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Nicholson Earns Second MAC Golfer of the Week Award in March
March 22 | Women's Golf
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Cleveland, Ohio – Akron Zips junior Danielle Nicholson (Geneva, Ohio) earned her second Mid-American Conference Women's Golfer of the Week award for the month of March after placing second at the Kingsmill Intercollegiate, the league announced Thursday.
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"Danielle's final round 73 at Kingsmill in extremely tough conditions truly earned her this recognition," Zips' head coach Jenny King said. "She displayed great mental toughness and resiliency to shoot a low number and make a strong comeback."
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Nicholson earned runner-up honors at the par-72, 6,025-yard River Course at Kingsmill Resort on Tuesday, March 21. The Zips finished the 54-hole event with a 311 (+23) final round to go along with the previous 302 (+14) and 298 (+10) scores. Akron placed four golfers in the Top 20 while all five Zips ranked in the Top 40.
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Nicholson led the way for the Zips, climbing six spots to finish runner-up. She opened the final round tied for eighth overall with a 75-74 – 149 (+5) two-round total, and fired a field-low 1-over par 73 final round performance.
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Nicholson completed the event with a second-best 36 pars and a fourth-best six birdies. In addition, she finished in the Top 4 in scoring on the par 3, 4, and 5 holes. Nicholson averaged 4.13 strokes on all par-4's during the event for a 4-over total, ranking second overall. She followed by ranking third in par-5 scoring with 4.92 strokes (-1) and fourth on the par-3's at 3.25 strokes (+3).
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On Thursday, March 1, Nicholson was tabbed MAC Golfer of the Week for successfully defending her tournament title at the Rio Verde Invitational.
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For the second straight year, Nicholson won the Rio Verde Invitational while leading the Akron women's golf team to a second place finish at the 6,128-yard, par-72 Quail Run Course.
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Nicholson earned medalist honors after climbing 15 spots to top the leaderboard. She opened the 54-hole tournament with a 76 ( 4) and 15th overall after 18 holes.
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The following round she bounced back and fired a 4-under par 68 score, moving into the lead after 36 holes of play with an even scorecard of 144 strokes.
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She secured the win with a 2-under final round 70 en route to a 214 (-2) tournament total, one-stroke better than last year's run at the title. Nicholson finished six-strokes better than the field as teammate freshman Jacinta Pikunas earned runner-up honors.
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For the tournament, Nicholson carded 37 pars, 10 birdies, six bogeys, and a double bogey. During the second round, she recorded 11 pars, five birdies, and a bogey.
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The Zips will be back in action on Friday and Saturday, March 30-31 at Arlington Country Club in Richmond, Ky. for the Colonel Classic.
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Cleveland, Ohio – Akron Zips junior Danielle Nicholson (Geneva, Ohio) earned her second Mid-American Conference Women's Golfer of the Week award for the month of March after placing second at the Kingsmill Intercollegiate, the league announced Thursday.
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"Danielle's final round 73 at Kingsmill in extremely tough conditions truly earned her this recognition," Zips' head coach Jenny King said. "She displayed great mental toughness and resiliency to shoot a low number and make a strong comeback."
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Nicholson earned runner-up honors at the par-72, 6,025-yard River Course at Kingsmill Resort on Tuesday, March 21. The Zips finished the 54-hole event with a 311 (+23) final round to go along with the previous 302 (+14) and 298 (+10) scores. Akron placed four golfers in the Top 20 while all five Zips ranked in the Top 40.
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Nicholson led the way for the Zips, climbing six spots to finish runner-up. She opened the final round tied for eighth overall with a 75-74 – 149 (+5) two-round total, and fired a field-low 1-over par 73 final round performance.
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Nicholson completed the event with a second-best 36 pars and a fourth-best six birdies. In addition, she finished in the Top 4 in scoring on the par 3, 4, and 5 holes. Nicholson averaged 4.13 strokes on all par-4's during the event for a 4-over total, ranking second overall. She followed by ranking third in par-5 scoring with 4.92 strokes (-1) and fourth on the par-3's at 3.25 strokes (+3).
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On Thursday, March 1, Nicholson was tabbed MAC Golfer of the Week for successfully defending her tournament title at the Rio Verde Invitational.
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For the second straight year, Nicholson won the Rio Verde Invitational while leading the Akron women's golf team to a second place finish at the 6,128-yard, par-72 Quail Run Course.
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Nicholson earned medalist honors after climbing 15 spots to top the leaderboard. She opened the 54-hole tournament with a 76 ( 4) and 15th overall after 18 holes.
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The following round she bounced back and fired a 4-under par 68 score, moving into the lead after 36 holes of play with an even scorecard of 144 strokes.
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She secured the win with a 2-under final round 70 en route to a 214 (-2) tournament total, one-stroke better than last year's run at the title. Nicholson finished six-strokes better than the field as teammate freshman Jacinta Pikunas earned runner-up honors.
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For the tournament, Nicholson carded 37 pars, 10 birdies, six bogeys, and a double bogey. During the second round, she recorded 11 pars, five birdies, and a bogey.
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The Zips will be back in action on Friday and Saturday, March 30-31 at Arlington Country Club in Richmond, Ky. for the Colonel Classic.
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