the 2024 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley ... competed in the 2024 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup and tied for 11th overall with rounds of 70, 75 and 70 ... carded a tied for fifth placement at the Spanish International Ladies’ Amateur Championship ... carded rounds of 72, 70 and 67 to finish at 7-under, 209, to win the Spanish International Stroke Play in 2022 ... represented Team Europe at the 2023 Ping Junior Solheim Cup, while helping her squad to a 15-9 victory ... won the Campeonato de Espana Sub-16 Femenino (75-69-70=214), Campeonato Abierto de Madrid Femenino (72-71-72=215) and Campeonato de Espana Sub-18 Femenino (72-72-71-71=286) in 2022 ... helped lead Europe to the title at the 2022 Junior Vagliano Trophy ... posted a third-place finish at the German Girls Open in 2023 with scores of 70, 71 and 68 for a 209 ... collected a tied for second-place ledger at the European Young Masters, after totaling rounds of 75, 70 and 70.
Personal:
Born Anna Cañado Espinal... daughter of Xavier Cañado and Cristina Espinal ... has one sister, Marta Cañado.
Cañado Espinal by the Numbers
2024-25
ANNIKA Intercollegiate (74-73-77=224, T39, +8)
Windy City Collegiate (76-72-77=225, T22, +9)
Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invite (76-73-74=223, T42, +13)
Landfall Tradition (71-72-72=215, T9, -1)
PDI Intercollegiate (72-71-70=213, T30, -3)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (75-77-76=228, T61, +15)
Chattanooga Classic (68-76-73=217, 1, +1)
ACC Championship (78-79-81=238, T65, +22)
NCAA Norman Regional (80-75-77=232, T59, +16)
WGCA All-American Scholar (2025)
All-ACC Academic Team (2025)
ACC Honor Roll (2025)
Career:
In two seasons, owns a 74.36 stroke average over 18 tournaments and 55 rounds ... has posted one victory, three top-five finishes, four top-10 placements and five top-20 finishes ... has registered 12 rounds of even or under par and three rounds in the 60s ... has counted 40-of-55 career rounds ... collected her first collegiate victory at the 2025 Chattanooga Classic.
2025-26:
Saw action in nine stroke-play tournaments and turned in a 74.10 stroke average over 28 rounds ... collected two top-five finishes, two top-10 placements and two top-20 finishes ... totaled four rounds of even or under par, one round in the 60s, one eagle and 69 birdies ... counted 17-of-28 rounds on the season ... opened her season by helping Duke to the Windy City Collegiate Classic team title, finishing fourth with rounds of 68, 73 and 70 for a 5-under, 211 ... playing as an individual at the Sea Best Intercollegiate, placed fifth with rounds of 73, 66 and 72 for a 5-under, 211 ... the 6-under, 66, in the second round of the Sea Best Intercollegiate marked her low round of the season ... tied for 14th at the Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invitational with rounds of 71, 72 and 72 for a 5-over, 215 ... turned in a 3-0 record at the Old Barnwell Match Play with victories over Florida State, Wake Forest and Auburn ... added a 4&3 victory over NC State’s Lindsay McGrath in ACC Championship match play.
Summer of 2025:
Posted rounds of 72, 73, 71 and 74 for a 2-over, 290, at the Spanish Championship … tied for 32nd with scores of 67, 74, 75 and 68 for an 8-under, 284 at the European Ladies’ Amateur Championship.
2024-25:
A WGCA All-American Scholar and All-ACC Academic Team selection ... named to ACC Honor Roll ... appeared in all nine tournaments as a rookie ... totaled eight rounds of even or under par ... collected her first collegiate win at the Chattanooga Classic with scores of 68, 76 and 73 for a 1-over, 217 ... totaled a 74.63 stroke average with two top 10 finishes ... tied for ninth at the Landfall Tradition with rounds of 71, 72 and 72 for a 1-under, 215 ... posted a season-best 54-hole score at the PDI Intercollegiate with rounds of 72, 71 and 70 for a 3-under, 213 ... became the 20th Blue Devil freshman to win a tournament during their rookie season ... totaled a 73.92 stroke average in the fall.
High School/Prep:
Owns a career-best Women’s World Amateur Golf Ranking (WAGR) of 97 ... after helping Spain to the No. 1 seed in stroke play qualifying at the 2024 European Girls’ Team Championship, won two of three matches in Flight A ... posted a third-place finish at the 2024 Copa R.C.G. Sotogrande - European Nations Championship with rounds of 74, 71, 73 and 71 for a 1-over, 289 ... with scores of 74, 71 and 73, placed tied for sixth at the 2024 Junior Invitational at Sage Valley ... competed in the 2024 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup and tied for 11th overall with rounds of 70, 75 and 70 ... carded a tied for fifth placement at the Spanish International Ladies’ Amateur Championship ... carded rounds of 72, 70 and 67 to finish at 7-under, 209, to win the Spanish International Stroke Play in 2022 ... represented Team Europe at the 2023 Ping Junior Solheim Cup, while helping her squad to a 15-9 victory ... won the Campeonato de Espana Sub-16 Femenino (75-69-70=214), Campeonato Abierto de Madrid Femenino (72-71-72=215) and Campeonato de Espana Sub-18 Femenino (72-72-71-71=286) in 2022 ... helped lead Europe to the title at the 2022 Junior Vagliano Trophy ... posted a third-place finish at the German Girls Open in 2023 with scores of 70, 71 and 68 for a 209 ... collected a tied for second-place ledger at the European Young Masters, after totaling rounds of 75, 70 and 70.
Personal:
Born Anna Cañado Espinal... daughter of Xavier Cañado and Cristina Espinal ... has one sister, Marta Cañado.
Cañado Espinal by the Numbers
2024-25
ANNIKA Intercollegiate (74-73-77=224, T39, +8)
Windy City Collegiate (76-72-77=225, T22, +9)
Ruth’s Chris Tar Heel Invite (76-73-74=223, T42, +13)
Landfall Tradition (71-72-72=215, T9, -1)
PDI Intercollegiate (72-71-70=213, T30, -3)
Darius Rucker Intercollegiate (75-77-76=228, T61, +15)
Chattanooga Classic (68-76-73=217, 1, +1)
ACC Championship (78-79-81=238, T65, +22)
NCAA Norman Regional (80-75-77=232, T59, +16)
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