The Iowa women’s golf team completed its longest road trip of the fall season on Wednesday, and the Hawks produced yet another strong showing, taking a fourth-place finish at the New Mexico State Aggie Invitational in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

The fourth-place finish is surprisingly the team’s worst finish of the season. After winning the season-opening Diane Thomason Invitational at Finkbine, the Hawks placed third at last week’s Johnie Imes Invitational in Columbia, Missouri.

Their team three-round score of 886 [plus-22] was bested only by tournament champions BYU, host New Mexico State, and Idaho. California-Riverside rounded out the top five.

The five-player Hawkeye lineup finished largely in the top half of the tournament’s leaderboard, with last week’s Big Ten Golfer of the Week Amy Ihm leading the charge for head coach Megan Menzel’s squad.

Ihm, the lineup’s lone senior, posted a seventh-place finish with a total score of 217 [plus-1].

Junior Jessie Sindlinger tied for eighth at 218, with sophomore Jessica Ip tied for 16th at 222. Fellow sophomore Elisa Suarez tied for 40th at 229, and freshman Kristin Glesne finished in 45th at 230.

New Mexico State’s Viviana Macias was the tournament’s individual champion, carding a score of 210.

The Hawkeyes will return to action Oct. 12 in Pinehurst, North Carolina, to compete in the Pinehurst Challenge. That will conclude the team’s fall season.

— Jake Mosbach

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