Oct. 21, 2009

IRVING, Texas - The Golfweek weekly rankings continues to rope in Conference USA programs on both the men's and women's side. On the men's side, SMU secured the top spot of all C-USA teams at No. 34. The Mustangs competed at the Lone Star Invitational this past week and finished in third-place in the field of 12. Rounding out the ranks for the men's side is Rice (No. 64) and UCF (No. 73). A team on the cusp of cracking the Golfweek Top-100 is East Carolina. The Pirates tallied their first team win of the 2009-10 season at the Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate behind the solid play of David Watkins, who earned medalist honors with an 11-under-par 205 performance.

On the women's side, five teams clip the Top-100 rankings, which include Tulane (No. 25), Tulsa (No. 29), UCF (No. 67) East Carolina (No. 83) and UTEP (No. 94). Of the ranked squads, East Carolina earned second-place honors at the Lady Pirate Intercollegiate, where Abby Bools earned second-place after posting a three-round total of 213 (70-71-72). Memphis had a solid outing with its third-place finish at the Wendy's Invitational that featured a 15-team field.

C-USA Golf Notebook 6

FEMALE GOLFER OF THE WEEK
ABBY BOOLS, East Carolina, Sr., Hickory, N.C. (Hickory)
Bools finished in second place and recorder her 11th career top-five finish at the 2009 Lady Pirate Intercollegiate after carding a career-low 54-hole score of 213 (70-71-72). The Hickory, N.C., native guided the Pirates to second-place honors in the event, which marked the first top-five finish of the season for the Pirates. Bools' 213 tied her for the third-lowest 54-hole score in school history and pushed her season stroke average to 75.18. This marks Bools' sixth-career Golfer of the Week award, and first of the 2009-10 season.

MALE GOLFER OF THE WEEK
DAVID WATKINS, East Carolina, So., Rockingham, N.C. (Richmond County)
Watkins earned individual medalist honors at the Mizuno Savannah Intercollegiate after firing an 11-under-par 205 (68-68-69). The sophomore became the first ECU player to win a tournament outside Greenville, N.C., since 2002. The Rockingham, N.C., native clipped the runner-up by six strokes and propelled the Pirates to a first-place finish in the field of 15. This is Watkins' first-career Golfer of the Week honor.

Oct. 26-27
SMU and Tulsa at Baylor Intercollegiate (Dallas, Texas)
Southern Miss at Aldila Invitational (Chattanooga, Tenn.)
UAB at David Toms Intercollegiate (Baton Rouge, La.)
UTEP at Herb Wimberly Intercollegiate (Las Cruces, N.M.)

WOMEN
Oct. 26-27
East Carolina at Edwin Watts/Palmetto Intercollegiate (Kiawah Island, S.C.) SMU at The Alamo Invitational (San Antonio, Texas)

Oct. 27-28
UCF at FIU/Pat Bradley (Naples, Fla.)

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