DU’s Newlove and ORU’s Garcia Capture Women’s Golfers of the Week Honors

4/12/2017 12:00:00 AM

ELMHURST, Ill. – Denver's Sophie Newlove and Oral Roberts' Beatriz Garcia were named Summit League Women's Golfers of the Week for their performances during the week of April 5-11.

SOPHIE NEWLOVE, DENVER
So. // Nottingham, England

Collected her first career Golfer of the Week award
Finished tied for fourth place out of 60 golfers with a single-round 72 at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic
Defeated No. 19 Oklahoma State's Isabella Deilert 3&2 in the first round of match play at the Liz Murphey Collegiate Classic
Finished the week with a 72.0 stroke average

BEATRIZ GARCIA, ORAL ROBERTS
Fr. // Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico

Earned her first career Golfer of the Week honor
Finished tied for third place out of 54 golfers with a 54-hole 219 (76-69-74) at the Dale McNamara Invitational
Her low-round 69 and 54-hole score are the lowest of her career
Finished the week with a 73.0 stroke average

Also nominated: Aneta Abrahamova, IUPUI; Brenna Lervick, South Dakota; Alex Krehbiel, Western Illinois

Previous Honorees: September – Hallie Getz, SDSU; October – Brenna Lervick, South Dakota / Megan Mingo, South Dakota State; Feb. 1 – Mariell Bruun, Denver; Feb. 15 – Islamiah Fuad, South Dakota State; Feb. 22 – Mariell Bruun, Denver; March 1 – Kennedy Ishee, Oral Roberts; March 8 – Megan Mingo, South Dakota State; March 15 – Teresa Toscano, South Dakota State; March 22 – Megan Mingo, South Dakota State; March 29 – Lauren Whyte, Denver / Aneta Abrahamova, IUPUI; April 5 – Mariell Bruun, Denver / Brenna Lervick, South Dakota

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