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GOLF: March 15 Golfers of the Week

IRVING, Texas - For the second consecutive week Camila Serrano of FIU earned C-USA Women's Golfer of the Week after a top 10 finish. The senior beat eight ranked players including two in the top 25. Middle Tennessee freshman Chip Thomas tied his season-best 54-hole total, in a 15-team field that had seven ranked opponents to claim C-USA Men's Golfer of the Week.

C-USA Men's Golfer of the Week - Chip Thomas, Middle Tennessee, Fr., Knoxville, Tennessee
Thomas tied his best performance as a collegian against a talent-laden field that included seven of the 15 teams ranked in the top 50 and three of those opponents in the top 25. Thomas matched his season-best finish and best 54-hole total with a 231 mark, and tied for 11th. Thomas finished tied for first in the field of 92 in par-5 scoring at 8-under. The Knoxville native also tied for sixth with 12 birdies throughout the tournament and notched an eagle. This is Thomas' second C-USA Player of the Week award of his career.

C-USA Women's Golfer of the Week - Camila Serrano, FIU, Sr., Bogota, Columbia
Serrano posted three rounds of 72 or better, finishing in the top 10 in a tournament for the fifth time this season after a 5-over 215 at the SunTrust Gator Invitational. She tied for seventh and beat eight ranked golfers in the field in the two-day tournament. She finished tied for fourth in the field with a 2-under aggregate score on the par-5 holes and tied for seventh with a 4-over aggregate on the par-4 holes in the tournament for the 54 holes. Her 38 pars were tied for sixth amongst all players and her six birdies were tied for 13th in the 78-player field. This is Serrano's fourth C-USA Player of the Week award this year and fifth of her career.

2016-17 C-USA Men's Golfers of the Week
  • S14 Andreas Sorenson, UTEP
  • S14 Billy Tom Sargent, WKU
  • S14 Zander Lozano, UTSA
  • S21 Mario Carmona, Rice
  • S28 Marcus Byrd, Middle Tennessee
  • O5 Conor Purcell, Charlotte
  • O12 Billy Tom Sargent, WKU
  • O19 Frederik Dreier, UTEP
  • O26 Ilari Saulo, Middle Tennessee
  • N2 Zander Lozano, UTSA
  • F15 None
  • F22 Chip Thomas, Middle Tennessee
  • M1 Collin Clark, UTSA
  • M8 Ricky Hendler, Florida Atlantic
  • M15 Chip Thomas, Middle Tennessee

2016-17 C-USA Women's Golfers of the Week
  • S14 Mary Joiner, WKU
  • S21 Hanley Long, Middle Tennessee
  • S28 Katie Story, WKU
  • O5 Camila Serrano, FIU
  • O12 Kelly Erasmus, Southern Miss
  • O19 Lily Downs, UTEP
  • O26 Camila Serrano, FIU
  • N2 Mary Joiner, WKU
  • F15 Julie Houston & Nikki Long, UTSA
  • F22 Juliana Sebastian, UAB
  • M1 Nikki Long, UTSA
  • M8 Camila Serrano, FIU
  • M15 Camila Serrano, FIU

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