CONCORD, N.C. - Junior
Kendall Turner earned the second medalist honors of her college career on Tuesday afternoon, leading the way as the James Madison women's golf team climbed into a tie for second at the Charlotte Invitational, hosted at the par-72, 6,381-yard Cabarrus Country Club.
Turner used 10 birdies across her three rounds to card 75-71-72 (+2) to tie for first place atop the 73-player leaderboard, capturing her first medalist honors since taking home the 2021 Colonial Athletic Association Championship.
The victory makes her just the ninth player in JMU Women's Golf history to card at least two individual wins with the Dukes and the first in 10 years to earn her second win. It also marks JMU's first individual win since
Amelia Williams' title at the 2022 River Landing Classic this past March.
As a team, the Dukes improved in each of the three rounds, using a final-round 293 (+5) on Tuesday to climb a pair of spots on the leaderboard and tie for second among 12 schools. The final round (308-294-293) matched the lowest team round in the field for the week.
Freshman
Maria Atwood (77-73-73) and Williams (78-74-71) herself each earned their first top-10 finishes of the season, tying for sixth place at 223 (+7). Sophomore
Tatum Walsh (78-76-80) and senior
Kate Owens (79-78-77) each tied for 35th at 234.
Playing as individuals, junior
Haley Quickel and sophomore
Kayleigh Reinke turned in very solid performances - Reinke finished tied for 40th at 235 (80-77-78), while Quickel earned her second top-10 finish of the year, carding 80-74-69 (223) on her way to a tie for sixth place. Quickel led the entire field with 15 birdies across three rounds, while her final-round 69 (-3) was the lowest single-round score recorded across the whole of the event.
UP NEXT
The Dukes have concluded the fall portion of their 2022-23 schedule and will not be back in action until they travel to the Oyster Shuck Match Play at Charleston Municipal Golf Course on Feb. 13-14.
JMU last played in Oyster Shuck Match Play during the 2018-19 season, taking home the title with a perfect 3-0 record.