CLIFTON PARK, N.Y. – Cortland finished in second place out of nine complete teams, and Gina Milazzo (Greenwood Lake/Warwick Valley) shared medalist honors, at the Northeast Women's Golf Conference (NWGC) Fall Classic, held at the Van Patten Golf Club.
 
The tournament is one of two, one-day fall tournaments held by the conference. It was originally erroneously reported here that the Fall Classic would be a two-day event; instead, the NWGC Fall Invitational will be held Saturday at the Mohawk River Country Club in Rexford. The NWGC Championship, which determines the league's NCAA automatic berth, will be held next April.
 
Cortland finished with a 337, eight strokes behind Suffolk in the team standings. Nazareth placed third with a 360 and Utica was fourth with a 370.
 
Milazzo finished as the individual tri-champion, along with Suffolk's Krisna Mahendran and Brooke Bugajewski, with an 80 on the par-72 course. Sophie Oristian (North Potomac, MD/Quince Orchard) was part of a three-way tie for fourth place with an 81, one stroke off the lead. Milazzo finished with 11 pars and Oristian recorded a birdie and nine pars.
All of Cortland's five golfers placed in the top half of the 50-golfer field. Pia Aguilar (Santiago, Chile/Colegio Highlands) tied for 10th place with an 87, Mimi Rienzo (Stewartsville, NJ/Phillipsburg) tied for 13th place with an 89 and Kara Dumas (Jefferson/Gilboa-Conesville) tied for 23rd with a 95. Dumas birdied the par-5, 490-yard first hole.
 
NWGC FALL CLASSIC (October 11, 2024)
 
FINAL TEAM SCORES:
 
Place, School                                                    Score
1) Suffolk                                                             329
2) Cortland                                                           337
3) Nazareth                                                          360
4) Utica                                                                 370
5) Husson                                                             371
6) St. John Fisher                                                 389
7) Keene State                                                     396
8) Keuka                                                               436
9) Westfield State                                                493

Incomplete - Canton, Cobleskill
 
INDIVIDUAL SCORES (TOP 5, PLUS OTHER CORTLAND)
(par 72)

Place, Name (School)                                     Score
T1) Gina Milazzo (Cortland)                                 80
T1) Krisna Mahendran (Suffolk)                           80
T1) Brooke Bugajewski (Suffolk)                          80
T4) Sophie Oristian (Cortland)                             81
T4) Kayla Ringler (Nazareth)                               81
T4) Lindsay Cote (Husson)                                 81
 
T10) Pia Aguilar (Cortland)                                 87
T13) Mimi Rienzo (Cortland)                              89
T23) Kara Dumas (Cortland)                              95
 
(50 golfers competed)