Michigan State University Athletics
Valery Plata Named B1G Golfer of the Week
10/16/2019 3:16:00 PM | Women's Golf
EAST LANSING – Michigan State sophomore Valery Plata was named the Big Ten Golfer of the Week, it was announced by the conference office on Wednesday (Oct. 16). Plata is the third Spartan to be named the conference's golfer of the week this season and it's the first such honor of her career.
In leading the Spartans to a win at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational, Plata also captured medalist honors at the prestigious event. Plata's 11-under-par 205 (69-68-68) was the second-lowest 54-hole tournament score in program history as she won the event by two shots. Her pair of 4-under-par 68s were the best single-round scores of her career.
Plata and the Spartans held off a field that included No. 2 Wake Forest, No. 9 Arkansas, 2019 national champion Duke and a total of seven teams in the top 20 to win the tournament for the second time in 10 years.
The Spartans have won each of their last two tournaments and have been in the top three of all three they've played in this fall. Plata joins Yurika Tanida (Sept. 18) and Paz Marfa Sans (Sept. 25) as Spartans having been named Big Ten Golfer of the Week this season.
Michigan State will close out its fall schedule with The Landfall Tradition, Oct. 25-27, in Wilmington, North Carolina.
In leading the Spartans to a win at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational, Plata also captured medalist honors at the prestigious event. Plata's 11-under-par 205 (69-68-68) was the second-lowest 54-hole tournament score in program history as she won the event by two shots. Her pair of 4-under-par 68s were the best single-round scores of her career.
Plata and the Spartans held off a field that included No. 2 Wake Forest, No. 9 Arkansas, 2019 national champion Duke and a total of seven teams in the top 20 to win the tournament for the second time in 10 years.
The Spartans have won each of their last two tournaments and have been in the top three of all three they've played in this fall. Plata joins Yurika Tanida (Sept. 18) and Paz Marfa Sans (Sept. 25) as Spartans having been named Big Ten Golfer of the Week this season.
Michigan State will close out its fall schedule with The Landfall Tradition, Oct. 25-27, in Wilmington, North Carolina.
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