IOWA CITY, Iowa —
Lauren Greeny secured Montana State’s second particular person win of the season and the fourth of her profession to guide the Bobcats to a runner-up staff end on the Diane Thomason Invitational, on Tuesday.
Powered by her Finkbine Golf Course-record spherical of 64 on Monday, Greeny added rounds of 75 and 72 to conclude the match at 5-under 211, six strokes away from the remainder of the sector. Greeny additionally set the Diane Thomason Invitational document for low match rating, surpassing the earlier mark of 212 set by Iowa’s Jessica Ip in 2015.
As a staff, Montana State claimed its fourth top-five end of the yr, together with its third-straight match inserting within the high three. The Cats carded rounds of 293, 300, and 301 to conclude the match with an 894, ending 5 strokes again of staff champion Iowa (889). The Bobcats led the sector in birdies with 33 over the course of three rounds. Greeny and fellow senior
Maddie Montoya led the cost for the Bobcats with top-10 particular person finishes as Montoya concluded competitors tied for eighth at 8-over 221.
Eva Heinz (T-37
th),
Norah Seidl (T-49
th), and
Ashleigh Wilson (T-51
st) rounded out the Bobcats’ lineup in Iowa with three-round scores of 234, 236, and 237, respectively.
“Hats off to Greeny this week for her play!” Montana State head coach
Brittany Basye stated. “She was focused from start to finish. Getting a win in Iowa for her individually is huge. The team was close, and if we can keep putting ourselves in the final pairing on the last day of each tournament, then we are achieving our goals. Maddie had a good tournament on a great test of a golf course. We will keep the pedal down and work hard the next couple weeks to top off our season in Tulsa. We will keep working hard, and it will be a great test and treat to play in Tulsa against some awesome teams. Golf is hard, but this team will keep fighting. They are gritty! Congratulations to the Iowa team for bringing it the final round.”
Greeny carded the Bobcats’ lowest rating within the third spherical with an even-par 72, highlighted by 4 birdies. The spherical marked the second lowest by any competitor within the subject on Tuesday to assist her safe the third-best particular person match rating of her profession at 211. With her fourth profession medalist honor, Greeny moved right into a tie with Scarlet Weidig for second on Montana State’s all-time wins checklist and wishes only one extra victory to tie Jen McGregor’s 5 for probably the most in Bobcat historical past. Montoya added a counting spherical of 73 on Tuesday, sinking birdies on holes 7, 10, and 11 to earn her second top-10 results of the 2025-26 marketing campaign. The Bobcats additionally counted a 76 from Heinz and an 80 by Seidl within the third spherical to conclude the match in second place.
Iowa posted a tournament-low spherical of 2-over 290 on Tuesday in a come-from-behind victory on its residence course. The Hawkeyes posted a rating of 889 whereas the Bobcats completed second with an 894. Montana State held a sizeable hole to the remainder of the sector, ending 12 strokes forward of third-place groups Southern Miss and South Dakota (906) whereas Bowling Green rounded out the highest 5 at 911.
Greeny (211) claimed medalist honors by six strokes, ending forward of Omaha’s Katie Ruge (217) and Southern Miss’ Louise Cuyvers (218).
Full outcomes from the Diane Thomason Invitational could be discovered at
scoreboard.clippd.com.
After a stretch of 4 tournaments in 4 weeks, the Bobcats could have subsequent week off earlier than competing of their last match of the autumn on Oct. 13-14. The Dale McNamara Invitational will probably be held at Cedar Ridge Country Club in Broken Arrow, Okla., with the University of Tulsa serving because the host.
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