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USF’s DiMarco Tabbed American Men’s Golf Player of the Week



PROVIDENCE, R.I. – USF junior Christian DiMarco was named the American Men's Golf Player of the Week, the conference announced on Wednesday.

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DiMarco was the runner-up in a field of 80 at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate Feb. 26-28 in Los Cabos, Mexico. He shot under par in all three rounds (67-70-68) to finish at 8-under and just one shot behind individual champion Corey Pereira of Washington. The junior carded his third Top 10 performance as a Bull, and led USF to a seventh-place finish as a team.
 
American Men’s Golf Notebook:

UCF

• Sophomore Kyler Tate tied for ninth leading UCF to a third place finish at the John Hayt Collegiate Feb. 24-26 in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla…It was the second Top 10 finish for Tate as a Knight.
• UCF is off for nearly a month before returning to action Mar. 24-26 at the FAU Slomin Autism Invitational.


UConn
• Senior Eric Dietrich and sophomore Nabeel Khan led a final-round charge that lifted UConn to a come-from-behind victory in the Loyola Intercollegiate on Feb. 27…It was UConn's fourth Top 5 finish in six events this year.
• UConn will compete at the Colleton River Collegiate Mar. 6-7 in Bluffton, South Carolina.

East Carolina 
• East Carolina finished action at The Hayt on Feb. 26 by finishing 10th, shooting a three-day total of 899…Rookie Patrick Stephenson led the way with a Top 15 finish.
• The Pirates will return to action March 6-7 at the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate in Aiken, S.C.

Houston

• The Cougars posted a three-day total of 868 to finish 11th at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate on Feb. 27…Michael Perras led Houston and finished among Top 20 leaders with a 2-under 211.
• Houston next hosts the Border Olympics March 10-11 at Laredo Country Club in Laredo, Texas.

USF
• USF carded an 8-under 276, the program’s best 18-hole score of the season, during action at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate on Feb. 26-28…Claudio Correa and Christian DiMarco tied for the team lead with 15 birdies apiece.
• The Bulls’ next tournament is the Valspar Invitational March 19-21 at The Floridian in Palm City, Fla.


SMU
• Alex Higgs earned runner-up honors at the Southwestern Invitational on Feb. 27-28, finishing the two-day event at 9-under-par (207)…The senior paced the Mustangs to a fifth-place finish on the team leaderboard.
• SMU returns to the links Mar. 6-8 at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters in Las Vegas.