Women's Golf Closes Historic Season at NCAA Louisville Regional

SIMPSONVILLE, Ky. - The James Madison women's golf team closed out its historic 2020-21 season on Wednesday afternoon, wrapping up play with the third and final round of the NCAA Louisville Regional, hosted at the par-72, 6,289-yard University of Louisville Golf Club.

Freshman Amelia Williams led the way on the windy final day, putting the cap on a stellar first collegiate season by shaving another stroke from her previous round on her way to a steady 73 (-1) that included 13 pars. The performance put her at 222 (+6) for the week and landed her in a tie for 32nd out of 96 players, the highest individual NCAA Regional finish in program history.

As a team, the Dukes battled gusts and the cold on a difficult opening nine holes, but grinded down the stretch as they posted a final-round 309 (+21) that saw them finish 16th on the 18-team leaderboard in their first NCAA Regional since 2013.

Redshirt freshman Ana Tsiros wrapped up one of the strongest weeks of her career with an eventful final round that saw her card a 76 (+4) to finish t-41 while racking up seven birdies on Wednesday, including five in her final nine holes.

Redshirt freshman Kendall Turner and sophomore Carly Lyvers closed out the JMU scoring on the day, finishing t-72 and 89th, respectively to wrap up the season.

No. 8 Florida State took home the team title, advancing to the NCAA National Championships, along with No. 16 Texas, No. 25 UCLA, No. 9 Auburn, No. 32 Michigan State and No. 1 South Carolina, which advanced via a playoff against No. 17 Arkansas.

QUOTING COACH BAKER
"Today was a disappointing day for us, just in terms of how we scored, but we aren't going to let that take away from everything we accomplished this spring. I'm incredibly proud of this team for how they've battled this season and completely raised the bar for JMU Women's Golf moving forward. Aside from the fact that they have nearly rewritten the entire record book, we now have new standards and goals because of them and we're looking forward to putting in the work this summer to continue building this program and moving it towards what we know it can be."

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