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Seton Hall, Georgetown Earn BIG EAST Weekly Golf Awards

NEW YORK – Marta Aguilar from Seton Hall and George McGlinn from Georgetown were selected as the BIG EAST Female and Male Golfers of the Week.

Aguilar tied for second place at the Lady Blue Hen Invitational, finishing with a 1-under par total of 215 for the tournament to lead the Pirates.  McGlinn led the Hoyas, finishing atop the leaderboard after 72 holes of play at the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate to force a playoff. 

BIG EAST Female Golfer of the Week
Marta Aguilar, Seton Hall
Aguilar tied for second place at the Lady Blue Hen Invitational, held at the Rehoboth Beach C.C.  She finished at 1-under par, with a 54-hole score of 215.  She began play with a 2-under par round of 70 and closed out competition with a final day 72, carding two birdies and 14 pars during the final round.  Aguilar finished two shots off the lead and registered her third top 10 finish in five starts during the fall season.

BIG EAST Co-Male Golfers of the Week
George McGlinn, Georgetown
McGlinn used a 30-foot par putt on the 72nd hole to force a playoff at the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate, held at the Kilmarlic G.C. in Powells Point, N.C.  The freshman fell in extra play, but helped pace the Hoyas to a second place team finish.  For the tournament, McGlinn finished at 4-under after opening with consecutive even-par rounds of 71, before carding a 4-under 67 during the final 18 holes of competition.

Women's Notes: Three BIG EAST teams - Georgetown, Seton Hall, and St. John's - competed at the Lady Blue Hen Invitational...Georgetown placed fifth with a 54-hole score of 884 (298-292-294) and were led by freshman Mahreen Bhatia, who tied for sixth place...Bhatia finished with an even-par total of 216 (73-69-74)...the Pirates earned a seventh place team finish, with a total score of 899 (295-305-299)...in additional to Aguilar's stellar play, SHU's Isabella Stewart finished in a tie for 27th place, closing out play with a 1-over 73...St. John's finished 10th as a team, led by Lily Huynh who tied for eighth place with a 1-over total of 217...Providence competed at the Lehigh Invitational, finishing eighth with a team score of 668... the Friars' Myla Bisceglia was the top finisher, placing tied for 35th with a 36-hole total score of 166.

Men’s Notes: Georgetown placed second at the ODU/OBX Intercollegiate, posting rounds of 294-281-274 to finish at 3-under par for the tournament...the Hoyas were tied atop the team leaderboard after 72 holes before falling in a playoff to determine the winner...individually, George McGlinn was tied for first place after regulation before bogeying the first playoff hole...Georgetown teammate Alan Rose tied for 10th place, using a 4-under 67 in the final round to move into the top 10...UConn finished 14th at the Ka'anapali Collegiate Invitational, hosted by the Royal Ka'anapali Golf Course in Maui, Hawaii...the Huskies finished with a three-day score of 873 on the par 71 course...Kai-Jun Huang was the leader for UConn, placing 24th overall with an even-par total of 213 (68-73-72).