NIC's Montgomery wins at NNU tourney

| April 2, 2014 9:00 PM

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NAMPA - Angus Montgomery of North Idaho College earned medalist honors at the NNU Intercollegiate Invitational on Tuesday, shooting a 54-hole score of 5-under-par 211 at Ridgecrest Golf Club to win by two strokes.

Montgomery shot rounds of 70 and 67 on Monday, and 74 in the cold, wind and rain on Tuesday.

The NIC men finished second, losing to host Northwest Nazarene in a playoff after both shot 54-hole team scores of 890. Lewis-Clark State (896) was third, Westminster College (913) of Salt Lake City was fourth, and College of Idaho (939) was fifth.

Chris Cremer (74-75-75-224) finished sixth for NIC, Tanner Martin (75-73-81-229) and Michael Porter (76-79-74-229) tied for 10th, and Hugh Taylor (81-77-80-238) tied for 24th. Garrett Adair of NIC, playing unattached, shot 76-74-81-231 and tied for 18th.

In the women's tournament, NIC shot 786 over 36 holes and finished fifth out of five teams. Lewis-Clark State won with a 642, followed by Northwest Nazarene with 680, College of Idaho with 700 and Westminster with 712.

Jennie Williams (91-93-184) of NIC finished 15th. Madi Hauck (95-98-193) tied for 19th, Jenna Kaik (99-99-198) was 21st and Elsa Goodsen (100-111-211) was 25th.

Brandi Bork of Westminster was medalist, shooting 77-78-155 on the par-72 course.