Men's Golf | April 23, 2015
NEWPORT NEWS, Va.— La Salle freshman
Brandon Raihl has been named the Atlantic 10 Golf Rookie of the Week, the league office announced.
Raihl shot his collegiate low with a 73 (+3) in the first round of the Finegan Invitational, played at the 6,735-yard, par-70 Stonewall North Golf Club. He tallied a 76 on day two, his second best round of the year.
The Wernersville, Pa., native also tallied the lowest 36-hole score and best finish of his career. He tied for 20th out of 63 golfers, helping the Explorers to a fifth-place finish.
Raihl is the third Explorer in program history to earn A-10 Rookie of the Week honors, joining
Mike Johnson and
Joe Markmann. Johnson won the award four times in in 2010-11, while Markmann won his award last season.
La Salle will compete in the Atlantic 10 Championship beginning on Friday at 8 AM from the Harmony Preserve outside of Orlando, Fla.
