It's sorta of more Golfer of the Month than of the week, but Biola's Brady Turnquist is the first PacWest Golfer of the Week however you look at. She won the Westminster Wasatch Invitational by five strokes to claim the honor. Point Loma wins Team of the Week (or month) after placing third of 14 teams in a big field in Arizona at the Estrella.

2023-24 Schedule and Results

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Biola's Brady Turnquist, Sr., Oregon City, Ore.                                                                            
Brady Turnquist has had a red-hot Fall campaign, most recently winning the Westminster Wasatch Invitational in South Jordan, Utah. The senior was a consistent force for the three rounds, recording scores of 73-73-74 for a final tally of +4. That put her five shots ahead of the second-place finisher, Avery Foster of Sonoma State. Earlier this month in Colorado, Turnquist finished tied for second place at the Swan Memorial. In a loaded field that included West Texas A&M, the Oregonian won a playoff with the Buffs' Gam Songprasert for the runner-up spot. At the Broadlands in Broomfield, Colo., Turnquist finished -2 (74-72-68) recording the field's top score on the last day. The Biola star also finished tied for ninth at the Estrella Shootout in Arizona, finishing even par for the tournament. The fourth-year Eagle has now won seven PacWest Player of the Week awards, third all-time on the conference list.

TEAM OF THE WEEK: Point Loma Sea Lions                                                                                                                        
Point Loma placed third of 14 teams at the RJGA Shootout at Estrella, hosted by Western New Mexico in Goodyear, Arizona. In a stacked field of 14 top NCAA Division II teams, the Sea Lions had rounds of +9 and +5 (+14) to tie for the third spot with CS Los Angeles and Arkansas-Fort Smith. Texas A&M International (+12) was just two shots ahead, with Cal State East Bay (+8) taking the team trophy. Patrizia Schaefer was Point Loma's top golfer, tied for sixth place at one-under par. She was just three strokes behind the winner, Daniela Andrade of CSULA. Kiara Hernandez was the next Sea Lion on the leaderboard, finishing the tournament at +4 in 19th place. She birdied three holes on the final back nine.  

PACWEST NEWS AND NOTES: Biola kicked off the Fall season with a very good showing at the Swan Memorial in Broomfield, Colo. The Eagles tied for third place in a 14-team field, posting a +61 team score along with Colorado Christian. As mentioned above, Brady Turnquist tied for second place (-2), with Karis Halton the next Eagle on the leaderboard in 18th place (+17)...Dominican, Hawai`i Hilo and Hawai`i Pacific went to The Home Course in DuPont, Wash. for the SMU Bishop Invite in mid-September. The Penguins were fifth, the Vulcans were seventh and the Sharks finished eighth. Hawai`i Hilo's Kiersten Saludares, the 2023 PacWest Freshman of the Year, was a very impressive second-place finisher at +2... At the Estrella in Goodyear, Arizona, Point Loma's Patrizia Schaefer was sixth (-1), Biola's Turnquist was ninth (even) and Academy of Art's Maddie Elias was 16th (+3)...In Utah at the Wasatch, Biola finished second of 11 teams at +65, cutting strokes off their score each day. Dominican was sixth, with Claire Shubin finishing tied for fifth (+12). Jessica Cornelius was Biola's next scorer behind the winner Turnquist with a three-round total of +16.

LOOKING AHEAD: Five PacWest teams will be in Santa Rosa for the Sonoma State Fall Invitational on October 1-2--Dominican, Academy of Art, Point Loma, Westmont and Hawai`i Pacific. October 9-10, Dominican will be at Western Washington's tournament, while Westmont greets Academy of Art, Hawai`i Hilo, and Point Loma in Goleta for Westmont's tournament.