The Sandspur

Issue date: 4/14/06 Section: Sports

Media Credit: Courtesy of RCISD LUCKY NUMBER FOUR: The women's golf team found themselves with their fourth-straight SSC vistory in Dade City, Florida at the Lake Jovita Country Club.

Rollins golf has been bringing home accolades left and right. Recently, Rollins golfers have been recognized for their outstanding achievements on the course. In the past two weeks, two of Rollins golfers were honored as Athletes of the Week: seniors Charlotte Campbell and Dan Walters.

Charlotte was honored as Athlete of the Week for the third time this year for her win at the Ryder Florida Collegiate Championship. She earned first place by one stroke, posting a three-round 221 (72-75-74). This feat earned her a position at the top of a 60-player field and distinguished her as the "Best Collegiate Women's Golfer" in Florida. She has collected ten wins in her career and holds the team best stroke average of 74.61.

This week Charlotte finished the last SSC tournament in second only behind fellow teammate, Mariana De Biase. Campbell finished with a score of 226 (75-73-78).

Senior Mariana De Biase finished first in Dade City one stroke ahead of Campbell with a 225 (73-76-76). The Rollins team score was 922 at the end of the competition, a strong 39 strokes ahead of the competition that helped them claim their fourth SSC Championship Tournament in a row. Other honorable mentions belong to Cristina Gugler (235) and Vanessa Vela (239) who both finished in the top ten at sixth and tied for ninth, respectively.

The women will proceed onto compete for their fourth straight NCAA Division II Championship which will take place in Pensacola, Florida on May 1-2.

The men's team has been keeping up pretty closely to the women. This week's Athlete of the Week Dan Walters shot an impressive 69 in the SSC Tournament and went on to post a first-place, final score of 218.

As a team, the men carded a collective score of 907 enough to put them in second place overall. Adding to Rollins success, junior Darren Lundgren tied for sixth place overall with a score of 226, junior Jeff Golden finished with 230 and senior Andrew Pranger capped off the tourney with a 233.

The men are currently ranked eighth and look to the South Regional Tournament in Duncan, Oklahoma scheduled for May 1-3.

Page 1 of 1

Article Tools