Bowling Green, KY- Freshman Ginevra Capo earns MSC women's golfer of the week for the second time this season after a 1
st place finish in the Mid-South Conference Fall championships last week. Capo carded a total score of 233 (+17) in a combined 54 holes.
Capo debuted as a Patriot this year and has since competed in every tournament under Head Coach
Aaron Watkins. Prior to the MSC Fall championships, Capo had tied for 13
th and placed 6
th in the earlier tournaments. Her first place trophy was well earned, tallying a sore just one better than the 2
nd place finisher.
On day one of the invitational, Capo played 36 holes. In her first round of paly, she carded a score of 81 (+9) with one birdie on hole 11. On hole four of round one, Capo double bogeyed, but was able to cut her score in half on the second round to garner a birdie on the same hole. She finished the second round with a score of 76(+4) which put her in 5
th place overall.
On day two of the tournament, Capo lead the way for the Patriots. She tied her second round score of 76 (+4) in the third round of play, bringing her combined score to 233 (+17), which put her atop the leaderboard by one stroke.
Cumberlands finished out the invitational in 2
nd place, which is an improvement from last year's 4
th place standing. Capo has helped lead the team to two first place victories this season, the AU Fall Invitational and the TPC Deere Run Invitational. At Deere Run, the team competed against 13 teams that were ranked or receiving votes in the NAIA Coaches' Poll.
The team will not compete against until the Spring of the next year. They will open up the spring season with a tournament in St. Augustine on February 27
th.
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