Trus Leads MSU To 5th Place in Alabama

Friday, September 5

Jacksonville, Ala.

Silver Lakes GC

Murray State

Host - Jacksonville State

9/7/2008 5:00:00 AM | Women's Golf

The Murray State Women's Golf team came home with a fifth place finish at the Chris Banister Gamecock Classic in Calhoun County, Ala.

The Racers fired rounds of 308-304-310=922 to finish in fifth place, five shots behind fourth place JSU. Chattanooga won the tournament with a score of 878, while Middle Tennessee (905) finished third and Southern Mississippi (913) took home fourth place.

Joyce Trust was the Racers' best finisher, coming home in 11^th place. Trus fired rounds of 77-73-79=229. Morgan Cross, playing in her first collegiate event as a freshman, finished 18^th after scores of 78-75-78=231. Megan McKinney had rounds of 76-78-78=232 and took 20^th place. Andrea Downer finished 23^rd with scores of 79-78-77=234, while Alex Hinteregger took 29^th place with scores of 77-83-77=237.

MSU's Rachel Diuguid finished 39^th playing as an individual with scores of 83-78-82=243.

Eastern Kentucky (943) finished sixth, with Western Kentucky (944), Florida Gulf Coast (950), Austin Peay (953), and Northeastern State (984) rounded out the field.

The event hosted by Jacksonville State featured a deep field of 10 teams. The 54-hole event was played at Silver Springs GC on a course that played 5,998 yards and a par-72.

The next action for MSU is a trip to Sunset Beach, N.C. for the Sea Trail Intercollegiate Sep. 20.