LAKEWOOD, NJ – Monmouth University Women's Golf won its second tournament of the fall, capturing the MU Fall Shootout by a 17-shot margin in the five-team field. Senior Paige Diecidue won the event individually, firing a two-under par 70 in the final round to capture top honors.
 
Monmouth shot its third round under 300 to clinch the victory, firing a 296 in the final round to win by 17. Diecidue followed a 76 with a two-under par 70 to win the tournament by one over teammate Ava Lozito, who ranked solo second after a one-over par 73 in the opening round. Three more Hawks ranked in the top-10, led by Liddie McCook who posted a 75 on Sunday. Freshman Sophia Ramirez Velandia was eighth after shooting 79, while Claire Orr's Sunday 79 vaulted her into ninth. Angela Hyoju An, Mia Sutton and Jess Brehm closed out the MU participants.
 
NOTES


-This is the fourth win of Diecidue's collegiate career.
-Monmouth wins its second event of the fall.
-MU shot 308-296 as a team to finish 17 shots ahead of second-place Hofstra as well as topping St. Francis PA, Niagara and LaSalle.
-Five Hawks placed in the top-10 of the event.
-MU shot a team round inside of 300 for the first time this season. Previously, it had not been done since at least the 2004-05 season.

UP NEXT
-MU closes out the fall schedule at the Lehigh Invitational on October 24-25.