Jacob, DaLeo Share Weekly CCAA Golf Honors

Jacob, DaLeo Share Weekly CCAA Golf Honors

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After recording identical finishes at the CSUSM Fujikura Invitational, Jaime Jacob and Megan DaLeo share CCAA Golfer of the Week honors for March 6-12. It is the third award of the season for each woman.

Both women fired off scores of 73-72—145 at the tournament which featured eight of the nation’s top 25 teams. Currently ranked No. 6 individually in the latest Golfstat rankings Jacob rolled a tournament-best eight birdies in her two rounds of play with DaLeo right behind at seven.

Both women faced challenges closing out the final round, as CCAA defending champion Jacob carded a triple bogey on the 17th followed by a par to slip into a tie for third. For DaLeo, a bogey-bogey finish capped the final day at Shadowridge CC in Vista. The pair finished three strokes out of medalist honors, also tied with Barry University’s Noemie Pare

Despite the finish, Jacob, a junior from Encinitas, helped the Cougars to a third place team finish behind the Nos. 1 and 2 teams in the country, Barry and Dallas Baptist. Sonoma State also enjoyed a Top 10 finish helped by the score of DaLeo, a freshman from Plano, Texas, taking ninth overall.

Both squads are off for the remainder of March, with the  and the Seawolves getting back on the course April 4-5 at the WNMU Mustang Intercollegiate April 4-5, and the No. 4-ranked Cougars swinging away April 8-9 at the West Texas A&M Desert Invitational.

 
2018-19 CCAA Women’s Golfer of the Week
Sept. 5-11 Linnea Karlsson, Cal State Monterey Bay
Sept. 19-25 Sarah Garcia, Cal State San Marcos
Sept. 26-Oct. 2 Carolin Chang, Cal State East Bay
Oct. 3-9 Megan DaLeo, Sonoma State
Oct. 17-23 Jaime Jacob, Cal State San Marcos
Oct. 24-30 Jaime Jacob, Cal State San Marcos
Jan. 30-Feb. 5 Bergen Benedict, Cal State San Marcos
Feb. 6-12 Breann Horn, Cal State San Marcos
Feb. 27-March 5 Megan DaLeo, Sonoma State
March 6-12 Jaime Jacob, Cal State San Marcos
Megan DaLeo, Sonoma State