University of North Carolina Athletics
Women's Golf Team Named Tar Heel Performers Of The Week
April 18, 2011 | Women's Golf
April 18, 2011
The 2011 University ofNorth Carolina women's golf team has been named the Tar Heel Performer of the Week for the week of April 11-17, 2011.
The Tar Heels were crowned ACC Champions on Sunday as Carolina captured theteam trophy with a 23-over-par 875 total, their first conference title since 1992. It was truly a team effort as four Tar Heels carded top-10 finishes at Sedgefield Country Club in Greensboro, a par 71, 6,181-yard layout. Junior Allie White was the runner-up at 2-over-par 215 while another junior, Catherine O'Donnell, tied for third place at 4-over 217. The remaining Tar Heel participants are all freshman. Katherine Perry placed sixth at 8-over 221, Casey Grice tied for seventh at 9-over 222 and Jackie Chang tied for 21st at 19-over 232.
The Tar Heels grabbed the lead on the first day when they fired a 5-over-par 289, but they really separated themselves from the field on Saturday when they fired a 2-over 286, 16 stokes better than any other team, giving them a 24-stroke advantage going into Sunday's final round. The Tar Heels played very solid golf for the first half of the round, finishing the front nine at 2-over, better then any other team. Scores were a bit higher on the back nine, but Carolina's lead by that point was insurmountable and the Tar Heels maintained the 24-stroke margin they held at the beginning of the day.
Other nominees this week included:
BRENNAN BOYAJIAN
Men's Tennis
Junior
Weston, Fla.
rennan is the Tar Heel nominee after helping his team to three conference wins with three straight-set victories. As the Tar Heels wrapped up the No. 2 seed in the ACC tournament, Brennan provided key wins at No. 2 singles. In the midweek rivalry matchup with No. 10 Duke, Brennan gave his team a critical point in his demolition of No. 9 Reid Carleton. Carleton had beat 17 ranked opponents this season and was the highest-ranked player Brennan has ever defeated. He then defeated No. 25 Miami's Keith Crowley as part of yet another Tar Heel victory. He finished the weekend with another win over a ranked opponent, this time making quick work of No. 108 Clint Bowles.
NICKY GALASSO
Men's Lacrosse
Freshman Attackman
West Islip, N.Y.
Nicky Galasso scored six goals and added five assists to lead Carolina to wins over Presbyterian andLehigh. In the process, the freshman from West Islip, N.Y. set a school record for points in a season for a freshman as he now has 51, exceeding the 45 by John Webster in 1990. Galasso now has 29 assists this season, the most by any Tar Heel since Brendan Carey has 40 in 1996. Galasso had two goals and two assists against Prebyterian while only playing the first half. He came back with seven points against Lehigh. His four goals against the Mountain Hawks matched his career high for goals in a game (also had four versus Robert Morris on February 12) and his seven points also matched his career high (also hadseven versus Maryland on March 26).
HALEIGH DICKEY
Softball
Sophomore First Baseman
Woodstock, Ga.
Haleigh Dickey enjoyed a monster week at the plate, registering a .438 batting average. The Woodstock, Ga., native belted a pair of home runs and added six RBI in a return to her home state at Georgia Tech. Dickey finished the week with seven hits and a .875 slugging percentage en route to collecting a four-game hit streak.
KARA CANNIZZARO
Women's Lacrosse
Sophomore
Cazenovia, N.Y.
Kara Cannizzaro scored a career-high four goals and had a carer-high five total points in the women's lacrosse team's 11-10 loss at No. 3 Duke on Friday night. The Duke defense focused on senior All-America and UNC scoring leader Corey Donohoe,holding her without a shot attempt in the first half and to one goal and one assist in the game. Cannizzaro picked up the slack with a goal and an assist in the first half and three second-half goals as Carolina rallied from a three-goal deficit to tie the game at 9-9 before eventually losing 11-10.
MALAI WALKER
Women's Track and Field
Junior
Monroe, N.C.
Walker took first in the women's 100 Saturday at the Kent Taylor-Joe Hilton Carolina Invitational and helped the women's 4x100 team to a first place as well. Walker took the 100 in 11.90, and the women's 400-meter relay team won a close race with a time of 46.33 over West Virginia's 46.45.
PARKER SMITH
Men's Track and Field
Senior
Highlands Ranch, Col.
Smith won the men's pole vault Saturday at the Kent Taylor-Joe Hilton Carolina Invitational with a season-best height of 17-4 1/2. That vault moved Smith to the No. 12 spot in the nation in the event, tied for the eighth-best height in the NCAA.
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