Seton Hall's Yeom, Creighton's Grenko Earn Weekly Golf Honors
NEW YORK -- Seton Hall senior Chris Yeom and Creighton senior Rachel Grenko have won BIG EAST weekly golf honors. Yeom was named BIG EAST Male Golfer of the Week and Grenko was selected BIG EAST Female Golfer of the Week.
BIG EAST Male Golfer of the Week
Chris Yeom, Sr., Seton Hall – Yeom broke the Seton Hall two-round school record at the Hartford Hawks Invitational. The senior shot an eight-under-par 136 (67-69), which broke former teammate Lloyd Jefferson Go’s two-round, par-72 school record by two strokes. Yeom’s score tied for second place in the tournament, one stroke behind the winner. Yeom recorded his seventh career sub-par tournament, which tied for third on the school’s all-time list. It was also his fifth career top-5 finish. The Pirates finished third in the 20-team field at 12-under-par 564 (282, 282)
BIG EAST Female Golfer of the Week
Rachel Grenko, Sr., Creighton – Grenko’s performance at the Loyola Fall Invitational in Flossmoor, Ill., included a hole-in-one on a 150-yard second hole in the first round, the first ace by a Bluejay since 2008. The senior finished tied for 15th among 72 competitors with three straight rounds of 79. Her 15th-place finish was the highest in her Bluejay career. Creighton took fourth place among 12 teams.
Men’s Notes – Matt Murlick of
Marquette shot an even-par 216 (71-72-73) to tie for fourth place and give the Golden Eagles their first win of the season and second straight victory at the Northern Intercollegiate in Sugar Grove, Ill. Murlick’s 71 (-1) in the first round helped Marquette build a seven-stroke cushion and his final-round 73 was highlighted by an eagle on the par-5 18th hole which helped push Marquette ahead of runner-up Notre Dame. The 14-team field also included four 2018 NCAA teams – Missouri, Coastal Carolina, UMKC and Augusta…In his collegiate debut, freshman Campbell Wolf of
DePaul finished in a tie for 13th at the EKU Intercollegiate. His carded a 54-hole total of 214 (+4) that included an even-par 70 in the final round…
Creighton’s Brad Keyer started his fall season with a tie for fifth place among 74 golfers at the Crusader Collegiate hosted by Valparaiso. The junior followed an opening-round 73 with consecutive 72s for a 217 total, one over par. Keyer’s finish was the best by a Bluejay since the first meet of the 2016 fall season…
Villanova was scheduled to play in the Janney Invitational hosted by VCU, but the tourney was cancelled due to Hurricane Florence.
Women’s Notes –
St. John’s is scheduled to compete in the Hofstra Pride Invitational in East Meadow, N.Y., on Thursday.