FOREST, Va. --- For the the third time in the last four weeks, an ODAC golfer earned individual medalist honors. Week six also features a team title. There were only two events competed over the past seven days with the conference's men's players participating in the Royals Lakes Invitational hosted by Oglethorpe University in Flowery Branch, Ga. The women's tournament on the books was much more in the ODAC's footprint with league teams taking to the Lexington Golf and Country Club for the Knights Invitational hosted by Southern Virginia University.
This week's ODAC Golfers of the Week are Sweet Briar College sophomore Amani Narang and Washington and Lee University senior Pierce Robinson. Narang earned medalist honors at the Knights Invitational after winning a one-hole playoff with Bridgewater College sophomore Sophia Martone. Robinson picks up his second weekly award after tying for second at Royal Lakes, leading W&L to first in the team table with a program-record 36-hole score of 5-under 571.
Below are entries for both ODAC 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 (thru 11/13/22)
- Mondays: field hockey, soccer, swimming, volleyball, wrestling (when it begins)
- Tuesdays: cross country
- Wednesday: golf
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MEN'S GOLFER OF THE WEEK
Pierce Robinson | Washington and Lee | Sr.
Robinson, a senior from Kings Mountain, N.C., picks up his second straight ODAC weekly award after helping Washington and Lee to a the team title in a strong field at the Royal Lakes Invitational hosted by Oglethorpe University. Generals set a new program record for 36-hole team score at 5-under par 571 with a 285 in round one followed by 286 in round two at Royal Lakes Golf and Country Club in Flowery Branch, Ga. Robinson hovered near the top of the leaderboard for the entire tournament on the way to tying for second with Jzeke Dukes from Greensboro College one shot behind medalist Tanner Bronnum from Birmingham Southern College. Robinson carded a two-day total of 7-under 137 on the par-72 track set to 6,717 yards. He was bogey-free over his first 18 holes with five birdies (four on the back nine) towards a 5-under 67. He was again under-par in round two at 2-under 70. He offset his only two over-par holes of the tournament - one bogey and one double - with five more birdies to match him with teammate Owen Malcolm and Gettysburg College's Patrick Kilcoyne with a tournament-best 10 birdies. Robinson, who ranks third in the ODAC with a 71.0 average over eight rounds of competition, led all players in par-4 scoring (6-under, 3.70 strokes/hole). Entering the tournament, Washington and Lee was rated 10th in Division III by Golfstat.com. Robinson was slotted sixth in the individual player ratings by Golfstat through October 11.
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WOMEN'S GOLFER OF THE WEEK
Amani Narang | Sweet Briar | So.
Narang, a sophomore from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, picks up her first career ODAC women's golf weekly award after claiming medalist honors at the Knights Invitational in dramatic fashion. Narang birdied the par-5 475-yard 18th hole at Lexington Golf and Country Club, earning high honors on the first playoff tiebreaker over Sophia Martone from Bridgewater College. This is the second time she has topped a collegiate leaderboard and first-time doing so at a 36-hole tournament. Narang, who now has three top-10 finishes in as many starts this season, finished tied atop the table with Martone at 10-over 154 following 36 holes of competition. Narang opened with a 7-over 79 that featured a pair of birdies on holes 12 and 13. She improved four strokes to 3-over 75 in round two with birdies on #3 and #9. Narang is currently fourth in the conference with a 76.6 average covering five rounds of action. Her efforts on Monday and Tuesday helped Sweet Briar to eighth in the team standings at 175-over 751 (445-431).
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