Women's Golf Captures Seventh at Idle Hour Collegiate

Monday, October 31

Macon, Ga.

James Madison University

Idle Hour Collegiate Championship

11/1/2016 6:46:00 PM | Women's Golf

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MACON, Ga. - The James Madison women's golf team moved up a spot in Tuesday's final round, as the Dukes took home a seventh-place finish at the at the Idle Hour Collegiate Championship, hosted by Mercer at the par-72, 6,136-yard Idle Hour Country Club.

The Dukes closed the fall portion of their schedule with a round of 17-over 305 to wrap up the 12-team tournament with a score of 916, just eight strokes back of sixth-place Cincinnati.

Junior Maddisen Cox continued to lead the Dukes on the final day of competition, firing her second consecutive round of 1-over 73 to finish in 10th place out of 69 competitors at 8-over 224 for the week. The effort marked her team-best third top-10 of the 2016-17 campaign.

Freshman Lauren Comegys continued her solid play with a 4-over 76 that put her tied for 21st at 12-over 228, while sophomore Katie Turk maintained her push up the leaderboard with a 4-over 76 of her own to wrap up the week in a tie for 34th at 17-over 233.

Freshman Morgan Cox and junior Laura Gomez-Ruiz each shot rounds of 8-over 80 to cap the JMU scoring competitors. Cox finished tied for 39th at 18-over 234, while Gomez-Ruiz finished at 20-over 236 in a tie for 47th.

Playing as an individual, junior Gabrielle Weiss took home 66th with a score of 252 (86-80-86).

QUOTING COACH SARGENT
"We finished on a solid round today. We started out a little slow, but the girls bounced back well and battled to finish with some good results to finish up our fall schedule."

UP NEXT
The Dukes have wrapped up their fall competition for the 2016-17 season, a stretch that saw them capture four top-10 finishes as a team. JMU will open its spring slate at the Edwin Watts/Kiawah Island Classic, hosted by College of Charleston at the historic Kiawah Island Golf Resort from Feb. 26-28.