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Shepherd Selected PNC Achievers Student-Athlete of the Week
10/18/2021 2:26:00 PM | Women's Golf
DURHAM -- Duke women's golf junior Erica Shepherd has been selected as Duke's PNC Achiever's Student-Athlete of the Week, after carding an impressive 10-under-par, 206, at the Ruth's Chris Tar Heel Invitational. Shepherd finished second individually and was only one stroke off the lead at the 6,393-yard, par-72 Finley Golf Course in Chapel Hill, N.C.
Shepherd, a Greenwood, Ind. native, posted rounds of 66, 70, and 70 on her way to finishing with a career-low 54-hole ledger of 206. The 206 was tied for the sixth-lowest for a Blue Devil golfer on a par-72 course. Her first round ledger of 6-under, 66, was tied for the fifth-lowest 18-hole score in the event history.
Trailing by three heading into the final round, Shepherd got off to a hot start by draining a 27-foot birdie on her opening hole, the 392-yard, par-4 fourth, and then went to 2-under with a 20-foot birdie on No. 7. Shepherd drained a 12-foot birdie on No. 10 to move to 3-under, but missed the fairway on No. 11 and suffered her lone bogey of the day. She notched seven pars to finish her day with a 2-under-par 70.
Duke will conclude its fall campaign at the East Lake Cup on Oct. 25-27 at the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Ga. The Golf Channel will air live coverage during the event.
Duke PNC Achievers Student-Athletes of the Week
Luke Thomas (men's soccer) – Aug. 30, 2021
Mataeo Durant (football) – Sept. 6, 2021
Piper Hampsch (field hockey) – Sept. 13, 2021
Eliot Hamill (men's soccer) – Sept. 20, 2021
Ruthie Jones (women's soccer) – Sept. 20, 2021
Gunnar Holmberg (football) – Sept. 27, 2021
Thorleifur Ulfarsson (men's soccer) – Oct. 4, 2021
Grace Brightbill (field hockey) – Oct. 11, 2021
Erica Shepherd (women's golf) – Oct. 18, 2021
#GoDuke
Shepherd, a Greenwood, Ind. native, posted rounds of 66, 70, and 70 on her way to finishing with a career-low 54-hole ledger of 206. The 206 was tied for the sixth-lowest for a Blue Devil golfer on a par-72 course. Her first round ledger of 6-under, 66, was tied for the fifth-lowest 18-hole score in the event history.
Trailing by three heading into the final round, Shepherd got off to a hot start by draining a 27-foot birdie on her opening hole, the 392-yard, par-4 fourth, and then went to 2-under with a 20-foot birdie on No. 7. Shepherd drained a 12-foot birdie on No. 10 to move to 3-under, but missed the fairway on No. 11 and suffered her lone bogey of the day. She notched seven pars to finish her day with a 2-under-par 70.
Duke will conclude its fall campaign at the East Lake Cup on Oct. 25-27 at the East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Ga. The Golf Channel will air live coverage during the event.
Duke PNC Achievers Student-Athletes of the Week
Luke Thomas (men's soccer) – Aug. 30, 2021
Mataeo Durant (football) – Sept. 6, 2021
Piper Hampsch (field hockey) – Sept. 13, 2021
Eliot Hamill (men's soccer) – Sept. 20, 2021
Ruthie Jones (women's soccer) – Sept. 20, 2021
Gunnar Holmberg (football) – Sept. 27, 2021
Thorleifur Ulfarsson (men's soccer) – Oct. 4, 2021
Grace Brightbill (field hockey) – Oct. 11, 2021
Erica Shepherd (women's golf) – Oct. 18, 2021
#GoDuke
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