Monday, April 18
Huntsville, Ala.
Jacksonville State University
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Ohio Valley Conference Championship
Bajo Geijo Named Player of the Year, Gamecocks Finish Third at OVC
4/20/2016 5:07:00 PM | Women's Golf
FINAL RESULTS - PHOTO GALLERY
OWENS CROSSROADS – The final day of the Ohio Valley Conference Women's Golf Championship for Jacksonville State came after the final round was completed.
The Gamecocks shot a 304 and finished third, but senior Melania Bajo Geijo was recognized in the post tournament awards presentation as the OVC's 2015-16 Women's Golfer of the Year. The Neuquen, Argentina, native was voted to league's top player for this season by its head coaches, making her the fifth Gamecock to receive the honor but the first since 2009.
She finishes an impressive career that has seen her emerge as one of the best to ever play for the Gamecocks. After the conclusion 2016 OVC Championship, she broke the single-season record for stroke average and led the OVC with a 74.5 stroke average, almost a full stroke better than second place on that list.
She had six rounds of par or better this season, one shy of the school record, and had two of the low five scores by any player in the OVC to earn All-OVC honors. She played 117 rounds for the Gamecocks, the most by any player in school history, with her 103 counting rounds also breaking the school record.
In her four-year career at JSU, Bajo Geijo made a school-record 238 birdies and holds three of the program's top 10 marks for birdies in a season. Only 20 times in JSU's history has a women's player shot below 70 in a single round, with Bajo Geijo doing it five of those times.
On Tuesday on the Highlands Course at Hampton Cove on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Bajo Geijo shot 76 to finish the tournament tied for seventh with a 54-hole score of 226. She tied with teammate and freshman Valentina, Giraldo, whose final-round 75 on the par-72, 6,050-yard layout capped her 226.
Sophomore Natalia Azcue carded a 77 on Tuesday to finish the tournament with a 229 that tied her for 12th, while freshman Karina Kukkonen tied for 22nd after a final-round 81 gave her three-day score of 235. Junior Angie Varona tied for 28th after a Tuesday 76, her best of the tournament, finished off a 238.
The Gamecocks finiashed third in the 10-team field, while Eastern Kentucky claimed the team title with an 888. Murray State's Moa Folke claimed medalist honors with a 3-over 219.
OWENS CROSSROADS – The final day of the Ohio Valley Conference Women's Golf Championship for Jacksonville State came after the final round was completed.
The Gamecocks shot a 304 and finished third, but senior Melania Bajo Geijo was recognized in the post tournament awards presentation as the OVC's 2015-16 Women's Golfer of the Year. The Neuquen, Argentina, native was voted to league's top player for this season by its head coaches, making her the fifth Gamecock to receive the honor but the first since 2009.
She finishes an impressive career that has seen her emerge as one of the best to ever play for the Gamecocks. After the conclusion 2016 OVC Championship, she broke the single-season record for stroke average and led the OVC with a 74.5 stroke average, almost a full stroke better than second place on that list.
She had six rounds of par or better this season, one shy of the school record, and had two of the low five scores by any player in the OVC to earn All-OVC honors. She played 117 rounds for the Gamecocks, the most by any player in school history, with her 103 counting rounds also breaking the school record.
In her four-year career at JSU, Bajo Geijo made a school-record 238 birdies and holds three of the program's top 10 marks for birdies in a season. Only 20 times in JSU's history has a women's player shot below 70 in a single round, with Bajo Geijo doing it five of those times.
On Tuesday on the Highlands Course at Hampton Cove on the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, Bajo Geijo shot 76 to finish the tournament tied for seventh with a 54-hole score of 226. She tied with teammate and freshman Valentina, Giraldo, whose final-round 75 on the par-72, 6,050-yard layout capped her 226.
Sophomore Natalia Azcue carded a 77 on Tuesday to finish the tournament with a 229 that tied her for 12th, while freshman Karina Kukkonen tied for 22nd after a final-round 81 gave her three-day score of 235. Junior Angie Varona tied for 28th after a Tuesday 76, her best of the tournament, finished off a 238.
The Gamecocks finiashed third in the 10-team field, while Eastern Kentucky claimed the team title with an 888. Murray State's Moa Folke claimed medalist honors with a 3-over 219.
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