Seton Hall’s Go, Xavier’s Fitzpatrick Earn Weekly Golf Honors
NEW YORK – Seton Hall senior Lloyd Jefferson Go has been named BIG EAST Male Golfer of the Week and Xavier freshman Mikayla Fitzpatrick has been selected BIG EAST Female Golfer of the Week in the first weekly honors of the spring season.
BIG EAST Male Golfer of the Week
Lloyd Jefferson Go, Seton Hall, Sr. – Go, the BIG EAST individual winner in last year’s conference championship, fired a 5-under par 67 in the final round of the Loyola Invitational. He had six birdies and 11 pars to tie for the third lowest par-72 round in school history. Go finished second among 96 individual golfers with a record 11-under-par 68-70-67-205. The 205 is the lowest three-round score ever for a Seton Hall golfer. The 11-under-par score is the second-most strokes under par, for any par course, in Pirate history.
BIG EAST Female Golfer of the Week
Mikayla Fitzpatrick, Xavier, Fr. – Fitzpatrick notched her first top-10 finish in her collegiate career, tying for eighth place at the Rio Verde Invitational in Arizona. She led the team with nine birdies and put together a collegiate-best three-round score of 221 (+5). She shot a one-under-par 71 in the second round.
BIG EAST Notes
Marquette sophomore Oliver Farrell shot a 36-hole 7-under-par total that included a career-low 66 6-under-par in the final round to claim medalist honors at the Charleston Shootout at Kiawah Island’s Osprey Point G.C. on Feb. 11. Farrell led Marquette to a four-stroke victory over Wisconsin. The three-team stroke play event also included Charleston Southern. Farrell was the only play in the 23-player field to score under par...Butler’s Joey Arcuri led the Bulldogs with a 3-over-par 219 to tie for 14th at The Invitational at Savannah Harbor hosted by William and Mary. The senior shot 73-75 for a four-over-par score of 148 in the first two rounds. He finished the third round with a one-under-par 71. Butler finished eighth in the team standings.
Seton Hall freshman Maddie Sager shot a 5-over-par 77 in the third round of the Rio Verde Invitational. For the three-day event, she was a team-best 12-over-par with a 74-77-77-228 to tie for 33rd place among 103 golfers. As a team, the Pirates tied for 16th with Ohio U.