Manhattan’s Shortell and Quinnipiac’s Lai Win MAAC Golf Weekly Awards
Manhattan’s Shortell and Quinnipiac’s Lai Win MAAC Golf Weekly Awards
Men’s Golfer of the Week
Preston Shortell, Manhattan
Jr., Oxford, CT/Holy Cross
Shortell was Manhattan’s best golfer at the 2019 Alabama State Spring Kickoff, tying for 16
th place. He had one of his best rounds of the season in the opening stanza, shooting a 72 (E) to sit in third. The performance was the lowest round by a Jasper in the three-round, par-72 event. He went on to finish 15-over par with a team-best 37 birdies.
Women’s Golfer of the Week
Queenie Lai, Quinnipiac
So., Hong Kong, China/Sha Tin College
Lai tied for 21st at the Kiawah Island Spring Classic after posting a +2 (218) 54-hole score. Lai's first-round -2 (70) was a career-best and the second-lowest score in program history. Lai's 146 (+2) through two rounds tied for the fifth-best 36-hole score in program history and makes her just the third individual Quinnipiac golfer to post a 36-hole score of +2 or better. Her 54-hole score of 218 (+2) tied for the lowest 54-hole score in program history. She was one of 22 golfers in the tournament to play the par 4’s at +1 or better and was tied for ninth with 40 pars in three rounds.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 38
th year of competition during the 2018-19 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.