Women's Golf Set to Open Play at NCAA Louisville Regional

HARRISONBURG, Va. - After capturing the fifth Colonial Athletic Association championship in program history last month, the James Madison women's golf is set to open play at the 2021 NCAA Louisville Regional on Monday morning.

What: NCAA Louisville Regional
Where: University of Louisville Golf | Simpsonville, Ky.
When: Monday, May 10 - Wednesday, May 12 | First round beginning at 9:50 a.m.
How to Follow: Live results available at GolfStat.com
Social Media: @JMUWGolf | #GoDukes | #NCAAGolf

TOURNAMENT FORMAT
- The NCAA Louisville Regionals is one of four regional sites (Baton Rouge, Columbus, Stanford) leading up to the 2021 NCAA Championships.
- Each regional plays host to 18 teams and six individual players whose teams did not earn a bid to NCAA play.
- After 54 holes of stroke play, the top six teams at each regional, as well as the top three individual players not on one of the top six teams, advance to the NCAA National Championships, hosted at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. on May 21-26.

HOW THE DUKES GOT HERE
- On April 13, the Dukes battled back from a 16-shot deficit in the final round of the CAA Championship to capture their fifth-ever title and the first for JMU since 2013.
- The Dukes carded an even-par 288 in the final round, charging out with 11 birdies on their front nine to open the comeback and start their journey towards a five-shot victory.
- Redshirt freshman Kendall Turner fought her way to the individual title as well, erasing a four-shot deficit with five holes to play to capture the Dukes' first medalist honors since that 2013 championship, picking up her first collegiate win along the way.

HISTORY AT REGIONALS
- The Dukes have competed at NCAA Regionals twice before as a team, qualifying in 2005 and 2013 after two previous CAA titles.
- In 2005, JMU finished 18th of 21 teams at the NCAA East Regional in Gainesville, Fla., before finishing 22nd of 24 teams at the NCAA East Regional in Auburn, Ala. in 2013.
- JMU's highest individual finisher at an NCAA Regional was Carol Green (Robertson) in 2005, when she tied for 35th (+10, 226) at University of Florida Golf Course.

NOTES FROM THE COURSE
- Prior to this tournament, freshmen Amelia Williams and Kendall Turner are first and fourth all-time at JMU in single-season scoring average at +2.39 and +3.00, respectively. This year's Dukes also currently hold the lowest team scoring average in program history at +13.61.
- Turner's 3.0137 average on par-3 holes this season is currently the lowest in program history.
- The Dukes have three rounds of par-or-better this season, including the final round at the CAA Championships. Prior to this season, JMU had one such round in program history.

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