PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Wichita State senior Taryn Togerson (Buhler, Kan.) was named the American Athletic Conference Women's Golf Player of the Month for October, the league announced on Wednesday.
Torgerson earned medalist honors at the Fall Preview, besting a field of 69 in shooting 218 (73-70-75) on the par-72 Sand Creek Station course. Torgerson’s second-round 70 was the best score of the tournament, and she finished six shots clear of the field overall. Her effort helped Wichita State take the team title, as the Shockers won in a playoff over Northern Iowa.
Earlier in the month, Torgerson fired a two-over par 218 at the Johnie Imes Invitational, contested at The Club at Old Hawthorne, finishing in a tie for 11
th. Through five fall tournaments, Togerson has tallied four top-10 and five top-20 finishes.
AROUND THE AMERICAN
Houston’s Leonie Harm led or tied for the team lead in all three October tournaments … Houston is now ranked 27
th in the Golfstat national ratings … USF’s Natalia Villavicencio led the Bulls with two top-25 finishes this fall … Gabrielle Correia tied for the Tulane team lead with four rounds at par or better this fall … SMU’s Brigitte Dunne shot a 69 in the first round on her way to a runner-up finish at the Trinity Forest Invitation … Lisa Petersson has tallied four top 20 finishes in her last five events for ECU … Memphis’ Emily Goldenstein notched a hole-in-one on the 12
th hole at the University of Louisville Golf Club in the second round of the Cardinal Cup.