VALENTINA OLIVIERI-PUENTES OF SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, a junior from Asuncion, Paraguay, has been named the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Golfer of the Week for competitions from April 4 through April 10.
Olivieri-Puentes finished second among 47 golfers at the D3 West Region Invitational, which was played Monday and Tuesday at the Berry Creek Country Club in Georgetown, Texas.
In a field that included seven of the top 100 golfers in Divison III, Olivieri-Puentes shot rounds of 80 and 82 to finish with a two-day total of 162 (+18), just five shots back of the medalist, Katelyn Hicken of the University of Texas-Tyler. She improved three places from her first round score and led the 16th-ranked Pirates to team victory in the eight-team field.
Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
Junior Alyssa Holbrook of Schreiner finished in a tie for fourth at the D3 West Region Invitational. She shot rounds of 81 and 84 to card a two-day total of 165 (+21) as the Mountainners finished second in the eight-team field. Junior Elizabeth McGillivray of Trinity led the Tigers with a two-day total of 168 (83-85) to finish tied for 10th individually at the D3 West Region Invitational. Sophomore Summer Swift of Texas Lutheran paced the Bulldogs with rounds of 83 and 89 to finish at 172 (+28) and a tie for 18th at the D3 West Region Invitational.
SCAC Women's Golf Golfers-of-the-Week |
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Fall Week 1 | Emilee Strausburg, Trinity University |
Fall Week 2 | Jessica Varner, Centenary College |
Fall Week 3 | Jessica Varner, Centenary College |
Fall Week 4 | Emily Campbell, Southwestern University |
Fall Week 5 | Taylor Moser, Trinity University |
Fall Week 6 | Emily Campbell, Southwestern University |
Spring Week 1 | Jessica Varner, Centenary College |
Spring Week 2 | Emilee Strausburg, Trinity University |
Spring Week 3 | Jessica Varner, Centenary College |
Spring Week 4 | Emilee Strausburg, Trinity University |
Spring Week 5 | n/a |
Spring Week 6 | Valentina Olivieri-Puentes, Southwestern University |