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LSC Golf Release - Week 12

 
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Late February tournaments in warm weather destinations are on the schedules for Lone Star Conference men's and women's golf teams (Feb. 24-25). Women's teams will play in San Antonio and Lakeland, Fla., while a trio of men's teams travel to Borrego Springs, Calif.
 
LSC Women
St. Mary's and Dominion Country Club host the 16-team Rattler Invitational on Monday and Tuesday. West Texas A&M returns to defend its 2024 tournament title, a 26-stroke win over host StMU (870-896). St. Mary's senior Libby Kilbride finished runner-up in last year's event and is the top top returning individual. Angelo State, Cameron, Lubbock Christian, Midwestern State, Texas A&M International, Texas A&M-Kingsville, UT Permian Basin, UT Tyler and Western New Mexico are scheduled to compete in an unofficial LSC Championship preview.  ...  DBU will play the Lady Moc Classic in Florida, competing in a southeastern heavy 18-team field. The Patriots won last year's tournament by 15 strokes over Flagler
 
Expected poor weather conditions shortened the Southern Invite to a 36-hole event in Spring, Texas (Feb. 17). DBU led the 16-team field start-to-finish, carding rounds of 288-298=586 to outdistance runner-up West Texas A&M (296-295=591) by five strokes and third-place St. Mary's (296-297=593) by seven strokes. UT Tyler's Arnie Taguines finished atop the individual leaderboard with a one-over 141 (73-68).  ...  Texas A&M-Kingsville senior Alessia Rojas posted rounds of 76-80-75=231 to finish tied for 10th at the Texas A&M Corpus Christi Islanders Classic (Feb 17-18). The Javelinas placed ninth as a team.
  • Scoreboard Division II Ranking Top 60 / Feb. 19: #5 DBU; #11 St. Mary's; #12 West Texas A&M; #17 UT Tyler; #29 Midwestern State; #38 Texas A&M International; #52 Angelo State. Based on National Collegiate Golf Ranking System (info).
  • Mizuno WGCA Coaches Poll / Nov. 15: #5 DBU; #8 St. Mary's; #13 West Texas A&M; #15 UT Tyler; RV Midwestern State. Next Poll February.
 
LSC Men
Lubbock Christian, UT Tyler and Western New Mexico are the only LSC men's teams in action next week with the three scheduled at the 12-team Battle in the Desert hosted by CSU San Bernardino Monday and Tuesday. WNMU finished in a third-place tie at last year's tournament.
 
St. Mary's tallied rounds of 240-288-277 (855) for an eight-stroke win at the 15-team Rattler Invitational (Feb. 17-18), its second straight win in the spring half of the schedule. UT Tyler (304-285-287=876) and DBU (293-295-288=876) tied for third followed by Texas A&M International three strokes back at fifth (297-293-289=879). St. Mary's Kongpop Kaikaew and DBU's Samuel Jenkins each carded six-under 210 to tie at second on the individual leaderboard.
  • Scoreboard Division II Ranking Top 60 / Feb. 19: #6 Oklahoma Christian; #16 St. Mary's, #27 UT Tyler, #28 Midwestern State; #39 DBU, #46 West Texas A&M, #53 Cameron. Based on National Collegiate Golf Ranking System (info).
  • Bushnell/Golfweek Coaches Poll / Nov. 1:  #3 Oklahoma Christian; RV: DBU, West Texas A&M, Midwestern State, UT Tyler, UT Permian Basin, Western New Mexico.

GOLFERS OF THE WEEK  |  Competitions February 13-19
 
WOMEN
Arnie Taguines, UT Tyler, Jr., Psychology, Paranaque, Philippines
UT Tyler junior Arnie Taguines collected her second tournament title of the season with a one-under 141 at the Southern Invite (Feb. 17). Taguines shot a 73 in the first round, then carded five of her six tournament birdies in the final round to post a 68 moving up seven spots on the leaderboard into first and a one-stroke win.
 
MEN
Kongpop Kaikaew, St. Mary's, Jr., Marketing, Rayong, Thailand
Kongpop Kaikaew continued his stellar start to the spring, getting better by three strokes each round of the Rattler Invitational (Feb. 17-18) to tie for second with a six-under-par 210 (73-70-67) and lead St. Mary's its second consecutive tournament victory. Kaikaew, whose final round 67 tied for low round in the tournament, collected two eagles and tied for the tournament lead in par-5 scoring, shooting eight-under for a 4.33 average.
 
 
2024-25 Weekly Awards List
Women
Sep 12 Johanna Öhrling, Angelo State
Sep 20 Ella Cheek, DBU
Sep 26 Maria Savoca, Cameron
Oct 3 Gam Songprasert, West Texas A&M
Oct 10 Arnie Taguines, UT Tyler
Oct 17 Ali Escamilla, Lubbock Christian
Oct 24 Alli Reily, Midwestern State
Nov 7 Gracie Grant, DBU
Feb 6 Orla O'Leary, St. Mary's
Feb 20 Arnie Taguines, UT Tyler
Men
Sep 12 Santiago Caride, West Texas A&M
Sep 20 Victor Estas, West Texas A&M
Sep 26 Seth Bearden, Midwestern State
Oct 3 Will Tate, UT Permian Basin
Oct 10 Kongpop Kaikaew, St. Mary's
Oct 17 Juan Monckeberg, Texas A&M International
Oct 24 Oskari Nikku, Oklahoma Christian
Oct. 31 Aston Castillo, DBU
Feb 13 Kongpop Kaikaew, St. Mary's
Feb 20 Kongpop Kaikaew, St. Mary's