March 19, 2008

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IRVING, Texas - Memphis' Robbie Greenwell is this week's Conference USA Men's Golfer of the Week after capturing medalist honors at the Linger Longer Invitational. Greenwell shot a 208 to finish at eight-under-par for his first career tournament win. Tulsa's Michaela Cavener and UCF's Stephanie Connelly share the Women's Golfer of the Week award. Cavener carded rounds of 74-70-73 for a 217 total to finish in second place at the Samford University Women's Intercollegiate. Her efforts helped the Golden Hurricane capture the team title. Connelly set career bests for 18 and 54-hole scores en route to a fourth-place finish at the LSU/Cleveland Golf Classic. Connelly notched rounds of 73-70-73 against a field with six of the nations' top 30 teams.

MEN'S GOLFER OF THE WEEK (3/19)
ROBBIE GREENWELL - Memphis
Sr., Georgetown, Ontario, Canada (Georgetown District)
Greenwell shot an even-par 72 on Sunday to capture medalist honors at the Linger Longer Invitational. It is the second consecutive tournament in which Memphis has played that a Tiger has won the individual competition. Greenwell shot a 208 (68-68-72) to finish eight-under-par and three strokes ahead of Joel Sjoholm of Georgia State who finished second. The win was Greenwell's first on the collegiate level. The weekly honor is also the first of Greenwell's career.

CO-WOMEN'S GOLFER OF THE WEEK (3/19)
MICHAELA CAVENER - Tulsa
Sr., Ponca City, Okla. (Ponca City)
Cavener carded rounds of 74-70-73 for a 217 total to finish in second place at the Samford University Women's Intercollegiate in a field of 84 golfers at the Limestone Spring Golf Course in Oneonta, Alabama. It was her seventh top-20 finish of the season and her fifth among the top-10. She led Tulsa to its second tournament title in the last three events. The Hurricane carded rounds of 290-291-303 and finished with a 20-over par 884 score, 17 strokes better than second-place Tennessee-Chattanooga It's the second tournament victory for the Hurricane in the last three events, as Tulsa claimed the tournament title at the Kitahara Fresno State Invitational in February. This is the sixth career weekly honor for the two-time All-Conference USA performer, her fourth nod in 2007-08 (Sept. 19, Oct. 10, Oct. 31).

CO-WOMEN'S GOLFER OF THE WEEK (3/19)
STEPHANIE CONNELLY - UCF
Jr., Pasadena, Md. (Ohio State)
Connelly set career bests for 18 and 54-hole scores en route to a fourth-place finish at the LSU/Cleveland Golf Classic. Competing against a field with six of the nations' top 30 teams, the junior finished the tournament with an even-par score of 216. She ranked second in the 90-player field for birdies made during the three-round event with 13, including registering five in each of her first two rounds. In Saturday's second round, Connelly carded a 70 (-2), which included a stretch of three-consecutive holes where she made birdie. Her 70 (-2) was the lowest 18-hole of her UCF career and lowest round by a Knight this season. The weekly award is the second of Connelly's career, as she also earned the honor on Oct. 24, 2007.