FOREST, Va. --- ODAC men's and women's golfers continue to shine through six weeks of the fall season, many times leading to personal and team records being set (and sometimes reset). That trend continued over the past seven days with strong individual and squad showings over three total events.
This week's ODAC Golfers of the Week showed that quality with Washington and Lee's Pierce Robinson picking up his second straight honor with a top-10 showing in a strong national field and Bridgewater's Sophia Martone earning her first weekly award after claiming her first collegiate medal in record fashion.
Below are entries for both Golfers of the Week. Click on the associated links to see that sport's weekly honor roll. Most weeks this fall, the following schedule will be used for awards reporting:
- Sundays: football
- Mondays: field hockey, soccer, swimming, volleyball (basketball it begins)
- Tuesdays: cross country (indoor track when it begins)
- Wednesdays: golf
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MEN'S GOLFER OF THE WEEK
Pierce Robinson | Washington and Lee | Jr.
Robinson, a junior from Kings Mountain, N.C., earns his second straight weekly award after finishing as the top ODAC player in a strong field at the Tartan Invitational hosted by Carnegie Mellon University. Robinson registered his first top-10 positioning of the year as the two-time Al-ODAC selection placed sixth following three rounds at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pa., which was set to 7,151 yards and a par of 72. He opened with a 4-over par 76 and then improved two shots to 74 over the second 18 holes. He carded a second 76 in the final round to close the 54-hole affair at 10-over 226. Methodist University's Cooper Hrabak won the individual medal at 1-under 215. Robinson's efforts helped nationally eighth-ranked Washington and Lee to ninth of 13 competing teams at 79-over 943 (316-316-311).
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WOMEN'S GOLFER OF THE WEEK
Sophia Martone | Bridgewater | Fy.
Martone, a first-year from Holly Springs, N.C., was the driving force behind a banner tournament for Bridgewater women's golf at the Knights Invitational hosted by Southern Virginia University. Martone won her first collegiate medal in record fashion as she finished at 4-under par 140 following 36 holes on the par-72 layout set to 5,736 yards at Vista Links in Buena Vista, Va. She opened with an even-par 72 before posting the lowest single round in program history with a 68. She birdied two of the final four holes to post her 4-under round score, tying former national champion Christina Herbert for the lowest round in relation to par in team history.* Martone's efforts helped lead Bridgewater to the team title at 45-over par 621. The Eagles carded team rounds of 320 an 301 with the latter total establishing a new program benchmark by three strokes.
*Herbert posted a 69 on a par-73 course on April 9, 2017.
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